Introduction

To the reader,

This book is written with the assertion that we

must agree on two things: that truth exists

independently of any opinion or belief; and that we

have the ability to know what truth is and to know that

we know it. Without making those concessions, for

which supporting material will follow, there is little

point in your continuing. For one who cannot believe

that they can know the truth seems to me to be without

hope destined to wander frustrated and aimless through

life.

A third, albeit less rigid assertion, is that you are

interested in knowing truth. It has been my sad

experience that people take comfort in their particular

view of the world. Therefore some, embroiled in selfjustification,

carefully and deliberately avoid the

discomfort that frequently accompanies broadening

one’s mind, expanding one’s horizons, and embracing

views that might mandate a change in lifestyle, belief or

value system. There is nothing in these pages for such

persons. I write for those who are willing to seize the

truth, because their integrity is such that they would not

allow themselves to go on living a lie once it has been

discovered.

These lies are, for the most part, the lies we tell

ourselves—the mistaken perceptions, ideologies and

perspectives on which we sell ourselves—in order to

allow us to live the way we do. This is a story about a

man who makes just such a discovery and the

difference it makes in his life. While the details of the

story and the characters are fictional, the lessons in the

story are, I assure you, quite real. It is my hope that

your reading may awaken That Something in you and

propel you toward very real possibilities that you never

before imagined.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it.

Ignorance may deride it. But in the end, there it is.

—Winston Churchill