Wham.
Every once in a while, when reading something so pure, so clean, so incontrovertible, so irrefutable, obvious and true, it smacks me in the brain with the weight of a Mac truck. That’s how I felt this morning when I encountered this article:
The Second Matrix: From Propaganda To Programming
I sat in stunned humility, carefully scrolling line by line, watching the words unravel the mysteries and weave their tapestry of truth. It was a retelling of what I’ve attempted to communicate myself, only with much greater clarity and grace. All at once I want to stop writing and implore the audience to read the piece in its entirety—and you should, please, read that piece—however, with humility, I’d like to explore and expound on some of what, to me, were the most impactful parts.
As the title alludes, Josh Stylman is very meticulously peeling back the layers of deception that directly impact our perception of the world and all the events in it. He maps out his own learning journey, based on years of research, wherein he first realized that many of the “fundamental facts” instilled during his formative years were little more than fabricated falsehoods.
He then pushes through to a much deeper level of insight:
“We've been humbled twice over - first in unlearning what we thought we knew, then in discovering our own certainties about new paths were wrong. Paths that appeared revolutionary led to sophisticated dead ends. Communities that felt authentic revealed themselves as engineered channels.”
This is how the liberty movement is being divided. The “we” he’s referring to is a group of friends who had set out to track down the rabbit trails of what was knowable, to commit themselves to discovering the truth, whatever that truth might be. To sketch it out succinctly, I suspect their connecting of the dots look like this:
Whoa, everything I’ve been told about XYZ was a lie.
I know that for certain because here’s the evidence on X (or Y, or Z).
But after drilling down far enough on X, it leads to a “sophisticated” dead end, and therefore, more questions—turns out X wasn’t really X after all!
This process goes on forever, and as the curious mind circles back to Y and Z, it only discovers that these too have an endless degree of mystery, that there are always more questions, at the bottom of which lie even greater uncertainty—thus compelling the inquisitor to dig even deeper, until mental exhaustion eventually renders the mind useless. Stylman again hits the nail on the head:
“The hardest truth isn't just recognizing deception - it's accepting that we might never know the full story while still needing to act on what we can verify.”
This hardest truth, accepting that we might never know the full story, is exactly what I was pointing out yesterday regarding the recent veteran-led terror attacks and Shawn Ryan’s CIA connections. It is precisely because we may never know, that we each must choose who and what to believe.
At the personal level, I refer to this “we’ll never know” as the Eternal Enigma. It’s a personal term of sorts that I came to peace with long ago. And, for what it’s worth, it is the Eternal Enigma that fuels my faith—and FAITH, to me, translates as:
Following An Intuitive Trusting Heart.
I understand that different people view this differently. Sidestepping religious debate, I have lived by this understanding for most of my life. Faith, to me, in this sense, is the antidote to self-deception. Knowing that my mind can play tricks on me, I see faith, in contrast, as neither mental certainty nor emotional feeling.
Faith, in my mind, has nothing to do with blind belief. It leads to a distinctly different, much deeper, instinctual and intuitive level of knowing. Personally, I believe that faith is, in fact, a spiritual function spun out of my heart and soul, emanating from the pure awareness that permeates every fiber and cell of my being.
The reason this matters is that our intuition is rooted in something much more vast than mind. There are deeper levels of life, deeper levels of knowing, deeper levels of awareness—and we often need to access these deeper levels in order to navigate the mental maze.
But let me not get lost in the weeds.
Says Josh Stylman:
“What began as research into specific deceptions revealed something far more profound: While devastating physical wars rage in multiple regions, a deeper conflict unfolds silently across the planet - a war for the freedom of human consciousness itself. This is what World War III looks like - not just bombs and bullets, but the systematic engineering of human perception.”
If you’ve been reading or listening to the Torch Report for any length of time, these words should sound remarkably familiar. I’ve repeatedly made the point that the global cabal is making a concerted effort to transform human consciousness on a planetary scale, that they’ve been at it for decades, and that currently they are using 21st Century technologies like weaponized AI to do so.
This threat is real, and it’s really important.
However, the idea of it is so abstract, I think that it’s perhaps beyond the scope of most people’s concern. Understanding the threat, and the methods by which your consciousness is being attacked, seduced, and manipulated, goes a long way toward providing protection. With this knowledge, your inner awareness can stand guard.
That said, acknowledging that the vast majority of people are in an entirely different place, on their own learning journey, it behooves us — as ambassadors of truth in this “war for the freedom of human consciousness” — to communicate in practical terms that are readily relatable and easy to understand.
Here too Stylman does a superb job:
“The battle for our minds requires both awareness and authentic action. While they attempt to engineer behavior through chemicals and algorithms, our power lies first in liberating ourselves, then extending through direct human connection.
