"Since death is certain, and the time of death uncertain, what should I do?"
— Stephen Bachelor — Buddhism Without Beliefs
Jun 30, 2011
Jun 28, 2011
Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect: The Raver's Manifesto
Peace – Letting go of fear and living at peace with oneself, one another, and the planet for a greater good
Love – As one learns to love oneself, one is able to love everyone else unconditionally
Unity – A mutual, corporate bond is formed resulting from the love and peace experienced with one another
Respect – Because of peace love and unity, one can accept others regardless of their beliefs or background
Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect. These are the ideals of ravers all over the world. Taking from the consciousness revolution pioneers of the 60s generation, the resurgence of these can be seen as an updated version of the previous generation’s longing for social transformation through the pursuit of happiness, as we delve into a post-modern era of human civilization. Although very well known in the rave scene, the idea of PLUR is not known by the rest of society that well. However, perhaps one day, the ideas of peace, love, unity, and respect will be evidenced as a societal reality where one small group here or there will not be the only one proclaiming them. Only good can come from an understanding and living of peace, love, unity, and respect.
The Raver’s Manifesto
Our emotional state of choice is Ecstasy. Our nourishment of choice is Love. Our addiction of choice is technology. Our religion of choice is music. Our currency of choice is knowledge. Our politics of choice is none. Our society of choice is utopian though we know it will never be. You may hate us. You may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You may be unaware of our existence. We can only hope you do not care to judge us, because we would never judge you. We are not criminals. We are not disillusioned. We are not drug addicts. We are not naive children. We are one massive, global, tribal village that transcends man-made law, physical geography, and time itself. We are The Massive. One Massive. We were first drawn by the sound. From far away, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mother’s heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring. We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all the same. We came to accept that we are all equal.
Not only to the darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and passing through our souls: we are all equal. And somewhere around 35Hz we could feel the hand of God at our backs, pushing us forward, pushing us to push ourselves to strengthen our minds, our bodies, and our spirits. Pushing us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can, for one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities, and pollution of the outside world. It is in that very instant, with these very realizations that each of was truly born. We continue to pack our bodies into clubs, or warehouses, or buildings you’ve abandoned and left for naught, and we bring life to them for one night. Strong, throbbing, vibrant life in it’s purest, most intense, most hedonistic form. In these makeshift spaces, we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have been unable to stabilize and secure for us.
We seek to relinquish our inhibitions, and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints you’ve put on us for your own peace of mind. We seek to re-write the programming that you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born. Programming that tells us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves into the nearest and most convenient pigeon hole possible. Programming that even tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops, and run through mazes and on hamster wheels. Programming that tells us to eat from the shiny silver spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead of nourish ourselves with our own capable hands. Programming that tells us to close our minds, instead of open them. Until the sun rises to burn our eyes by revealing the distopian reality of the world you’ve created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, of our culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression, Responsibility and Respect.
Our enemy of choice is ignorance. Our weapon of choice is information. Our crime of choice is breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in place to stop us from celebrating our existence. But know that while you may shut down any given party, on any given night, in any given city, in any given country or continent on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire party. You don’t have access to that switch, no matter what you may think. The music will never stop. The heartbeat will never fade. The party will never end. I am a raver, and this is my manifesto.
INTO THE WILD - MEMORABLE QUOTES
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods; / There is a rapture on the lonely shore; / There is society, where none intrudes, / By the deep sea, and music in its roar; / I love not man the less, but Nature more... / - Lord Byron
What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?
The freedom and simple beauty is too good to pass up...
I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things. Society, man! You know, society! Cause, you know what I don't understand? I don't understand why people, why every fucking person is so bad to each other so fucking often. It doesn't make sense to me. Judgment. Control. All that, the whole spectrum. Well, it just...
You are the apple of my eye.
Happiness only real when shared.
When you want something in life, you just gotta reach out and grab it.
Mr. Franz I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.
When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines upon you.
The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.
If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.
I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.
I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.
Strong. You can do anything. You can go anywhere. Money, power is an illusion. It's up here. You can be here. Me and you.
If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed.
There was clearly felt the presence of a force not bound to be kind to man. It was a place of heathenism and superstitious rites, to be inhabited by men nearer of kin to the rocks and to the wild animals than we.
I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them. And work which one hopes may be of some use. Then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor. Such is my idea of happiness. And then, on top of all that, you for a mate, and children perhaps. What more can the heart of a man desire?
For a moment she rediscovered the purpose of her life. She was here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment, and to call each thing by its right name. By its right name.
What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?
The freedom and simple beauty is too good to pass up...
I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things. Society, man! You know, society! Cause, you know what I don't understand? I don't understand why people, why every fucking person is so bad to each other so fucking often. It doesn't make sense to me. Judgment. Control. All that, the whole spectrum. Well, it just...
You are the apple of my eye.
Happiness only real when shared.
When you want something in life, you just gotta reach out and grab it.
Mr. Franz I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.
When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines upon you.
The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.
If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.
I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.
I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.
Strong. You can do anything. You can go anywhere. Money, power is an illusion. It's up here. You can be here. Me and you.
If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed.
There was clearly felt the presence of a force not bound to be kind to man. It was a place of heathenism and superstitious rites, to be inhabited by men nearer of kin to the rocks and to the wild animals than we.
I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them. And work which one hopes may be of some use. Then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor. Such is my idea of happiness. And then, on top of all that, you for a mate, and children perhaps. What more can the heart of a man desire?
For a moment she rediscovered the purpose of her life. She was here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment, and to call each thing by its right name. By its right name.
Jun 27, 2011
Thought of You - by Ryan Woodward
I thought of you and where you'd gone
And the world spins madly on...
