I was sitting in the park the other day, bitching to the universe that not enough was happening at the speed I like... which relates to the fact that my mind that lacks presence, I'm not living in the now, I'm gauging my success on some vague notion of 'progress'. All this rather than simply using the ebb to my advantage and enjoying the cool breeze, the grass against my legs and watching others race to and from work with the greatest air of self importance.

In any case, there I was unenlightened, bitching to the universe when I heard a ruckus outside my van. I opened the side of my van and found myself practically in the center of a group known as the Activist Support Circle. Here were a group of activists from the Los Angeles area congregating in the park to enjoy a meal together and listen to a talk by S. David Freeman.

I introduced myself, kinda staying on the sidelines to get a sense of it all, and within moments was deep in conversation with Debra and Charles and others regarding the state of the world, what needs to be done, and some general philosophical banter. Ask and ye shall receive.

S. David Freeman arrived and sat with us to give a talk relating to his views on activism, his general thoughts on politics, the future and what needs to be done... yesterday. At times he was blunt and to the point expressing the activists, conservationists and environmentalists oftentimes are too busy throwing bombs of opposition rather than being proactive and solution based in their thinking. This is something I've heard echoed across the continent and I think all these individual self interests speak to the problem of complexity... what we need is a holistic management approach a unified vision of the future. Or as S. David Freeman put it, we need more straight forward common sense!

Here's the link to a free online version of S. David Freeman's book, Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How

I will hopefully be sitting down with Mr. Freeman in an on-camera dialog in the near future.

peace,d