The Importance Of Being A Hippie

Following his explanation about his participation in the various events, he pulled out many mementos from his youth as a hippie. He still had multiple clothing articles such as velvet, pants, and tops with a lot of fringe. He still wore many headbands, like the one he was wearing, and he had many more in a variety of prints including the typical rainbow tie-dye floral prints. He had many sunglasses in a variety of fluorescent colors and many shapes. His biggest collection was of pins that would wear with any clothing. Some pins were just simple-multi colored accessories while others had phrases on them including “Drop acid, not bombs” and “All you need is love” among others. He showed my posters he still had that were once hung for the public …show more content…
Talking me through the steps, I watched the process for the first time and took notes of how he carried on, then the second meeting at the field I participated with him. He, in detail, explained to me how to sit, how to breath, how to relax, how to think, and how to feel. He told me where to let my mind travel, and then once realizing I reached my fullest potential of calm he left me to explore my own mind. I discovered that freeing your mind or negativity and bad vibes allows you to create an open mindset and discover hidden intellect. Through this meditation process, I felt more calm, and one with my own individual thought, than I ever have before. While I do not carry on with these practices in my own daily routine the way Fran does, it was an ultimately positive experience that allowed me to understand more clearly why he is so passionate about having an optimistic mindset and a free …show more content…
Feeling as though I only scratched the surface of what the Hippie micro culture has to offer, I discovered that there is a much deeper history the led to the actions involved in the Hippie Movement. Hippies of the 1960s and 1970s had a very untraditional lifestyle, but they had an immense amount of passion with every part of their life. Whether is was music or silence, loving or hating, hippies always pursued their actions to the fullest fury, and felt everything in life to the extreme. Fran proved to me that being a hippie is a lifestyle one chooses for themselves when they feel passionate about being a free spirited, carefree individual. Hippies were, and still are, simply people who stand up for what they believe is right; however, they always tried to maintain peace, love, and even silence, if necessary, when fighting. From their music clothing to their beliefs and supported ideals, it is obvious that this generation of individuals were not at all afraid to stand out or be different. As long as they felt they were maintaining their efforts to transform society into one that is more understanding, and one that is respectful to individual rights as well as individual