{"id":3343,"date":"2019-02-23T07:29:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T07:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2019-02-23T07:29:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T07:29:51","slug":"flow-and-finding-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/flow-and-finding-space\/","title":{"rendered":"#33 Flow, finding space"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><div class=\"contained\"><div><div><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h1>#33 Flow, finding space<\/h1><a href=\"#recoveryModal\" class=\"btn submit\" data-toggle=\"modal\">Reach out now, we can help<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header><div id=\"crumbs\" class=\"contained\" data-is-podcasts=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\">Home<\/a>  \/  <\/div><h3 class='article-title'>#33 Flow, finding space<\/h3><div class='info'><span>23 February, 2019<\/span><span>Podcasts, News<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/579931119&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n#33 Flow, finding space\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;The&nbsp; last&nbsp; great&nbsp; attempt&nbsp; to&nbsp; free&nbsp; consciousness&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; dominion&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; impulses&nbsp; and&nbsp; social&nbsp; controls, was&nbsp; psychoanalysis; as&nbsp; Freud&nbsp; pointed&nbsp; out, the two tyrants&nbsp; who&nbsp; fought&nbsp; each&nbsp; other&nbsp; for&nbsp; control&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; mind&nbsp; were&nbsp; the&nbsp; Id&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; Superego, the&nbsp; first&nbsp; a&nbsp; servant&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; genes, the&nbsp; second&nbsp; a&nbsp; lackey&nbsp; of&nbsp; society &ndash; both&nbsp; representing&nbsp; the&nbsp; &ldquo;Other&rdquo;. Opposing&nbsp; them&nbsp; was&nbsp; the&nbsp; Ego, which&nbsp; stood&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; genuine&nbsp; needs&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; self&nbsp; connected&nbsp; to&nbsp; its&nbsp; concrete&nbsp; environment&rdquo; &ndash; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flow_(psychology)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flow<\/a> :&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loot.co.za\/product\/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-flow\/glpf-232-g510?referrer=googlemerchant&amp;referrer=google&amp;PPC=Y&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA2L7jBRCBARIsAPeAsaMaQjuZddDh5kTGmRV7Wny4LGeE5kEpF1iAe9Yyjh2lLaEAVk9eYocaAv9AEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> The&nbsp; Psychology&nbsp; of&nbsp; Happiness<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loot.co.za\/product\/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-flow\/glpf-232-g510?referrer=googlemerchant&amp;referrer=google&amp;PPC=Y&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA2L7jBRCBARIsAPeAsaMaQjuZddDh5kTGmRV7Wny4LGeE5kEpF1iAe9Yyjh2lLaEAVk9eYocaAv9AEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&rdquo; &ndash; Mihaly&nbsp; Csikszentmihalyi. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What must i do?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp; process&nbsp; of&nbsp;\nrecovery&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp;\nlifelong&nbsp; commitment. There&nbsp; will&nbsp;\nbe&nbsp; times&nbsp; where&nbsp;\nwe&nbsp; will&nbsp; feel&nbsp;\noverwhelmed&nbsp; by&nbsp; our&nbsp;\ncircumstances. Sometimes&nbsp;\nthese&nbsp; challenges&nbsp; will&nbsp;\ncome&nbsp; from&nbsp; within&nbsp;\nourselves. How&nbsp; do&nbsp; we&nbsp;\nget&nbsp; ourselves&nbsp; to&nbsp;\na&nbsp; place, mentally, &nbsp;where&nbsp;\nwe&nbsp; are&nbsp; able&nbsp;\nto&nbsp; push&nbsp; through&nbsp;\nand&nbsp; overcome&nbsp; the&nbsp;\nchallenges&nbsp; with&nbsp; which&nbsp;\nwe&nbsp; are&nbsp; faced. How&nbsp;\ndo&nbsp; we&nbsp; manage&nbsp;\nmental&nbsp; and&nbsp; emotional&nbsp;\nfatigue ? Merely&nbsp; using&nbsp; positive&nbsp;\nself-talk&nbsp; is&nbsp; not&nbsp;\ngoing&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp;\nsufficient &ndash; we&nbsp; have&nbsp;\nto&nbsp; <strong><em>know<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; that &nbsp;we&nbsp; can<strong><em>&nbsp; <\/em><\/strong>get&nbsp;\nthrough. We&nbsp; have&nbsp; to&nbsp;\nbuild&nbsp; mental&nbsp; strength. How&nbsp;\ndo&nbsp; athletes&nbsp; build&nbsp;\nthis&nbsp; mental&nbsp; strength ? How&nbsp; have&nbsp;\npeople&nbsp; with&nbsp; multiple&nbsp;\nyears&nbsp; of&nbsp; clean&nbsp;\nor&nbsp; sober&nbsp; time&nbsp;\nmanaged&nbsp; successfully ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;Control&nbsp; of&nbsp; consciousness&nbsp; determines&nbsp; the &nbsp;quality&nbsp; of&nbsp; life.