Why I Made This
reprinted from HippieHaven, my first web site from '97
slightly edited to update it.
Welcome to my website.
I think that a site should be informative,useful, attractive, educational and entertaining.
I hope I can make this one all of those things.
In addition, I want to help spread my worldview and create a dialog
with like-minded individuals.
I consider myself to be a revolutionary,
an outlaw, by my own choice.
I feel that our society is repressive
and corrupt, morally bankrupt.
Our government is a police-state
that has no legitimacy anymore ( if it ever did )
because it has trampled upon the constitution
and upon the people.
We are created to be free-willed
self-sufficient individuals
but society and the governments conspire
with religious and commercial interests
to enslave us all.
Laws made decades ago by long-dead men
are forced upon us from birth on,
regardless of their relevance
in today's world.
All that is worth owning
has already been divided up and nothing is left for those born today.
We treat our brothers & sisters on mother earth
worse than animals...
if you are poor, you may freeze or starve
but you may not steal food nor fight back.
But I do not accept this.
I have fought my entire life to be free...
slave not
to the government, the corporations,
the churches, society,
nor other people
who seek to limit my knowledge, my choices,
my power over my own life and property.
I hope that the information within these pages can assist people
who want to break free..
regardless of what others think.
To such individuals,
I welcome you and hope you enjoy your visit here.
[The following is a re-print of an usenet post
by yours truly,
which helps to explain my perspective.
hope you enjoy !]
Reprinted from the usenet newsgroup alt.drugs.mushrooms.
has anyone seen the matrix ?
this fellow is living his life,
pretty content but searching for something....
when he discovered that his whole life is a sham,
he's only been living to service the machine
that spawned him.
we are in the same situation today as that man.
instead of a little pill,
it is a little mushroom that opens our eyes.
in other places,
we have spoken about history,
and christianity took alot of heat
for the church's historical role
as a tool of society and hence,
the state.
but one needs to distinguish
between theory & application.
christ's teachings were never really implemented
except perhaps in the very early beginning,
in some few remote areas.
but by the time paul aka saul
became converted from judaism to christianity,
the spiritual rot of 'fitting in' to society
was already beginning to spread,
and by the time of
john's exile and his 'revelations'
it had become, in his eyes,
the synagogue of satan, false,
christian in name only.
the christianity of constantine and Charlemagne was a political expediency,
a ploy to help cement their claim
to rule by god's will.
christianity was not alone, however.
pagan religion had long been in league with the State,
even back into pre-history
the early priests served the king,
bestowing divine legitimacy
in return for earthly favor.
the biblical story of joseph in egypt
illustrates the close ties between
the priests and Pharaoh,
who between them
owned all the land and all the food.
those who worked the land
did so as tenants of the state,
forced to turn over the lion's share
as taxes and tithes.
religion has only grudgingly yielded power
to the secular authority in modern times
and would gladly reclaim its' dominion,
if only more people were religious
and obeyed.
the state, for its' part,
would gladly dispense with religion
except that it helps
keep people in line
by promising in the next life
what society & the state deprive us of
in this world--
happiness, freedom .
by teaching submission to rules in this world
for rewards in the next,
religion helps that state maintain legitimacy
and control
and in return,
the state cuts religion in for a % of the take.
now, thanks to our ancestors
who invented priesthoods and kings,
we are all slaves
from birth till death
( or enlightenment )
there are no chains
because there is no where to run.
we all are indoctrinated from birth on
with such notions as
personal property( it's mine !)
and obedience to authority
( because i say so !),
all the while being conditioned
to be 'productive', 'useful'
members of society.
( work all your life to pay taxes
& buy consumer goods )
our children are taken,
by force if needed,
and sent to schools
where they are force-fed propaganda
designed to mold their thoughts and
conform them to society's needs.
we never had a chance,
neither did our parents nor their's.
we are all born helpless,
and promptly seized
as the property of society.
even the very language we are taught
conditions our brains
with concepts of 'democracy',
'patriotism',
'tradition',
'duty', etc.
but the conditioning doesn't work 100 %
on everyone.
some just don't 'fit in'.
maybe they talk back,
or are slackers,
or are too stubborn.
'discipline' is needed!
there must be consequences
for non-conformity.
these are meted out onto children
at a very early age--
obedience training for humans.
if you don't clean your room,
you can't watch tv.
no pudding
if you don't eat your meat.
there is no logical causality--
punishments are arbitrary.
the idea isn't just to get you
to do what's best for you,
it's to teach you to fear
getting out of line .
all the time we are growing up,
we are beset by society's agents;
our parents, grandparents, siblings,
teachers, churches,
books, television,
employers, coaches,
and even our peers,
our friends--
they all say
'be smart.
play along.
things will go better for you'.
still, a sizable percentage just cannot
be conditioned properly.
they usually do not fit well into school routine,
and are for the most part
consigned to the dreary ranks of mass poverty,
there to join the rest of society's rejects.
some others act out in ways
forbidden by society
and are locked away in cages.
not to reform them,
but to keep them out of the way,
while serving as a warning to any others
who might be tempted
to get out of line.
if you are lucky, and promise to behave,
they might give you another chance
but nothing is forgotten nor forgiven--
you are forever a convict,
contemptible to your peers,
discriminated against economically and socially.
a tiny fraction of a %,
just a few,
are resistant to the conditioning
and are intelligent enough to hide
that fact from society's scrutiny.
sometimes, they often rise quite high
in this world,
as creativity is often linked
to this type of independent persona.
more often though,
because society doesn't really want or need
very many 'geniuses',
such individuals carve out their own niche wherein they live as they like.
they are self-directed.
true anarchists,
needing no external ruler.
for the most part, friends,
we are of that last sort.
more or less--
of course,
no one can really
completely break the conditioning for long.
that's called 'going insane'.
that'll get you locked away, too.
in another time,
we might have been kings, magi,
or great warriors,
but today's world has little need
for such strong humans.
society needs workers,
consumers, producers.
team players,
not rebels and malcontents.
so we live on the fringe,
the 'counter-culture',
our own little niches
where we try to console ourselves
among those few like us.
and that pretty much explains why i am here.
remember that movie i mentioned
way back at the beginning, the matrix ?
i'm like that guy
who goes into the matrix-world every day,
looking for those
who are searching
for something more.
and i help them
find that 'magic pill'
that lets them see
that there is more
to life than
servicing the machines of civilization.
society is a necessary evil.
it must exist
because there are so many of us.
people must be fed and housed and clothed,
and society makes what we need to live.
we cannot, as some would suggest,
go back to living off the land--
there isn't enough good land for everyone.
despite the politically inclined,
society isn't about to legalize
real freedom until people evolve
enough to be trusted.
until then,
with ever increasing urgency,
society has set off
to child- proof the world.
those who prefer not to wait
a few thousand more years,
will have to take their own freedom
and yet not provoke society
into putting them into a cage.
to those
who would pursue that 'outlaw' way,
your 'magic pill' awaits you.
we are here
to help you to see
beyond the veil.
your brother in spirit,
hip
