Day Two: Attack of the Fresh Blood

Day two: I woke this morning with a blood sucker attached to my eyelid! The bugs here are epic! They can smell my fresh blood for miles around.

Last night I was introduced to some of the employees of Pacific Quest. Pacific Quest is a wilderness therapy program that supplements organic farming for the wilderness. The program works with people 13-24 years old with behavioral and dependency issues. We talked for hours about the consciousness, or lack of, of youth in a battle with self. I kept thinking, "If only these kids could talk to someone like Anam Thubten". The struggle to understand 'self' from a Western mind set is one of the hardest undertakings of my life. These kids are trying so hard to fill their lack of self with anything other than knowledge; drugs, money, sex, technology. I feel for them, their struggle and the courage it takes to take the first step to enlightenment. I will be headed out to the camp in the next few weeks to shadow Katie and get a first hand look at the work this program does.
We are headed out to the ocean now to hang with the people of Hawai'i. I will update you all later tonight!
PS: We found this Avocado in Katie's driveway... they fall from the trees! I will be thinking twice next time I buy a $5 avocado at the co-op!