First of Many. The Truth About Everything.

I have an idea. I want to teach you how to know the truth. Unfortunately, the most important truth right now in the world is the truth about the New World Order. Mostly, the country I live in, America.

I am FUCKING ANGRY. Does anyone remember what it means to be American?? I swear to god, I am the most American motherfucker that I know. I love America!

What does it mean to be American? Well, I think currently, according to most self-proclaimed "Americans" it means that you must support your government, our President and all the decisions that this administration has made. We stand behind our troops, right? Right??

I have a new idea. It's actually not that new, but it's building steam. How about we honor the sacrifices that our servicewomen and men have made because they thought what they were doing was right, of course, but we don't honor the cause? Couldn't we do that?

I'm going to tell you a story. If you have an illusion of what life in the U.S. is that is comfortable to you, and you don't want to be terribly upset, I suggest that you stop reading now. Find a nice, comforting copy of The Deseret News (a local, conservative rag for you out-of-Utah folk), curl up into a nice little ball and close your pretty eyes.

For the rest of you, pack your bags. I'm about to take you on a journey. It's a long ride but you'll probably never be the same again and we can't finish it today. I want you to come with me but I kind of feel guilty. Again, if you aren't ready, please stop reading.

Okay? Are we all on board? Ready for take-off?

Good.

Welcome to the jungle, bitches.

Where to start? Well, first of all I feel like I should disclose that I am, under U.S. standards, uneducated. I went to all four years of high school, but because of some monetary issues (I was extremely poor), I did not graduate high school, nor have I been to college. I am, however, highly dedicated to the truth. The very first tattoo that I ever got was Veritas (I hadn't seen Boondock Saints at the time, I just wanted to remind myself how important Truth is). I never lie. Only cowards who are afraid to face the consequences of their actions lie.

Lets start by asking some questions. There will be many Qs in this series and I will site refs to answer all of them, but this first one is up to you:

Q1. Well, I suppose the first thing we have to ask ourselves before anything else is: What am I about? This is a much more useful question than Who am I? or What is my purpose? because it is much more personal. Anyone can ask you Who are you? and you can easily respond with your name or your age or what you think your greatest accomplishment is (Oh, I'm Vinny, I go biking. I once won a jar of jellybeans in a jar-guess contest), but really all of that says little about you. The first thing you have to figure out, before you can solve anything else, is what your place in the world is. Even What is my purpose? is a useless question because "professionals" will tell you all your life what they think that you are here for, and worse yet, these folks will take money from you in exchange for your agreement that they know you better than you do. What a SCAM!

Let's, for a moment, examine the question: What am I about? Remember that you can't find truth in anything until you know the answer to that question. That's just my opinion but, really, I'm almost always right about these things. So. What are you about? It's a hard question to answer because we are so afraid of being too arrogant. Every time you try to think of what you are about, you think of so many great things (well, I'm a great writer or I really like my eyes or my God, my knuckles are totally hairless!), but you find yourself more afraid of being arrogant than will allow you the chutzpah to achieve the things you know you are capable of doing. Your own lack of faith in yourself holds you back. This is a lesson that is more important than anything you will hear or read, hereafter.

Here is an exercise for you: Today, skip work. Seriously, call in right now! What will you do if you do that? Will you go to the park? Will you exercise? Will you take care of some bills or some responsibilities that you've been putting off? Will you spend it with your child or children or neices and nephews? Will you use it to let someone know you love them? Will you play video games? Will you waste it deliberately? Will you shop or read a new book or research or study or finally make it to the doctor or would you just not skip work in the first place?

What do you think I'm suggesting here? I'd be embarrassed to spell it out for you so I won't.

Okay.

Q1 should be answered by now. Once you have it, try writing it down and tacking it to the inside of your front door so that you have to read it every day before you leave your house. Answers will come, eventually, believe me.

Also, I'm an agnostic but I pray every single day and it works! Don't forget to pray, even if you're atheist, even if it's only to open a dialogue with your inner self. Prayer is one of the things that makes my life more manageable, even though I don't believe that anyone but me is listening!

Tomorrow or the next day, I will tell you how knowing yourself will let you know the world and the Truth of what is going on. We haven't even scratched the surface yet. Tomorrow. Once you know the truth of you, the truth of the world becomes so obvious, I swear you'll wonder how you missed it.

Thanks for reading.
Love,Vinny

P.S. I know today was waaaaay touchy-feely emotional, but this was just a precursor. Tomorrow, please be prepared to expect some real-world situations and video evidence of things that you never imagined were possible. (Prepare to shit. Alot. Try not to hit the sides as you tumble down the Rabbit Hole ;)