Below is a Call For Participation in a general brain base being established with the cooperation of numerous individuals involved in specialized activities. We would be very pleased to have further representation from your specialty. Accord Services, Inc., with The Longevity Foundation, is establishing an Internet-based archive to record the knowledge (perceptions, attitudes, insights) of participating individuals. This resource will be used in conjunction with specialized software to coordinate creative problem solving for the persons themselves as well as to provide innovative solutions for problems involving differing groups of people. All thinking men and women are urged to join in this intelligent activity for the purpose of improving life on Earth. We have coined a word. To brimble is to BRing IMagination into Being for Longevity Effect, thus supplying brimblations ranging from the simple to the complex, from the personal to the global. Yes, the various religions, tribes, personalities may have good intentions, but there is no effective procedure whereby they communicate harmoniously so as to act together constructively. We live in a real, practical world, often involving unnecessary violence. Some 33 years ago, The Longevity Foundation was formed with the idealistic mission to promote research in human survival, now realized to be broadly dependent on the health of all life forms, as well as the planet Earth itself. Some 12 years ago, the powerful methodology, GIST (Guided Inquiry System Technique), a balance of analysis and intuition, was applied by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to organize the first entry of plant life into deep, outer space. With Xanim's substantial relation to The Greatest All, he immediately perceived the abundant benefits of joining these two, the goodwill of Longevity and the practical power of GIST, and he brought them together in the soul of Accord Services, Inc., managed as such not only for profit but also for the common good which naturally results (half the profits will go the Foundation). Accord then created the Brimbler Mind System (BMS), which enables the Brimbler, assisted through GIST to make use of both the left and the right brain, to correlate, generate, develop, and document new ideas. BMS, as further discussed in Brimbler GIST Tips (BGT), is suitable both for individual and collaborative use. Its major advantages are that it is self-organizing, parallel, distributed, and scalable. Collaboration may be through informal e-mail, phone call, meeting, or formal local/wide-area networks. Decision may be made to transfer information from one level to another, further subdivide for future correlation, revise for more accurate definition, or assign specific responsibilities to others. On selecting an issue for consideration, the first step is to provide a small number of rubrics (terms), preferably four. One may rely on a previously created BMS template or begin anew. For example, we have the "Four Freedoms" of speech, of religion, from want, and from fear, included in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but they are taken, for the most part, as ideals, meriting no more than lip-service. BMS, in correspondence with the worthy goals of The Longevity Foundation, provides the means to take these freedoms seriously and use them to resolve matters of worldly significance. In summary, BMS provides the following: a) information structured into patterns, appropriately proportioned to minimize confusion and maximize comprehension; b) overall perspective such that a single idea does not dominate at expense of others equally as pertinent; c) collective, associative collaboration between system and mind, as well as among diverse Brimblers; d) intuitive navigation through natural, conscious and synchronistic, subconscious aspects toward achievement of worthwhile, innovative results. As a first step in what some, pessimistic or unknowing, will appraise as a most ambitious, grandiose process, we are establishing a Brimbler Brain Base (BBB) from "knowledge" of those with the intelligence and goodwill to respond to our initial Calls For Participation. Remember, however, that it is both intelligence AND goodwill which are required. Brimblers must take an oath not to use the glorious capability herein developed for any evil, destructive, violent end. What we need from you is a commitment to proceed with us seriously as much as you are able, in good humor, of course, and without neglecting your health and family responsibilities. Sit down now, take a walk, if you like, but think about how to describe what you can contribute, knowledge-wise, in four topics suitable for inclusion in our BBB index. It is planned that we will have, as necessary, all the paraphernalia of the Internet, including formal mailing lists, newsgroups, bulletin boards. Longevity participants have access to diverse others of their Brimbler ilk through the BBB. They will receive Brimbler GIST Tips (free) and get discounts on helpful Omega Publications (including The Greatest All) and Accord Thinkware (including SuperGIST Software). Neither of the latter is necessary for BBB participation. Nor are donations to the Foundation required, but they are welcome, with donors receiving the planned monthly Longevity Newsletter, updating and summarizing our worthwhile activities. Foundation goals may be stated as: Express creative Intelligence through Imagination. Experience effective Progress through Truth. Exercise sensitive Morality through Love. Exhibit decisive Perseverance through Will. What we really would like is your "brain" broken down into just four arenas of mental expertise. Now, maybe that can't be done, which is OK. Then, let's take something important to you, and you break that down into four arenas wherein you might contribute. We can give you another four later, associated with another part of you. But, in any event, let's try to take one entity and present it "analytically", i.e., so it's "all" there, as far as your contribution is concerned, broken down into four. GIST works best, both individually and interactively, if we start out with four rubrics (arenas). When we have such "analyses" from the numerous responding individuals, we can proceed to the next step, including further discussion/explanation of newsletter and software interactive benefits. Not only will the interactions be worthwhile, leading mayhap to innovation; they will be fun besides. As specific examples of rubric selection, a United Nations staff member contributed: The United Nations information technology social futures organizational change a 13-year-old girl set forth: astrophysics computer science mathematics higher dimensions a young sales manager chose: sales/marketing masonry motorcycling board games a management consultant gave us: work processes behavior patterns photography politics We must get people thinking together productively, not fighting destructively. I hope that I have gotten it over to you. Please send me your four topics through e-mail ([log in to unmask]). Xanim