I love everything Neal does. I've heard him talk about his mental health and spirituality so much, but Rainn still pulls things out of him that I haven't heard before. I love this show

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for tuning in!! 🙏

I hope Duncan Trussell is on this someday, he loves musing about deep introspective subjects

@markkoenigs4050

20 күн бұрын

Same

@pmcauslan

19 күн бұрын

I hope it's a long one!

A very important tool i feel is slipping away is physically writing down your true inner frustrations. Instant feedback and transition to both the observer and creator. So simple it feels arcane

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

Well said!

Keeps getting better & better ❤🌈soulboom is one of the best new podcast out here

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

So glad you’re loving it!! 🙏

These conversations do help us viewers. It’s so hard to start the work on yourself but especially Rainn’s serenity makes it seem worth it and possible

Been enjoying your show, Mr. Wilson. Might go without saying, but Duncan Trussell would be another great guest.

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

We agree!!

I’m really digging this pod. Love Neal!

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

We dig YOU!

It was awesome, Loved the part where Rainn says you don't need drugs, read some books and do the hard work. It was beautiful and so true. Just one request bring Steve Carell Please !

This show just keeps giving! Much love from Portland all ✌️

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

We love you Portland!!

Awesome! This is gonna be a great Tuesday morning at the office! :D

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

🙌🙌

Neal Brennan is the Wizard of Traumedy... Through years of dabbling in the dark arts, Neal has found the ability to weave sadness with joy into masterful works of hilarity all while teaching you something about your own faults.

It's Rainning men hallelujah. Two funny intelligent men hallelujah 🎉

Rainn, I care about your movies. I'll always love your role as Fish Boy 💗

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

🙏🏻

Great conversation about spirituality and mental health. I loved how Rainn challenged a few aspects with an open mind.

The one I've been waiting for. Thank you all 🙏

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

🍿

I love this conversation. I could think about existentialism all day. ❤

This is gonna get deep lol great guest Rainn man

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

🙏🙏

Rainn, if a person is able to have a transcendent experience with a psychedelic treatment -- and they happen to have a profound spiritual shift --- that sounds like a good thing to me. I mean, we need all the help we can get in this cruel, capitalist culture that offers no comfort or hope. With you on the spiritual bypass though, too. I've been at this for decades, so doing ALL the work.

After watching the Bobby Lee episode I was thinking Darrell Hammond would be a great guest. Then I saw Neal had him as a guest just recently....synchronicity

So much better than watching this on steadfast YT. No commercials!!

Ancestral knowledge of plants is the most ancient form of medicine that we have. Further, all modern pharmaceuticals are chemicals derived from plant and animal parts. The mixture of plants that makes Ayahuasca effective were known to shamans of the Amazon basin for thousands of years; modern scientists "discovered" this in the 1950's, and guess where their groundbreaking research was conducted, and where these plant derived medicines were discovered? The very same place that the shamans inhabited. To take exception to the term "plant medicine" is to take exception to the very foundations of the science that allows us to treat so many human ailments. The shamans themselves describe the plants themselves as the ones that imparted the knowledge to the shamans. Consider the possibility that your Creator did not construct the non-animal/non-human kingdoms to be lesser and unworthy of the ability to communicate? Please accept this gentle correction in your knowledge. Heroin was invented by Bayer corporation and was the biggest driver of its growth in the 1800's. Guess how it was legal? Yep, it was 'medicine'.

hands down, neal is the BEST podcast guest! always!

Great addition to the excellent SoulBoom universe! Tuesdays are the new Fridays! ❤

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

Love that 🙌

i love you rainn wilson. you have brought much joy to my life. i am not just talking about the office.

I would have never thought Rainn would be a spiritual person , this is awesome! I'm subscribing! I hope to see some Christian Philosophers.

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

Stay tuned!! Also check out last week’s episode with Kate Bowler - great chat about modern American Christianity 👇 kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWV9zchskbC5eJc.html

