The Hippie

           Lately I have been hearing a lot of people saying things like “oh they are hippies” or “I am a hippy”. I will be the first to admit that I have said these statements out of context also. But more recently I feel I have been hearing it a lot more. It seems to be bothering me. Like no those twenty something’s on the side of the road begging for money are not hippies, nor is the woman who doesn’t shave, nor are you a hippie just because you grow your own garden or only buy local organic food. Being a hippie is deeper. It’s a much more simple but meaningful statement than all of these things.

           If we look at the beginnings of the hippie movement we see men and women who were unhappy and in disagreement with their government. They had parents who lived through a horrible war. From living through this war they learned that in order to get by in life you were to wholeheartedly trust in your government. This generation believed that the government had their best interest in mind and that you could rely on the government for protection and loving support. They tried to raise their kids with these same values. Now I did not live through any of these years, but most of my family have and some well educated people that I am friends with have weighed in on the subject. In gathering information I have come to a few conclusions. First is that perhaps the government changed. Perhaps they started to care more about other thing than caring for their citizens. Perhaps they really were doing what they believed was best for our country. Either way we ended up in another war. Only this time there were people who were not OK with the decisions they were making on the behalf of the citizens.

          Looking at the tactics they were using in my humble opinion there was a lot of misuse of power and “fear mongering” as there is within any war time. Or any power structure really. The older generation still felt the trust in the government. They saw a lot of the same patterns they had gone through and fallowed suite. But what no one counted on was they people who saw what was happening for what it was and said “NO, we are not OK with your choices, especially if you are making them on behalf of me and the entire country.” And thus the “Hippie” was born.

           From the view point of someone who does believe in our government and our country, at least what it could be and the intention of our for fathers, and the valued opinions of the people I have consulted being a hippie is about rebelling against the moments of what they considered tyranny and  complete abuse of power. They believed that the people who had power were using it to gain for themselves not the people they represented. So what did they do, they protested, they wore clothes that were the opposite of that people who fallowed the government wore, they lived in communes,  grew their own food, raised children in and lived their lives in over all ways that almost went against the people who fallowed the government or  how they government said they should be living. They stood up for what they believed in and did everything they could to show where they stood and why they stood for it. They did they best they could to promote love and kindness and stop what they felt to be hatred.

         I can relate to this feeling. This is the reason why I have been known for calling myself a hippie. I believe in love, forgiveness, kindness, and gentleness towards mankind and other spirits in general. I believe that we do not need to be ruled with fear, hatred and war. We need to learn to understand and have compassion for one another. There needs to come a time for support of our fellow man and get back to putting the organic flowers we grown in our gardens back in to the barrels of unnecessary guns. Now do not get me wrong I love, support, appreciate our armed forces. I am so thankful for the protection of o our freedom to stand up and say I disagree with what  you are using these fine young men and women for and I disagree with what you’re gaining from this misuse. I am thankful for all my freedoms and the daily life I live… as a hippie.  I will continue to do my best to spread peace and love. To try to use my actions to show and teach my fellow man that we can be human beings before anything else.

Points of Perception

Reality:  the quality or state of being real; a real event, entity, or state of affairs; the totality of real things and events.

              Everything around us and about who we are influences how we perceive reality. Our perception often changes. I suppose because we are always changing, and growing. Sometimes we “see” something or someone or a situation a cretin way. As people we tend to think that our perception is the right perception. We often forget that everyone around us thinks the same thing, or we don’t even think about that they have their own separate, possibly completely different, perception. We use our differences in perception to keep us separate from each other. We often get mad or hurt by others when we don’t like how they perceive something or some situation. We take it very personal if they do not agree with us or we make them wrong if they see it differently than we do. Sometimes we get stuck in that anger or righteousness instead of really seeing things from the other person’s point of perception. Nor do we try to care or understand why they may feel the way they do.
             I feel that when we feel the maddest or most hurt by someone else’s perception of reality is when we really need to dig deep and see why it offends us so much. What about this perception is reminding us of something else we have been through or someone else’s difference of perception that has offended us. Perhaps it is because we haven’t let go of old ways of being or of thinking. We could use these moments of our life that are really difficult or that hurt us as a way to look at ourselves from a point of perception outside of ourselves. Perhaps we don’t like it because we don’t want to be perceived that way or we don’t like to think that we may have been doing or looking at a situation from a narrow-minded way, from a selfish point of perception. We could use these feeling of hurt or anger as a clue a hint that we are not operating from a conscious vibration. That we are holding ourselves back usually out of fear. We can use them as clues to help find a better way of being in the world. Use it as a tool to finding a better way of interacting with the world and people in it.
               Growing in this particular manner is very difficult for me and I think most humans. Most of you know that my main goal in life is to be a being of light, to spread all encompassing peace and unconditional love through the world. I am making a commitment to myself today that I am going to start being open to reality from every different point of perception, not just mine. I am going to be open to using other people’s point of perception as a tool to better myself and make my point of perception well rounded and less emotional.  
 

