The Funniest Conversation You'll Ever Hear About Achieving Inner Peace | Pete Holmes

About this episode

<p dir="ltr">The comedian on: connecting instead of separating, feeling whole, and the upside of being an affirmation addict.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://peteholmes.com/">Pete Holmes</a> is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He created and starred in HBO's <a href="https://www.hbo.com/crashing">Crashing</a> and hosted The Pete Holmes Show on TBS. He has released stand-up specials on HBO, Netflix, and Comedy Central, hosts the popular <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-made-it-weird-with-pete-holmes/id475878118"> You Made It Weird</a> podcast, and is the author of <a href= "https://bookshop.org/p/books/comedy-sex-god-pete-holmes/cfc6a92fd45cf1a0"> Comedy Sex God</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">This episode is a live conversation recorded in NYC as part of a benefit for the amazing organization <a href= "https://www.nyimc.org/">New York Insight Meditation Center</a>. </p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How Pete Holmes's evangelical upbringing shaped his early ideas about fear, morality, and God</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Psychedelics, awareness, identity and consciousness  </li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Mysticism and metaphor versus literal belief</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Meditation and different paths of practice</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What meditation reveals about awareness, forgetting, and remembering</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Being an affirmation addict</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Service and helping others</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Happiness versus peace of mind</li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">Get the 10% with Dan Harris app <a href= "https://app.danharris.com/membership">here</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Sign up for Dan's free newsletter <a href= "http://www.danharris.com/">here</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Follow Dan on social: <a href= "https://bit.ly/3tGigG5">Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FOA84J">TikTok</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Subscribe to our <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FybRzD">YouTube Channel</a></p> <p><strong> </strong>To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit <a href= "https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris">https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris</a></p> <p> </p>