FAR OUT #110 ~ An Encounter With Darkness: Signs You’re Dealing With a Chaos Agent (Copy)

Written By Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Episode Description

Nikola Anandamali Ristic is a philosopher, spiritual teacher and author. With a Ph.D in philosophy and vast cultural, educational and spiritual experiences, Nikola has devoted his life to creating a vision of spirituality for our both challenging and inspiring times. His book Spirit X offers a spiritual teaching for our global and digital age.

We sit down with Nikola in his Santa Cruz office to explore his journey from war-torn Yugoslavia to spiritual teacher in Santa Cruz, California. We talk about the role philosophy played in his life, the path of of the seeker, his spiritual awakening with his teacher in 2011 and the work he's called to now in these uncertain times.

Listen and explore:

  • Nikola’s early life in war-torn Yugoslavia

  • “Philosophy saved me”

  • Leaving academia

  • The question that led to Nikola’s spiritual awakening with his teacher in 2011

  • Returning to Serbia: Nikola’s complex relationship with his mother country

  • Cultural appropriation and pathologies of ideology

  • Three types of wisdom

  • Early stages on the spiritual journey

  • Combining the ascetic path and the householder path

  • Nikola’s profound experience with a statue of Kuan Yin and visiting a more subtle layer of existence

  • Nikola’s upcoming book: a modern approach to spirituality in the global and digital age

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Credits:

  • Intro music: “Complicate ya” by Otis McDonald

  • Outro music: “Running with wise fools” written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Julie-Roxane Krikorian
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