Namaste

Day 27

Today I am thankful for pride.


               Pride is a total double edge sward for me. At times I am very prideful and stubborn. I know that everyone has those moments and I have learned to make them fewer and farther between. Pride in this manor can be pretty unhealthy and destructive. I feel good that I have learned this lesson at a young age. I feel as though I still have a lot to learn when it comes to pride. Sometimes I judge myself to much, take things to personally, and tell myself things that are mean. This is the most wicked and for me hardest to overcome. Fact is this is my prideful ego who is telling me these things.  Not the healing loving energy that is Me, the pure love and light of my being, my "soul" if you will. My soul loves its vehicle in this world and is pride filled not prideful.  I am so proud of so many aspects of my life.The ego is fighting back because the more light that fills me , the less room there is for the ego. So I consciously and acknowledging that I am proud of my husband and the life we are creating. I am proud of the love that I am able to spread with the world. I am proud of the amazing supportive family that I have. I am proud of the kind, fun friends that surround me, ect. But I feel that I need to learn to truly be proud of who I am. Oh man even typing it now makes me a little anxious and a million reasons why I shouldn't be proud come to mind. Lately I have really been holding on to the past and who I thought I was then. I haven't always been someone I have been proud of. I suppose that this has been a good inspiration for me to continue growing and change. I look at a lot of people in my life and think " That is the type of person I want to be". Tonight it was pointed out to me that I wouldn't have these people around me or have a great life that I was proud of if I wasn't that type of person. That I am attracted to that  energy and it is attracted to me because we are one and the same. Some thing to be be proud of! I am beautiful, strong, honest, funny, a loving wife, an adoring daughter and sister, a supportive friend and a cousin/niece/granddaughter who will always be there for her family. I woman who is deserving of all life offers, and who wants to share healing light with the wold. I am learning to be proud of those thing and remember that I am attractive to good things to come! 

Peace and Love to all, namaste.

Day 9

  Day 9: Today I am thankful for inspiring people.

            I am a truly blessed to have so many inspiring people in my life. My sweet, loving grandmothers. My kind, strong minded aunties. My endearing, funny uncles. My protective, close nit cousins, regardless of how long its been. My understanding friends who can talk me through anything. My thoughtful brothers and sister. My compassionate, patient, wise Mommies. My quick witted, insightful Dad.

             

Another person who has really inspired me in my life is Isabel Toro. She is a holistic counselor. I am so thankful for her, openness, hospitality, warmth, sharing of knowledge, guidance, kindness, love, and general care for me. She has taught me a lot about being calm and enjoying and being thankful for life. Has taught me to be objective and understand myself and life better. She is a truly in touch with the greater energy and has helped me to grow closer to it. She has opened her home to Adam and I and brought us through some hard times, and helped us find the tools to continue to get through them. I look forward to continuing my journey and growth with her. I think the biggest influence she has had on me is helping me realize my ultimate goal in life is to be a healer, to help people feel better in their lives.

Most of all my husband. He is such a hard working, selfless, dedicated, honest. I know that I will never have to worry about where he is or how he is with. I will never feel unloved or unappreciated, I never hear angry cruel words and he will never reinforce the message of my wounds. He is what makes me want to create and inspire another human life to have and live a life of all of these qualities. He makes it so easy to want to be the most amazing wife I can be and the best human I can be. He has inspired me to really look at what I and we want for our future, to grow up and figure out how to make what ever life throws at us work. His soul continues to impress and amaze me.