Father Richard Rohr: Finding Your True Self

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4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Contemporary theologian and author Father Richard Rohr discusses how we can reconnect to our true self by overcoming the many ways in which our ego blocks our path. A Franciscan priest for more than 40 years and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Father Richard has firsthand understanding of how silence and meditation, deeper spiritual intuition and the inherent experience of love can lead to transformational discoveries within oneself. According to Father Richard, within each of us lies the true self and the false self. The true self, he says, is what religion often calls the soul—your eternal essence. The false self is the persona you create for yourself. Father Richard believes your goal in life is to find and manifest your true self.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.6	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.1	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.1	now.
0:24.8	He was born in 1943 into Pika Kansas. Father War says he started his ministry at a very early
0:31.5	age, pretending to teach catacombs to friends when he was only seven years old, intrigued
0:37.8	by the Franciscan message of compassion and universal acceptance. Richard left home to
0:43.5	study at the seminary when he was just 14. He entered the Franciscan order and was ordained
0:50.4	a Roman Catholic priest in his 20s. Inspired by the example of St. Francis of Assisi, who believed
0:57.8	in a simple life, lived in harmony with all things. Father Roar founded the Center for Action
1:04.0	and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. That was in 1987. A much sought after speaker
1:10.1	who's traveled the world for more than 40 years, he continues to inspire readers with timeless
1:15.5	wisdom through his writing, including his book Immortal Diamond, The Search for Our True Self.
1:23.7	Welcome. Father Roar, thank you so much. So you've been called one of the most influential
1:30.5	spiritual teachers in the world. So many people are excited that we're seated together.
1:35.2	But tell me how do you see yourself? Do you see yourself as this great spiritual teacher?
1:41.2	I can say this for sure, Oprah. I never intended this to happen. This was not my self-image.
1:48.5	It just happened little by little that people responded so beautifully to what I was trying to say.
1:55.1	And I took the next step and the next step and now I end up doing this. But when I was a young boy
2:02.8	in Kansas of all places on the other side of the Wizard of Oz, I would have never thought I would
2:08.6	write books someday. But I'm just grateful. I'm grateful. What is the Immortal Diamond?
2:15.2	The Immortal Diamond is the soul. It's the true self. Yeah, it's the indestructible part of the
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