TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD BY MICHAEL WIESE

INTRODUCTION

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF DR. R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER

HIGHLIGHTS OF “AN AVERAGE MAN’S” LIFE

LOGISTICS AND STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK—ROADMAP TO UNIVERSE

Chapter 1

VIEW: UNIVERSAL PERSPECTIVE

Guest Essays by David McConville, Jim Reger and David Irvine, Werner Erhard, Justine Willis Toms, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Gary Zukav, Jack Elias

Chapter 2

PURPOSE: HUMANS ON EARTH

Guest Essays by Robert White, Greg Voisen, Hazel Henderson, TJ Mackey, Anna Beshlian, Stephen Garrett, Velcrow Ripper, Thomas Myers

Chapter 3

BEING: SHOWING UP FULLY

Guest Essays by Randolph L. Craft, Dr. Joel Levey, James Roswell Quinn, Stephan A. Schwartz, DC Cordova

Chapter 4

DESIGN: TRIMTAB ON THE PATH

Guest Essays by Bobbi DePorter, Zoe Weil, Ann Medlock, Satyen Raja, Roshi Joan Halifax, L. D. Thompson

Chapter 5

CONSCIOUSNESS: WAKING UP TO BEING AWAKE

Guest Essays by John Robbins, Ocean Robbins, Lynne Twist, Marilyn Schlitz, Lisa Matheson, David Spangler

Chapter 6

UNITY: IT’S EVERYBODY OR NOBODY

Guest Essays by Kevin J. Todeschi, Lynne Twist, Jamal Rahman, Dr. David Gruder

Chapter 7

ACTION: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Guest Essays by Dr. Cherie Clark, Peter Meisen, Michelle Levey, Bill Kauth, Rick Ingrasci, Michela Miller, Hunter Lovins

INDEX OF QUOTATIONS AND GUEST COMMENTATORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EPILOGUE—DEDICATION

AUTHOR BIO