&rdquo; <em>Flow&nbsp; :&nbsp; The&nbsp; Psychology&nbsp; of&nbsp; Optimal&nbsp; Experience<\/em> &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mihaly&nbsp; Csikszentmihalyi<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;If&nbsp; you&nbsp; are&nbsp; interested&nbsp; in&nbsp; something, you&nbsp; will&nbsp; focus&nbsp; on&nbsp; it, and&nbsp; if&nbsp; you&nbsp; focus&nbsp; attention&nbsp; on&nbsp; anything, it&nbsp; is&nbsp; likely&nbsp; that&nbsp; you&nbsp; will&nbsp; become&nbsp; interested&nbsp; in&nbsp; it. Many&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; things&nbsp; we&nbsp; find&nbsp; interesting&nbsp; are&nbsp; not&nbsp; so&nbsp; by&nbsp; nature, but&nbsp; because&nbsp; we&nbsp; took&nbsp; the&nbsp; trouble&nbsp; of&nbsp; paying&nbsp; attention&nbsp; to&nbsp; them.&rdquo; <em>Finding&nbsp; Flow&nbsp; :&nbsp; The&nbsp; Psychology&nbsp; of&nbsp; Engagement&nbsp; with&nbsp; Everyday&nbsp; Life<\/em> &ndash; Mihaly&nbsp; Csikszentmihalyi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I enjoyed the\ndiscussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast was recorded as a series of lectures given to\npeople in 12 step <a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/types-of-addiction\/drug-addiction\/\">addiction<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/the-program\/\">recovery<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/contact\/\">treatment<\/a>.\nThe purpose of these talks was to teach and motivate individuals to search for\ntheir own spiritual solution to their addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please feel free to contact me directly or go to our site\nfor more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dominic@crrc.co.za\">dominic@crrc.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\">www.crossroadsrecovery.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+27&nbsp;012&nbsp;345 1186 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pretoria\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pretoria<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+27&nbsp;010&nbsp;597 7784 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johannesburg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johannesburg<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#33 Flow, finding space Reach out now, we can help Home \/ #33 Flow, finding space 23 February, 2019Podcasts, News #33 Flow, finding space &ldquo;The&nbsp; last&nbsp; great&nbsp; attempt&nbsp; to&nbsp; free&nbsp; consciousness&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; dominion&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; impulses&nbsp; and&nbsp; social&nbsp; controls, was&nbsp; psychoanalysis; as&nbsp; Freud&nbsp; pointed&nbsp; out, the two tyrants&nbsp; who&nbsp; fought&nbsp; each&nbsp; other&nbsp; for&nbsp; control&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,36],"tags":[33,49,25,79,75],"class_list":["post-3343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-news","tag-spirituality","tag-12step","tag-recovery","tag-responsability","tag-south-african-rehab","entry"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/33.jpg",960,866,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/33-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/33-300x271.jpg",300,271,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/33-768x693.jpg",640,578,true],"large":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/33.jpg",640,577,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/33.jpg",960,866,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/33.jpg",960,866,false],"alm-thumbnail":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/33.jpg",150,135,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/33.jpg",960,866,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>#33 Flow, finding spaceReach out now, we can helpHome \/ #33 Flow, finding space23 February, 2019Podcasts, News #33 Flow, finding space &ldquo;The&nbsp; last&nbsp; great&nbsp; attempt&nbsp; to&nbsp; free&nbsp; consciousness&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; dominion&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; impulses&nbsp; and&nbsp; social&nbsp; controls, was&nbsp; psychoanalysis; as&nbsp; Freud&nbsp; pointed&nbsp; out, the two tyrants&nbsp; who&nbsp; fought&nbsp; each&nbsp; other&nbsp; for&nbsp; control&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; mind&nbsp; were&nbsp; the&nbsp; Id&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; Superego, the&nbsp; first&nbsp; a&nbsp; servant&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; genes, the&nbsp; second&nbsp; a&nbsp; lackey&nbsp; of&nbsp; society &ndash; both&nbsp; representing&nbsp; the&nbsp; &ldquo;Other&rdquo;. 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