Neal Brennan, Does Brilliance Have Boundaries? | Soul Boom | Ep 9

[@f0x845]

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]

Thanks for tuning in!! 🙏

[@FunghiJacob]

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]

Well said!

[@Tannerislegend]

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

[@nephrotoxick8]

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

[@SoulBoom]

So glad you’re loving it!! 🙏

[@H-Vox]

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

[@markkoenigs4050]

Same

[@pmcauslan]

I hope it's a long one!

[@imuuri]

Duncan Trussell used to be one of my favorites.... Since he's gotten older hes gotten into Baal and Moloch worship and even said on JRE he wants to join Bohemian Grove. Moloch and Baal are different versions of the same entity, Moloch translates in Hebrew to child sacrifice, the golden bull of the bible. I'm not religious but I am spiritual as cliche as that is to say but when it comes to the emodiment of child sacrifice for anti aging is disgusting from any angle. Look up Duncan trussell and moloch and you will see the tweets I cant posts the links on youtube.

[@miramirez3574]

Agreed. Love duncan

[@Jessebg1]

​@@imuuriYou do realize he is a comedian and makes up crazy stuff all the time to be funny right? He loves trolling people like you.

[@cirquemedia]

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.

[@30parkwood15]

soooooo. I was not prepared for the level of honesty Wilson and Neil is having particularly about drugs. I am actually glad to hear rain bring up his opinion about people who find God through hallucinogens It is super hilarious in a dark way that he is voicing that to a person who has a mental illness that prevents them from experiencing joy outside of these hallucinogens, but that is another conversation

[@carriemroczkowski9409]

I’m really digging this pod. Love Neal!

[@SoulBoom]

We dig YOU!

[@corinaspfx]

damn i love comedians, they are the wisest among us

[@mohitmakhija6618]

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 !

[@stephaniehendricks3537]

Just watched both bryan cranston parts (awesome) and now i found this episode, a new favorite podcast

[@milly-nb4pr]

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

[@RobertRobinson-od6eq]

16:02 this genuinely made me LOL. Neal was not expecting that

[@des.patates.tabarnak]

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

[@SoulBoom]

🙌🙌

[@airbendingseneca]

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

[@jaimedeleon1194]

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

[@susanpeck530]

Truly great ep. Love Neal already

[@psychedelicbookworm]

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

[@Duffyartwork]

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

[@perpetualmaker]

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

[@FADI_TINY]

I LOVE THIS PODCAST!! I HOPE RAINN KEEPS IT GOING.

[@Creepydorky]

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

[@improvupdate]

That bit about Ricky not believing in god but believing in himself which is the same thing. So quick. Gold 😂

[@DennisFeinsteinCEO]

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

[@SoulBoom]

We love you Portland!!

[@Soapmeowth]

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

[@SoulBoom]

We agree!!

[@landers5486]

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

[@SoulBoom]

🍿

[@fional7366]

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!

[@CrimeConversations]

New to this podcast and can’t stop watching 🙏❤

[@stephaniehendricks3537]

I think rainn should do an episode of neal's podcast. I think it would be a great episode. And after i typed this i looked it up and saw that he did, both were good episodes. I discovered this after i stumbled into the bryan cranston 2 parter (which were great episodes).

[@JesseNickelltheFourth]

Loving this Soul Boom podcast Rainn. Great conversations!

[@MemzBeats]

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]

Stay tuned!! Also check out last week’s episode with Kate Bowler - great chat about modern American Christianity 👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWKsnJlplrKGfpY

[@MemzBeats]

@@SoulBoom too awesome! Thanks 🙏🏽

[@danielakara]

Such a wonderful and rich conversation. Thank you

[@TheirIAre]

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

[@tearitdownnow1]

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

[@SoulBoom]

🙏🏻

[@helbaker1509]

I love Soul Boom and am a major proponent of harm reduction. I’ve used “alternative medicines” responsibly to treat depression and migraines; I do think that conversations around use v abuse always need a disclaimer that experimentation is a higher-risk activity for people with genetic predispositions to substance use disorder. If you try something and you like it a lot and want to try it again the next day, that’s one you need to avoid.

[@abochelopr]

Sometimes a shortcut is very useful, specially if you have been lost for a while. So don’t knock shortcuts, they exist for a reason. Maybe not everybody deserves a shortcut, but most people could use one. Sometimes just to be among the rest of the people and not feel so behind. It’s not a shortcut to win, is a shortcut to live a little better.

[@theriveryeti2426]

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

[@daniellemnop]

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.

[@cherylbenton7107]

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

[@SoulBoom]

Love that 🙌

[@vanessawhitneypro]

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.

[@sebastianwhalin743]

This is gonna get deep lol great guest Rainn man

[@SoulBoom]

🙏🙏

[@vitot9286]

Please keep your podcast going.

[@JennaB-e7t]

This was so good, thanks for the interview! I hope to someday see Dan Harmon on your show. I think he would be a fascinating conversation.

