Before Marianne Williamson said she wants to "harness love for political purposes" she was a cabaret singer and an Oprah-approved self-help guru. This is the Democratic candidate's story.
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00:00We see in the middle of our mind a little ball of golden light.
00:04We watch this light as it begins to grow, larger and larger,
00:09until now it covers the entire inner vision of our mind.
00:21My parents were married over 50 years.
00:24They loved each other, they were a good marriage.
00:27But I think in looking back today we might have thought of them as a bit of an odd couple.
00:57The Course in Miracles
01:02You know, the Course in Miracles says that spirituality and psychotherapy,
01:06well it says religion and psychotherapy at their peak are the same thing,
01:10because they have to do with the healing of the mind.
01:13And here we are, for we have been drawn together by the power and in the presence of God.
01:27The Universe
01:32The Universe always works on the side of the fostering of enlightenment.
01:37The fostering of enlightenment, whether it's for us as individuals or for any other aspect of reality.
02:28There is a cancer that is eating our democracy.
02:32There is an issue that's underlying all these other issues,
02:35and that is the issue of money and politics.
02:43Tonight I'd like to talk about spirituality and politics.
02:51All that a nation is, is a group of individuals.
02:55So everything that a country does is simply a reflection of the same principles that are at work
03:00when we work individually, except it's us acting together.
03:25So Mr. President, if you're listening, I want you to hear me please.
03:30You have harnessed fear for political purposes, and only love can cast that out.
03:34So I, sir, I have a feeling you know what you're doing.
03:37I'm going to harness love for political purposes.
03:41I will meet you on that field, and sir, love will win.