Their endgame - absolute mastery over human perception and cognition - reveals a fundamental weakness: they cannot fully contain liberated minds and authentic human relationships that exist outside their mediated channels. This comprehensive system requires managed opposition at every level, steering us away from genuine awakening and direct engagement.
The crucial insight is this: The opposite of globalism isn't nationalism or political movements - it's individual liberty expressed through local action. Real awakening can't be programmed or scheduled. It emerges through clear recognition and spreads through genuine connection.”
Wham.
While it feels as if I’ve said it all before (relevant reports listed below), one of the greatest insights laid bare by Stylman lies in recognizing, calling out, and explaining in great detail the “managed opposition at every level.” He expertly assesses exactly how the liberty movement has been infiltrated and fragmented, and highlights the techniques by which we get turned against each other.
This is highly relevant to the recent discussion regarding Shawn Ryan and the Brunson brothers, both of which, along with any number of other tangents, have become splitting points, points where sincere patriots disagree, which then allows division to seep in.
But before we get to that, I’d like to offer a brief summary of the practical, tactical, and spiritual solutions that have been covered here, for the benefit of those who are new to the audience, as well as for personal review on the topic:
TR 532 - The Power of the Human Spirit Versus the Threat of Collective Thinking
TR 533 - The Secrets of Discernment and Learning to Trust Yourself
TR 579 - What's REALLY Going On, and What Can We Do About It?
TR 615 - On Politically Incorrect But Philosophically Sound Solutions
Throughout all of the above is the consistent theme: every workable solution must be rooted in an elevation of inner awareness and direct human interaction.
This is the only way we can beat the machines and reclaim our sovereignty.
It’s the only way we can defeat the cabal at the local level.
If we fail to elevate awareness and facilitate meaningful connection, the enemies of freedom will undoubtedly continue to divide and conquer us all.
Divide and Conquer.
It’s a timeless strategy, and Stylman does an outstanding job of pointing out the patterns at play in this pernicious and persistent problem. He outlines how it works, noting that the fragmentation is really a “calculated dissolution” of unity. He speaks of the deeper levels of control, wherein influential infiltrators build trust and then begin to subtly misdirect attention and lead people to “sophisticated dead ends.”
“Watch how the confidence game operates in truth movements: First comes legitimate revelation - real documents, genuine whistleblowers, undeniable evidence. Trust builds through authentic insight. Then subtle redirection begins. Just as they slice society into ever-smaller fragments along political, racial, and cultural lines, they splinter truth movements into competing camps. Unity becomes division. Action becomes debate. Resistance becomes content.
This systematic fragmentation of awakening movements reflects a deeper historical pattern - one that traces the evolution of mass perception control from crude propaganda to sophisticated biodigital manipulation.”
Again, it’s just so spot on, I stand in awe.
“They splinter truth movements into competing camps. Unity becomes division. Action becomes debate. Resistance becomes content.”
WHAM.
The truth hits hard. It has a weight of its own.
It also has its own sort of alchemist impact, which is fascinating.
When I demolished the Brunson narrative, I lost the subscribers who wanted to believe. The same thing has happened several other times as well, for example when I obliterated the Ukrainian narrative, or during the primaries when I questioned whether or not Trump was the best pick, or when I took the time to defend my liberal and atheist friends against religious zealotry, or more recently, when I picked apart the Blue Beam narrative and pointed out some red flags surrounding Shawn Ryan.
While Josh Stylman’s exposition gets into the nuts and bolts of how various movements become fragmented, I’d like to offer a few parting thoughts on why this happens—what is it in human nature that causes us to turn against each other?
The answer, simply, is ego.
We want to know the truth. We need to know the truth.
Therefore, we believe we know the truth—and anyone who denies that truth instantly becomes an enemy to our ego, and a threat to our self-identity. This is human nature, and we cannot escape it. Best we can do, in my opinion, is walk the virtuous path.
Honesty. Humility. Honor.
Honestly, I don’t really know XYZ, and I sure as hell don’t know everything. With humility, I can acknowledge my own limited understanding and limited life experience, and accept the unique and limited experiences of others as well.
Then, if I am being honest and feeling humble, I can honor my fellow human beings, even when I disagree. I can honor other people’s beliefs and cultural traditions, and do so without compromising my own. I can honor my family. I can honor my faith.
I can honor my heart… and I will continue to do so, even if in the process of speaking my mind, speaking from the heart, I step on some toes and lose some subscribers. So be it. This, in my mind, is separating the wheat from the chaff, the kindred spirits of intellectually honest and curious individuals from those who aren’t quite there.
I am exceedingly grateful for those who’ve joined me on this learning journey, who’ve been with me in the rhetorical trenches, who’ve slogged through the philosophical swamp, and who’ve been willing to question and challenge me when I had it coming. I appreciate your emails, your comments, your sources, and all your support.
Thus, it is with a grateful heart that I say today: RESIST WE MUST!!
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