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We hear a lot about ego today. Whether it\'s in association with Presidents or Chief Execs, in relation to social media or celebrity, ego appears to be everywhere. But is it a problem? Ego is Latin for \\u201cI\\u201d so clearly we can\\u2019t escape it. For Freud the Ego plays a moderating role. Yet today we refer to the Ego in a negative sense. \\u201cThat\\u2019s your Ego talking" or \\u201cthe Ego has landed.\\u201d So what is the Ego and can religion help us to understand our relationship to it?

In the final episode of this series of Beyond Belief, Ernie Rea is joined by Ajmal Masroor, a Bangladeshi born British Imam, the Reverend Lucy Winkett, Rector of St James\\u2019 Church Piccadilly and Dav Panesar, a Sikh who has carried out pioneering work on mindfulness and contemplative based health interventions in the UK.

Producer:\\nCatherine Earlam

Series Producer:\\nAmanda Hancox