There is a tremendous need for a Eupsychian-type society as originally envisioned by Maslow. If the world was filled with self-actualizing individuals there would be much more harmony and no war. It was Maslow's belief that the various behavioral problems that confront us, including crime, delinquency, mental illness, individual and organizational failure, are basically the result of ignorance, irresponsibility and faulty perception of reality.²¹...It was also Socrates' belief that a human with full knowledge would not do evil, because a fully enlightened person would recognize the damage done to self.²²...Therefore, as humans become more intelligent and gain in consciousness, and thus increase their knowledge and develop a better understanding of the consequences of their actions, their behavior should become increasingly more positive.

Maslow also concluded that man's aggressive nature is probably more cultural than instinctual. His ethnological studies determined that hostility and destructiveness among primitive cultures varied from zero percent to one hundred percent. The Blackfoot Indian tribe was found to be an extremely peaceful group with an almost complete lack of any anti-social behavior.²³...He therefore concluded that pugnacious aggression can be prevented or cured.²⁴

In summary, I would state that through a peak experience I have come to strongly believe that humankind and other intelligent lifeforms are continually evolving to new levels of increasing complexity with associated higher states of consciousness. This potentially allows humankind a way to enhance its chance of survival through the gradual development of a new world order. Whether humankind has yet evolved far enough for this to be an achievable goal is a fair question; however, it is inevitable that this will eventually occur. There are enough self-actualizing people presently in existence so that an unorganized effort is already underway. There is at least one organized group (Action Linkage) already approaching the concepts presented. It is hoped that this book will act as a catalyst and help stimulate interest in this direction. I would invite anyone who sees merit in this project to join forces. I am planning to dedicate as much of my own time and resources as possible. Whatever money is generated from this book will be used to help finance any organization which subscribes to these principles.

This is the fourth edition of the Integrated Theory of Intelligence, which is to be a lifelong project with more supplementary material to follow. Whatever errors or inconsistencies are present will over time hopefully be eliminated. I invite feedback and criticism from anyone. Consideration will be given to all comments, and concepts will be modified when appropriate. I hope that in time this will become a group effort.

Let the discussion begin!

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