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Rainn Wilson

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

This woman named Rahia Kanum had this dream about this great spiritual teacher from the Baha'i faith named Abdu'l-Baha. And there was a big, a dam had broken and there was a big flood and the water was washing everyone's homes away. And everyone was down trying to rescue people and pull them out of the water. And Abdu'l-Baha was up on top of this hill crying. doing something up there.

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

She couldn't quite see what it was. And she was like, what's Abdu'l-Waha doing up on top of that hill? You know, we need him down here helping everyone out of the flood. And then someone said to her in the dream, someone said, oh, he's building a machine to stop the flooding in the future. So...

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

She couldn't quite see what it was. And she was like, what's Abdu'l-Waha doing up on top of that hill? You know, we need him down here helping everyone out of the flood. And then someone said to her in the dream, someone said, oh, he's building a machine to stop the flooding in the future. So...

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

She couldn't quite see what it was. And she was like, what's Abdu'l-Waha doing up on top of that hill? You know, we need him down here helping everyone out of the flood. And then someone said to her in the dream, someone said, oh, he's building a machine to stop the flooding in the future. So...

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

There's nothing wrong with, in fact, it's lauded to be pulling people out of the flood, but there's also nothing wrong with doing something to build a machine or a system or a way of thinking that is going to prevent dam breaks in the future and has kind of a looking at things from a 20,000 foot view, you know, a different perspective.

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

There's nothing wrong with, in fact, it's lauded to be pulling people out of the flood, but there's also nothing wrong with doing something to build a machine or a system or a way of thinking that is going to prevent dam breaks in the future and has kind of a looking at things from a 20,000 foot view, you know, a different perspective.

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

There's nothing wrong with, in fact, it's lauded to be pulling people out of the flood, but there's also nothing wrong with doing something to build a machine or a system or a way of thinking that is going to prevent dam breaks in the future and has kind of a looking at things from a 20,000 foot view, you know, a different perspective.

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

Well, great question. And it goes to the thesis of my book. And it's something I'm madly passionate about. We sit here across from each other in Topanga Canyon. Is that okay for me to show away Topanga Canyon? It's all right. In a secret hideout in Topanga Canyon, California.

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

Well, great question. And it goes to the thesis of my book. And it's something I'm madly passionate about. We sit here across from each other in Topanga Canyon. Is that okay for me to show away Topanga Canyon? It's all right. In a secret hideout in Topanga Canyon, California.

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

Well, great question. And it goes to the thesis of my book. And it's something I'm madly passionate about. We sit here across from each other in Topanga Canyon. Is that okay for me to show away Topanga Canyon? It's all right. In a secret hideout in Topanga Canyon, California.

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

which I would say in a lot of ways is the epicenter of so much incredible healing modalities, spiritual ways of thinking, perspective shifts. But there is a certain kind of contemporary Southern California limitation to spirituality where spirituality is used as a expedient tool to fight one's current anxiety or depression. For instance, I'm crazy busy with my life,

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

which I would say in a lot of ways is the epicenter of so much incredible healing modalities, spiritual ways of thinking, perspective shifts. But there is a certain kind of contemporary Southern California limitation to spirituality where spirituality is used as a expedient tool to fight one's current anxiety or depression. For instance, I'm crazy busy with my life,

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

which I would say in a lot of ways is the epicenter of so much incredible healing modalities, spiritual ways of thinking, perspective shifts. But there is a certain kind of contemporary Southern California limitation to spirituality where spirituality is used as a expedient tool to fight one's current anxiety or depression. For instance, I'm crazy busy with my life,

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

whether I have a job, whether I work at home, I'm raising kids, what have you. Oh my God, I feel so flustered. I feel so overwhelmed. I know I'll listen to a spirituality podcast. I'll go to a yoga class. I'll burn incense. I'll get this app. I'll read this incredibly wise person and it'll recenter and recalibrate my mind

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

whether I have a job, whether I work at home, I'm raising kids, what have you. Oh my God, I feel so flustered. I feel so overwhelmed. I know I'll listen to a spirituality podcast. I'll go to a yoga class. I'll burn incense. I'll get this app. I'll read this incredibly wise person and it'll recenter and recalibrate my mind

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

whether I have a job, whether I work at home, I'm raising kids, what have you. Oh my God, I feel so flustered. I feel so overwhelmed. I know I'll listen to a spirituality podcast. I'll go to a yoga class. I'll burn incense. I'll get this app. I'll read this incredibly wise person and it'll recenter and recalibrate my mind

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

my thinking, my being, my breath, my heart energy, and this will make my life better. There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, I wish everyone would do that. I wish the world would do that.

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

my thinking, my being, my breath, my heart energy, and this will make my life better. There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, I wish everyone would do that. I wish the world would do that.

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

my thinking, my being, my breath, my heart energy, and this will make my life better. There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, I wish everyone would do that. I wish the world would do that.

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

If we had, instead of hundreds of thousands or millions of people doing that every day, if we had billions of people centering around their heart every day, taking deep breaths, being in the moment, undergoing a spiritual practice, the world would be a much better place. But