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Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Rising Above Our Limited Sense of Self

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Eckhart answers questions from a virtual audience around the world including a young woman struggling with very low self-esteem. Eckhart explains intense self-criticism often originates in childhood. He says affirmations can help – such as: “I am one with the power of all creation.” He explains it’s important to be grateful for the opportunity to heal, because it pushes us to grow beyond our limited sense of self. A young man asks when to stop connecting with dysfunctional family members in his life who are pushing him to the brink. Eckhart explains very unconscious people have no freedom of choice because they are totally controlled by their unconscious conditioning. Eckhart encourages the man to think of visits with his family as a spiritual practice. He says all of life’s difficulties can be a powerful force in our journey to awakening. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0

Rising above our limited sense of self, in this episode, Eckhart answers questions

0:05.8

from a virtual audience around the world, including a young woman struggling with

0:10.1

very low self-esteem. He explains intense self-criticism often originates in childhood

0:15.5

and he says affirmations can help like I am one with the power of all creation. He explains it's important to be grateful for the opportunity to heal

0:25.8

because it pushes us to grow beyond our limited sense of self.

0:30.3

A young man asks when to stop connecting with dysfunctional family members in his life who were pushing him to the brink.

0:36.0

And Eckhart explains,

0:38.0

Very unconscious people have no freedom of choice because they are totally controlled by their unconscious

0:43.3

conditioning. Ekert encourages the man to think of visits with his family as a

0:47.4

spiritual practice. He says all of life's difficulties can be a powerful force

0:51.9

and our journey to awakening.

0:56.1

Hello, Carter, everyone.

0:58.0

You are in, where in Ireland are you?

1:01.6

In Kekenny, so south of Ireland around yeah yeah so it's raining here now

1:09.4

the green island the green it's by it's green.

1:14.0

That's it.

1:15.0

Yeah, that's it.

1:18.0

Just my question Eckert, I wanted to ask you how I can overcome my constant belief that I am not good enough or stupid as I feel this taught filters through my life in so many situations.

1:31.0

I started a job in the last couple of months and every day I go in and I am

1:36.2

afraid of getting in trouble for making mistakes and usually I do because I carried this

1:40.8

belief and end up feeling worse because of it.

1:43.8

It's like a vicious pattern.

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