...A state of mind...
Our emotional state of choice is Enlightment. Our nourishment of
choice is Love. Our addiction of choice is technology. Our religion
of choice is music. Our currency of choice is knowledge. Our politics
of choice is none. Our society of choice is utopian though we know it
will never be.
You may hate us. You may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You may
be unaware of our existence. We can only hope you do not care to judge
us, because we would never judge you. We are not criminals. We are not
disillusioned. We are not drug addicts. We are not naive children. We
are one massive, global, tribal village that transcends man-made law,
physical geography, and time itself.
We were first drawn by the sound. From far away, the hunderous, muffled,
echoing beat was comparable to a mother's heart soothing a child in
her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring. We were drawn back
into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and darkness of it,
we came to accept that we are all equal. Not only to the darkness, and
to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and passing through
our souls: we are all equal. And somewhere around 35Hz we could feel
the hand of God at our backs, pushing us forward, pushing us to push
ourselves to strengthen our minds, our bodies, and our spirits. Pushing
us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by
sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble
that can, for one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities,
and pollution of the outside world. It is in that very instant, with
these initial realizations that each of us was truly born. We continue
to pack our bodies into clubs, or warehouses, or buildings you've abandoned
and left for naught, and we bring life to them for one night. Strong,
throbbing, vibrant life in it's purest, most intense, most hedonistic
form. In these makeshift spaces, we seek to shed ourselves of the burden
of uncertainty for a future you have been unable to stabilize and secure
for us. We seek to relinquish our inhibitions, and free ourselves from
the shackles and restraints you've put on us for your own peace of mind.
We seek to re-write the programming that you have tried to indoctrinate
us with since the moment we were born. Programming that tells us to
hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves into
the nearest and most convenient pigeon hole possible. Programming that
even tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops, and run
through mazes and on hamster wheels. Programming that tells us to eat
from the shiny silver spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead
of nourish ourselves with our own capable hands. Programming that tells
us to close our minds, instead of open them.
Until the sun rises to burn our eyes by revealing the distopian reality
of a world you've created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers
and sisters in celebration of our life, of our culture, and of the values
we believe in: Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression,
Responsibility and Respect.
Know that while you may shut down any given party, on any given night,
in any given city, in any given country or continent on this beautiful
planet, you can never shut down the entire party. You don't have access
to that switch, no matter what you may think. The music will never stop.
The heartbeat will never fade. The party will never end.