"If we do not create our future, the past will create it for us."

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A RAVER'S MANIFIESTA
(A True Ode to the Joy of Being Alive and Discovering the ROOTS of our Nature...before Jana's 'Bad Boys' took it away from us...)

Our emotional state of choice is Ecstasy. 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 - achievable or

not.

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 try not to 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 are The Massive. One Massive.

We were first drawn by the sound. From far away, the thunderous, 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 Goddess 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's in that very

instant, with these initial realisations, that each of us was truly re-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 with which you have tried to indoctrinate us since the moment we were

born. Programming that tells us to hate, to judge, to stuff ourselves into the nearest and

most convenient pigeon hole. 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 rising sun burns our eyes with the dustpan reality of your created world, we dance

fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, our culture, and our values:

Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression, Responsibility and Respect.

Our enemy of choice is ignorance. Our weapon of choice is information. Our crime of choice

is breaking and challenging whatever laws you put in place to stop us from celebrating our

existence. But 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.

I am a raver, and this is my manifesto.

(For those who find it objectionable...simply pass it by. It was not meant for you.)