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| RFK Jr. in 2000 (Photo by John Mathew Smith) |
Let’s face it: The outcome of compliance very much depends upon who’s complying with what, and why.
When RFK Jr. sought to align his everyday choices with higher-ground morality, formerly addictive trends transformed into uplifting ones. Inspired by Carl Jung’s book Synchronicity, RFK Jr. began to carefully revise the daily decisions that were subtly feeding his heroin habit. One such change: Rather than dwelling upon depressing thoughts while lying around in bed each morning, he instead chose to quickly switch gears upon awakening.
At first it was a matter of repeatedly “acting as if,” but after a while his better-angel choices gathered a momentum of their own. This momentum began to include synchronicities, which Jung defined as “chance occurrences from a statistical point of view, but meaningful in that they may seem to validate paranormal ideas…”
"Acting as if" type compliance with wholesome options can therefore morph into a series of virtuous habits, which can eventually lead to faithful belief.
Resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJB1Ym2APbk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity_(book)
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