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My mother was a hippie back in the day. I have an aunt (and her girlfriend of some 25 years) who lived in Northern California for many, many years and who could both, probably, be identified as hippies. Although no one in the family ever refers to them by that name - they're just S & H. And they're fantastic people - well educated, interesting, involved. As long as they're good, I don't care how people choose to live. And I could certainly think of worse ideas to live by than those of social tolerance and responsibility and patronage of the planet.
And the concept of chakras is connected to a history of medical care that has kept billions of people healthy for more than two millenia. It has nothing to do with hippies. Maybe it's just that hippies have an open mind and are willing to accept that just because a concept hasn't emerged out of the last few centuries of Western European tradition doesn't make it bullshit.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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