Do you know who you are? Perhaps you will be able to truthfully answer this question after you read this article.

An introduction and Observation

Although the discourse that follows is satire and/or sarcasm it contains a poignant message about the self that doesn't know itself/herself/himself. The lack of self-knowledge, more than anything else, accounts for human dysfunctionalism.
The purpose of this prose write is to assist a person in gaining increased self-awareness. Hopefully, it will cause a person to embrace self-evaluation, growth and consciousness expansion.
Self-discovery is an exploration of "the within." Unfortunately, people are so busy covering-up and piling-up...acquiring and hoarding, even within their own persons, the stuff that makes them constipated, that they cannot take time to focus on knowing themselves.
Reading and re-reading this prose write may be of some value in helping a person to break through his/her inner armored self and experience the authentic self.

I don't know who I am...
But I know just about everything else.
Don't ask me how I know so much, just trust me.
I can tell you all about Russia and all the Communist dictators.
I can tell you all about China, Mao Tse-Tung, the Chinese
Revolution, the "price of rice in China," and the price of China in Wal-Mart.
And Africa! I know my African history. You see, if you haven't noticed, let me tell you, I am a Black Cultruralist. I can tell you everything about the great African kings and queens, Africa's early civilizations, the pyramids that were raised high above the Nile and the African's legacy prior to the time that legacy was stolen, by you know who. I most certainly know who the theives are that stole it. Let me remind you that I am the son of a king and queen. That's makes me royalty.
But I don't know who I am.
And the United States of America, I can tell you plenty about America. I know who she was before she was America, even before she was colonies and before European scalpers murdered Indians and Africans were kidnapped by slavers and enslaved on the continent of North America. But America dosen't need the descendants of her former slaves anymore because now she can pay undocumented or alien workers minimum or below minimum wages. And I don't mean aliens from outer space as they talk about in fantasy movies. The Man has a plan to wipe out descendants of his former slaves just as he did the Indians who refused to obey him. The plan is called genocide. I can tell you where the concentration camps are located. These are concentration camps that can be converted overnight into liquidation camps. No wonder at the beginning of the new century the Supreme Court selected the President of the United States rather than allow the people to elect their President. And we have the gall to talk about nations that have a one-party system and no democracy. I think to have the Supreme Court to select the President is a damn sight worst than having a one-party system. What do you think? Apparently, the reason the Supreme Court can get away with this outrageous behavior is because a lot of people are cowards. Don't be fooled about all the rhetoric we hear about how smart and brave we are. We are told that America is first in more things than baseball and apple pie. We are even told that everybody wants to come to America. If that is true why do you think, that white people in Europe have never exahausted their immigration quotas? I am sure the miserable people in France and Norway would just love to leave their countries and come and live in America. Speaking of France, suppose the American people had been as concerned about the Supreme Court selecting their President as the people of France were about a Naxis-style politician who received less than twenty pecent of the popular vote. Did you see on TV how they took to the street in protest? Did Americans take to the street when the Supreme Court selected the U.S. President? Politicians don't have the power we say they have. Special interests-controllers are runnng the country. Politicians are lackeys and stooges. Lobbyists have more power than the Senators, notwithstanding the fact that the late Strom Thurmond, Senator from South Carolina, was abe to filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Bill for more than twenty-four hours, setting an all -time filibustering record, having filbustered longer than any other Senator. He did that to prevent black people from getting the right to vote. This is one of the things that black people must never forget. Forgive him? You decide. Remember the black deaths he caused.
Who killed President Jack Kennedy, Dr. Mratin Luther King, Jr., Senator Robert Kennedy and Malcom X? They were all killed by the same people who are running this country. I know who these killers are. They are a conspiracy. I know how we got AIDS. In all the years of sexual promiscuity and free sex people never got AIDS, They didn't even get AIDS in Sodom and Gommorah. AIDS was created in the same kind of laboratory as those where the atoms was split to make the Atomic Bomb. Of course, you know who they had in mind of eliminating when they created the AIDS virus-like demon. On second thought they added homosexuals to the list of deviants as undersirables who should be candidates for AIDS infection. Do you recall how they gave black men in Tuskegee, Alabama and vicinity the syphilis spirochete "treponema pallidum" around the time of World War II? I know all about AIDS.
But I don't know who I am.
And, if it's Heaven you want to know about ask me.
I can tell you a lot about far-out places and some far-down places, like hell. Heaven has golden streets and Hell is engulfed with fire and brimstones. If you want me to, I can prove that God is in charge of Heaven and the Devil is in charge of Hell. But who is in charge of God and the Devil? I will answer that one in my next book. you know I know what I'm talking about. And since I say, much too often, "The Devil made me do it," I am sure I will spend eternity with the Devil in Hell. You can listen to me tell the rest of this story there. But, the truth is, I am already catching hell here on earth. I know that from personal experience. I don't need anybody to make a sociological study or take a poll to let me know that I am catching hell. I know you listen to a lot of "you are catching hell" polls on TV that tell you how bad off you are, that you are going to die if you don't take their latest drugs or switch from drinking water to drinking wine and beer. I don't need anybody to convince me that I am going to die. All I have to do is to look back at a lot of people who wanted me to die before they died. I quess they were disappointed when the Death Angel called their names before he called mine. I know what its like to catch hell. But am I really catching hell or is hell catching up with me? I am not a Jesse Owens, but I can run pretty fast when I'm scared. And I've been scared a lot of times. See how much I know and I haven't finished telling you half of the thing that I know or intend to tell you before I leave to do hell-raising elsewhere.
