What I don't understand

yeah woodstock wasn't all hippies. I remember seeing a great video interviewing two hippies at woodstock on youtube (can't relocate it ><) but they were saying how woodstock wasn't gonna give all 'these people' what they're looking for but provides a place for it. most people, to my understanding, weren't all full blown hippies but were trying to understand or become a part of it. sure it's easy to accept free love and peace for all, but wisdom from these concepts is a life time of learning.

random post but the best drugs have been on this earth since the dawn of this earth, and also happen to be the safest. what a coincidence.



it can be done without the 60s or woodstock, but yes, it's much harder to be a modern day hippie. I myself haven't found much more than a few people with similar ideas but I only blame myself (that and a more hippie friendly area like norcal instead socal could be a contributing factor). there are pros & cons to everything, including not living in the 60s. the hippie and all that it truly stood for lasts forever, though I just as much as you do would rather have experienced the 60s...

don't matter tho, life's life. live it till the end! (and that doesn't mean dropping acid or eating shrooms every week. after all, how many times does one need to seek the truth? jk, we know we like to do it for fun as well but moderation is the key to all things recreational)

 

Ahhhh, what a gorgeous bunch of insightful folk you are! Where to begin...

To be honest Duck, you're right on the money and I know it. I've always known that my longing for times long gone is very much an ideal that I've clung onto, although been far too in love with the whole concept to unstick myself. And this is potentially where I've tripped myself up time and time again, not seeing that there are far more revolutionary things going on in this day and age. As I continue my journey I realise more and more that the very things we seek are that which are already in us, just somehow unfulfilled or not expressed freely. There was a long time throughout my teenage years when I repressed my inner need to 'break free' from the mold, and now that I'm coming into a whole new cycle in my life, I'm really enjoying freeing up my mind and soul. I've just yet to surround myself with others who are on a similar path to me I guess, so it's easy to feel a little alone in my pursuits at this stage.

I LOVE that interview. The blonde guy with the tash and the girl cute curly-haired girl he's 'balling'? They were adorable, and I pretty much fell in love with him instantly upon hearing him speak. This is what I wish there were more of amongst young people - this totally on-the-ball challenging of ideas and concepts. He was thinking for himself, not with the masses. And he wasn't wrong, I believe many did wander there clinging onto a vague hope of finding answers. I'm sure many found what they were looking for, but I bet plenty didn't.

That much is definitely true and it's good to be reminded of that. When I lose hope I guess I just have to remember that things likely seemed far more bleak and hopeless to many at the time that Woodstock took place, and yet miraculously, it still happened. Like I said in the orig post, humankind can surprise. And as I said above, I think a lot of this is all down to who we're choosing to surround ourselves with. I forget how much of a ripple effect our choices have, down to the people we choose to spend our time with. I'm really learning at this point in my life how important it is to nurture those around you and be nurtured by them. Anything less is not needed in your life and only brings clutter and disharmony.

As for the acid and the shrooms... never done either once! I'm fairly clean-living but do like a hash, beer or MDMA buzz from time to time. I don't live for it though. Shrooms are definitely on the checklist of things to try, whenever the time comes.

1 major thing has come from this post for me - I've decided that I'm booking my ticket to Burning Man when they go on sale this year. NO EXCUSES. I've been wanting to go for a few years, and this post has really brought it up for me. So I will trap myself into the deal by booking it and worrying about logistics later. London to Nevada isn't too far... right? :S