Are used to go to rainbow gatherings or through my 20s and 30s. But we made sure that we left no trace we were there. We cleaned the environment and left gifts for the locals. It has changed a lot.
The last one that I went to was in West Virginia in 05'. It just didn't have the same "Welcome Home feel" anymore. In years past, I had been on many of the council circles, and I know for a fact, that within a year of the gathering, ALL traces were COMPLETELY disappeared. You couldn't tell at all that 30,000 people had been living there!
@@morningdewreynolds5476 So if you REALLY love Mother Nature you wouldn't leave a trace that lasts even one day, let alone a whole year. Nothing good about thousands of people in the forest. Even a few people can have an impact they don't understand, such as spreading human disease to animals.
I had the privilege to meet a few people from the rainbow family in flagstaff, arizona when I was 14 years old(28 years ago). They were so generous and kind. We were homeless at the time. They had a 3 legged dog and lived in the forest in a skoolie. I’ll never forget it. Thanks for sharing this.
Looking To travel and meet up with the gathering me and my husband have been off grid living for years now we even hitch hicked across country.. if any of you wonderful people see this please get ahold of us blessed be
This reminds me of Woodstock and they also a big mess behind. I was a flower power women and smoked weed. I had the most amazing friends ever. We did everything together. Our group was small but we were tight and true. We shared something special that people in general had no understanding. It was the best time of my life. Love from South Africa😞
YES because it can be meant on so many different levels, not just the obvious meaning of literaly feeding them. Feed their minds, hearts , souls ect ect
“feed your youth... ... or you’ll be sitting under saggy tarps” this speaks for more than just the camp if you don’t nurture the others while they are young who will keep you nurtured when you are old
Same. I went to several of these gatherings, and they're so stifling. Like I understand that you want to save the world and be less wasteful and everything but it was a very tightly controlled group atmosphere for a certain mindset and type of person. If you're quiet and conservative and introverted, it becomes clear pretty quickly that you are not ideal
elliott b I can say one thing I saw was them using rope to tie their tarps and tents to trees. There are tree wraps you’re supposed to use and tie to them not to tree. That was just watching without looking for leave no trace things
I lived (short term) with a Rainbow Family in Oregon years ago and it was an awful experience. Rape was abundant (consent in general, was just not taught or upheld - not just with sex, but other things as well). A few people stole another person's dog, killed it and ate it (and this was not an isolated event - I heard about this A LOT, regarding other people's pets, mostly dogs). There were some good qualities, sure - but the bad MAJORLY outweighed the good. A lot of them are also REALLY bad at littering, not digging deep enough holes to shit in, etc. Just an awful mess, all around. They don't really care for the earth. They just trash it. Most of them are pretentious, white kids running away from their lives.
I am sorry that you experienced such horror. While no one is really authorized to speak for the Rainbow Family, I still want to apologize on their behalf and on behalf of humanity in general. Unfortunately, just like there are con men out there using the Bible to rip off good Christians, and terrorists twisting the words of Islam to justify their evil deeds, so too there are awful people out there claiming to be a part of the Rainbow Family to earn others trust and then abuse it. I’d love to personally take you to a proper gathering and have you experience tremendous spiritual joy. But as a sufferer of PTSD myself, I can also understand if you’d be reluctant to do so. I truly hope you have not been permanently scarred by this horrible experience with these evil imposters. Remember: that which doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger. Hopefully you have a new found strength going forward. Best of luck to you.
I had a friend who got involved with the Rainbow Gathering/Family group. He invited me to check it out as he tried to sell me on it. This was in California. We drove to the location and people just came off as dirty and just interested in drugs. I remember the bad smell coming off people from not bathing or using deodorant. I remember our car getting broken into and some of our stuff was stolen. And, that was all in the first day we were there. I remember just leaving after the car was broken into. Johnny Rotten was right when he said "Never trust a hippy".
As long as you all "work together" to pick up all your trash when your done. Its nice to see peaceful gatherings as long as it is the harming our mother nature.
Ok, Can I just add I went to a local rainbow gathering last year in Oregon.. it was my first and last time I'd ever go to one. I love nature...I love eco-friendly living.... I went.. and was kinda interested to get away from it all. So I drove from Florida to Oregon because I had done tons of research and felt, it's climate... it's art scene, nature.. were possibly for me. But, the Rainbow gathering after a friend of mine talked me into going to... little did I know that the mosquitoes in the woods are waaaay worse than the one's in Florida...little did I know that some hippies are not all sunshine and rainbows.. It was very unorganized... lazy and parent's yelling at their children. I love the idea of living in nature in seclusion, but the many flaws of this type of gathering... is lack or common sense. It was mostly a place for people to get high, and after my first day there I left.. Now before you decide to criticize me, know I have been to other gatherings...with nature loving, music loving people..such as paralounge in Ocala, FL.. which was one of my favorites to go to. I'll just say that even hippies can leave tons of waste behind.. not all hippy gatherings are clean.. they leave tons of excrement and the park rangers have to clean up after them. So please, if you do decide to go to a Rainbow gathering.. at least CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF.. with that said. peace out.
