Ep. 335: Rob Bell on Everything is Spiritual and Apocalyptic Hope
Unperform with Tiffany Han (formerly Raise Your Hand Say Yes)
Tiffany Han
4.7 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In his new book, Everything is Spiritual: Who We Are and What We're Doing Here, New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell explores the endless dynamic questions and connections that have shaped his life, providing powerful insight into understanding one's purpose and place in the world. And I am thrilled to be in conversation with him this week.
Listen in to hear me and Rob talk about his 11th book (!!), the nature of life, why "looking for" spirit is playing the wrong game, why hope needs to be apocalyptic, the problem with all those ladders we've gotten really good at climbing, and what's important to know about boredom and death.
Rob Bell has been one of my greatest teachers and I'm so excited to introduce him to you!
PS. Applications for the RYHSY Inner Circle close on Friday 9/25! Get all the details here!
What He Said:
"The elimination of obstacles, barriers, and discomfort is a recipe for boredom."
"Spirit is often lurking in whatever you most dislike."
"I want people to experience the wonder and awe of their own existence."
"Having your palms up to let go is the only way you can receive anything."
Those Timestamps:
00:35 - Unfolding why 'Everything is Spiritual'
14:01 - Spiritual awakening in a modern world
18:30 - On apocalyptic hope
21:52 - Moving slowly and presently
27:36 - Embracing rest and rhythm and welcoming sabbath
31:19 - A different perspective of life & death
38:56 - The wonder of your own existence
43:33 - Palms up and let go
Show Notes:
Applications are open for the Inner Circle!
Connect with Rob:
Site | Podcast | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Rob's new book: Everything is Spiritual
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to raise your hands say yes with Tiffany Hahn, a podcast all about helping you have a |
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| 0:27.1 | power, and how to move forward without having to rewrite your entire life. Now onto the show. |
| 0:34.5 | Hi, Rob Bell, welcome. |
| 0:39.6 | It's great to be with you. |
| 0:43.6 | So there's so much that I have to ask about and talk about. |
| 0:47.4 | And I think the starting place is the title of the book. |
| 0:49.0 | Everything is spiritual. |
| 0:55.2 | Because as I was planning this out, I was thinking, oh, I want to ask him about these things and see if he can tell me why they're spiritual, but really the big, the joke's on me because it all counts. |
| 1:02.5 | There is a depth to life, a mystery. There's something going on here. And it is possible to live in |
| 1:10.7 | the modern world and just skim across the surface. |
| 1:15.0 | It's just brains talking to brains, climbing ladders and getting whatever reward is at the top. |
| 1:22.2 | And you even think about right now politically, all of this, all of this disruption and catastrophe |
| 1:31.0 | and upheaval, it's all spiritual. There are animating energies that are just below the surface |
| 1:38.6 | of everything. Love, joy, hope, greed, coercion, manipulation, oppression, all of this, all of this is spiritual, of course. |
| 1:47.7 | So yeah, the title is, obviously I'm smiling and it's a bit over the top, and that's all totally intentional. |
| 1:55.2 | And in some ways, it's why I'm here. It's my life message at some level. I think we all have that, some sense of the thing we're here to do. |
| 2:16.6 | And you look back on your life and you're like, everything was basically a riff or a, on that. You know what I mean? Right, but you don't know it until you're five steps down where you're like, oh, that's why that really hard thing happened. Yeah, yeah. And then you just start owning it. |
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