# Turn Spiritual Emptiness Into Real Purpose | Rainn Wilson

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Podcast: [The Daily Motivation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-motivation-5671643)
Published: 2026-07-18T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://lewishowes.com/podcast/rainn-wilson/
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## Resource

Rainn Wilson got everything he thought he wanted when he moved to New York City to chase acting at 20, a beautiful girlfriend, a career taking off, total freedom from the Baha'i faith he grew up in. Instead he found himself wide awake at 3am asking what his life was even about, a crisis that sent him reading the Bible, the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Dhammapada in search of an answer, and eventually planted the seed for SoulPancake.

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