Ka-mander on (r)evolution

My parents are from the Baby Boomer generation, the same generation as the hippies, though my folks were not hippies. But, like the hippies, they are very interested in government, and how we as a people can make a change if we vote and stay up on the issues. Both of them, though divorced now, are extremely passionate about our political representation. It gets me to thinking. I don't care about it at all. What brought me to this? It's something I often think about when I'm at home. My dad's a republican and he hates Obama. My mom's a democrat and she hates Bush. So either way, there is no peace for either of my parents.

I think there's a reason why I have been given this dichotomy to see.

I love both my parents. I don't care what they believe politically or otherwise. All that matters is the love we share. They of course wonder where they went wrong that they were not able to instill a political sense in me. But I think I am a product of my generation, and therefor a product of the culture we stand to one day inherit. Can you IMAGINE? This is the world we've been born into. Obama is sending more troops to Afghanistan. In regards to the war, which, WHY THE HELL IS IT NOW IN AFGHANISTAN?!!!! One of those old political fogies today was quoted a borrowed quote from Winston Churchill "This is not the end, but the end of the beginning." Oh GREAT! So this war is gonna continue, and continue and continue. And people like me, we keep living our lives in America, ignoring the fact that in other parts of the world, our political representatives are sending soldiers to fight eachother over some kind of ancient ridiculous human disagreement.

But what can we do? Doesn't seem like there is much we can do besides live our lives and find our own peace. Because obviously our government, which "represents the people," doesn't want peace. They're not fooling us!

We measure our history by wars and conflicts. Our economy is collapsing. Our health care system SUCKS. If you don't have money, and if you get hurt. Too bad. My dad often yells at the TV about how everything is messed up. Today I finally said something. I said... Ya know what? The only thing that will change this is for the rest of us to decide enough is enough. Einstein said you cannot change something with the same thinking that created it. And so, there needs to be a new revolution. But I don't mean it in the sense that we have been raised with. We are bred for violence. Even our entertainment; movies, TV programs and video games are violent. We are just being taught to be like them. I personally can watch death and destruction on TV, and I am totally de-sensitized to it. There is something innately wrong with that.

The revolution I'm talking about is an evolution. A total break from the way it has been set up.

This is the only way out.

This is about us stepping away from and refusing what we have been given.

My generation was taught to hate the hippies. Most people I know are offended if they're referred to as a hippy. But let's face the facts Jack, hippies changed the world. They dared to suggest that peace and love are the answers. And they were punished for it violently by our government. But they were missing one key element that we have. They tried to change the system USING the broken system that already exists. They believed in the government. And so now they are all absorbed into the system, and we are their children. But we don't care about the system. We instead dream of another way. If you want to argue with me about Hippies being aligned with the system think about it like this: Their idea of trying to create change was to have protests and sit ins. Our idea is to ignore it completely. If you drop off the radar, you're not participating at all. I'm sure a lot of them are also this way now. They have seen the err of their ways. They have dropped out of view.

The Gen X counter culture is a breed all its own. And the really funny part is that mainstream society has no idea it even exists. We were taught that we cannot express ourselves by what happened to the hippies, and so we don't share what we do with the rest of the world. Rave culture came out of this. These are secret parties in secret locations. If you seek to find the signs, you will find them.

We were raised on anger. Our counter-culture movements in the 80's and 90's were punk and heavy metal and grunge and anti-hippies. And it's even worse now with hip hop glorifying gangstas and guns and killing. But electronica is a different branch of all this. The taking of ecstasy and dancing all night has taught us to open our hearts. Sometimes at great expense to our health, but who cares right? Who needs to live forever in a world like this? Right?

I have always been a person who just plain cannot figure out what in the world this place has to offer me. I just don't believe in it. I have always felt alone in this. But in my travels as an adult, have come to realize that I'm NOT alone. There are a LOT of creative individuals who have always felt the exact same way. I've come to realize that in creating a generation that has been de-sensitized to violence and anger and hatred, an interesting adaptation seems to be happening. We've seen it enough to where we just aren't interested anymore. And so, we move on to something new. And most of us are realizing that we CAN set ourselves free by choosing to be kind, and have peace and love in our hearts.

The people I know who are evolving past this rave ecstasy scene are becoming a new breed of "hippy." A generation that is beginning to choose peace and love. Not as a doctrine to be preached, but as a deep seated way of life; a sort of Christ-like consciousness.

This political apathy stretches across entire generations. We're all lumped into the term generation ME. Because we don't care about this world we stand to inherit, and so we focus on our own happiness. And of course our parents and teachers tell us we should pay attention, and that we will never be able to change anything unless we get involved. I say horse shit. The world they want us to be involved in is unfixable. Even if we believe we're voting for a president who really cares... regardless if he cares or not, the system is so fractured, he can barely do anything about it.

If we have to keep this system, how about getting rid of every career politician and elect people who are just normal every day people? Whatever be the case, something drastic has to happen. But if you ask me, nothing short of intervention from GOD on high, will fix this planet as seen by the reality which has been created for us.

And so we create our own reality. That is the only way. This reality will have to be created by a gathering of like minds. The new tribes, the old tribes, the jedi, the ascensionists, the burners, the hippies, the native Americans, the elders... everyone who wishes to see this change. We all must unite, and we all must decide to inherit the earth. Enough people need to decide this to where we create a tipping point/ a critical mass. Of course it doesn't seem possible. Everyone is too selfish. But I have seen something amazing emerging out of generation ME. We are choosing to evolve. We are choosing to believe. And we are choosing peace and love over the anger we have been raised with.

And so the (r)evolution can be as simple as everyone gathering together, whether physically or online, and gently choosing another way. No wars. No disagreements. Just happiness and dancing and celebration, and having a good life, and spreading peace and brother/sisterhood. It all starts with a simple choice. And that choice is in our own hearts. I say "Thank you very much politicians and all you forefathers who created this fractured system that is eating itself alive, and keeping us from attaining happiness. You have done what you can. You can continue to do what you think you must. But we're gonna go over HERE, to live the way we wish. Your world will shrink, and we will simply be."

I was taught by a revolutionary from the 60's that the instrument of change is innocence. There is no way to fight innocence. And so therefore the meek shall inherit the earth.

"He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Dan 12.10"

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer

but I'm not the only one

I hope some day you will join us

and the world will live as one.