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Nature of the Society

The society would be structured in such a way as to guarantee the greatest amount of success. It would be similar in nature to the Eupsychian society referred to by Maslow. He envisioned an organization of self-actualizing people capable of including all cultures. He believed that there would be a gradual, steady, nonviolent improvement in present-day society,17...with less crime, less mental illness and less need for restrictive legislation. People would be encouraged to develop their potential for love, cooperation, growth and achievement.18...This is predicated on a continual evolutionary process of intelligence and consciousness. Maslow, in referring to his Eupsychian society, once stated that it would be "the culture that would be generated by one thousand self-actualizing people on some sheltered island where they would not be interfered with....".19...He believed that third-force or humanistic psychology would play an essential role in the society. He also believed that it would actually result in a social transformation that would change the world and everything in it.20

It would seem to me that the society should have certain characteristic features which would include the following:

(1)... It would be non-political, non-religious, non-racial, and non-national. All meetings held would be open to anyone. All information within the organization would be available to anyone upon request. There would be no secrets or hidden agendas. Because of its openness it would pose no threat to any other organization or individual. None of its goals should produce any conflict with any other organization, government, religion, nation, race or culture that has the basic desire to improve humankind. One could be a good atheistic communist and another could be a good Catholic or Jewish capitalist and still share the common perspectives and goals of the society.

It is probable that most members would be spiritual by nature; however, atheists would be welcome and hopefully would feel comfortable. All beliefs would be tolerated non-judgmentally. The only membership prerequisite, which is of ultra-importance, would be that truth be actively and honestly sought above all other considerations. This includes the introspective process of self-examination. Individuals within the organization would look toward many disciplines for truth, but would necessarily rely heavily on their intuitive spiritual yearnings as well as science and philosophy. They would look for truth no matter what the source, and would attempt to integrate factual information from all disciplines and cultures in an effort to create new higher-order concepts.

(2)... Self-actualizing persons from all over the world would eventually form a global network for sharing their expertise in all areas, and bring the highest level of principles and ethics into action. Many would have a genius for certain disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, law, engineering, medicine, business, public relations, politics or leadership in general. They would collectively combine the best of what the world has to offer. Membership would be open to anyone, since there would be an unlimited number of ways to donate time, and all time donations would be entirely optional.




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