On Purpose with Jay Shetty
David Blaine: I Nearly Died Doing This (How to Conquer Fear and Push Your Limits)
31 Mar 2025
How did David Blaine begin his journey in magic?
And we didn't see it because we had our eyes closed in meditation. That's amazing. And it was just one butterfly. No one really saw it. And it's just, I love things like that when people have such a strong... semblance to signs.
Yeah, there are signs everywhere if you pay attention to them, if you look for them, if you're open to them. And it's easy to block off from all that stuff, but it's like, yeah, if you open to it, it's everywhere.
Well, that's what I love about the way you think about it, because I think there's a lot of illusionists in the world who almost see illusion as a way of saying there is no mysticism in the world. there's a lot of illusionists who will say, oh yeah, because I can explain everything, it kind of proves that there is no otherworldly, supernatural or mystical, whatever language you want to use for it.
But you seem to have somewhat of a... Well, it's, yeah, I mean, it's more about like being open to it. So if you're open to it, you'll find it because that's what you're looking for, right? But if you're like, nah, then you won't. It's And it's like, I feel like the better approach is to be open to it so you could experience these incredible things, you know?
What's one of the most amazing things you've experienced by being open?
No, I mean, just by being open, just like, you know, watching my daughter just grow and, you know, that's the most amazing. And watching who she becomes and you said that. But yeah, when you need those signs, right? If you're open to it, they'll be there. And if you're close to it, you'll never see them because you're like, nah. You know what I kept writing in my journal when I was in the box?
Because that's the only thing I really brought was no toothbrush, nothing. But I had a journal and a couple of pens. And I kept writing, everything is perspective. Everything is how you decide to see it. Because people kept saying, are you bored in the box? I'm like, boredom is a choice. Like, you choose to be bored.
Because your mind has so many things it can think about, create, do, wonder, dream, everything. So it's like, so those two things are the things that are all over that journal. Everything is perspective and boredom is a choice. And then there was a lot of numbers and mapping out like the amount of time and graphs.
But those were two of the very strong, prominent thoughts of what I learned and became very clear to me. During that 44-day fast, it opened me up to so many thoughts. And it was like this clarity that I never get because there's very few distractions. No phone, no this, no that, no food, no distractions really. So suddenly you become hyper-aware.
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