
Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

All men have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.
Rainn Wilson • Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
the world’s eight richest men currently own as much wealth as the poorest 50 percent of the world’s population, according to Oxfam International. That’s almost four billion people! The top three billionaires own as many financial assets as the poorest forty-eight countries combined!
Rainn Wilson • Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
As all the existing organizational systems around us break down, we need answers. We need solutions. We need hope. Unity. Love. Compassion. All that gooey, profound stuff that is so easy to sneer at and dismiss in our cynical, fast-paced, modern world. Yet I sincerely believe that humanity, in order to evolve on both the individual and the societal
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The great British documentarian and philosopher Adam Curtis talks about how in Victorian times people spoke about death constantly but never about sex. In contemporary society, the reverse is true: we never talk about death but are obsessed with sex. I think that’s why the COVID-19 pandemic was especially terrifying to us. As body bags were stacked
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The fundamental cancer doesn’t have an immediate political solution because, as much as they might appear to be at first glance, the problems themselves are not essentially political. They have only a spiritual cure, because when you examine them deeply, the issues, imbalances, and diseases are actually spiritual in nature. As long as we have a
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Science studies the notes of consciousness, but what we actually live is the music! We write operas. We hold our babies and weep at the beauty of it all.
Rainn Wilson • Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
What is it in our ancient DNA that tells us collectively there is something beyond this physical realm? That we need to ritualize the burial of a body, inter it in a sacred place, and provide items to help it along its journey? Are we wired for a spiritual connection to our lost loved ones? And if so, why? I mean, from a sociological perspective,
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The bottom line is that young people are suffering greatly. They seem to be lacking in the tools, skills, and ability to find solutions to these difficult issues. To befriend, to bond, to connect, to self-soothe, to find joy. To create community. They are seemingly cut off from what nourishes them, suffering from diseases of despair, and oftentimes
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My hope is that as we develop an understanding of our spiritual reality, and seek ever greater levels of community and an economy based on sharing, our ancient primal need to amass and obtain at all costs will be replaced with that other primal need: to lend, give, sacrifice, and collaborate.