Snapshot · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Mackey recommends guided breathwork as a safe, accessible path to transcendent spiritual experience for those unwilling or unable to use psychedelics.
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From childhood, Mackey felt a natural connection to something larger than himself — but the real rupture came at 20, when his first LSD experience derailed his parents' plans for a professional career and sent him searching for the meaning of existence. He dove into Eastern religions, philosophy, and meditation. Then at 22, another psychedelic experience produced a full ego death: the sense of individual separateness dissolved and he experienced himself as part of a single, undivided being [1] — John Mackey "Ego death at age 22 sparked the journey: At 22, Mackey experienced a psychedelic-induced ego death that dissolved his sense of separation a…" 08:50 . The memory, he says, felt like recognition — 'oh yeah, I forgot, here I am.' That realization — that he was the dreamer, not just the character — liberated him to ask what he truly wanted to create. He moved into Prana House, a vegetarian co-op in Austin, had a 'food awakening,' and fell in love with natural and organic food. He then convinced his 19-year-old girlfriend Renee that they should open their own store. That store was first called Safer Way; a few years later it became Whole Foods Market.
For those who won't do psychedelics, Mackey says guided breathwork is the next best path to genuine transcendent experience. By continuously energizing deeper parts of the self through breath, people can make authentic contact with their soul — as long as they don't stop when it gets uncomfortable.
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