@MemzBeats

22 күн бұрын

@@SoulBoom too awesome! Thanks 🙏🏽

Neal Brennan says its hard to Influence people, well: My imput is the next one: INSIDE ALL OF US exists the same desire of a better world ( understand the "word" WORLD as much as to be yourself more happier, to make another human being be happier, to live a happiest life, to build some happy community of friends, family or whatever) so IF SOMEONE AS RAINN with Soulboom takes the lead, and points the way and talks about the possibility of a better world, I think he doesnt has to do A VERY HARD WORK INFLUENCING NOBODY cause he is calling that inner voice that exists in every people to think and want the same thing, he will connect with whoever is more or less connected with that mandate and will encourage to a LOT of about doing something about it; SOMETIMES YOU NEED JUST ONE PERSON TO START WALKING IN A DIRECTION TO BE FOLLOWED BY OTHERS ( Remember Forrest Gump?) So many times people dont change cause nobody encourage them to change, cause nobody makes them believe they can change for better. I just want to gave my imput on this... Another aspect in wich I believe is this one: humanity needs to reverse its to think about mental Health as a problem or a dessease but mostly be able to see it as a a departure from the truth, which is: we are powerful, we are well, we can be loved, we do not have to be perfect or fit in, there are things that hurt, we all having different times and rythim, it is okay to be different, the same things happen to all of us different degrees or scales, there isnt such a thing as: to be born with a bad star, being cursed, or being condemned to misfortune, there is just a mind to comprehend and emotional body to experience different sensations, an eternal look for pleasure and escape from pain, an non clear understanding of death, and a desperate look for meaning and the survival or an idea that there isnt one; and all that works with the ideas we give it to our mind, soul and body and the perceptions that we made based on what we feel and the way that we see the world around us. I DONT KNOW IF THIS IDEA IS CRAZY BUT... WHAT ABOUT TO HAVE RICHARD GADD on the PODCAST? ♥ Love you Soulboom.

"You can't be laughing and be sad at the same time". Bipolar can experience it in rapid succession

@enricomiceli8704

21 күн бұрын

you mean borderline

These podcasts have been amazing, thank you so much Rainn

Neal’s podcast is top of my rotation. So good.

When i think of a the central creation force, whatever it might be to you. I just try and envision what's in the centre of a black hole. Its something totally beyond our understanding..maybe even will never know and never see it, but it exists. Time stops, matter is gone, light can't escape it..the singularity is beyond everthing. Whatever inside that blackhole is creation for me

Such a wonderful and rich conversation. Thank you

Please keep your podcast going.

Rainn, the Ursula K Le Guin book you mentioned is likely The Lathe of Heaven 👍 excellent podcast, thank you ❤

I appreciate the subject matter of this channel. Purpose is extremely important to me on my spiritual journey. Stop taking your thoughts as who you are

Two very deep, introspective guys- really enjoyed the conversation.

Oh my goodness, I am so grateful that I discovered Rainn has his own channel! I’ve watched ‘The Office’ countless times and it helps me to sleep. Dwight is definitely the greatest character in the show, he helps to ease my mood. However, there aren’t many videos about them. Now, I can watch Dwight every week, or I don’t know the frequency he posts, but please continue, Rainn, or Dwight, because it is so motivating and so important! / second time post, hope Rainn can see and plz continue, you are a beautiful human being!

Neal Brennan is very nice-looking and is not at all weird-looking. Respectfully.

Great episode. Loved his 3 Mics special

This was great!!

Could move on a farm, and bee-keep and enjoy pottery and be happy. Feels like everyone has something like this that would make them feel content and good with life.

This podcast is 10/10 every single week! I always learn from it and it widens my perspective on so many subjects. I can’t wait to read Soul Boom this weekend. And now that you mention her, I would love to see Anne Lamott as a guest! Annie Lederman also has a lot of great experience with psychedelics affecting forgiveness.

Saw You, Rainn, with Neal on BLOCKS... I got SO MUCH out of it. I am so pleased that I got this notice and I've happily subscribed! Thank You.

Rainn asking all the right questions

"If you do it, and it's great, turns out, you're qualified." - Neal Brennan

"tuning into the suspicion you have about yourself and trying to make it actual"

Central creation force -- love it.

Great interview At points i felt Neal was trying to steer the convo and gave vague information good convo regardless, im new to this pod and like how different the conversations are without being preachy Keep up the good work

So enjoying this. A great follow up for talking about human default wiring and how meditation and other practices can help give it an upgrade, if he's not already on your guestlist, would be Rick Hanson, author of Buddha's Brain, Hardwiring Happiness, and others!

Loved this episode! Rainn and Neal's worry about psychedelics reminds me of soma. They used to use soma to communicate with the gods. It was limited to the priest class and then filtered into the laypeople and from there it got into the general population. They went from communion with the gods to, "Let's go 'communicate with the gods'" (wink wink) and it became so abused in the population that they took a hammer and chisel to all references to it. The journey downward of the drug is basically the story of virtually all the drugs that have been used and are still. Even tobacco and chocolate were those things, too, at various times. I want to try something guided sometime because I feel like there's a "veil" or "filter" that's keeping me from connecting with something. I know there is, actually. But I hesitate because I don't know if my time here is to figure out how to lift that veil/filter off without that shortcut, or if I get to know about the options from being born at this time and place and if I get to the otherside and I find out the universe is handing me its version of the punchline to the classic joke, "I sent you a Jeep, and boat, and a helicopter."

