Our Universe is Mental with Jimmy Jacobs

I hadn't written a song on my own since I was in high school. Two years ago, playing around on one of my ukuleles, this song came out in the matter of an hour or two. It is a prayer for self mortification. Arrangement and recording by Vincent Devito. "I can't get out of my head, trapped in my mind. A stranger in this body, stuck in time. The path I drag my heels down carves out the circle of my life. The self-reflection wonders, is it too late for it to die? Deliver me. I struggle with the wrong to prove that I'm right. Convinced of convictions, a convict of one side. The mask worn on the stage acts out the story of my life. The self-reflection wonders, what will it take for it to die? Deliver me. The plan that is surrendered reveals the way of all life. The self-reflection looks for what is looking through the eye. Deliver me."

I first met Michael Leonardi (more commonly know as Leo around the office) on the creative team for WWE. We both got fired from there years ago, and now we reconnect not to commiserate loss, but to celebrate the path to Self Discovery and joyful purpose. Leo talks about how stumbling upon Michael Singer opened up a whole new world to him and how the spiritual path is not only fulfilling but functional as we navigate through the world.

Welcome to my conversation with coach, speaker and host of the podcast "Something For Everybody" Aaron Machbitz. I loosely crossed paths with Aaron when he performed as professional wrestler Jaxon Stone. But I grew to admire Aaron from afar as I saw him plugging away at his podcast over the last few years, tackling the kinds of topics I find interest in. After losing his sister to suicide in 2018, Aaron aimed to answer the question of what causes mental suffering. He's explored the answer to that question and so much more on his podcast. He shares what he's discovered in his journey with me on this episode of Our Universe is Mental.

I have never written for the sake of writing. But a couple weeks ago, I sat down with the opening line in mind of, "At a Time before there was time, in a Place where there was no place, existed The No Thing." In a couple hours, I wrote my first short story just for me. But I thought I would share it with you.

On the first episode of "Our Universe is Mental with Jimmy Jacobs" I catch up with embodiment and transformational guide Jonathan MacCaul. Back in 2020, Jonathan guided me to connect with my body more, and through that initiation, I began to understand the connection between our bodies and the trauma we've experienced in our lives that have shaped our patterns of behavior. It's my intention and hope that through sharing this episode, listeners might learn to connect with their bodies in order to become more fully present and live their best lives. Jonathan can be found on Instagram at @jonathan.maccaul or his website spiritusway.com

After 30-some days on the road, Danny Duggan (@HotShotDannyD) and I brother it up on the podcast talking about balancing wrestling with real life and being on the road. Danny shares his experience of the serious car accident he was in on May 1, 2019 and how it changed his life.

Spiritual conduit, medium, personal development coach, author and international speaker Dan King (@dankingsoulgasm)! Dan and I talk about being your authentic self, connecting with spirits, and the dangerous of following what you've been told.

It's a time for gratitude! While in the middle of a 26 day tour of Canada, I celebrate Thanksgiving with other wrestlers. On this episode of the podcast, I talk to 5 different wrestlers about what they're grateful for. TK O'Ryan (@WildHorseTKO), Blair Onyx (@Blairxyno), Vincent (@TheHorrorKingVM), Brian Johnson (@Bjo_mecca) and The Juice Juventud Guerrera (@JUVENTUDGUERRE2).

Comedian Marty DeRosa from the Marty and Sarah Love Wrestling podcast! After walking over to my house in Lululemon tights, Marty converses with me about how he deals with depression, comedy culture, how wanting more leads to wanting more and the romantic story about how Marty & Sarah met.

The Bryan and Jimmy Book Club is back with Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It's a challenging read with some complex ideas, but Bryan gives his best interpretation of the book while I just try to keep up! The next book on the Bryan and Jimmy Book Club is Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza.

Pro wrestler and fur-baby mother Solo Darling! The former Sugar Creature comes on the podcast to share all her wisdom on love languages and connection, and gives a moving case against nihilism. And we talk about Officer Magnum and Lady McMurray... the dogs! 🌻

Singer of the band Fucked Up. Host of the podcast Turned Out a Punk. Creator of the docuseries The Wrestlers on Viceland. Damian Abraham is a jack of many trades and this week he's on the podcast to talk the punk life, his DMT experience, synchronicity, making documentaries, his struggle with anxiety and his subsequent discovery of medical marijuana after years of being straight edge.

Holistic healer and life coach Brittany Brda from spiritandmatterchicago.com is on the podcast this week. We talk about the benefits of reiki, identifying as our trauma, Burning Man, psychosomatic illness and limiting beliefs.

It's TV personality, host and interviewer Gabby Loren! Gabby and I talk about spirituality, manifestation, breaking personal patterns and free will. Gabby talks about her life-changing trip to Israel and what she learned about the Torah.

It's professional wrestler and recovering addict JT Dunn! JT publicly opens up for the first time about different aspects of his life. He talks about the childhood traumas that led him to addiction, dealing with those traumas now as an adult, and how he locked himself in his house for 57 days in order to get sober.

Artist, philosopher, conspiracy theorist, and truth seeker Nick Hinton is on the podcast this week. The multiverse, singularity, AI, simulation theory, the Saturn Time Cube, DMT, symbolism, archetypes, myths, and did our universe actually end in 2012?

The WWE Universal Champion, atheist and nihilist Seth Rollins is on the podcast! Seth and I talk about the journey he's been on to discover more about the nature of our existence and if there's something more out there. Seth tries to sell me on determinism and tells me why his 20-year-old self would hate his current day self. We talk about his success in WWE and if everything he dreamed of as a child is really all it's cracked up to be.

Futurist, Biohacker, Psychonaut, World Traveler, Quantum Observer, Spiritual Gangster, and Esoteric Philosopher PJ Black is on the podcast this week. From DMT to the Ancient Pyramids to interdemensional travel to the very nature of time and space, this is a conversation you don't want to miss!

Writer, director, producer and all around good dude Matt Mazany! Matt and I met while writing for WWE. In this fun conversation, Matt and I talk about being in good spiritual shape, sharing the human experience through art and eventually I convince Matt to have kids! mattmazany.com

The man Cary Silkin is on the podcast this week! In this honest and beautiful conversation, Cary opens up about his years of partying in NYC in the '70 & '80s, the characters he met hustling on the streets, his relationship to AA, coming to terms with his sexuality, and the connections he made in the years he owned Ring of Honor.