[@jamescordova1796]

I love the Soul Boom Theme Song. It sounds like the band from "The Office" aged, matured and got some money in the bank and went from jamming in a rowdy neighborhood pub to a nice chill Restaurant in the Suburbs where they serve steaks, fine wine and great bread....wait maybe that's just my perception of Rainn....

[@davidmikhael711]

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

[@leonardshevlin7260]

They have something in common. As children, they moved to Bill Murray's hometown: Wilmette, Illinois.

[@hilpei3675]

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.

[@luisolortegui7629]

This needs a soul boom. Share with your friends

[@mujedi1111]

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" :).

[@johnjeffrey741]

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

[@TrollHunterxXx]

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

[@treebendsinthewind]

These podcasts have been amazing, thank you so much Rainn

[@MyIceShine]

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.

[@dpclerks09]

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]

You should lay off the shrooms

[@dpclerks09]

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

[@WillToNihilsm]

@@dpclerks09 your mom is worthy of my love

[@Stellium__]

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

[@Rave-Worldwide]

Great work to both of them to pairing up and keeping their left shirt pocket unbutt6😂

[@laurahouser2350]

Rainn asking all the right questions

[@dozendoughnts]

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

[@oskargold7072]

For curiosity !! __Terence McKenna - Sacred Plants as Guides: New Dimensions of the Soul - Part 1 ---- Terence McKenna - Packing For The Long Strange Trip (1994 - Full Talk)

[@grosslyoverrated]

so jealous of the Donald roller Wilson painting!

[@kevindavis4585]

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

[@JesseNickelltheFourth]

Great conversation!

[@rev.christiebates]

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!

[@hilpei3675]

Central creation force -- love it.

[@MrMonkeyJuices]

Great episode. Loved his 3 Mics special

[@lolaspinks6071]

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

[@Trenchant468]

5:00 in, and okay, but what about the whole laughing leading to crying phenomenon. Or as Joni said, “laughing and crying, it’s the same release”? Or something like that.

[@BloodyBobJr]

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

[@upendasana7857]

I love how Rainn is getting so worked up about people taking ayahuasca and quite annoyed about 😂..I understand it that people take it for an easy quick spiritual awakening or healing without putting in "the work"but from what I hear is that for those who may get insights also need to do more afterwards to integrate or work on what they may have learnt.It still takes a practice if it's to be of any lo g term benefit. I agree that there are risks and it is not gor everyone sbd is all too often abused and commercialised now with dodgy shamans and a lack of follow up or aftercare. The point is with someone like Neil is that is has lead to lasting change and transformation and a belief and experience of the Divine that has sustained him. I have not taken any ayahuasca but did have a spiritual awakeni g that was very overwhelming and with experiences similar to ones I've heard people have through ayahuasca. I agree it can be spiritual bypassing but it can also for some like Neil be the difference betweeniving or not and gave him enough insight and experience of Divine love to sustain his desire for life and appreciate it. I would not be so dismissive but also see the need for caution and discernment and that there are many pathways to God avd healing and transformation. I love listening to Neil talk though and his experiences because as ge says somehow you know it's real and on many ways more real than the reality we live in everyday.

[@davidmikhael711]

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.

[@cargotrailerkenny]

Interesting people have interesting conversations. Nice episode guys.

[@ericgoodwinart]

“It’s incalculable” -Neal perfectly saying a word that Michael Scott had some difficulty with haha. Coincidence?

[@TribalGuitars]

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."

[@eriksoderberg4828]

Good stuff guys

[@HarderTime89]

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

[@enricomiceli8704]

you mean borderline

[@icanfistu]

I’d love to see Rainn on JRE

[@cruzianfibergeek]

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.

[@Synchro789]

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

[@joeschmoe5009]

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

[@borisgrishenk0]

This was great!!

[@evxnsc]

36:21 the toad produces 5-MeO DMT, which is very different from the N,N-DMT in Mimosa Hostilis (Ayahuasca)

[@lightweights]

big fan rainn!

[@deborahthomas3475]

Buddhism teaches us of a level of awareness beyond the limits of the self. Consider that self focus is more animalistic. To become your human potential you need to go beyond the limits of self focus. You don’t need to worship or ask for what you want. Just get onboard with what it is.

[@apoet605am1]

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

[@johnjacobjingleheimersmith9923]

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'.

[@rjones6801]

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

[@ligairi]

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.

[@DragonFiesta]

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....

[@CrimeConversations]

❤

[@George2647g]

Great chat between these new Bobby Lee friends. 😂

[@RockStarIntuition]

@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

[@Fictionaleyez]

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

[@dosesandmimoses]

More wow= wowzers!

[@mikei5550]

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.

[@nimimerkillinen]

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."

[@joshuacooper473]

I would love to see Paulo Coelho on your show.

[@jonathanbonchak7389]

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

[@usquebaugh1]

43:42 in other words, if Rainn prays to either, his Soul goes Boom. Absurd? Yes...sorry. Moving on...

[@StanleyCullerEsq.]

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.

[@thepohCv]

For the alg. Yay Neal

[@user-vg2eg7oo5n]

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

[@Jonastynasty]

50 mins yea thats a fine way to do it