2023-07-07
33 分钟This is in conversation from Apple News.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
Today exploring life's big questions with Rainn Wilson.
You probably know him best as this guy.
Whenever I'm about to do something, I think, would an idiot do that?
And if they would, I do not do that thing.
That's the actor Rainn Wilson in his Emmy nominated role as Dwight Schrute on the hit NBC comedy the Office.
He says that's how people see him, as Dwight, but of course, he's not Dwight.
He's Rain.
He's a real person who's lived a real life with real struggles.
And the one constant that's helped ground him is spirituality.
I love learning about religious faiths.
I love reading the Vedantas and the, and the Bhagavad Gita and the writings of the Buddha and the Quran and the Bible.
This is not a topic that he takes lightly.
I've thought about going to like divinity school or something like that.
This is not like a hobby or pursuit that's like, oh, this is a fun, quirky little side.
Interesting, kind of like pickleball.
He's exploring these themes of spirituality and soul nourishing in a few ways.
One is his new book called Soul why We Need a Spiritual Revolution.
The other, a TV show on Peacock called Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, where he travels to different places around the world to learn how different cultures seek peace and fulfillment.