Reap Your Roots

Jake Daybell

Welcome to Reap Your Roots, where we look backward to better move forward! Your roots are where you come from, and understanding where you come from will help shape who you are becoming. Through interviews, stories, and insights, host Jake Daybell helps you to discover how your story can be a source of strength and inspiration for yourself and for all those around you. 

  1. JAN 30

    The Mystical Christ: The True Story of Yeshua's Life

    In this episode, I share my personal journey with building a relationship with Yeshua bar Yosef, who many of us know as Jesus Christ. Beginning with a deeply formative upbringing in orthodox Christianity and my time serving an LDS Mormon mission, those years shaped my devotion, discipline, and love for Christ. They gave me a foundation of reverence that I still carry. I also speak to my radical spiritual awakening, which didn’t pull me away from Jesus but rather expanded my understanding of who he was, what he embodied, and what he was inviting us into. As my worldview widened, I began to see Yeshua not only as someone to worship, but as someone to follow. I wrestled with resistance around the idea of “Christ” as a living state of being rather than a title reserved for one man. That tension revealed the subtle ways many of us are conditioned to keep divinity at a distance. We are honoring it, but never fully inhabiting it ourselves, which is what Yeshua commanded us to do. This episode is an honest reflection on the inner roadblocks I encountered while learning to accept Christ-consciousness as something we are meant to grow into. From there, the conversation turns toward the mystical Christ and the deeper meaning behind Yeshua’s life and teachings. We explore stories, symbols, and intentions behind his actions. We speak of where He might have been from 13-30 years old. And we speak to how He performed healings and miracles. Rather than placing Jesus beyond reach, this episode invites listeners to see Him as our brother who simply laid out the divine blueprint in human form. This episode is ultimately about resurrection of His Christed teachings that are encoded within us. If this conversation resonates, you’re invited to Gnosis Rising, a new free online spiritual community launching March 1st, 2026. Gnosis Rising welcomes all spiritual and religious perspectives and exists to help us remember, embody, and live the teachings of the mystical Christ together. To remember the way within! The Key Takeaways: (2:55) My Religious Upbringing (7:27) A spiritual awakening begins... (9:00) Yeshua and the title of Christ (17:23) Two roadblocks to owning our Christhood (26:10) Hearing other stories of Him (27:47) The Lost Years of Jesus (34:29) Discerning who truly acts with Christ-Consciousness (38:44) The Luminous Lightbody (41:51) "I'm trying to be like Jesus" (45:29) Where to find more of Gnosis Rising To Learn More: Instagram: gnosis.rising Email: jake@reapyourroots.com

    47 min
  2. 10/15/2025

    Deconstructing Dogma To Find The Divine w/ Adam Allred & Sam Fenton

    What’s the difference between religion and spirituality—and does one even matter without the other? In this collab episode, I sit down with Adam Allred and Sam Fenton of the "Who Started This Fire?" Youtube channel to have one of the most controversial conversations yet.  Raised in the LDS (Mormon) church, Adam, Sam, and I share our personal spiritual journeys and debate whether organized religion is a pathway to God or a roadblock to real truth. We then tackle the bigger picture: Is God a loving father or just a projection of our own ideals? We confront the “problem of evil,” challenge the Bible’s idolization, and revisit Jesus’s radical message—that the kingdom of God is within us. We point out how spiritual experiences happen across religions, making it impossible to claim exclusivity without dismissing billions of people’s encounters with the divine. From Eastern vs. Western worldviews to the shame-heavy “deficiency model” of Christianity, we break down how religion often convinces people they’ll never measure up, while spirituality invites people to remember their divinity. We wrestle with how to raise kids with values and structure without indoctrination, acknowledging that religion provides order but can suffocate if it claims to be the only truth. This episode isn’t just about deconstructing religion—it’s about reclaiming spiritual sovereignty.  It’s about the courage to question, to search, and to embrace a path that honors truth above dogma. Whether you’re still in church, far outside it, or somewhere in between, this conversation will force you to ask: Are you living your faith, or just outsourcing it? Guests Info: The Socials Who Started this Fire? Youtube

    1h 46m
5
out of 5
18 Ratings

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Welcome to Reap Your Roots, where we look backward to better move forward! Your roots are where you come from, and understanding where you come from will help shape who you are becoming. Through interviews, stories, and insights, host Jake Daybell helps you to discover how your story can be a source of strength and inspiration for yourself and for all those around you.