#139. Rob Bell - Everything is Spiritual
10/16/20 • 53 min
“This experience that we’re having here is very, very, very strange. Consciousness itself, the fact that you and I can be aware of ourselves having this conversation. The most basic realities of this experience that we’re having are indescribably strange and odd. So that is also what we mean by spiritual. If you aren’t at some point smiling about how strange this whole thing is, you’re not paying attention.” – Rob Bell
ROB BELL is the New York Times Bestselling author of ten books, including Velvet Elvis, Drops Like Stars, and Love Wins, which have been translated into 25 languages. His podcast, called RobCast, was named by iTunes Best of 2015. He’s toured with Oprah, been profiled in The New Yorker, and in 2011 TIME Magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. He does regular shows at Largo, a comedy and music club in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife Kristen and their three kids.
In this episode, we’re talking (and so much more):
- Quantum Physics and it’s relationship to Spirituality
- When you don’t know what is next for you, that space in between
- What does it mean to be successful?
- Our human identifications
- Self-Care and how we can support ourselves
Rob & Liz Gilbert are doing are doing an online workshop on Imagining on 31st Oct 2020. For more details on that, head here: www.celebrateyourlife.com
Rob Bell’s new book is Everything is Spiritual. Find it here alongside more about Rob: https://robbell.com/
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Learn more about the host, Kate Snowise, here: www.thrive.how
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“This experience that we’re having here is very, very, very strange. Consciousness itself, the fact that you and I can be aware of ourselves having this conversation. The most basic realities of this experience that we’re having are indescribably strange and odd. So that is also what we mean by spiritual. If you aren’t at some point smiling about how strange this whole thing is, you’re not paying attention.” – Rob Bell
ROB BELL is the New York Times Bestselling author of ten books, including Velvet Elvis, Drops Like Stars, and Love Wins, which have been translated into 25 languages. His podcast, called RobCast, was named by iTunes Best of 2015. He’s toured with Oprah, been profiled in The New Yorker, and in 2011 TIME Magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. He does regular shows at Largo, a comedy and music club in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife Kristen and their three kids.
In this episode, we’re talking (and so much more):
- Quantum Physics and it’s relationship to Spirituality
- When you don’t know what is next for you, that space in between
- What does it mean to be successful?
- Our human identifications
- Self-Care and how we can support ourselves
Rob & Liz Gilbert are doing are doing an online workshop on Imagining on 31st Oct 2020. For more details on that, head here: www.celebrateyourlife.com
Rob Bell’s new book is Everything is Spiritual. Find it here alongside more about Rob: https://robbell.com/
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Learn more about the host, Kate Snowise, here: www.thrive.how
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
#138. The Power in Observing Your Thoughts
We can become the observer of our thoughts, and when we can step into this higher level of consciousness, we can unlock the keys to our behavior and create from a place of intentionality. We switch from Reacting to Responding.
For a full transcript and show notes, head to: www.thrive.how/podcast138
In this episode Kate is talking through this concept of becoming the observer, and addresses:
- What does it mean to split from our thoughts and switch to being the observer
- If I am not my thoughts, then who the hell am I?
- How else we can think about the observer
- Why this is useful, and how it can impact our lives
- Paths we can following to begin to integrate this idea
Kate specifically mentions the following tools and resources:
Episode #62 of Here to Thrive with Andrea Featherstone on Deconstructing Mindfulness.
Eckhart Tolle's book - A New Earth. Link here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0452289963/?ref=exp_kate.snowise_dp_vv_d
Steven C. Hayes book on ACT - A Liberated Mind. Link here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/073521400X/?ref=exp_kate.snowise_dp_vv_d
The Oprah & Eckhart New Earth Podcast. Link here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oprah-and-eckhart-tolle-a-new-earth/id1458654443
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To learn more about Kate Snowise and Thrive.How head to www.thrive.how
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Next Episode
#140. Sustaining Happiness: Getting off the Hedonic Treadmill
What is the Hedonic Treadmill, and how does it undermine our ability to sustain a lasting sense of happiness?
In this episode Kate overviews her take on the Hedonic Treadmill. She discusses the Hamster Wheel that helps her make sense of the concept. She also discusses the pursuit of external sources of happiness and pleasure and how it often foils us in our attempt to find greater life satisfaction.
Finally, she highlights actions you can take to get off the treadmill, including:
- Deepening your awareness
- Creating variation in your life
- Putting the conscious effort in to savor simple pleasures
- and Creating a Values-Based Life.
To learn more about Kate, head to www.thrive.how
To access a full written transcript of this episode: www.thrive.how/podcast40
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