first gathering ocala2010.. advice appreciated!

Hi, I made a post called, "I need to change my lifestyle." And in it, I kind of talk about doing this: Going to a gathering. I have a really good friend who seems to know a lot about it, but I'm still nervous. I'd be going by myself most likely, my fiance isn't very open-minded... so in the next few months I'd like to get a car, get my fines paid, and my mental health together and hopefully make it to the summer gathering. I may not be able to bring anything with me, just what I can carry on my back. Is this bad? Ideally, I would like to stay the whole 4 months, beginning to end. Work there, live there... the gathering seems like home. I think it would make me happy. I'm just worried about going alone and not knowing anyone.

 

My advice is to go through the parking lot, not getting stuck there.

 

oh, for fuck's sake, can someone help me get to Ocala before i spend this energy learning to write computer viruses?

 

forgot to answer this brother, i was busy strapping on my flak jacket. i'm in Ohio, in the Cuyahoga National Forest, and it's cold, and boring, and killing me. and i still can't find a ride, and it's the 27th now...

 

Peace

 

jeeze steve...can't you just get on the road on your own? i know thumbing during the winter isn't the most pleasant time but it gets ya where you're going...eventually! many times hooking up with a ride when needed doesn't work out so other means of transportation must be used...and toting a sign has always gotten me to where i need to be when i can't find anything else. hell, last time i hitchedhiked from northern indiana to florida during the dead of winter i got stuck in wapikinetta (sp?), ohio but finally caught a ride to gainesville and the rest was a cake walk!

and there's an excellent ride share and help at couchsurfing.com

 

and threatening to fuck with other people's property isn't the coolest thing to post...here or anywhere.

you just put yourself on written record that it's something you just MIGHT do!

(not to mention showing off your attitude...dude.)

wtg...

 

i've asked to be banned from this site so i can't say anything that might cause me karmic debt anymore. it was a joke, sam, but fuck if i care anymore if anyone gets it. i was pushed pretty hard, and i'm just a man, not the buddha. and i got mad. and i will when pushed, which means i'm not supposed to be here. i'm not going to any more gatherings. the family isn't the right place for me.

i hope you all live forever.

stephen burwick

 

and sam, no, i can't get on the road anymore, i'm fucking sick. as in physically ill with an immunodeficiency disorder leading to multiple myaloma. standing outside in the cold isn't something i can do at this stage in my life.

 

Stephen,
Your really taking this too far. Both Luvie and I apologised to you more than once. I'm not apologising again. If you cannot find forgiveness in a misunderstanding, then it's not a missunderstanding and you are out to make trouble as you said you would do in PM.

If you do put a virus in hip forums Skip and the athurities will deal with you, not funny as most of your "jokes" are not funny but tend to be threathening.

Maybe you should try forgiveness in yourself and others. I was just doing my job but you are leaning towards trouble. Let it go. Your making yourself look worse that me by perpetuating it. You asked me to ban you but I'm not going to take the flack bc you cant come to terms with yourself. It is not anyone place to 'Get" you a ride, so dont get pissed off bc your own attitude is keeping you bound.

I'm sorry your sick, I'm sorry that you cant find a ride but it isnt my problem. Some things you have to do on your own.

You say you have cancer, why arent you on chemo/radition. You should be in treatment not running around the countryside. If your so far gone with the cancer not to have treatment then you should be in bed dying.

My sister has pancreatic cancer and we go to treatment everyday for radition therapy, we were going every week for chemo but the radiation is everyday for 6 weeks. I know about cancer. So what is your game. If you did have cancer you would be in treatment and too sick to care about a gathering, if you were dying you'd have hospice there.. dig yourself man, what's up with you really>?!?

sh

 

I would like to add for threapathic reasons. Using an illness only draws more of the same to you, detatch yourself from it and stop holding on to it. Release it into the universe. Replace it with positive energy draw from it. You have to filter out the 'germs and bacteria' and sip from the pure. There is Love in everyone and everything.

