Oprah Winfrey: EGO

Oprah's Super Soul

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4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Oprah Winfrey says that she didn’t understand the true meaning of ego until she met Eckhart Tolle. He opened her eyes to how an ego-based mind can sabotage everything. Initially she thought ego meant arrogance or superiority. But now she sees it's the part of us that identifies as our personality, our accomplishments, our talents, essentially the false self. The key to continued spiritual growth is to understand the ego’s disruptive role in our lives. In this SuperSoul Conversation Oprah talks with Eckhart Tolle, Wayne Dyer, Father Richard Rohr, Brene Brown, Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Jack Canfield, Jeff Weiner, Phil Jackson, Pema Chodron about the many challenges the ego presents and what we can do to stay on track. These talented writers, speakers and thought leaders have been featured on her Emmy Award-winning show Super Soul Sunday. You can also find this compilation and other insightful conversations in her New York Times best-selling book The Wisdom of Sundays.

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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.
0:25.1	The conversations I've shared with renowned thought leader and spiritual teacher Eckhart
0:30.0	Tolle have been some of the most meaningful of my life. His wisdom has been so transformative
0:38.6	I keep a copy of his book, A New Earth, on my bedside table.
0:43.0	I didn't understand the true meaning of ego until I met Eckhart. I used to think the
0:49.1	ego presented itself as arrogance, selfishness, or feelings of superiority. But I know now
0:57.7	that it's not always someone who's acting out or showing off. Everyone has an ego. And
1:04.4	I believe most people aren't even aware of how it affects their daily life. Understanding
1:11.6	the ego's constant disruption to our spiritual development is such an integral lesson in
1:17.6	our path to awareness that it's become one of my very favorite topics to discuss on Super
1:22.8	Soul Sunday. If you watch the show regularly, you will almost always hear me ask, what role
1:29.4	does the ego play in this situation?
1:33.5	This is the essential question we should all be asking ourselves whenever we encounter
1:38.2	difficulty. As you hear the words of wisdom selected for this chapter, you will begin
1:43.6	to understand how the answer is universal. The ego has the power to influence or derail
1:54.0	every aspect of our lives. Accepting this as truth opens the door to where the real work
2:01.6	begins. It was Eckhart who opened my eyes to how an ego-based mind can dominate everything.
2:10.0	Also represents that part of ourselves that identifies with our self-image, personality,
2:17.3	talents, accomplishments, and perceived weaknesses. Everything that encompasses the
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