Since you’re observing comments for feedback, consider less commercials, or at the very least, insert them between thoughts instead of in the middle of sentences.

big fan rainn!

Interesting people have interesting conversations. Nice episode guys.

Love Neil … he’s helping people and that’s a great thing. Rainn is also … he’s even written a book with the same name as this podcast … I didn’t know that. I have to read it. He’s really quite the opposite of his character portrayed in the office which is so perfect. Great stuff

This needs a soul boom. Share with your friends

Really enjoying the podcast. I had major depression all my life. Have tried every kind of med and TMS and nothing has really helped. Also, love the move "Super" :).

I’d love to see Rainn on JRE

Funny what you said near the end. Often when i hear someone complain about their job for example, ill think, dont complain to me you choose the job.

You should get Pete Holmes on soon

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

Stay tuned!

1:12:42 I think that there IS a Spiritual Truth that underlies this experience you're describing. Purportedly, we all CHOOSE to be here, in whatever "roll of the dice" situation we're born into, so it would ultimately NOT be a roll of the dice, but a Conscious choice (yes, even the 'starving children in africa' or 'babies born with cancer' tropes, I do not pretend to know the reason why those are chosen if this idea is True) Recently I've been receiving multiple messages through Spirit/Spirit Guides that are effectively telling me to stay positive/maintain a High Vibration, even if it seems like the world is burning down around me. It reminds me of Ram Dass talking to Emmanuel, and he was told, "You're in a School, so why don't you try taking the curriculum? Why don't you try being Human?". ❤🌎

@WillToNihilsm

22 күн бұрын

You should lay off the shrooms

@dpclerks09

21 күн бұрын

@@WillToNihilsm Haven't touched em in about 16 years. You are worthy of Love❤

@WillToNihilsm

21 күн бұрын

@@dpclerks09 your mom is worthy of my love

More wow= wowzers!

So, this is the first episode of Soul Boom I've seen. I watched it in its entirety and, after having given myself 24 hours to think it over, and assuming Rainn and the producers of this channel are interested in constructive comments, I'd like to share two thoughts: First, I am deeply shocked that Rainn, especially after seeing just how sincerely hurt and dumbfounded Neal was by Rainn's first (frankly, unkind) comment about his appearance, that he would make a SECOND comment, though he probably thought that including himself for disparagement would soften the blow. Second, I would really encourage Rainn to deeply consider how he often interrupts and talks over his guests. There were several times in this interview where both of them were doing their best to share a thought and, though I may be mistaken, it seemed that Rainn would not take a step back and let Neal, his guest, finish his thought. He just kept hammering away until Neal gave up and let Rainn speak. I certainly appreciate that Rainn feels passionately about the thoughts he wants to share in these moments but, given that the subject matter of this channel will, most likely, continue to drill down on these same subjects, I am certain whatever intelligent thoughts Rainn had to share in those moments will wait until the same subject matter comes again. Remember, you'll get to speak each and every episode, Rainn, but your guests will only have an opportunity while they've been welcomed into your home. All the best to all of you.

Hey rainn, i love the rocker! Also, the office. So thats my 2-20 for you. I need to find more though

For the alg. Yay Neal

Man, you gotta pump up the audio a few db. The commercial interruptions are loud af. Otherwise, enjoying the pod!

There is a difference between plant medicine and drugs derived from plants. Cannabis is the plant and the poppy is processed into heroine and cocaine its not the same thing

Great chat between these new Bobby Lee friends. 😂

1:14:33 You probably done care about this but horror fans are big fans of House of 1,000 Corpses. It’s very well respected for the die hard horror community. I did a horror movie podcast for 7 years and I almost never heard from a fan who didn’t like it.

Match made in heaven

hallucination spirituality is kind of like the light of a flashlight. its transient, made of nothing really, but can point your way especially when you need it.

@WillToNihilsm

22 күн бұрын

Or it's just a hallucination 🙄

@bstring7773

22 күн бұрын

​@WillToNihilsm then that's not for you. Easy. That's all you need to take away from it.

@WillToNihilsm

22 күн бұрын

@@bstring7773 it's just your brain being influenced by a drug to make you feel and see things. Nothing more.

@Eric-tj3tg

19 күн бұрын

​@@WillToNihilsm...or a dream? Both created by one's unconscious, and thus begging integration. Not easy, but as it's one's mind, which creates one's reality, it's important to the experiencer, imo.

I would love to see Paulo Coelho on your show.

❤❤❤

Enjoyed the dialogue, thank you for sharing the space with transparency.

