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Rainn Wilson

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Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

And when you have a deeper understanding of the purpose of suffering and misfortune and tests and difficulties, it can give you such a greater resilience to live a much more full, deep, and vibrant life, especially for young people undergoing mental health issues. What is the purpose of our physical reality?

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

And when you have a deeper understanding of the purpose of suffering and misfortune and tests and difficulties, it can give you such a greater resilience to live a much more full, deep, and vibrant life, especially for young people undergoing mental health issues. What is the purpose of our physical reality?

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

And when you have a deeper understanding of the purpose of suffering and misfortune and tests and difficulties, it can give you such a greater resilience to live a much more full, deep, and vibrant life, especially for young people undergoing mental health issues. What is the purpose of our physical reality?

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

Let's just suppose, put all your skepticism out the window, and let's just say that there is pure, beautiful, cosmic source understanding, light beyond time and space, infinite, and that we'll call it God, and this God wants what's absolutely best for us. Why does this God put seven, eight billion of us into this physical universe, into these flesh suits for 70, 80, 90, 100 years?

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

Let's just suppose, put all your skepticism out the window, and let's just say that there is pure, beautiful, cosmic source understanding, light beyond time and space, infinite, and that we'll call it God, and this God wants what's absolutely best for us. Why does this God put seven, eight billion of us into this physical universe, into these flesh suits for 70, 80, 90, 100 years?

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

Let's just suppose, put all your skepticism out the window, and let's just say that there is pure, beautiful, cosmic source understanding, light beyond time and space, infinite, and that we'll call it God, and this God wants what's absolutely best for us. Why does this God put seven, eight billion of us into this physical universe, into these flesh suits for 70, 80, 90, 100 years?

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

Why does this happen? You know, in a certain way, this must be the perfect soul-growing laboratory Otherwise, it wouldn't have been created. Again, we're taking the supposition that there is this all-encompassing, beautiful, loving light, and this is just the beginning of a journey of great continuation. So, what is the purpose of our physical reality? It is... to struggle and grow.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

Why does this happen? You know, in a certain way, this must be the perfect soul-growing laboratory Otherwise, it wouldn't have been created. Again, we're taking the supposition that there is this all-encompassing, beautiful, loving light, and this is just the beginning of a journey of great continuation. So, what is the purpose of our physical reality? It is... to struggle and grow.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

Why does this happen? You know, in a certain way, this must be the perfect soul-growing laboratory Otherwise, it wouldn't have been created. Again, we're taking the supposition that there is this all-encompassing, beautiful, loving light, and this is just the beginning of a journey of great continuation. So, what is the purpose of our physical reality? It is... to struggle and grow.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

We're here to struggle and grow. This is why oftentimes atheists say, well, I don't believe in God necessarily, but I can understand that we might be an avatar inside of a video game. This might have a meta construct element to it. And when we die, we wake up outside of this kind of 3D hologram reality. Because video games are kind of a great metaphor for being a human being on planet Earth.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

We're here to struggle and grow. This is why oftentimes atheists say, well, I don't believe in God necessarily, but I can understand that we might be an avatar inside of a video game. This might have a meta construct element to it. And when we die, we wake up outside of this kind of 3D hologram reality. Because video games are kind of a great metaphor for being a human being on planet Earth.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

We're here to struggle and grow. This is why oftentimes atheists say, well, I don't believe in God necessarily, but I can understand that we might be an avatar inside of a video game. This might have a meta construct element to it. And when we die, we wake up outside of this kind of 3D hologram reality. Because video games are kind of a great metaphor for being a human being on planet Earth.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

You struggle, you suffer, you have limited lives, you beat the beast monster and you overcome and you hop from ledge to ledge and you drive your car here without crashing or whatever. to move forward. And this is what it is to be a human being. And there are some terrible tests out there that I wouldn't wish on anyone. God, one can only guess at God's infinite wisdom.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

You struggle, you suffer, you have limited lives, you beat the beast monster and you overcome and you hop from ledge to ledge and you drive your car here without crashing or whatever. to move forward. And this is what it is to be a human being. And there are some terrible tests out there that I wouldn't wish on anyone. God, one can only guess at God's infinite wisdom.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

You struggle, you suffer, you have limited lives, you beat the beast monster and you overcome and you hop from ledge to ledge and you drive your car here without crashing or whatever. to move forward. And this is what it is to be a human being. And there are some terrible tests out there that I wouldn't wish on anyone. God, one can only guess at God's infinite wisdom.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

It's one of the big kind of metaphysical and philosophical questions of all time. If there is an all loving God, why is there so much suffering on the planet? But for the majority of us, again, our suffering and our tests and our difficulties are the things that we end up being the most grateful for.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

It's one of the big kind of metaphysical and philosophical questions of all time. If there is an all loving God, why is there so much suffering on the planet? But for the majority of us, again, our suffering and our tests and our difficulties are the things that we end up being the most grateful for.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

It's one of the big kind of metaphysical and philosophical questions of all time. If there is an all loving God, why is there so much suffering on the planet? But for the majority of us, again, our suffering and our tests and our difficulties are the things that we end up being the most grateful for.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

And that's because they've allowed us to mature and grow and grow wiser and grow closer to God and develop those spiritual qualities we talked about before, like kindness and generosity and joy and humility and honesty and That's what this 3D construct world is for. We've got a short, you know, there's a metaphor in the Baha'i faith.

Know Thyself
E131 - Rainn Wilson: Comedy, God & Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

And that's because they've allowed us to mature and grow and grow wiser and grow closer to God and develop those spiritual qualities we talked about before, like kindness and generosity and joy and humility and honesty and That's what this 3D construct world is for. We've got a short, you know, there's a metaphor in the Baha'i faith.