i admire you beautiful people , you know setting the way, for young hippies to unite in the 21 century, for keeping the spirit, soo that generations after you keep the ways to find peace, love, humanity (sp) im not very good at spelling
Well I admire you too. I don't know how popular it is with you youngin's,... following your own vibe and not feeding into the pack mentality of being part of the "crowd" or the "popular" kids. The kids who just want to take, take, take and damn the consequences. Not giving one thought as to how what they are doing affects the planet and the world around them. Do alot of the so called "mainstream" give you any grief for your way of life??? Seems alot of the kids I've talked to on this site are on a path of finding enlightenment, and that is encouraging to all of us. Remember...Enlightenment doesn't care how you get there....find your best way, but get there. teepi
Yea....what teepi said. Remember, all roads lead to where you are going....some may be just a bit longer, but sometimes that is good! Peace...Ruby
It's kind of funny you know. I mean, any of us who have had longer than normal hair knows the kind of looks we sometimes get from people. But yea, I didn't really turn 'hippie' until after I graduated, although I don't really label myself that either (I don't like labels). It's just sad, cause the people who do stare at us like we are aliens from space are the ones who are unhappy with their life, who are hung up about so much stupid stuff, and generally not very happy. I guess it's only when they are willing to admit that maybe there is a better type of life, and embrace it, will they ever change. But that most likely won't happen for them, since once your in the claws of the machine, it's pretty hard to get out unless you consciously want to. But yea, I've met some amazing people in this past year, people my age and a bit older (I'm 19), who have given me a lot of hope for the world. I think slowly but surely the tide is turning, and people are awakening spiritually.
well AMEN! I could'nt agree more with ya! I always looked up to people during the centuries that stood up for there one minds and rights. and well,i think you were one of the first to show that it did'nt always had to be a small amount of people thinking that way... you,we are masive togheter man! and the messages of peace,love and music was and is still ALL that we need... thanx for keeping the peace and mind open for us man! peace and lots of love! respect
I know that I'm young but i do have an opinion..... Personally I wish I'd been around during the 60's but i wasn't so I have to deal with that, but in todays society you either are with the "in" crowd or not obviously you know what the in crowds are and if ur not in them then ur a goth,metal head, or something else of that nature. You can no longer just be yourself without being an outcast, right down to your sense of humor.... i personally try to avoid all of these genres,if you will, i try to live with an open mind and the way i see it is that to each his own......... and to the admire part of this post is that i admire anyone who is willing to be themsleves and not care what the current fashon or fad is ......... I admire you all..............
Mainstream for kids nowdays are CERTAINLY not hippie. Atleast in my area. Most kids are surfer, (lol its so funny because we dont live near an ocean, and none of them surf), punk, goth (wear all black), prep (football players, cheerleader).
I don't think it was any different in the 60's. You were either a part of the "in" group or you were an outcast. I was not part of the "in" group. But I don't regret it. I'm still not part of the "in" group in my community. That's just the way life is. If you listen to a different drummer, you'll never be "in" But you'll be true to yourself. That's what's really important. Kathi
well, i dont know why, but everyone at my school despises me. they dont really know me, but they hear about things i do and they fear me, because they dont understand it at all. i talk to a few people, and i am very open, i will pour out every detail of my life to anyone who wants to listen or asks. then they fear me more. so now i am just a hermit. one hundred percent hermit. oh well. one day i will have my freedom, out of this life, and into my hippie life! at least, with other hippies.
Hang in there Miss Moonbeam, I asked this question because I too was looked on as a "freak", and not in the good way of the day. I hitched all over the country by the time I was 13, and then when I was 14 was returned back into foster care and into school in Norfolk Va, I had a hard time relating to was what happening there, I had been on my own and lived with my future husband on a commune(land was communal) in Vermont. So they did not know how to relate to me either. But maybe get involved with some things that are going on in your community or theatre or an art class or food bank or community garden that will put you around like minded people would help. Like I said in my original post I do admire you, because this is not the norm so much as it may have been in my day, so I know that it is more difficult for you all to publicly dance to a different drummer. But I thank you for keeping the dream as alive as you can, teepi
Look around you: the world has become so full of materialism, so full of aggression. And we're all specialists now.....when we demonstrate, we are targeting a specific policy, and we have a specific agenda. We need to get more spiritual, more inspired, less specialized. In the '60s I rode the wave, blasted my Jimi Hendrix, lived in home-made houses in the woods, made pit stops at the local ashram, got stoned at night camping out in the Rockies by the ruins of some ghost town like Summitville, Colorado. But now I feel obligated to make the wave, not just ride it. I love the new-agers from Sedona, but I'm worried that they are too non-participatory, too focused on the inward search while the very earth erodes beneath their feet. Are the best of us blitzed on Prozac while the worst of us run for office and start wars in foreign lands?
Sas, your website is so full of light!!! I just scanned over it but the little I read made me put it in my favorites for later when I can take more time to listen and absorb. You are right about getting involved, too many today rest on their laurels and watch the world go by. We become guilty of complaints and no action. I believe you have to find a passion and run with it, find something that bugs you and work through it, find something you love and give to it. We are put here to do what we can and to find our path, hopefully the young ones will grow into involved older ones, No one is an Island. Society as a whole is way too into the materialism of this world, not REALIZING what is truely important. teepi
Thanks Teepi.....I really care about any feedback you may have. We really can make a difference, now that the Web has made the world our backyard. I plan to stir up quite a few bees before I'm through. Love and light!
Wow, I needed to hear that you care about MY feedback, I was called a "weak thinker" on a thread here the other day...... I try to not let things like that bother me..everyone has their opinion...consider the source..and all that stuff is what I adhere to but, since it was the first truely negative thing anyone has said to me since our new forum has gone up, it did cause me a slight pause. Also it was said by someone who is not usually a raving maniac as we get here from time to time...lol thank you, teepi
Teepi and sass....I'm with you...weak thinker hell,,,, I have forgotten more than a lot of the young in this world will ever learn. You guys are right on man...The hippy movement was not only about finding yourself, but DOING something with yourself! Get up, get out, make a showing or don't complain about the way things are. If only we had the sheer strength, I believe all the "old Hippies " could do it again.....the fire is still burning man! I hope it will spark a few million who will replace us, Mother Earth is crying. Ruby
HA! Anyone who has read your posts with any sense of balance will know the lie that statement is! I guess the operative phrase here is sense of balance. Keep on truckin', mama.