Jun 24, 2011
Jun 23, 2011
Jun 21, 2011
summer solstice...
I am open to others but to not go out of my way to find them. If I let other dictate terms to me in a relationship - Personal or otherwise - I should not be surprise to be dishonored. I am ready to let go of my own "people pleasing" patterns.
I say what I need to say. I connect with my joy, my bliss and the deep source of energy and wisdom in myself.
Those who know how to dance will meet me half way.
Jun 20, 2011
Jun 17, 2011
Este mensajito es para ti:
No te tomes la vida tan enserio, acuerdate que somos lo que pensamos!
Baila, Besa, Relajate, Diviertete y se FELIZ! Hoy es el dia de la gente hermosa como tu!
Para mi, eres una persna especial, vive feliz, piensa en que cada sesenta segundos que tu pases enojado, angustiado o mal, es un minuto de alegria que no volvera.
Mi mensaje hoy es: Si la vida es corta, rompe reglas, perdona rapidamente, besa suavemente, abraza mucho, y ama de verdad, expresa tu amor a las personas, riete sin control, y nunca nunca te arrepientas de hacer sonreir a los que te rodean…
Este mensaje es pa toda la gente que te importa, y a mi tambien… El amor no es tener novio o novia ni besar, ni tener sexo… El amor es amar, cuidar, respetar, compartir y dedicar tiempo a las personas amadas.
Baila, Besa, Relajate, Diviertete y se FELIZ! Hoy es el dia de la gente hermosa como tu!
Para mi, eres una persna especial, vive feliz, piensa en que cada sesenta segundos que tu pases enojado, angustiado o mal, es un minuto de alegria que no volvera.
Mi mensaje hoy es: Si la vida es corta, rompe reglas, perdona rapidamente, besa suavemente, abraza mucho, y ama de verdad, expresa tu amor a las personas, riete sin control, y nunca nunca te arrepientas de hacer sonreir a los que te rodean…
Este mensaje es pa toda la gente que te importa, y a mi tambien… El amor no es tener novio o novia ni besar, ni tener sexo… El amor es amar, cuidar, respetar, compartir y dedicar tiempo a las personas amadas.
Jun 16, 2011
memo
Reality is the state of things as they actually exist; what is and has been...
Believe in what you see? In what you feel?
Nothing is real.
Days go by, the present is made up from life until death.
Where will we be this time tomorrow?, we'll see.
The world ain't so big at all. I don't know where I am going, I don't want to see. For all the days still to come, when all is well and well is for all, living in the meantime I'll wait and see.
In time we shall achieve the thing they call divine, even if time isn't really on our side.
Give love to the future, love the all of you. Share love, peace and happiness.
Give some good, good loving.
Skies are blue, lands are green and joy is holy.
Get lost daydreaming and feel alright when you hear that music you like.
Sympathize.
c h e n c h o
Believe in what you see? In what you feel?
Nothing is real.
Days go by, the present is made up from life until death.
Where will we be this time tomorrow?, we'll see.
The world ain't so big at all. I don't know where I am going, I don't want to see. For all the days still to come, when all is well and well is for all, living in the meantime I'll wait and see.
In time we shall achieve the thing they call divine, even if time isn't really on our side.
Give love to the future, love the all of you. Share love, peace and happiness.
Give some good, good loving.
Skies are blue, lands are green and joy is holy.
Get lost daydreaming and feel alright when you hear that music you like.
Sympathize.
c h e n c h o
Jun 14, 2011
Jun 13, 2011
Como personas que somos nos vemos lanzadas a este mundo al nacer sin que nadie nos pida nuestra opinion al respecto. Depende de cada uno no dejarse paralizar por aquello que nos viene dado, sino aprovechar las oportunidades que se presentan para "reinventarse permanentemente a uno mismo".
Y no olvidemos que ¡El hábito hace al monje!
Y no olvidemos que ¡El hábito hace al monje!
Jun 12, 2011
Jun 11, 2011
Jun 10, 2011
Jun 9, 2011
Jun 8, 2011
Nueva practica en mi vida
- Voy a tomarme las cosas mas en broma
- Voy a intentar abrir mi corazón al amor
- Escuchare a la gente a mi alrededor
- Por supuesto viajare
- Nose si en Karaoke, pero creo que cantare mas.
- Iré al mar con mas frecuencia
- Fomentare mi faceta de anfitrión
- Me juntare al calor de los buenos amigos
- Quizá un poquito de mas amor
- Me alegrare mucho mas de las noticias de los amigos
- Buscare metas conjuntas
- Nose, creo que no me hará daño el deporte
- Seré mas cariñoso aun
- Buscare la paz de todo corazón
Es posible que, las personas que amo se la pasen bien en mi compañía y que al final del camino sabre que disfrute y que tal vez deje alguna huella en algún corazón.
It’s All in Your Mind...
“If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.”
- Morpheus –
The Matrix
- Morpheus –
The Matrix
Jun 7, 2011
Di "gracias"
La gratitud es una de las formas más elevadas de recibir.
Sin importar cuán duro trabajemos en adquirir cualidades físicas y espirituales, decir “gracias” es lo que nos permite sentir la realización profunda y felicidad que éstas nos brindan.
Di “gracias” el día de hoy. Se siente muy bien y despejará el camino para que vengan más cosas buenas.
Sin importar cuán duro trabajemos en adquirir cualidades físicas y espirituales, decir “gracias” es lo que nos permite sentir la realización profunda y felicidad que éstas nos brindan.
Di “gracias” el día de hoy. Se siente muy bien y despejará el camino para que vengan más cosas buenas.
- Yehuda Berg -
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