become a hippie

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I don’t feel that I want to ‘become’ something else, I just want to ‘be’ myself. I am a free-spirited soul, who is trapped in a parochial school in the suburbs of New Jersey. I don’t know anybody who shares the same ideas and beliefs as I do. Few challange the norm, and those who do, are challanging ‘good’ structure for reasons that are crude and unnecessary.

The only time I feel as if I belong is when I venture out and take the train to nearby Philadelphia, (for those who know the area) to South Street, which is an eclectic area of the city filled with an abundance of thrift stores and crazy-colored hair.

I feel as if I belong in another time, in another place. I confuse myself at times, thinking about things I want to do, and things I wish I could do. If anybody has any suggestions or ideas, please e-mail me—heyitspayton@aim.com

I’ve been wondering, lately, what exactly it means to “be” a hippie.

The freedom to be one’s self without worrying about what others think.
A love for all living being, human or otherwise.

If we start with just those two, I’m still not there yet.

It’s not really something you can check off of a list. It’s much more gradual. I might not even know it if I ever get there.

I’d like to join a group of hippies, but there are none around where I live. Would you like to form a group, meet up, and be hippies together?

I had long suspected that success vis a vis this goal was imminent, but my achievement was publicly affirmed on Saturday by a truck full of young gentlemen of a certain age, who publicly hailed myself and a small group of my peers with a rousing chorus of that well-known classic “Hey You Fucking Hippie Faggots”. We rejoined with various slogans of greater or lesser eloquence, and then repaired in good humor to a wooded area, where we were engaged by a larger assemblage of our fellow hippie faggots in sundry pastimes such as braiding intricate daisy chains, playing guitar in the flamenco style of Catalan, inhaling the fumes of various types of ignited plant matter, et cetera.

i just want to be who i really be.

i want love, peace and happiness.

I really do love Joni Mitchell.

This seems to be a major work in progress. Aside from the music, which I’m all over apparently.

They make me happy.

Not for the drugs, kids, but for the flower and the freedom.

It’s natural. It’s not about your appearance, usually the way your views come about… your appearance starts to go differently from others. You tend to want to be different than those who, dont understand you. You really dont BECOME a hippie.

Do you love people, even if they have hate in their hearts?
Do you feel free, even if your trapped?
Do you not care what other people think of you?

Its about freedom, to be yourself… and not
to be something your not…
YOu may want to be a hippie, but
It only comes natural, with the views you have
The hippie culture.. .Doesn’t care about the label

Its about Fun loving, Hug Brigades,Bliss, Drum Jams, Fire dancing, Freedom..

-Way
Some say it’s the way people dress, and behave, a lifestyle. Others classify drug users and rock ‘n’ roll fans or those with certain radical political views as hippies. The dictionary defines a hippie as one who doesn’t conform to society’s standards and advocates a liberal attitude and lifestyle. Can all these definitions be right?
It seems to me that these definitions miss the point.

a matter of accepting a universal belief system that transcends the social, political, and moral norms of any established structure, be it a class, church, or government. Each of these powerful institutions has it’s own agenda for controlling, even enslaving people. Each has to defend itself when threatened by real or imagined enemies. So we see though history a parade of endless conflicts, in which uncounted millions have suffered, we have yet to rise above our petty differences.

you must believe in peace as the way to resolve differences among peoples, ideologies and religions. The way to peace is through love and tolerance. Loving means accepting others as they are, giving them freedom to express themselves and not judging them based on appearances. This is the core of the hippie philosophy.

*Freedom to do as one pleases, go where the flow takes you, and to be open to new experiences. This engenders an attitude that allows for maximum personal growth.
Other beliefs that spring from our core philosophy are: an earthy spirituality such as a belief in Gaia (the earth as an organism), the Greens movement (political activism), even shamanism and vegetarianism.

The goal is not to make everyone a hippie.Rather we can try to influence others by example, through tolerance and love and teaching the virtues of the hippie way.
So being a hippie is not a matter of dress, behavior, economic status, or social milieu. It is a philosophical approach to life that emphasizes freedom, peace, love and a respect for others and the earth. The way of the hippie never died. There have always been hippies from the first time society laid down rules, to Jesus, to Henry David Thoreau, to John Lennon, to you and me.

Need to find our common ground, build a worldwide community, and once again let our freak flags fly and become all we are destined to be.

you can discover who you really are, and express your unique individuality.