For the first time in about four years I read a 'non-school' book about a manuscript found in a Peruvian jungle containing the nine key insights to life entitled The Celestine Prophecy. I found it to be a fascinating book that answered a lot of questions that I have at this point in my life. It describes a way of life that is similar to Bellamys world but not the same. I immediately compared the two after I read Looking Backward.

Bellamy describes a world in which material objects and possessions no longer have any value. He talks of how people have only a few choices for jobs and the more prestigious jobs get paid no more money than the manual labor jobs, however societies members receive confidence, satisfaction,- energy from pride and that's what strives people to work hard and become the best they can

I can see that right now one of these worlds couldn't exist any time soon in our present society because people are too wrapped up in themselves to care about future generations of people or ecology. Looking into the future I can see that any one of these worlds would ensure the survival of our planet and race in the long run, when I'm not so sure with the way our world is now. I feel the world that Dr. Leete describes to Julian would be a change for the better, if one could look past the condition of our world now. No one would want to be thrown into this world the way Mr., West was, however, integrated over a period of time, people would adjust (just the way Dr. Lette said). There would be a realization- an overwhelming critical mass of people that would make the transition- an emerging culture where everyone would be happy, and that's what it really comes down to. If the majority of people are happy, the world runs smooth, safe and simple. It seems as though its just !

Doctor Leete explains to Julian West that there is "...no such thing as a labor force...[and] the solution as the result of a process of industrial evolution in which... all that society had to do was to recognize and cooperate with that evolution" (pg. 50). I compare this quote from Bellamys book to the book I recently read, which was based on a manuscript written in 600BC, predicting the evolution of an emerging, more aware culture. That book relates most of its predictions to energy and spiritual realizations at the end of the century and how communicating with other humans is going to become easier. I assume with faster, easier communication, there would be a more rapid growth in technology, and the evolution of a better economy, at least that's what I got out of it.

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