RE-EDUCATING MYSELF

This epic search for a new civilization has been called a "e;heroic journey."e; In 1955, Harvard student Bob Gebelein saw the threat of nuclear annihilation as proof of total systems failure. He was the American dream come true, but he wasn't happy. He saw "e;The Waste Land"e; by T.S. Eliot as his world. So he turned his back on the culture and set out to design a new civilization - new values, new beliefs, new ideals, new goals, a new standard of living, a new way of thinking, and a new way of life. RE-EDUCATING MYSELF is the story of his search and the answers that he found. His methods were psychotherapy, withdrawal from the culture, and dream analysis, taking advantage of the self-steering process. This is "e;the road less traveled"e; traveled, and beyond, to discover a transition point in human psychological growth where "e;human nature"e; itself changes, from competitive self-interest to compassion and altruism. If a majority of people reached this point, we would have a new civilization. Second Edition, retyped in digital form with language updated and a Preface added. Originally published in 1985.