Hippies rock....but do they ALL smoke pot?

i suppose it mattered where you spent them

from what i remember, and can tell from subsequent research, most of the country was still living in the 50s while the 60s were happening

as far as being surrounded with happy, loving and caring people goes . . .

 

http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=409999&f=12

Stay Brown,
Rev J

 

Man, all these fake impressions and false ideologies about what the 60's were..... never realizing that politically and socially we really are in a very similar track as the 60s were. There are differences, but when you look at the larger picture of things, you'll see it.

 

Hate to be "that guy" but what's with all of the labels?

 

Fuck labels

 

I've never done drugs, I have my curiosities about marijuana, but I'm the raw food type of hippie, not the stoner

 

Who said you have to be one or the other. I know raw food type hippies who smoke like Rastafarians in a Glacoma ward.

Stay Brown,
Rev J

 

^ Nobody,

It goes like this:
The OP: I love dogs, but are all of them golden retrievers?
Me: No, I'm more of the beagle type

That being said, not all dogs are retrievers or beagles, they are just two of the many types, along with mutts

 

I consider myself a hippie and I don't smoke, but that's more from lack of connections than anything else. I'm an honors student living in a conservative area, consequently it's hard to get quality pot from friends, etc. In any case, everyone around me seems to think I do, simply because of my trippy art, musical tastes, and general free-thinking nature. People need to learn that hippies don't act the way we do because we smoke pot, inherently, (though it influences art and music for some), but because many are that way naturally, and as freethinking people we want to expand our horizons past what we've already experienced.

Once I get to college, perhaps then...

 

All the Original Hippies smoked pot, every last one of them. IDK what the younger hippies do now days but in the 60s Everybody Must Get Stoned!!
They'll stone ya when ur driving in ur car,
They'll stone you when ur playin ur guitar,
They'll stone ya when ur walkin home,
They stone ya when u are all alone..
Everybody must get stoned.

sh

 

I'd say I'm a bit of a hippie, but I don't smoke weed, well I would if it was offered to me but I've never actually bought any, I prefer drinking to be honest

 

I'm a hippy but I haven't smoked weed for nearlly 4 years now well tell a lie I do it once in a blue moon now and again. I stopped It because I had to I was smoking It from when I got up till I passed out at night. But then I started having severe aniexty attacks so not nice having them when you're stoned.

 

I really admire anyone who can be a part of the scene and do it sober. I've run across some pretty cool people like that in my travels. I'm not one of them at this point though :willy_nilly:

 

Jack, so many reasons for smoking weed, cigarettes or drinking: escaping a bad day, shared experience with a friend or a group of friends, a pleasant buzz, maybe a way to loosen up and break outside your shyness, an aid to thinking outside the box, I could go on.

Our bodies are resilient, but even at the social level, putting foreign substances in can eventually take their toll on our health. Some might say that it is a part of a life well-lived, so they ask, "Who cares if what we take makes it a little shorter (or a lot shorter)?".

Well, I understand that line of thought, but I can see from your comment that you recognize there might be another way to experience a slightly altered state, a way that only involves you and your mind.

Some Eastern practices such as yoga or tai chi can, in my opinion help train your mind and body to achieve what you are looking for unassisted.

I studied a pared-down version of Transcendental Meditation called the Relaxation Response and got a small taste of this experience. I have nothing against TM except that I was not able to put in the time and did not have easy access to it.

Two of my cousins are deep into yoga and have experienced massive benefit.

I know of others who induce endorphin flow from running, particularly outdoors. There's a technique called Breema that a friend teaches. I have been meaning to try it for quite some time now.

You might hear about Rolfing or Network Chiropractic giving similar results.

Some people seek out white noise to bring a calming sound and provide some of the tranquility to take their mind to the next level.

I have gone deep into the wilderness and found places where I essentially reboot my brain and have forgotten what day it is. I stopped defining myself by what job I did back in the city, I was just another man in the wilderness, one of God's creatures roaming the woods. When you have cleared your mind, then you are free to go even further on a journey of beauty and purpose. At a certain point, water shimmering on a lake, a mountain range, a distant storm begin to take on meaning, teaching principles about life and eternity that no one else can teach you. I will admit that you can't always go into the wilderness, but all it takes is one such adventure to know that there is another way of thinking, another way of experiencing and interpreting life.

I have not seen these techniques discussed in depth here, but I think it is one of the big differences between many laid back hippies and up tight city folks.

 

which is why i've stopped eating

:2thumbsup:

 

I think I see what you are saying. When we were kids Mom said to clean your plate, but you are not a skinny calorie-burning kid anymore. Give your scraps to the chickens and stay slim as a teenager! You can still say you cleaned your plate, even if you didn't eat everything on it!

I did buy organic carrots the other day because certain foods (like industrial carrots) are so coated in chemical soup that "eating your veggies" is not a healthy act.

 

no, what i was saying is that everything takes a toll on our health, living takes a toll on our health

you're only going to be hear for 110 or so years at most, and anything over 80 is pure luck [genetics, whatever]

might as well see the world while you're on it, even if that only means eating, drinking, and smoking bits of it

because you're never going to make enough extra time for yourself to compensate for what you missed . . . .

 

wa bluska wica, you could have written the book of Ecclesiastes. I mean that as a compliment.

Anyone can see that the neurotic acetic dude always denying himself the simple pleasures in life often dies an earlier death than people who live a life of celebration. Then there are the compulsive types who overdo everything in life. They tend to die early too and not particularly happy with all the indulgence that they have lost control of.

Some people are born into some sick despotic nation-state and don't see much of the pleasure that we take for granted. It's a tough break, I know.

So, yeah, the Middle Way, the life of discipline mixed with lots of celebration, spontaneity with a little forethought seems to work for me.

As for martial arts, Eastern meditation, nature adventures, and all the other things I mentioned, people on the outside sometimes say, "Ew yuck!", but for those who respond well to it, it is not a burden but a joy in the doing and in the result.

Smokin' is just a tool to reach insight or relaxation, not an end but a means to an end. I am just as keen on obtaining insight and relaxation, keen on seeing the world as you put it. It seems intuitive to me that if your path is wellness-based, augmented by learning to calm your mind from past troubles, finding a center and purpose, celebrating the moment, then you will not feel that any of this is "missing out", but is actually "tuning in".
No guarantees, but you may not feel the need for the smokes when you already have what you are looking for.

 

wa_bluska- drugs can really screw you up though, I know from first hand from seeing what's happening to my cousin right now
I think they're a bit racey for kids to do, and to do them a lot...
but they aren't any worse than eating crap like mcdonalds, KFC, additives, HFCS, GMOs, etc.

 

sorry about your cousin

i do know a bit about drugs, having taken most of them back in the day

[hey wa, leave some for the rest of us! ]

as far as getting screwed up goes, there's the food thing you mentioned - there's also religion, the armed forces, or becoming a lawyer

[thank god i found acid instead]