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Jan 2024
34m 27s

Overcoming the World

OPRAH AND ECKHART TOLLE
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In this podcast, Eckhart talks about how many of us react when the world doesn’t go our way. He says we either surrender and accept the situation or more often than not, we go into victim mode: victim of circumstance, victim of other people or even God. He goes on to explain if loss is involved then bitterness and anger set in, and the ego becomes more entre ... Show More
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