The whole idea of this podcast is this: What if your brain isn't creating consciousness? What if your brain is filtering consciousness? Like your normal waking life is just the smallest little slice of the signal. Your brain is keeping you locked into the version of reality you can survive in. Bills. Work. Identity. Time. Your name. Your body. Your problems. All of that. But then something breaks the filter. DMT. Meditation. Near-death experiences. Deep prayer. Maybe even the serpent in the Garden of Eden. And when that filter cracks, you don't "hallucinate" some random nonsense. You start seeing the machinery behind the curtain. The symbols. The archetypes. The jester. The serpent. The trickster. And maybe those aren't separate beings. Maybe they're the same force wearing different masks. The jester in the DMT trip and the serpent in Eden both do the same thing: they interrupt the fake reality. They mess with your certainty. They make you question the little world your ego thought was everything. Because maybe God is not some old man above the clouds. Maybe God is the beam of consciousness behind everything. And the brain is the filter blocking the full blast of that light. So when the jester laughs, or the serpent whispers, or meditation goes deep enough that the self disappears — maybe that's not evil. Maybe that's the filter failing. Maybe that's you being exposed to the beam. The jester is the serpent. The serpent is the trickster. The trickster is the crack in the filter. And behind the filter is the light we call God.

The divine; good and evil; Adam and Eve. Was the snake actually the True God attempting to wake us to the nature of our being? As I was on a run, some thoughts on the subject came forth. Everything I grew up being taught is seemingly making more sense from another perspective. It seems that God is unknowable in the current conditions we are in as humans. Only personal experiences and interactions with divine forces can get us closer to knowing truth and complete realization will be through death and elevation of consciousness.Truth is felt when near. Here I am continuing the search.

Conversing about the walls we put up to the world. It is interesting to ponder about the lens through which each of us see. Let's focus on Truth. Discover how you manage your relationships. Lay down your burdens. Learn to rid yourself of your worst vices. Imagine the self you live with every day, but at a genuine peace and gratefulness. Come with me on the journey to walk closer with God and live through the lenses of Jesus instead of our own.

A quick prayer introducing real Truth to As We Know It. This journey continues. Stay tuned...

Learning how to harness the energy of this life! This episode I am conversing with the thoughts of my own. Who even am I to claim such power in this life? Accepting confrontation from God. Why wasn't there instructions that came with this super computer we call our brain? For we are only human, all we can do is have faith. Otherwise, death may just be the only thing we are able to cling to. Remember your faith, it may just save your life.

Merry Christmas! Catching up with my good friend, Jonah. A nice change of pace from my recent solo episodes. We touch on a variety of subjects along the lines of centering your values on Truth and learning what that may be for you. It's always nice hearing different perspectives on how the world works, you learn a lot about who you are through others even if you don't even realize.

Expressing more on how to manage the weight of life. Attempting to walk through this maze of thought in order to become more articulate and disciplined in my faith. I discuss the concept of duality and the topic of knowing God versus being naive of Him. These are just my thoughts in the moment so that I may learn how to understand more clearly as I find my way through this life.

This episode is a very raw look at myself. It is heavy and I am expressing much of my pain. It might be best to skip this episode, but in order to stay true to what this podcast is about I felt the need to express this. I pray to God that He will point me in the direction towards realizing my burdens so that I may be able to truly lay them down. Thank you. Peace and Love, Joel.

Coming closer to Truth. Remembering that simple does not equal easy. In this episode I try to engage in the thought of realizing when God is trying to tell me something. Learning to let go of the flesh of my old self and become lethal with a routine in order to unlock my truest human self and strength. Here I am God, for you. Excited to have more conversations with others soon! Working on getting some guests in the studio for some really impactful conversation. Stay tuned. Peace and Love, Joel.

Learning to articulate more of the direction in which this podcast is going. Taking notes on how to follow down a path closer to the Truth. Decoding our brain puzzles! We all are experiencing life together. Let's discover who we are and who we are meant to be. This is As We Know It. Here is to coming home. Peace and love, Joel.

We're back again! I know I say this every time. Today is essentially a push for me to get back into recording and conversation. Expressing recent thought and learning what direction to take this podcast. Thank you for listening! Here's to a revival from within and learning how to strengthen my relationship with God.