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EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK:
VINCE'S GYM
Juan
Talks About How Americans Have More Access To More Potential
Freedoms
We were all taken back by Juan’s long lecture. This was the
longest anyone ever heard him talk at any given time. He was
considered to be educated… but was normally not one to talk that
much, at least that openly.
A few people
were asking Juan what his point was, or how do we influence our
legislators besides hoping to vote a good guy in.
Juan said “In
the United States, you Americans have potentially more
individual and collective power and resources than ya realized.”
Juan’s
assertion was received with more than its share of anger and
bitterness.
As much as I liked Juan and as intriguing and educational his
lecture was, I felt outraged and offended by his assertion that
we even had a chance of influencing the leaders of our country.
I asked him how we could do anything that would put pressure on
our leaders.
He said, “By
educating yourself on the issues and getting together with other
people who see eye to eye with you.” “Then by writing your
letters, making phone calls or by setting up luncheons with yer
group of interested people & the legislators in yer area & also
be going to town hall meetings.
Juan was
starting to get my members at the gym roused to a fever pitch.
Everyone was feeling like he was inferring that just voting was
lazy and unpatriotic.
Cliff said, “If
we could get rid of one or the other political party then we
wouldn’t have gridlock.
Juan said, “In
my opinion mate, that would be a mistake.” “What would be better
if this country had three or more major parties to choose from.”
This comment got a
lot of people chattering.
He said, “Just
try ta think of it, every living organism needs ta have several
operating systems ta foster each other operating system’s health
and efficiency.”
Juan quickly
turns his attention towards me, “Vinny…I have heard you say that
you have found that with regards to your workouts, that it is
best to work every rep range; for example you have found that
high reps will help you to lift more weight in the lower rep
ranges.
I was not
liking that the focus of a conversation regarding the subtleties
of subject matter of which I had almost no knowledge about to be
thrown in my corner.
I cautiously said, “How can you compare lifting weights to
politics?”
Juan sensing my
discomfort said, “Every system is similar and follow similar
laws.” ”That is why every system or organism needs to be
attended to at every level to ensure its health.”
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One Primate's Search For Intelligent Life
(EXODUS)
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(REVELATIONS)
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(JUDGMENT DAY)
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THE MARINES: GOD'S CHOSEN
WARRIORS
CONVERSATIONS WITH NEO
NEO TEACHES ME THE ART OF WAR
& PEACE;
His Version of The Matrix
MEMORIES OF MY FATHERS
ZEN & THE ART OF RESISTANCE
TRAINING:
A Yogic & Scientific Approach To Weight
Lifting
ZEN & THE BIOLOGY OF
TRANSCENDENCE:
The First Matrix of Psychic
Phenomena
ZEN & THE ART OF KINESIOLOGY:
The Yogic & Scientific
Approach To Movement
ZEN & YOUR ENERGY SYSTEMS
ZEN & VARIOUS ASPECTS OF
TRAINING
HOMEPAGE TO VINCE'S GYM
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