But I don't know who I am.
You can ask me about outer space that is on this side of Heaven. Every thing between earth and Heaven I got covered. I know as much about outer space as I know about the Man. And you know I know about the Man. I've been waiting for some Ivy League University to start awarding a doctorate degree in the subject area of knowing about the Man. I know I would be the first person to be awarded that degree. And then I would become the dean of that department. Back to outer space. I know what's on the moon and the planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. Neptune and Pluto. Watch this: Mercury is 36 million miles from the sun and Pluto is 3664 million miles from the sun. Jupiter, the largest planet, has an equatorial diameter of 88,700 miles. Now, are you convinced that I know what's happening out there? They didn't tell us what the astronauts brought back from the moon, but I know. I'll let you in on a secret: they brought back from their Michael Jackson-like moon walk most of the stuff they took with them when they left the earth. Now wouldn't you agree that I know a lot about outer space.
But don't know who I am.
I'm no prophet; not even the son of a prophet, but I know what the future holds, especially for us. "us" spelled with a small u followed by a small s, without periods. That dosen't stand for the United States. us stands for us, not them. That's pretty simple isn't it?" But I also know what the future holds for the Man, not just us, but for them. The Man's days are numbered, so you must know what's going to happen to us. The black people will soon become extinct and join the dinosaurs, even before the Man is dissolved, unless they wake up in a hurry. They still have time, but the question is: how soon is too late? And, there is no way for the Black Woman to make it without the Black Man despite all that talk you hear from some of them about "I don't need a man." Black Woman, you need a man. You can listen to the preacher, all you want to, tell you "you just need Jesus." You need a man you can touch and who can touch you back. Even God needs a man. Remember, he said to Abraham, if you can find me ten real men I will save Sodom and Gomorrah. If ten men could save two cities maybe one good black man can save one black woman. Notice, I didn't' say "a good for nothing black man." Black woman you say, you don't need a man. But let me ask you a question: "How did you get here? If you answer this question wrong I am going to tell you who or what you favor. It won't be long before the world will be destroyed. The Apostle Paul thought that it would be destroyed about two thousands year ago. That is why he said, "If you are unmarried remain unmarried, unless you are burning with passion." It was nearly destroyed by water in Noah's day. This time it will be destroyed by fire. and I just may be the one who strikes the match to set that Mother--- Earth on fire... a blaze... I mean. If I told you what I know about how close we are to the end of time you would probably quit doing any work. Already, some of you are on a work fullough and there are others among you who have never had any work to be fulloughed from, at least no honest to God work. But, you better believe that I know what's happening and what's going to happen.
But I don' know who I am.
I think I know just about everything that is important.
The important things that I don't know I believe. What I believe will blow your mind. And what I believe is just as good as what I know. Check out these important things I believe: (1) if a black cat cross your path you are going to have bad luck, (2) It's no use of trying, the odds are against you, especially if you are black or poor, and (3) I believe all black folk ought to follow our true black leader who told us what to do. He left a legacy for us. It dosen't matter that he is dead, couldn't save himself. I believe that we should follow him. I believe America is the greatest country in the world. To prove it just look what's happening to me. I am an American. Or, am I?" Could I be an American and not have the American Dream. Those are just a few of the beliefs on my eschatological laundry list that I willl probably update if the end is postponed as it has been done on three previous occasions. I know what I believe and I believe what I know. Wouldn't you say, that is a lot of believing and a lot of knowing too?
But I don't know who I am.
By now you must be convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that I know what's happening and what's going to happen. And you got to know that I know what's already happened. I was a history major in undergraduate school. I didn't get any honors but at least I got a passing grade. If you want to know ask me and I will give you and ear full..maybe both ears full and leave you wishing that you had at least two more ears so you could hear all the wonderful things I am telling you without missing out on anything I am telling you. And mark my word, you can bet your bottom dollar on what I say. Frankly, you got to be a fool, or stone-crazy not to take seriously the things I say. I know what I'm talking about.
But I don't know who I am.
Some people want me to change but I'm not going to change. If I did that I would be like the rest of the idiots inhabiting Planet Earth. So, you can continue to ask me anything you want to know, except you should know better than to bother me with any jive questions. You should know that my time is important, much too important for folly and frolicking, or to answer simple questions that you can ask your barber, hairdresser or bartender. You certainly will get more truth from them than you will get from those in the White House and a lot of so-called experts and that is why I am not recommending them to be your advisers and consultants. Lies from the White House got us in the war in Iraq? That sounds like the truth. Ask me about important things; about facts. I know the facts such as Columbus discovered America in 1492. Do you believe America was lost before 1492? Sitting Bull answered that question but they didn't put his answer in the history books. Yes, I know the facts.
But I don't know who I am.
It's really strange...I know so much...almost...more than enough.
But not quite enough, because...
I... don't... know... who... I... am... .

Copyright 2005 by Uriah J. Fields