Hippies essays

Hippies essays 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 (Lee). The words of this famous song Imagine were sung by John Lennon, a member of the Beatles and a hippy well-known for his legendary love preaching. Like John Lennon, many others shared this simple wish; the wish that the whole world could come together and work as one. This aspiration singled many individuals out, and they became known as hippies. The term hippy has been defined, since 1953, through ones beliefs, styles and speech, and important events throughout history. Whenever the term hippy is mentioned, the things almost certainly running through most peoples heads are: flowers.. beads.. bellbottoms.. etc. But physical appearance isnt all what makes one a hippy; its much more than that. The entire hippy philosophy can be summed up into three simple words- peace, love, and freedom. Hippies accept others as they are, dont judge appearances, and give freedom to express themselves. They live and let live. They believe in harming nothing. To them, everything has its place in life, no matter what it may be. They believe in flower power and free love. Nature and the planet are viewed as a whole. They reject the nine-to-five lifestyle, the monotonous, mundane routine-like life. The pressure of being normal serves as a burden to them. In other words, they create their own reality. (Lee). Perhaps a reason for their many eccentric ethics and values, hippies were very big on, and loved to experiment with drugs; specifically LSD and marijuana. LSD (lysergic acid) can also be known as: acid, A-Bombs, blotters, dots, microdots, juice, or trips. It gives people a mystical feeling of intense extreme happiness. Time and sense of movement either speeds up or slows down. People clai...