Rainn Wilson

That journey can become very solipsistic, and it can become very navel-gazy, and it can become very consumerist, where I'm going to pay X amount for this podcast, and X amount for this app, and X amount for this audiobook, and the X amount for this yoga class or this, you know, healing practitioner. And in return, I want X amount of anxiety reduction.

That journey can become very solipsistic, and it can become very navel-gazy, and it can become very consumerist, where I'm going to pay X amount for this podcast, and X amount for this app, and X amount for this audiobook, and the X amount for this yoga class or this, you know, healing practitioner. And in return, I want X amount of anxiety reduction.

so that I can go about my crazy, busy, flustered, overwhelmed life more effectively, then essentially you're just trading dollars for a result. And that ultimately is not a shift. in a kind of a greater awareness, right? So there's another aspect to spirituality which really comes from the Baha'i tradition that isn't talked about as much in the spirituality world. And that has to do with

so that I can go about my crazy, busy, flustered, overwhelmed life more effectively, then essentially you're just trading dollars for a result. And that ultimately is not a shift. in a kind of a greater awareness, right? So there's another aspect to spirituality which really comes from the Baha'i tradition that isn't talked about as much in the spirituality world. And that has to do with

so that I can go about my crazy, busy, flustered, overwhelmed life more effectively, then essentially you're just trading dollars for a result. And that ultimately is not a shift. in a kind of a greater awareness, right? So there's another aspect to spirituality which really comes from the Baha'i tradition that isn't talked about as much in the spirituality world. And that has to do with

collectively, where are we going as a species on this planet? And how can we harness and use spiritual tools to make our collective life better? When you really start unpacking Buddhism, for instance, and especially if you read the Dalai Lama, especially if you read Thich Nhat Hanh, but go to the source, the Buddha himself, The main awareness that one is cultivating is compassion. Why?

collectively, where are we going as a species on this planet? And how can we harness and use spiritual tools to make our collective life better? When you really start unpacking Buddhism, for instance, and especially if you read the Dalai Lama, especially if you read Thich Nhat Hanh, but go to the source, the Buddha himself, The main awareness that one is cultivating is compassion. Why?

collectively, where are we going as a species on this planet? And how can we harness and use spiritual tools to make our collective life better? When you really start unpacking Buddhism, for instance, and especially if you read the Dalai Lama, especially if you read Thich Nhat Hanh, but go to the source, the Buddha himself, The main awareness that one is cultivating is compassion. Why?

So that you can relieve the suffering of others. If we only pay X amount of money and get a certain app and a certain book and a certain podcast and certain animal cards or what have you to relieve our own anxiety, and have compassion for ourselves, that's a great place to start, but it can't end there. We have to increase the compassion for other people. And then what do we do?

So that you can relieve the suffering of others. If we only pay X amount of money and get a certain app and a certain book and a certain podcast and certain animal cards or what have you to relieve our own anxiety, and have compassion for ourselves, that's a great place to start, but it can't end there. We have to increase the compassion for other people. And then what do we do?

So that you can relieve the suffering of others. If we only pay X amount of money and get a certain app and a certain book and a certain podcast and certain animal cards or what have you to relieve our own anxiety, and have compassion for ourselves, that's a great place to start, but it can't end there. We have to increase the compassion for other people. And then what do we do?

How do we put that into action collectively to reduce suffering en masse? And... This may sound airy-fairy or pie-in-the-sky or may say, well, that's not really the purview of spirituality.

How do we put that into action collectively to reduce suffering en masse? And... This may sound airy-fairy or pie-in-the-sky or may say, well, that's not really the purview of spirituality.

How do we put that into action collectively to reduce suffering en masse? And... This may sound airy-fairy or pie-in-the-sky or may say, well, that's not really the purview of spirituality.

To a lot of people feel like, well, if I'm just better, if I'm kinder when I go into a Trader Joe's parking lot, then I'll spread that kindness and I'll be nice to someone else and they'll be nice to someone else and it'll have a ripple effect. And that is true. But we also have to harness those tools and those ideas collectively to try and reduce suffering and make the world better.

To a lot of people feel like, well, if I'm just better, if I'm kinder when I go into a Trader Joe's parking lot, then I'll spread that kindness and I'll be nice to someone else and they'll be nice to someone else and it'll have a ripple effect. And that is true. But we also have to harness those tools and those ideas collectively to try and reduce suffering and make the world better.

To a lot of people feel like, well, if I'm just better, if I'm kinder when I go into a Trader Joe's parking lot, then I'll spread that kindness and I'll be nice to someone else and they'll be nice to someone else and it'll have a ripple effect. And that is true. But we also have to harness those tools and those ideas collectively to try and reduce suffering and make the world better.

And there are real and tangible ways to do that. And a lot of us and a lot of folks do it in their jobs. You know, they work in education, they work in healthcare, they work in the nonprofit sector, they work in climate and environment. And that's all wonderful, and that is part of the solution. But... Why I say soul boom, why we need a spiritual revolution is that this is a yin and a yang.

And there are real and tangible ways to do that. And a lot of us and a lot of folks do it in their jobs. You know, they work in education, they work in healthcare, they work in the nonprofit sector, they work in climate and environment. And that's all wonderful, and that is part of the solution. But... Why I say soul boom, why we need a spiritual revolution is that this is a yin and a yang.

And there are real and tangible ways to do that. And a lot of us and a lot of folks do it in their jobs. You know, they work in education, they work in healthcare, they work in the nonprofit sector, they work in climate and environment. And that's all wonderful, and that is part of the solution. But... Why I say soul boom, why we need a spiritual revolution is that this is a yin and a yang.