How to Find a TRUE Spiritual Teacher | Mantra Meditation, Sikh Wisdom & Enlightenment - Pt 1- STP 64

Let us know what you thought of the episode!To watch the full YouTube video visit: @spiritualteacherschannel on YouTube!In this episode Petr Lightbear interviews Flowing River, a poet, mystic, and spiritual seeker, as they explore a powerful journey from addiction and inner turmoil to sobriety, spiritual awakening, and sustainable living.Flowing River shares his story of growing up in San Francisco, navigating addiction, and experiencing a profound awakening through music festivals, meditation, yoga, plant medicine, permaculture, and eco-village life. The conversation moves through his time working with Newmundo, living off-grid in Costa Rica, apprenticing in permaculture and sustainable food production, and ultimately discovering deep healing through nature, community, and humility.This episode explores spiritual awakening, addiction recovery, sobriety, mysticism, permaculture living, sustainable spirituality, ayahuasca healing, indigenous wisdom, yoga, meditation, surrender, spiritual ego, humility, eco village life, off grid living, African spirituality, IFA foundation, spiritual teachers, Ascension Academy, healing through nature, poetic mantras, conscious living, and the modern path to enlightenment.This episode dives into:The difference between healthy vs unhealthy surrenderThe dangers of spiritual egoWhy true awakening comes from inner work, not chasing experiencesEncounters with indigenous wisdom, African spirituality (IFA), yoga, mysticism, and poetryMeeting his spiritual teacher Bahandur Singh after years of searchingThe birth of Ascension Academy and modern spiritual teachingTo acquire ceremonial grade hape and other sacred medicines visit: www.yaguar.usTimestamps:00:00 – Introduction & Podcast Overview02:15 – Growing Up in San Francisco & Early Struggles06:40 – Addiction, Sobriety & the Search for Meaning11:30 – Festival Awakening & the “Joy Limiter” Realization16:45 – Radical Surrender & Synchronicity20:50 – Discovering Permaculture & Newmundo25:10 – Trading Work for a Permaculture Retreat29:30 – Off-Grid Life in Costa Rica (Think-O-Morpho)35:40 – Apprenticeship in Sustainable Living & Food Production41:20 – Healing Through Nature, Community & Love46:10 – Receiving the Name “Flowing River” (Narayan)49:55 – Ayahuasca, Indigenous Wisdom & Mysticism55:30 – Poetry as Spiritual Reprogramming59:45 – First Recognition of the Ego1:03:40 – Healthy vs Unhealthy Surrender1:09:30 – Spiritual Ego & the Trap of Extreme Practices1:15:20 – Humility as the Path to True Awakening1:20:10 – Ascension Academy & Modern Spiritual Teaching1:25:40 – Mystical Encounters & Meeting Bahandur Singh1:31:10 – Recognizing the True Spiritual Master1:36:30 – Poetry Recap & Closing Chapter One1:39:30 – What to Expect in Part Twospiritual awakening, addiction recovery, sobriety journey, mystic podcast, spiritual awakening, spiritual awakening podcast, spiritual awakening journey, mystic podcast, poet mystic, modern mysticism, spirituality podcast, conscious podcast, awakening consciousness, spiritual truth, enlightenment journey, path to enlightenment, spiritual growth, inner work spirituality, humility spiritual path, spiritual ego, ego death spirituality, surrender spirituality, healthy surrender, unhealthy surrender, radical responsibility, addiction recovery, addiction to awakening, sobriety journey, healing from addiction, recovery podcast, spiritual healing journey, trauma healing spirituality, healing through nature, healing through love, nervous system healing, reprogramming subconscious mind, poetic mantras, spoken word spiritualitSupport the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.