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The Psychedelic Awakening: A Journey Through Consciousness, Ego, and Wealth
How One Man's Exploration of Psychedelics, Meditation, and Money Led to a Profound Personal Transformation

The Beginning: Money, Status, and the Search for More
Staiv Gentis wasn’t just another name in the fitness and coaching world—he was a force. A coach to celebrities, a trainer to high-performers, and a man who had cracked the code of physical and mental discipline. Yet, despite his success, something gnawed at him. That ever-present feeling of "more." More money, more impact, more understanding of what lay beyond the boundaries of everyday consciousness.
For years, he observed the paradox of wealth—surrounded by ultra-rich clients who, despite their yachts and penthouses, carried an unbearable emptiness. They had everything but peace. This realization set him on an unlikely path: a journey not just into the depths of human optimization, but into the raw, uncharted territories of consciousness.
The First Psychedelic Encounter: Cracking the Ego’s Shell
It wasn’t an impulsive decision. It never is for someone wired like Staiv. The methodical approach that made him an elite coach applied even to his psychedelic exploration. After deep research, multiple conversations with experienced practitioners, and meticulous planning, he embarked on his first real psychedelic journey.
He wasn’t in a neon-drenched festival tent or a reckless college dorm room. This was different. Guided by a trusted facilitator in a quiet, natural setting, he ingested psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms. And then, everything he knew about himself shattered.
As the walls of reality bent and twisted, his ego dissolved. That carefully crafted identity—coach, businessman, mentor—became meaningless. He wasn’t those things. He wasn’t "Staiv Gentis." He was an observer in the grand unfolding of existence. And for the first time, he felt something he had never felt before: an indescribable lightness.