Absolutely gutted that Rainn said "beekeeping and pottery" and not "beet farm"

Do what works for you. In my opinion, a lot of us need to hydrate better. Get your electrolytes people. And sunshine and nature and socializing. If you need medication take it, it Definitely saves lives. Whiskey helps too lol for some of us.

not gonna lie, I have thought for at least 15 years that if my parents were just a little worse or a little better I would be a hilarious stand-up. instead I am a disabled veteran....

Anyone know the name of the Ursula K Le Guin book Rainn referenced at 47:07? :D

I mean caffeine is also a stimulant. that is very much a significant effect. i understand where Neal is coming from, but it very much is a stimulant.

i don't believe Rainn when he says hes not making judgments on people for having done drugs and now they have a new perspective on their life that has benefited them.

Top Gun 2 stole the end of Star Warz. That thing blew up real good.

@47:00 ish on the idea of simulation theory, I think a better (but kinda the same) model is the Holographic Universe model - Michael Talbot's book of the same name is worth a read for anyone interested in this concept

caffeine is stimulant tol tho. ive tried several stimulants and its up there on the same similar effect intensity line amphetamine for me. "Caffeine activates noradrenaline neurons and seems to affect the local release of dopamine. Many of the alerting effects of caffeine may be related to the action of the methylxanthine on serotonin neurons."

Please let us know when your online store goes live with the summer 2024 collection of Rainns handmaid ceramic piss pots

Two rich guys talking about how blessed they are 😂

I was a Christian for nearly thirty years, until something happened last year and I just could no longer believe. I still feel like I’m on a spiritual journey, but I just can’t believe in an interventionist “god” anymore. No god swooped down and rescued me during my three decades of faith. I highly doubt it’s going to happen now

@sashastrain1700

19 күн бұрын

The same thing happened to me...

Dysthymia is persistive mild depression.

What did Neal mean at the end by “you better enjoy this or we’ll kill you” Who is going to kill him? Or did i miss something

The stuff in the lava lamp is either honey, beer, or urine from someone on a bad diet.

Salad is a performance enhancing drug 😂

44:42 You could reword this: Critic: How do you know that the god you’re worshipping couldn’t just be an elaborate set of stories made up by men and that’s all there is to it? Christian: I’m totally willing to accept that could also be true. It certainly doesn’t feel like it.

I saw that Mission Impossible movie and it was trash. What is wrong with everyone! That motorcycle scene is the one good part of the whole movie and it's in the trailer.

All humans have mental health struggles at some point or another -- of course there are degrees of suffering.

It’s insane how much I identify with these guys. It makes wonder if it’s trauma or what? The only way I could identify with “normal ppl” was heroin. Then later in my life weed. I found the world and ppl boring. The things I would do to keep myself entertained is insane. How’s this person going to react if say or do this or that? Been terrified of death my entire life. You’d think that would make me cautious. Just the opposite I’d go right up to the line then stick my foot right over it. I got bored with drugs and don’t take antidepressants. I just had to come to the realization I’m never going to find joy the way others do. Sometimes I wake up and I’m just sad other times angry and other time happy and energized That’s ok . It’s not real. I find fleeting moments of joy thru guitar music comedy and my pets. That’s has to be good enough. I’ve learned to tell myself no. I force myself to do some of the things normal ppl do and it’s made my life easier. There’s no answer. Challenges I need to do the things my brain tells me I can’t. Which is everything. Psychos are the best at everything. Science art creativity. Me being crazy self loathing and obsessed is the reason why I can’t master anything my heart desires. But I’m also terrible at everything and I hate myself. It’s also why I’m compelled to write books in comment boxes no one will ever read.

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing 🙏😊

@Eric-tj3tg

19 күн бұрын

I read it my friend. Resonates. Best your way.

It is so uncertainly listening to Rainn repeatedly dog on psychedelics with no personal experience. I think a lot of his skepticism and criticism are right on the money, but it’s kinda like complaining about how elephants trample crops without ever having seen an elephant

we are all weird looking, btw.

@SoulBoom

22 күн бұрын

💯 that’s what makes us HUMAN

maybe there's something sacred

i wish that lava lamp was on

I would love to work with you bud...🙏 I'm creative, funny, spiritual, and also a very very good poet ...many blessings

57:26 most Christian denominations push legalism as does Islam. They tell you what you have to do and what you need to do. Jesus is about grace. It’s about what He did, not what you do. “It is finished” Matthew 27. There is nothing you have to do except for put your faith in what He did and believe.

Just realized Neal, who I really, like, never seems to really laugh hard in any of his podcasts...

for the algo