<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Colleagues:</div><div><br></div><div>While I am "pale and male" I certainly feel, "fresh" not "stale". </div><div><br></div><div>(In my little village the grocery store is called "FreshMart". However the locals refer to as... "StaleMart.")</div><div><br></div><div>For those interested in the Grand Design thread, Gene's latest book might be of interest.</div><div><br></div><div>He has been under the thrall of the New Religious Mode and the New Social Vehicle for 40 years. He goes for the 'whole <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px; "><em style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">enchilada</em></span>' including everything we did as the Order and a whole lot more.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course for 11 of those years he lead The Academy and was continually making curriculum of Joe's (and our) latest themes.</div><div><br></div><div><div>(His recently published book "The Road from Empire to Eco-Democracy" is all about challenges and proposals that assert the New Social Vehicle. It is surprisingly easy to read and has a study guide.) </div></div><div><br></div><div>I still assume that the doorway to a 'new society' is not just an apprehension and a response to the suffering of the innocent, but also a recreated sense of ones relationship to the cosmos (The Grand Design) - a renewed sense of authenticity in living.</div><div><br></div><div>His book <i>The Enigma of Consciousness</i> is a work in progress - perhaps another six months to complete. He is very open to comments.</div><div><div><div><br></div><div>Recently he has added a file containing a chart to go with the table of contents.<br><br>It is the first file in the list.<br><br>The URL is: <a href="http://www.RealisticLiving.org/PDF/Enigma/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.RealisticLiving.org/PDF/Enigma/</a></div><div><br>Ken <br><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>