Question for Everyone

If I ever meet you Elliot, I'm gonna get your head full of some random crap, and get you to the bloody streets, to meet random people and listen to life stories... it's an amazing expereince if you meet the right people in the right setting.

 

Hippie is a state of mind that comes from within. Mood altering, mind altering drugs are not necessary.
Being in tune with self and nature is all that's needed.

 

No, I like cool people. But there are too damn many idiots.

 

yeah, but how likely are people to do or want to do that on their own...btw i think thats the longest post ive ever seen of yours

 

I think you'd be surprised.

 

i can honestly say i don't know a hippie who 'became themselves' without the help of drugs...i mean drugs arent responsible for the whole thing, but i certainly i think they can open a door to a lot of other stuff a person wouldnt have gotten into otherwise...

 

i dont know, in this day and age, the way kids are brought up... i dnt know, in my personal experience, all the hippies i known did drugs at some point or another. their very helpful spiritual tools if ya ask me...

 

well yeah, its what you make of it, depends on what spirit one takes them in. pot really helped me start my trip though, it got me really thinking and 'seeing through' people, so its definatley possible. but it takes a certain kind of person in this world i guess. acid is probably my favorite drug, that really did it for me, and turned me on. oh how id love to get my hands on some of that stuff again... but yeah, i guess its what you make of it, cause i know lots of people whove tripped acid and came out completley the same way they went in...

i still dont think id be the person i am today if it werent for drugs.

 

exactly, and thats frightening for some people, but it shouldnt be. good luck finding it man, there is a shortage pretty much everywhere, i'm still searching myself...i havent seen any in almost a year now

 

I don't think I'm a hippy. But, I do smoke pot once in a while.

 

you definately dont have to be a pot to smoke hippie

 

i havent smoked pot for 2 years.... i still dont think there is anything wrong with it when done occasionally.. the hard thing is.. defining occasionally. 2 years ago i was smoking pot at least once a week and i know people who do almost every day if not more. thing is pot isnt so bad as all those harder drugs but it is also not the healthiest way for a person to form a lifestyle if you know what i mean. when i was on pot i eventually had a lot more trouble controlling bouts of depression and panic. also inhaling the smoke is obviously not healthy.. smoking anything too much is unhealthy. people just need to be a little mature about when and how and how often they smoke.i think it becomes a sad situation when smoking pot becomes a lifestyle .. where life revolves around that... now and then to have a chill good time i dont see as a real problem ... for myself i have quit basically because i moved away from my circle of pot smoking friends and i dont have any desire to do so just for the sake of smoking it.. it was fun then but now it just doesnt seem to fit into my life. actually i have not technically "quit" becuase i have never told myself i will never do it again.. im sure i will when the time is right... but i do not want to fall back into the pure party lifestyle that i was living a couple of years ago. since then my head has cleared and i have been able to take a more healthy, or sober whatever you want to call it... point of view of my life in general. im glad i did smoke before though because in some ways i think it changed my view on life for the good.. but excess of anything is bad. you definately do not have to smoke pot to be a hippy.. if you do .. thats cool as long as it isnt causing you or anyone else problems. if you dont... well thats a healthy decision too.

 

For those who must know, I posted this poll to prove a point to my friend, Nathan who said you have to smoke pot. Obviously he is wrong.


Peace
Amy

 

If I don't want to smoke pot can I just smoke a kettle? Hehehehe...it's such a bad joke that I'll probably get a contract for Saturday nite live...

 

absolutely not. a hippy isnt a drug induced person, its someone who lives, loves, laughs, searches, tolerates, tries to move forward in spirit......its not about the drugs. its about the love

 

speak for yourself, I'm just in it for the drugs

 

well i am not in it at all.

 

you know I was kiddin' right?

 

dont smoek pot meself, though we sometimes have punch-ups

 

i don't know if i am a hippy, because i'm not exactly sure what that entails. at any rate, i don't smoke pot. i am always amazed at hearing people go on and on about how mind expanding pot is. all it did for me was make me want to sleep more than i already did. i am already lazy, and depressed, and unotivated enough on my own, sober.

i think drugs are generally overrated, but i not morally opposed to them. they're just not for me.

in answer to your question, no i don't think you have to smoke pot to be a hippy (whatever that is).