In this episode we do something a bit different and explore the American TV series called the Good Place to extract from it seven spiritual lessons. At the start of the episode, I describe the premise of the show, without revealing the plot twist that comes at the end of the first season. If you have not watched it, I highly encourage you to do so.
I refer back to EP 28 which answers the question of whether it is spiritual to help other people.
Here are what I consider the seven spiritual lessons of the Good Place are:
- Life is complex and it is actually fairly hard to decide if a decision is good or bad
- Lying is not always morally wrong
- If you do good with an ulterior motive, it defeats the point
- You don’t need to go to a monastery in Tibet in order to become enlightened
- We all have free will
- Every day it gets harder to be a good person
- We all need a purpose in life.
I hope you find the episode entertaining. To listen to it, click here.