You’ve been on target with this since I’ve known you Suzanne. Your message is clear, wise, mature, developed, researched and lived. I have enormous respect and love for you. Thank you for not giving up for moving it forward for keeping it alive and always on target.
Hey, old pal. You were my bridge from ELF ending to producing Challenge for Champions with you. I've never written about those daylong 'happenings,' I think we did six of them, which were pretty outrageous events for human potential people to mix and mingle, that took a big team to pull off. That was after I stole half your time away from Werner Erhard and the huge telethon you were producing to end world hunger.
What a good time we were having, and what a different time we were in. There wasn’t any downside to what we did, just a world in a good transition, getting wiser and wiser all the time. That's what was going on when Circle Of Gold came along, and all the forward-thinking projects that were in play got snuffed out.
I still have the scar my thumb from the orange, I also have all the memories of being at Barsdale Park, of climbing over the wall of the Hollyhock House, with a bleeding thumb, while you were leading a meditation inside. My memories of that time, even that adventure, are all happy. I feel privileged to have grown up in a unified town, world, and house, that was, the 70s and 80s. We had less distraction, so we could focus on what made us all happy, and, as it turns out, the world being a “we” and not an “I” made us all happy. Those are some of my favorite memories of growing up, thank you.💜 PS, you forgot about the part where you and the wizard had a ceremony, not a wedding, but a Waylinking,
a linking of your ways, the house was filled with love, laughter, and linking🥳
Really. Those were the days. I left out a lot, that I realized after I wrote this, about what made L.A. feel friendly and homey in the 1970s: fireworks on a crowded Santa Monica beach on 4th of July, art walks on gallery-lined La Ciegega Blvd. every Thursday night, a major transformational speaker in the Terence McKenna category once a month at the Santa Monica Church in Ocean Park wher we were hanging from the rafters. It felt like a village, where now it's just housing. And how about the Wizard's show when people walked down the walkway to the house, and march music went off, a sign waved "Welcome," a bird trilled, lights flashed, and a machine blew bubbles at you?
Thank you Suzanne. I really appreciated this reflection. The shift from “money running the world” to something more rooted in care doesn’t feel like an ideal to me, but a real question about what we are organizing our lives and systems around, and what kind of deeper shift may be required to get there.
I especially appreciated the reflection on that earlier moment in Los Angeles. It brings up what it feels like when community is simply lived, when people come together in a more open and shared way. That sense of belonging feels both distant and very needed right now.
It leaves me reflecting on how the changes we are facing are not only structural, but rooted in how we understand our relationship to each other, to place, and to the living world.
It called up thinking where the past got vivid, and from an overview I saw the change that has occurred. I hadn't conceptualized that, and it made me sad. There is no spirit of L.A. No design to create one.
This all couldn't be going deeper. The challenge I feel is to come up with some really good play.
Can I just say thank you, for all the work you’ve put into your earthly existence as a steward of love, beauty, peace, understanding and a dedication to expanding minds. You are a force and I am so grateful to know you and even more grateful to be inspired by you. May your ideas and your passion fuel the minds of many. Thank you for your persistence in attempting to find a solution to this enormous problem. 🙏🏼 much love and gratitude
You could try contacting him via Sonia's email - Sonia Sachs <ssachs@climate.columbia.edu> but her inbox is a real monster. She will pass messages to him. He's in constant demand and I don't know how he has time to sleep. The ideal thing would be to get a conversation going with him to try to convince him on topics like this, otherwise get one of the interviewers to ask the question. But interviewer's questions are not generally able to convince the interviewee, the info is supposed to flow the other way. As well, you're trying to convince your professor on a topic, which can become a status conflict. Perhaps in a PhD dissertation you can get away with that, for the general population, good luck. But if you don't try, you don;t find out.
I had a little concern about even letting him know I'd talked about him since her name is on that piece, too, and I only mentioned him. I don't know anything about her and I was tight for time to find out, so I just left her out. What I'd like to see is some public hashing out of the two-state idea, where a visible auspice puts it front and center. I am always so resonant with the way Sachs thinks that he would be a good one to hear from.
Sonia does office management for Jeffrey, see sends me those articles and said I could post them if they have the full attribution. So you could send a note and eventually she might find it in her inbox. Generally, the Two-State idea has been discussed in the past, it was generally a U.S. concept in peace processes, but it can't actually work. Imagine if two of the European countries were stuck side by side on a small bit of land. Especially if one has extreme imperial ambitions.
My point was that the material plane isn't where we need to fix things from. The debate about the Two-State idea is an argument about moving things around on the material plane that isn't for this Substack.
You’ve been on target with this since I’ve known you Suzanne. Your message is clear, wise, mature, developed, researched and lived. I have enormous respect and love for you. Thank you for not giving up for moving it forward for keeping it alive and always on target.
Hey, old pal. You were my bridge from ELF ending to producing Challenge for Champions with you. I've never written about those daylong 'happenings,' I think we did six of them, which were pretty outrageous events for human potential people to mix and mingle, that took a big team to pull off. That was after I stole half your time away from Werner Erhard and the huge telethon you were producing to end world hunger.
