Marianne Williamson: The Spiritual Purpose of Relationships

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In a live appearance at UCLA’s Royce Hall, spiritual adviser, activist and New York Times best-selling author Marianne Williamson explains how, through relationships, we can transcend worldly concerns and achieve a greater sense of spiritual enlightenment. She shares what she believes is the most powerful thought you can have and why it will benefit all your relationships. Marianne also offers a powerful metaphor to explain how we’re all connected to each other and to the universe.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.5	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.0	now.
0:24.6	Mary Ann Williamson is one of the most...
0:30.6	She is one of the most influential women of the modern spiritual world and the modern
0:41.5	spiritual movement. She's had an enormous impact on me personally. Long before I had a book club
0:50.3	and a platform to actually talk about spirituality, I loved her book a return to love so much that I
0:58.7	went out and I bought 1,000 copies of the book and then I invited her to the show and everywhere I'd
1:06.3	go I'd be in a restaurant and I'd say, have you read Mary Ann's book? I'd say, no I said, I have one
1:11.7	right here for you. Anyway, today Mary Ann is going to talk about the spiritual purpose of relationships.
1:20.2	Mary Ann Williamson.
1:22.2	Hi!
1:26.2	Hello!
1:28.2	Hi, everyone!
1:30.2	Right to see you. Thank you. Thank you.
1:38.2	I want to talk to you today about your relationships, our relationships to each other, but in the context of our
1:48.2	relationship to the universe and to God Himself. We're making a mistake if our spiritual conversation
1:56.2	is relegated to me or to you. The spiritual conversation is by definition about us. The spiritual conversation is about
2:06.2	we. So let's begin by contextualizing the universe and seeing the universe like a house that is wired
2:12.2	for electricity and you and I are lamps and the lamp could be tall, it could be short, it could be
2:20.2	any color, it could be any shape, it could be any design. The power of the lamp has to do with the
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