Question to the hippies

i thought that it was something i personally am constantly thinking.it is very nice and i fell relief knowing i am not the only one.living here in Greece and knowing that thousands of miles far away there are people that want to experience the same things.i wish i could go back to 60's ,in San Francisco,where acid was still legal and people knew what they where fighting about..(remember the monologue of johnny depp in fear and loathing in L.A?)i wish i could have seen a speech of martin luther king,concerts in woodstock etc..but what's the point of all these?the point is bettering our life now,not just sitting around and do nothing!!

 

We didn't start the fire man.

It was always burning.

I just don't enjoy the attitude of most, born within 10 years of myself. [im 18]

 

Your life is what you make of it. There is plenty of protesting being done. There are plenty of activist groups to get involved with. There are plenty of small time bands playing small venues trying make a living, but never selling out the dream. There are plenty of places where you can go to adopt a bohemian life style. I lived a very hippie lifestyle in the 80's at the peak of Reagan's America.

 

I Live in the U.K and there all still strongholds of hippies Glastonbury is one place and we have the rainbow children. google rainbow camps there are some in the States and they are all over the world .Seek and thee shall find

 

good thing my dad moved the family to canada or i probably would have been a vietnam casualty like some of my classmates and neighbor......wouldn't call the generation here screwed up ..some of the youths here still live a lifestyle somewhat like we lived in the 60s.....there are changes but that is inevitable with the flurry of technical developments in the last few decades......but i wouldn't despair ..after all a hippie lifestyle is also very much a frame of mind and no society can take that away from you

 

Yes a society can. With all the product placement in the movies, the subliminal messaging, new ways of advertising, people are dumbing themselves down and just following the mainstream, but I guess that's just the way it will always be. It isn't very hard for me to keep my frame of mind, all I have to do is watch all of these clones walking around lokoing the same, acting the same, even thinking the same (which in a way isn't thinking at all about things that matter), and I see that I do not want to dive into the mainstream, I want to be on my own, I actually live off of my individuality, of course I lose a lot of friends for my strong opinions, but that's the difference, this world is breeding children who don't WANT to care. It's a pity really.

 

Thats totally true, man. I dont think theres any point in saying 'awww I wish I was there' all the time, your just gonna get depressed, trust me I've done it. The 60s werent like perfect, there were still heaps of problems. I think the problem now is that theres not that many hippies around (well, where i live anyway) and your thinking the dream is like..dead. But its not, man, its still there. There IS still protesting to be done, there ARE still environment groups around, theres still communes, and whatever else. You just gotta go out there and find em.

 

By "iwishiwasthere" doesn't mean i hate where i am now, i just would have been that much happier there (again not saying i'm unhappy here). To be more exact, my father tells me of stories of how it was back then and what him and his friends used to do. Lots of those things cant be done today with all the laws and things. I'm not moping, i'm simply wishing i was hanging out like my dad use to. It seemed so fantastic. And I mean no negativity when i write. I'm surprised so many people responded to this thread, i've been gone for a while. I've bought a guitar since then and am learning to play. I hope to bring great music to all those that come around ^-^ Cheer people up, and give my opinions. I feel that music would be the best way for me to do that. I'm not depressed either, simply dreaming of how it used to be, and what i could have done in those days. Its not what i do all the time though hehe. I see it as a positive thing overa negative thing anyday. Fixing the world on your own (or just a part of soemthing) is difficult, and which is why i started the thread to begin with, to find people that think the same as I and have comments on my thoughts. Thanks for the replies guys, and I hope to speak with you more. May all be peaceful, and may happiness spread.

 

I feel you, I sometimes feel like I was born in the wrong decade...but then I think about it like this: there are quite a few similarities between now and the late 60s/early 70s. I mean we are in a war that a lot of people want to end. Protest and activism are rising again, at least in the communities I am in. And I know there is nothing to replace Woodstock or Monterey Pop Festival, but dude festivals are growing and most of the line ups are stellar, and pending which festival you pick the crowd might possibly be all about the love.

An experience is what you make it out to be. So if you believe you can never experience things like the people at those festivals did---then you can't. HOWEVER, if you purchase a ticket for a festival you are damn well excited about, and that you know the crowd will fit into your vibes, I'm POSITIVE you will have as good of a time as anyone had back in the day.

I hope you look into some, it will do you well. And I'm no guru on the festival scene or anything, but if you are interested in finding the right scene for you...get at me, cuz there is no point on being sad about missing out on things when you could be blowing your mind today

~much love~