Jeremy met Okyeame Kwame at Sadhguru’s Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore, India, where they recorded this conversation a few days after an immediate deep bond.
Okyeame comes from the Ashanti warrior tribe in Ghana. He’s been a professional musician for 26 years, releasing 9 studio albums. Authored two books. Is a Father of two and happily married.
Okyeame shares how after becoming one of Ghana’s most successful rappers, he was confronted with depression, a deep rest that would become life changing. The mask he’d been given in society and chose to wear, had worn thin. He began to acknowledge and take responsibility for what was disturbing him: expectations, attachments… initiating a spiritual awakening.
In realising the preciousness of his life, he started seeing all life as precious. Transcending his conditioning and becoming more inclusive. His concept of self, changed from being tribal, to universal.
The motivation that brought him huge success as an artist, he then applied to living spiritually. His approach to discipline: choosing to be choiceless. Leading him to feel free from society, rarely having negative emotions or judgements, moving from spiritual teachers to his inner guru, being a conscious family man, letting go of people sinning against him before it even happens, and much more inner richness.
Okyeame also describes some beautiful and powerful ancient African wisdom, from women leading the tribe, to the truth about the function of angels and demons.
Contact:
Jeremy would love to hear from you, please contact him on his instagram below with any feelings or thoughts.
This podcast is independent and funded by Jeremy, with the intention of giving something he deems valuable, to you. You can show your support by sharing an episode with a friend who you think might benefit from listening, posting what you think about the podcast on your socials (hoping it’s positive), or leaving a nice review. All will help! Thank you.
Popular Podcasts
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
Ding dong! Join your culture consultants, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, on an unforgettable journey into the beating heart of CULTURE. Alongside sizzling special guests, they GET INTO the hottest pop-culture moments of the day and the formative cultural experiences that turned them into Culturistas. Produced by the Big Money Players Network and iHeartRadio.
Crime Junkie
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.