Hippie Philosophy

I picked three that were meaningful to me:

Yes, it's a culmination of eastern philosophy and tribal culture, and prominent writers of the 60s like Leary, Ginsurg, Kerouak, etc.

It's just being peaceful, being a live and let live kind of person.

It's simply pro free love, rejection of materialistic values, anti-war, and environmentalist views.

 

Personally, I express my philosophy through raising my children with open minds. I taught (and still am) teaching them to question authority, use the system (instead of letting the system use them) and approach their lives with a friendly and accepting spirit. Not only has this produced two wonderfully talented children who are influencing yet another generation, I must admit I derive a twisted sense of satisfaction that my hippie-like philospohy has resulted in success, while the more traditional strategies usually produce mixed results. It might be best summed up by choosing one's battles carefully, and overcoming the negative through this passive type of resistance.

 

I'll say to be hippie is to be free,ot be artistic soul you may not do art but you love the art.You can call it philosophy because is in a way, you can't set your self free if you don't think philosophicly. Acrding to me it is also a mix from eastern culture and indian culture that's why the weed is in use and so on, you can say it is mix from all options given.

 

When you say indian do you mean native american or people from India?

 

NAtive americans

 

I thought hippie was a term invented by the media. Kinda like Genration X'rs

 

when I was young I thought Hippies would be accepting of someone from a foriegn country like myself, since I found that mainstream Americans were quite segregationist and elitist.

I was very disappointed with the long haired dope crowd (I don't do that but to each his own)... I found them to be even more racist and exclusionary than the mainstream white southern racists of Texas where I live.

I think hippies are very insecure people deep down. And use drugs/music and other things to mask their lack of communicative honesty.

 

^ I think you were mistaking hippies with nazis.

 

^ Yeah, not all long haired dope smokers are hippies. And not all hippies have long hair and smoke dope.
Everyone has an image in their mind of what a hippie is based on their experiences. My experiences of hippies have all been good, but then again, I generally view people in a positive light as long as they aren't harming anyone.
If you judge all hippies because people you thought were hippies were racist, you are using the same kind of reasoning the racists probably use.

 

You gotta eat organic, Live in the woods, Smoke weed/Grow weed, Wear Earth coloured clothes with lots of patches.. Be like Fuck you to the fascist mind police..

theres also a Patchouli clause

 

I thought I was smelling patchouli! He didn't stay and smoke a bowl with me, what's up with that?

 

i freakin' hate patchouli. :tongue:

let's compromise on sandalwood!

 

Well, is there a sandalwood clause then?

 

Well, The proper definintion of the word hippie is One who is alianated from conventional society. I do believe it would be safe to say that there is such a thing called hippie philosophy, In my opionon its very simular to the eastern way of thinking. The idea of just going with the flow of life, not to hurt any creature on earth, peace and love, riding your self of materalistic items that are unneeded, but where we differ is first of we use drugs. I dont think that there is nothing wrong with using lsd, lsa, mushrooms or peyote,if its for enlightenment purposes, used as a spirtual tool or guide instead of recreational reasons, like many of the so called hippies did. All in all I believe that Hippie philosophy is a mix between eastern philosophy, and many of the native americans beliefs...When i think of the philosophy of the hippies i think of Leary And huxley

If the doors of percecption were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it truely is.. Infinite
William Blake

 

oh, definitely.

 

The Clause I'd be a big fan of is Clause.

 

I think its a philosiphy and a way of thinking , raise your childeren with love and respect, love your mother earth, fight for what you belive, and stick to it if its what you truly belive. Love and respect your fellow brothers and sisters. And help whenever possible.

 

Sandalwood is kind of hippy.. and weed is in the main rules of hippiedom

 

I would say counter-establishment, cuz the things that need to be changed currently are started by the current establishment.

 

Live and let live.

I don't think there is or was a one philosophy to being a head, we had no one leader or guru showing us the way, we just kept an open mind and checked out all kinds of things that came our way, don't put it down if you don't understand it, all kind of different ideas made the movement, our acceptance of others was key to our way of thinking, And we did not agree on everything but we would check out what others had to say, if it worked for us we would roll it in with what we felt if not we would let it go and move on. It was an ever growing movement. So yeah it was like live and let live, and hopefully we could live in peace and harmony with one another, even if we did not hear the same word or calling we did not have to fight over it, just live free and try not to hassle one another because of it.

Peace