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On Being with Krista Tippett

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4.7 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2008

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson once said that the program he helped create is, “utter simplicity which encases a complete mystery.” Our guests reflect on the Twelve Steps and how they resonate in their personal stories and in Buddhist and Christian teachings.

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0:00.0	Speaking of faith is supported by the Faith Communicators Forum,
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0:07.4	Support is also provided by the Ford Foundation,
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0:13.6	on the web at FordFound.org.
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0:23.4	the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
0:25.7	and the John Templeton Foundation.
0:28.2	I'm Christa Tippett.
0:29.5	In 1961, the eminent psychologist, Carl Jung,
0:33.4	wrote a now-famous letter to Bill Wilson,
0:36.0	the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous,
0:38.5	about an alcoholic he had attempted to treat in psychotherapy.
0:42.8	Jung wrote,
0:43.8	his craving for alcohol was the equivalent on a low level
0:47.5	of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness,
0:50.6	the union with God.
0:52.3	Alcohol in Latin is spiritus,
0:54.7	and you can use the same word
0:56.4	for the highest religious experience,
0:58.4	as well as for the most depraving poison.
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