{"id":3485,"date":"2019-03-08T16:23:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T16:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2019-10-11T09:19:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T09:19:31","slug":"mental-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/mental-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"#35 Mental Noise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><div class=\"contained\"><div><div><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h1>#35 Mental Noise?<\/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'>#35 Mental Noise?<\/h3><div class='info'><span>08 March, 2019<\/span><span>Podcasts, News<\/span><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/586938666&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\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mental Noise? How&nbsp; do&nbsp; we&nbsp; reach&nbsp; a&nbsp; shift&nbsp; in&nbsp; consciousness&nbsp; within ourselves ? What&nbsp; does&nbsp; it&nbsp; take&nbsp; for&nbsp; this&nbsp; to&nbsp; occur ? Is&nbsp; it&nbsp; an&nbsp; external&nbsp; event&nbsp; or&nbsp; an&nbsp; internal&nbsp; event ? What&nbsp; does&nbsp; finding&nbsp; enlightenment&nbsp; for&nbsp; yourself&nbsp; have&nbsp; in&nbsp; common&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; birth&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; universe&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; possibility&nbsp; of&nbsp; there&nbsp; being&nbsp; life&nbsp; on&nbsp; other&nbsp; planets ? Both&nbsp; are&nbsp; rare&nbsp; events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing&nbsp; an&nbsp; analogy&nbsp; between&nbsp; what&nbsp; it&nbsp; takes&nbsp; to&nbsp; create&nbsp; planetary&nbsp; life&nbsp; forms&nbsp; and&nbsp; what&nbsp; it&nbsp; takes&nbsp; to&nbsp; reach&nbsp; enlightenment&nbsp; for&nbsp; ourselves, we&nbsp; take&nbsp; a&nbsp; journey&nbsp; through&nbsp; the&nbsp; Fermi&nbsp; Paradox, the&nbsp; Boltzmann&nbsp; Brain&nbsp; Theory, cataclysmic&nbsp; events&nbsp; and&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?ei=t5aCXKPPAtS71fAPvaei2A0&amp;q=eckart+tolle&amp;oq=eckart+tolle&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67l9j0i10.33992.37649..38256...0.0..0.448.3427.2-8j3j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j35i39j0i131j0j0i3j0i10i67j0i10i3.hj6-TAZ1k8s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eckhart&nbsp; Tolle&rsquo;s<\/a>&nbsp; book&nbsp; &ldquo;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=power+of+now&amp;oq=power+of+now&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3897j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=power+of+now&amp;oq=power+of+now&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3897j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Power of Now<\/a><\/strong>: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment <\/em>&ldquo; &ndash; to&nbsp; try&nbsp; and&nbsp; answer&nbsp; some&nbsp; of&nbsp; these&nbsp; questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quotes :&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;Some&nbsp; changes&nbsp;\nlook&nbsp; negative&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; surface&nbsp;\nbut&nbsp; you&nbsp; will&nbsp;\nsoon&nbsp; realise&nbsp; that&nbsp;\nspace&nbsp; is&nbsp; being&nbsp;\ncreated&nbsp; in&nbsp; your&nbsp;\nlife&nbsp; for&nbsp; something&nbsp;\nnew&nbsp; to&nbsp; emerge.&rdquo; &ndash; Eckhart&nbsp; Tolle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;To&nbsp; know&nbsp;\nyourself&nbsp; as&nbsp; the&nbsp;\nBeing&nbsp; underneath&nbsp; the&nbsp;\nthinker, the &nbsp;stillness&nbsp; underneath&nbsp;\nthe&nbsp; mental&nbsp; noise, the&nbsp;\nlove&nbsp; and&nbsp; joy&nbsp;\nunderneath&nbsp; the&nbsp; pain&nbsp;\nis&nbsp; freedom, salvation,\nenlightenment&rdquo; &ndash; Eckhart&nbsp;\nTolle. <\/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>#35 Mental Noise? 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How&nbsp; do&nbsp; we&nbsp; reach&nbsp; a&nbsp; shift&nbsp; in&nbsp; consciousness&nbsp; within ourselves ? What&nbsp; does&nbsp; it&nbsp; take&nbsp; for&nbsp; this&nbsp; to&nbsp; occur ? Is&nbsp; it&nbsp; an&nbsp; external&nbsp; event&nbsp; or&nbsp; an&nbsp; internal&nbsp; event ? What&nbsp; does&nbsp; finding&nbsp; enlightenment&nbsp; for&nbsp; yourself&nbsp; have&nbsp; in&nbsp; common&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; birth&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; universe&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; possibility&nbsp; of&nbsp; there&nbsp; being&nbsp; life&nbsp; on&nbsp; other&nbsp; planets ? Both&nbsp; are&nbsp; rare&nbsp; events. Drawing&nbsp; an&nbsp; analogy&nbsp; between&nbsp; what&nbsp; it&nbsp; takes&nbsp; to&nbsp; create&nbsp; planetary&nbsp; life&nbsp; forms&nbsp; and&nbsp; what&nbsp; it&nbsp; takes&nbsp; to&nbsp; reach&nbsp; enlightenment&nbsp; for&nbsp; ourselves, we&nbsp; take&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/category\/news\/podcasts\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Podcasts<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"admin","url":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/author\/admin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}