Does God Feel Pestered By Humanity, with Matisyahu

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Psychedelics, Making a Deal with God, the Unity of Music, Wilderness Therapy, Untying Identity from Physical Appearance....this episode has it all! Dive deep into the soul-stirring journey of renowned musician Matisyahu, where music and mysticism collide in an unforgettable revelation. We explore Matisyahu's self-diagnosed learning disabilities, his life as "the last hippie", and the spiritual awakening that led him from dropping out of high school to become a Dead Head and follow Phish on tour, to a stint in rehab and an empowering experience in a wilderness therapeutic program. This is a RAW & REVEALING account of how psychedelic experiences, spirituality, and music have intertwined to shape his path from a troubled youth to a reggae music sensation! Matisyahu also opens up about his move toward becoming very religious in his Jewish faith - including growing an extremely recognizable beard and studying at the yeshiva - the intersectionality between reggae and Judaism, the underground healer who saved his life, and the ebbs and flows of his relationship with religion....PLUS where he’s currently at with it now. From pairing psychedelic drugs with spirituality and music at an early age - leading to a deep calling to dedicate his life to God and his music career - to the pressures of fame driving him to shave his iconic beard, this episode is a very personal examination of the ties between loneliness and spirituality. Don't miss this powerful episode that challenges us to question: Does God feel pestered by humanity?

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0:00.0	And I got hit by a car in the Bronx, a hit and run. I started feeling this feeling of like, I know I'm supposed to do something really special and I have no fucking clue how I'm going to do it and I
0:14.8	started just praying even though I didn't know what the words meant. I felt really
0:19.2	alone and I was like I feel like the only thing that can can like sued me is somehow for some
0:26.1	reason or whatever I called it God like God will be the thing and that will that's
0:30.6	what will give me like the success that's what will give me like
0:33.4	somehow God is going to do this for me and I'm gonna like make a deal with him like
0:38.2	old school like basic shit like I'm gonna like not smoke weed and I'm gonna be like really disciplined and I'm going to like not smoke weed and I'm going to be like really disciplined and I'm going to I'm going to like serve him.
0:46.6	Prayer for me was always like a thing that felt real to me because I'm more of a heart person than a head person probably.
0:52.2	So for me it was always like okay you
0:54.7	called like calling out to God at that time like how am I going to become this thing that I want to be,
1:04.3	you know?
1:05.3	And then like pray to God for it.
1:07.3	I always kind of have this little bit rebellious sort of side to myself kind of, that I'm going to do my thing. I have this like dream, you know, of being free,
1:18.0	shaving my beard, of getting divorced. The religion is just like, I feel stuck in it. I don't feel like I really am moving in it.
1:25.6	I don't feel like the same inspiration that I did. It was like I woke up that morning and I was like,
1:31.6	This is my face. I own this face. No one else does. If I want to shave I can
1:37.8	fucking shave and I did I went into I cried I bald my eyes out this like Puerto Rican chicken supercuts just like
1:44.0	shavily. She's like, when you sure? I'm like, yep, I can do it.
1:48.0	It's my and be Alex breakdown. She's gonna break it down for you because you know she knows a thing or two
1:58.2	And now she's going to break down. It's a breakdown. She's going to break it down And now a word for our sponsor, Betterment.
2:07.0	Let's talk about you and your money.
2:09.0	You like your free time, you like to relax every now and then, you like to feel totally chill. but your money, your money likes to work.
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