Blessings
sh

 

where have you been pushed...even a little bit, let alone hard as you say? i see nothing but people trying to answer your questions, offering suggestions and trying to be friends with you! the only post even close to what might be taken as 'being pushed' that i have seen is the one suggesting ego's be checked at the door, or something similar. i took that as a helpful hint for all to keep in mind as things can easily get taken wrong when all we have to get our thoughts across are our written words...iow, no facial expression, voice tones, etc. this site is really a damn friendly place and rather unique in that respect when compared to most larger open-to-all message boards. i've been a mod at a couple large cannabis sites where one would think they'd be mellow, helpful and friendly but often times it was quite the opposite and 'check your ego's at the door' was a common phrase and meant for everyone! another phrase meant for all was, 'try to keep a thick skin'. not because people are trolling you (but that happens too) but more because it's too easy to misunderstand what others are saying but more important is how they are saying it. much gets lost from the brain to the fingers when trying to communicate from a keyboard.

no one is chasing you out but yourself. if you really want to be banned why not just quit coming here and take it off of your bookmarks? it sure beats burning bridges that haven't even been built yet!

have you even tried that link i gave you at couchsurfing? they too have a message board covering much of the world (but mostly the america's...even a rainbow family section!) and everything from people needing/offering rides to people offering/looking for sleeping space and gathering for social outings...and they're broken down to specific states and areas. you still have plenty of time to make a connection...

good luck

 

stephen...meet gypsymama. gypsy...this is stephen. both buckeyes and both looking to go to ocala...

http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=390416&f=64

 

Can I be presumptuous enough, as an elder, to inject my opinion here? First, I find when there is a problem with someone the best approach is to email them privately and explain the situation. Not a public embarrassing schooling. Then, call council. Explain the situation on the post. Maybe something like: "Family, there have been comments that this poster is possibly being insensitive." Then post the quotes from the threads that support that complaint. Then ask for everyone's opinion. Then it doesn't turn into a big family squall with people taking sides and everyone, not just the moderator, knows exactly what is going on. The moderator isn't having to take the fall and feel like a hit man. Just a little more patience and tact could have been used by both sides. You both have valuable information for the family and we need your posts. What we need is a posting person that can share his technical information in a loving manner and a moderator that is "moderate".

That said, I was reading the posts to try to find directions to the site for a kitchen on their way in that is spending the night with me here in North Florida. Anyone find that yet? Loving you.

 

:iagree: well said

 

Stephen,
Namaste, humbly. Wish ya wouldve sd right off ya was ill. You must be in alot of pain. Noone should be alone when they are very ill. Sam, thank you for your input here. As well as everyone else. Stephen, I hope you will reach out and get to a place that is going to help you get what ya need to deal with this. You are in my prayers, am sending love light energy your way. Be safe.

 

I just got back from the Ocala gathering, my first one as well. Going back this weekend with some trading items, pancake mix for Bear Necessities, and lots of water for Cowboy. Will be good to go back home again, loving you brothers and sisters :coffee:

For anyone going to Ocala, look for camp Feel Good, we're behind Main Circle by the lake. I won't be back until Friday but it's a real good group of people. Look for Clay after Friday

 

I've gone through this thread and if you think the replies are hostile, wait until you get to Ocala. Whatever isn't locked down will be stolen. If the badges with guns aren't enough to scare you, A Camp will certainly be a deterrent. Never take a child to the Ocala Regional, it is too dangerous.

Ocala isn't what the Rainbow Family is about. Your first experience should be a national. Nothing but drunks, drug dealers, and other drainbows at Ocala. Avoid it.

As others have stated, The Ocala area is really cold. For some reason the forest just chills you to the bone. Rain is common and people generally just abandon blankets, sleeping bags, and clothing behind because it doesn't get a chance to dry out.

I've done Ocala more than once. Never again. Wait for a National.

Oh, and yes I know that this thread is older but Ocala isn't Rainbow like it used to be.

 

That is really bad news for the future of the rainbow gatherings. It makes me wonder if "badges" put a few dessenters in the mix too clog up the gears.The favorite tool of the babylon has always been divide and conquer.I've heard it said that bad acid was laced into woodstock in 69 to turn folks against each other,nearly killed some. But anything for the great whore to reign,huh? Hope the nationals as well as other gatherings fair better.

 

Going to a National Gathering will give newcomers a much better feel of what Rainbows are supposed to be. It's a wonderful experience with great diversity and lots of good people and I would not hesitate to say it is a family environment.

No matter what gathering you go to there will always be trouble makers, Acamp, and drug dealers. But There is not such thing as perfect in any group.

My issue with Ocala is that instead of trouble makers being the exception, they are the rule. For the sake of all that is good in the Rainbow Family, do not make your first gathering Ocala. It will taint your opinion and you will become highly disillusioned.