What a good time we were having, and what a different time we were in. There wasn’t any downside to what we did, just a world in a good transition, getting wiser and wiser all the time. That's what was going on when Circle Of Gold came along, and all the forward-thinking projects that were in play got snuffed out.
I still have the scar my thumb from the orange, I also have all the memories of being at Barsdale Park, of climbing over the wall of the Hollyhock House, with a bleeding thumb, while you were leading a meditation inside. My memories of that time, even that adventure, are all happy. I feel privileged to have grown up in a unified town, world, and house, that was, the 70s and 80s. We had less distraction, so we could focus on what made us all happy, and, as it turns out, the world being a “we” and not an “I” made us all happy. Those are some of my favorite memories of growing up, thank you.💜 PS, you forgot about the part where you and the wizard had a ceremony, not a wedding, but a Waylinking,
a linking of your ways, the house was filled with love, laughter, and linking🥳
Really. Those were the days. I left out a lot, that I realized after I wrote this, about what made L.A. feel friendly and homey in the 1970s: fireworks on a crowded Santa Monica beach on 4th of July, art walks on gallery-lined La Ciegega Blvd. every Thursday night, a major transformational speaker in the Terence McKenna category once a month at the Santa Monica Church in Ocean Park wher we were hanging from the rafters. It felt like a village, where now it's just housing. And how about the Wizard's show when people walked down the walkway to the house, and march music went off, a sign waved "Welcome," a bird trilled, lights flashed, and a machine blew bubbles at you?
I remember it well💜
Thank you Suzanne. I really appreciated this reflection. The shift from “money running the world” to something more rooted in care doesn’t feel like an ideal to me, but a real question about what we are organizing our lives and systems around, and what kind of deeper shift may be required to get there.
I especially appreciated the reflection on that earlier moment in Los Angeles. It brings up what it feels like when community is simply lived, when people come together in a more open and shared way. That sense of belonging feels both distant and very needed right now.
It leaves me reflecting on how the changes we are facing are not only structural, but rooted in how we understand our relationship to each other, to place, and to the living world.
It called up thinking where the past got vivid, and from an overview I saw the change that has occurred. I hadn't conceptualized that, and it made me sad. There is no spirit of L.A. No design to create one.
This all couldn't be going deeper. The challenge I feel is to come up with some really good play.
Can I just say thank you, for all the work you’ve put into your earthly existence as a steward of love, beauty, peace, understanding and a dedication to expanding minds. You are a force and I am so grateful to know you and even more grateful to be inspired by you. May your ideas and your passion fuel the minds of many. Thank you for your persistence in attempting to find a solution to this enormous problem. 🙏🏼 much love and gratitude
That's pretty breath-taking. Big wow. It's a great heartwarmer.
I feel the same way. Although there’s no answer seeing people like you not giving up keeps Hope alive.
Jeffrey Sachs: Trump's Naval Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
Glenn Diesen
Apr 14, 2026
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/jeffrey-sachs-trumps-naval-blockade
Jeffrey Sachs is often interviewed bt Judge Napolitano
Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom
@judgingfreedom
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : No Peace Without a Free Palestine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIcBoZUoX7M
Scott Ritter: TRUMP's BLOCKADE IS A JOKE
Daniel Davis / Deep Dive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi5nNHNiYuU
If only Sachs could get over the "Two State Solution" nonsense. Palestine, from the river to the Sea.
You know more than I, but could there be a sit-down with him somehow? One thing this tragedy is doing is educating us.
You could try contacting him via Sonia's email - Sonia Sachs <ssachs@climate.columbia.edu> but her inbox is a real monster. She will pass messages to him. He's in constant demand and I don't know how he has time to sleep. The ideal thing would be to get a conversation going with him to try to convince him on topics like this, otherwise get one of the interviewers to ask the question. But interviewer's questions are not generally able to convince the interviewee, the info is supposed to flow the other way. As well, you're trying to convince your professor on a topic, which can become a status conflict. Perhaps in a PhD dissertation you can get away with that, for the general population, good luck. But if you don't try, you don;t find out.
I had a little concern about even letting him know I'd talked about him since her name is on that piece, too, and I only mentioned him. I don't know anything about her and I was tight for time to find out, so I just left her out. What I'd like to see is some public hashing out of the two-state idea, where a visible auspice puts it front and center. I am always so resonant with the way Sachs thinks that he would be a good one to hear from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQbg5RtnUm4
Sachs At ANTALYA Diplomacy Forum
Iran Israel War News Live: Jeffrey Sachs Drops Iran Truth Bomb; 'Israel Won't Last A Day Without...'
Sonia does office management for Jeffrey, see sends me those articles and said I could post them if they have the full attribution. So you could send a note and eventually she might find it in her inbox. Generally, the Two-State idea has been discussed in the past, it was generally a U.S. concept in peace processes, but it can't actually work. Imagine if two of the European countries were stuck side by side on a small bit of land. Especially if one has extreme imperial ambitions.
My point was that the material plane isn't where we need to fix things from. The debate about the Two-State idea is an argument about moving things around on the material plane that isn't for this Substack.
Everyday:
Son of the New American Revolution
Professor Marandi: The US Walked Away in Islamabad
Larry C Johnson
Apr 14, 2026
https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/professor-marandi-the-us-walked-away
That's too much real estate without being provocative.