517. Noah Elkrief

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Noah is an explorer of what is happening in his own experience. This started on the level of mind, and gradually opened to exploring what's going on in his body, and then from his soul. This journey has led him to meet, feel, heal, and let go of a tremendous amount of pain. Through this journey, a lot of wisdom and honesty has revealed itself. Noah now shares himself and his insights with others. Books: A Guide to The Present Moment Una Guía para El Momento Presente (Spanish Edition) Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview. Interview recorded September 7, 2019 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:05 - Growing Up in an Ashram and Following a Guru 00:08:11 - Personal Journey and Learning from Teachers 00:11:55 - Discovering Your Own Truth 00:15:17 - Rebellion and Self-Discovery 00:18:51 - Breaking Free from the Guru's Influence 00:22:49 - The Ease of Stopping Spiritual Practices 00:26:32 - The Disappearance of Everything 00:30:53 - The Illusion of Being Done and the Continual Process of Growth 00:34:50 - The Relationship Between Fear and Worthiness 00:38:32 - Reconnecting with Emotions 00:42:57 - The Journey of Emotion and Pain 00:46:37 - Unexpected Experiences with Past Lives 00:50:37 - Exploring Past Lives for Healing 00:54:32 - Beautiful and Horrible Past Life Experiences 00:59:15 - Coming to Earth for the Experience 01:03:05 - Choosing Our Parents: A Holistic Perspective 01:07:23 - Holding Both Knowledge and Experience 01:11:28 - Exploring Deep Layers of Suffering 01:15:28 - Past Lives and Spiritual Work 01:19:59 - The Nature of Personal Identity and Free Will 01:24:11 - Embracing and Discerning Emotions 01:28:03 - Intense Moments and Ice Cream Choices 01:31:50 - The Fluidity of Truth and Sharing Perspectives 01:35:39 - The Universe as a Teacher 01:39:37 - The Beauty of Perception 01:44:01 - Benefits and Limitations of Discipline 01:46:45 - Cause-Effect Relationship and Arbitrary Possibilities 01:50:20 - The Power and Uncertainty of Beliefs 01:54:00 - Opportunities to Follow Up 01:57:13 - Upcoming Interviews and Subscriptions

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump.
0:26.6	My name is Rick Archer.
0:28.6	Buddha at the Gas Pump is an ongoing series of interviews with spiritually awakening people.
0:33.6	I've done over 515 of them now, and if this is new to you and you'd like to check out
0:40.6	previous ones, please go to batgap.com and look under the past interviews menu. This program,
0:47.6	this whole project is made possible by the support of appreciative listeners and viewers. So if you
0:53.9	appreciate it and would like to support it,
0:56.6	even in a very modest way, there's a PayPal button on every page of the site, and there's also
1:02.0	a donations page which explains some alternatives to PayPal. My guest today is Noah Elkrieff.
1:08.8	Noah is an explorer of what is happening in his own experience.
1:13.4	This started on the level of mind and gradually open to exploring what's going on in his body,
1:19.2	then his soul. This journey has led him to meet, feel, heal, and let go of a tremendous amount of
1:25.4	pain. Through this journey, a lot of wisdom and honesty has revealed itself.
1:30.8	Noah now shares himself and his insights with others.
1:34.3	His website is LiveInTheMomoment.org.
1:38.7	Noah, you've been making videos for years, right?
1:42.4	I mean, when did you first start putting up YouTube videos?
1:45.4	I made videos from 2012 to 2014 and then stopped for five years and started up again a couple months ago.
1:53.6	Okay. And we're going to get into why you stopped and started. And your videos were very popular. You had, what, 119,000 subscribers or something, which is...
2:03.5	Right now I have like over 200,000 subscribers.
2:06.5	Wow.
2:07.0	So like four times as many as I have.
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