I am a myth, any resemblance to any real person, living or dead, is purely coincidental. I am an idealist and a dreamer in search of a way to change the world for myself and all those who embrace love, honesty and growth, and who seek to live simply so others may simply live. My life to date has exemplified hectic under-achievement in a mad quest for normalcy which resulted only in frustration, alienation and regret. Now I am at a new horizon, trying to find the means and measures to express the things within myself that I've struggled with for so long, hoping that I can translate those things into positive shift in the world. My personal philosophies are devoid of political, financial, spiritual or any other agenda beyond that of freedom, acceptance and evolution. I embrace love that encompasses all people and ideas, though I only support those that have an aspect of humanism, by which I mean they foster peace, love, unity and respect. I don't stop loving people or ideas because they do not agree with my view of the world, or even when they cause me or others harm, but I do consider those kind of people and ideas as unhealthy both for individuals and society as a whole, so I actively oppose any person or idea which harms another. People talk about a revolution they don't have the courage to stage to keep from thinking about the evolution they don't have the will to embrace. I have chosen to embrace circumstances that are outside the norm and seek alternative means to live a productive and fulfilling existence, hoping to one day strike a subjective balance between my personal values and temporal needs. Right now this includes a vow of voluntary poverty, with the specific intent of avoiding currency as much as possible and detaching myself from involvement in the murky and often counterproductive buy/sell ideologies behind capitalism and a market economy, as well as trying to keep my life as free from the binds of material possessions outside of what I feel is necessary and useful as much as I feel able. I don't work in the typical sense of being regularly employed, preferring to earn my way through different means, such as barter. This works in conjunction with my vow of poverty to avoid money as much as possible and as a form of protest against several government policies, the main one being taxation. It is also a choice motivated by my personal view on the balance between making a living and having the freedom to live. I find myself unable to reconcile the idea of spending my life trying to earn a living. While I gratefully accept charity from anyone so inclined I am not a bum, as I do prefer to use my eclectic knowledge and skills working in exchange for resources, but I prefer to work in exchange for goods and services or, if out of necessity I do something for money, I prefer untaxed cash. I also do work for those who need it without compensation whenever I am able. I do not recognize any system of law or governance outside of my personal precepts. I believe most actions are subjective to context and prefer to guide myself through analysis of instances balanced against my personal beliefs. I also live my life "off the grid," by which I mean outside any systematic network, such as the government. At some point in the near future I would also like to live off the grid in the sense of being outside the commercial electric power and water network. I'm wandering around and trying to get to know people and talk about what's going on in the world, and life, and the universe, and everything. What makes you happy, what you want, what you need. I love all kinds of music, though it's been a lot of RX Bandits lately. I drink seldom and typically socially, and I smoke cigs regularly and mj sporadically. I like good conversation, witty banter and honest communication. If you're up for getting to know someone who has nothing to offer but himself and does so freely then drop me a line.
thank you for the kind welcome... I know I haven't expressed much as of yet... I've been having a bit of writer's block lately so it's been a bit difficult, but I did get off into a rant in the hippie forum which helped. I hope to be a productive contributor and be a good friend to anyone inclined to see me as such.
Hello and welcome, it's good to rant when you feel like, just don't run us old hippies down ( just Kidding) again welcome. Peace
Thank you for the welcome, and be sure, I love everyone and everything equally, even if most of the old hippies did sell out and the new ones are more stoner bums than hippies (;P). p.s. to all: that last line was in jest, so don't take offense.
I thought I did in my p.s., but to put truth to the adage that there is a bit of truth in every joke, I was commenting on the move of many of those who espoused the idea of creating a way outside the established systems into those same systems. Which is not to say I judge anyone for making any such move. I know some simply passively assimilated into the mainstream because for them it was all just an phase of youthful rebellion which they grew out of, while some hoped that by integrating they could bring about change from the inside. Neither is a crime by any measure, and many have carried enough of the ideals they once embraced, and still do to varying degrees, to create some of the positive changes we have seen in society. So I hope you keep in mind that it was a jest, and that you can understanding some of what I am expressing. Personally, I hope to bring back a lot of the old spirit of things... I have no interest in political power, financial wealth or spiritual dogma, I wish to be able to in some way create a place that is free from those constraints and open to all ideas. I am voluntarily poor and have forgone academic institutional education or a career in hopes of finding a place that can have be stable and promote growth without money or a power structure, thus hopefully giving more people more opportunities to positively contribute to the community. I figure that it'd be a good place for those who don't fit in and useful as a juxtapositional balance to the prevalent lifestyle.
