I admit, without mincing words, that I am an asshole. Not in the common sense of the term, not for a mistake or an occasional failure. The asshole, as I understand it, is the one who, even having understood the mechanism, the dynamics, the truth of a situation, continues stubbornly to act contrary to what he knows is right. It is the perseverance in conscious error, a self-destructive stubbornness that, unfortunately, belongs to me.
In my, albeit brief, 55 years of life, I have had the opportunity to observe and learn a fundamental lesson, perhaps the most bitter: losers cannot be transformed into winners. We can lend a hand to those who are "neutral", to those who are still on the fence, but those who have been programmed to lose, who have an inherently failing mind, are a desperate case. It is not a cruel sentence, but a constatation based on the observation of over 90% of the world's population. How many of you have come across this harsh reality, trying to help those who seem unwilling to help themselves?
And yet, despite this awareness, my innate sensitivity towards social problems has pushed me to an act of pure, perhaps naive, folly. I have discovered why people suffer, the mechanism that keeps them prisoner, and I could not help but feel the urgency to act. So, after twenty years, I returned to Italy, to my country, among my people. My goal?
Helping people solve their problems, all of which stem from accepting lies as truths about almost every aspect of life. In other words, to having been systematically deceived.
The Simple Theory and the Impossible Practice
The problem is of unheard-of gravity, and yet the solution, in theory, is of disarming simplicity. If we have been deceived, if lies have been perpetrated, the way out is to embrace the truth. Two plus two equals four, period. Leave behind the lies, believe in the truths and act accordingly. It seems easy, right? Yet, in practice, it's an impossible feat for 99.999% of the world's population.
Why? Because a mind programmed in a certain way doesn't change. I already knew this. But my enthusiasm, my love for society, for my country, my romantic and dreamy streak, pushed me to believe that I could make a difference for many. A "stupid" mistake, indeed.
There are hundreds of thousands of proofs, irrefutable documentation that demonstrate how people have been taken for a ride on every aspect of life. It's not about conspiracy theories, but about verifiable facts. So why don't people accept these truths that would set them free?
The Ego, the Truth and the Lie
The crucial knot lies in identity. Once you believe in something, that belief is no longer external information; it becomes part of you, you become it yourself.
As Giordano Bruno used to say:
"We are what we believe; if I believe in lies, I am a lie."
This is the crux of the matter. When someone tells you that your beliefs are lies, that what you have trusted your whole life is false, they are not attacking an idea. They are attacking you, your essence, your deepest self. It's a personal offense, a disturbance to the ego that most people are unwilling to accept.
This disturbance, this narcissistic wound, prevents us from considering the truths that have been hidden, that vital information needed to achieve the ultimate purpose of life: to be well.
Today, people are so unhappy that their goal has become to live a little more serenely, to have fewer problems. Giving them a sliver of serenity would be worth gold for many. Yet, when you present them with the solution, with the truths they lack to be well, the reaction is often incredible: they reject you, ridicule you, snub you, even hate you. Why? Because accepting those truths would mean admitting that they have been taken for a ride, that they believed in lies, that they themselves are, at their core, a lie. It's a price that almost no one is willing to pay, preferring the known suffering to the uncomfortable truth. And perhaps in this lies the greatest and most tragic of perseverances.