Earlier today, I had to swallow a pill. I tilted my water bottle to my mouth, but it was empty. The very gesture, though, Earlier today, I had to swallow a pill. I tilted my water bottle to my mouth, but it was empty.
The very gesture, though, by some Pavlovian synapse, made my mouth water. And so, I was able to swallow it.
Prayer works on the soul by the same mechanism. Only through certain postures of the heart do we create the conditions necessary for the spiritually autonomic processes.
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