Before we begin, please be aware that some of the themes and language in this episode may not be suitable for children.

In my home country of India, there's a form of meditation that might at first seem well silly.

After, as these laughing clubs have discovered this universal, primal and seriously infectious, but in a good way, laughter heals.

Laughter heals. It makes you feel better, chemically speaking.

But it also does something even more amazing. It changes our minds by opening the door to a new perspective on yourself and the world.

They're always laughing at me. Why are they laughing at me? I said, look in the mirror, blame it on God.

Anybody else can't swim. See, they ain't many of us left. Most of us have drought.

You know what a heroine? Yeah, it's a fat sandwich that's full of alauna.

Maybe you're an ingredient.

How does laughter do this?

That's what I wanted to find out, from a particularly enlightened comedian.

I think that all humour is underwritten by our mutual awareness that the reality we are living in is not the reality.

It's not real. And through comedy, you can just for a moment touch that. You can make a connection with that awareness.

And the laughter is the consequence of that temporary illumination, of that temporary connection.

I'm Deepak Chopra and this is Infinite Potential, where we explore what makes us conscious beings and why it matters that we are.

My mum, at the moment, she's homeless. I've already guilty about that.

After she raised me and let me live in her womb for those nine months, I feel I could really give something back.

So I'll probably either get a womb or a house.

Many people know Russell Brand as a comedian. He starred in films, written books and toured the world, performing to sold out theaters.

But something was always missing. His public struggles with substance abuse and sex addiction are well documented.

Our conversation begins with Russell, now many years into a life of sobriety, as well as a deeply personal exploration of what caused the urges he's fought so hard to vanquish.

And how humour saved him. And could save us all.

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