Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

The Ego and the Need to Be Right

Nov 24, 2022

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The Need to Be Right Is a Very Common Form of Egoic Need

02:18

Are You Identifying With Your Mental Position?

03:48

Let Go of the Egoic Participation

02:52

Introduction

3min

The Being Dimension

4min

We Can Do Hard Things Podcast

2min

The Soul Is the Face You Had Before You Were Born

5min

The Buddha Calls It the Being Dimension

5min

Who Are You Without Your Past Right Now?

2min

The Challenge Is Awareness of the Being Dimension

3min

Awakening to the One Consciousness

6min

The Power of Now - I'm No Longer Attached to It

4min

10.

The Need to Be Right Is a Very Common Form of Egoic Need

2min

11.

Are You Identifying With Your Mental Position?

4min

12.

The Power of Presence Grows in You

3min

13.

Let Go of the Egoic Participation

3min

14.

Is It Possible to Express Yourself Firmly and Clearly Without Ego?

4min

15.

Let Go of the Egoic Need to Assert Your Position

3min

16.

Is There Any Point at All in Marketing?

4min

In this podcast, Eckhart gives a brief talk about the difference between being versus becoming. He says when we focus on becoming, we look to the future for our fulfillment. We lose sight of our being which is connected to the now. Eckhart then answers a question about the need to be right and winning an argument at all costs. He explains as we grow in presence the drive to be right diminishes. The ego loosens its grip, and we discover we might even be willing to admit we’re wrong. He says that is a sure sign of spiritual growth.