The underground music festivals on the east coast are the best place to find like minded folks. I know all about the wrong type of fake hippies you mean, some are even very dark in mentality, even dangerous if high and that is totally opposite of the point of that, its like the last place they go is camp to camp sponging everything, and abusing the communal codes. Being a musician in several touring bands throughout the years and playing all types and sizes of festies, i can say you don't need to travel too far to meet real down earthy peeps that do this, and then you can ask where there are local areas that like minded congregate, although there are more permanent and private communes out north west, and in Arizona around Sierra Vista (love that place) but there are also a big scene in the mountains in the Appalachians from smokies to certain counties in VA. Like around the Floyd fest area, it was started by nearby commune members at the inception years ago, the whole area is very yuppie now as ppl has moved there for the experience, with new age hippies and the Original 60s ones side by side walking around the town in tie dyes, its pretty cool to see. Anywhere there is eco businesses everywhere, usually is a sign that there is like minded individuals, i run a solar panel shingle installation company and they're compatible with tesla batteries, there is a lot of similar businesses in these communities and i hope this catches on soon so everyone is off of grid and coal is gone, oil is gone and our planet has a chance to heal its self finally from our abuse from greedy. I've digressed but you've got the point, head into the mountains and ye shall find what ye seeks.
@@shable1436 Thank you for sharing. Any chance you have a website or recommendations on information on solar shingles. My Mother's home is in need of a new roof in Texas soon and can't stand to go with traditional tar/petroleum based shingles that are not energy efficient. *Take Care & Safe Travels!*
My bf works for the National forest service... he is an off-the-grid hippie himself. He doesn’t say anything negative about anyone - except the rainbow family. They’ve left so much trash and litter in EVERY forest he’s worked in across the US. They’ve broke the law on numerous occasions, staying longer than is permitted by federal law. So this sounds like all fun & rainbows - but it looks like a set up like this in the video is meant for longer than 2 weeks ... which is against the law... and makes it harder for our foresters to take care of the forest bc they’re busy cleaning up trash instead of cleaning up brush to mitigate forest fires. Edit- I see some ppl commenting “who cares about traces from campsites? Cities create so much waste” - my response is this: DO YOUR RESEARCH. The forest service land has been preserved in order to allow everyone to use the land perpetually. It contains some of the last remaining wilderness in the country. It’s been protected so that we -and future generations - can always have a piece of nature to escape from the cities, civilization, and messy culture. It’s not a matter of having a lil litter here and a lil litter there. It’s supposed to be a pristine piece of land as OPPOSED to the cities. In SPITE of the cities. So yea a little bit of litter from this campsite is a bigger deal in the National Forest than in NYC I’m ALL FOR the rainbow family if they had their commune on private land.
I think your insight is super important and I hope a lot of people read your comment. I want to add that I think we should be mindful of how much threat these protected lands will come under as the conditions of our cities continue to deteriorate. I personally worry that it would be unrealistic to expect that preservation for perpetual future use should be the guiding star for upcoming generations that must face the consequences of their predecessors’ environmental destruction. And accordingly, falling back on the federally protected vs private land distinction doesn’t necessarily work when the rainbows and many others are trying these experimental living arrangements as part of an overall rejection of the systems of political power as well as land stewardship that organize a mainstream American lifestyle and housing
You own the land? Who owns the land? It was stolen thru rape pillage and murder. Now the government creates laws around what they stole from other people...but some how the hippies all the sudden need to follow the rules and be honest,moral and thoughtful. Perhaps your right maybe they should be cleaner. But the government has created a society that has poisoned and polluted the air and seas and the river and buried trash under thousands of acres of land...Are they polluting properly somehow? look at the society you are defending.so many holes in your logic. You support an imperialistic society that controls people with guns and charges people to live. You do know society's laws are enforced by violence guns and bloodshed.HaHa and you pick out one little thing like trash in a forest and demonize them...Maybe they should all go back to to the 9-5 job and be controlled by your utopian mindeset. Your society was created thru enforcement, violence,death, and money...you go ahead and support it if you want but this is the only way people can be free in a very minor way...now go back to your job,your probably late for work and might get written up or fired, then you wont be able to pay your rent....embecile.
Wa wa 😢 crybaby. Complainer.most likely it's a do nothing accomplish less lowrent liberal loser. All they ever do is 🍷 wine and 😢 cry about anything and everything. When have you been outside into the country the wilderness. Never. Just relax uptight computer lame.
Hello, I can't disagree with what you said, They pretend to love nature and all but I didn't see any eco friendly thing done there, I often go to psychedelic/hippie festivals in Europe, and hippies there don't trash anything, campsite looks good, lots of beautiful decoration that everyone brings, no trash around, everyone cooking fresh food so not many plastic trash either. Everything looks actually organised, with running water and every hygiene facilities (that's why festivals are usually done near or in actual campsites). Here it almost looks like a hobo community, They probably shouldn't be thousands in the middle of nowhere without trash bins and running water lol A hundred is already a lot to manage but tens of thousands...
Done the hippie commune thing, and the reality is very different from the peace loving, live in harmony ideal presented. Some pretty screwed up hateful people pretending to be what they're not, hypocritics.. Like most of humanity if we're honest.
I'm in the blessed position to be in a hippie like community that consists of only university students and graduates. This place has mainly shaped how I see hippies but every summer when I wander into other hippie territory I am disappointed. Critical thinking is what people need to pair with this sort of mindset, otherwise you get what you describe. Disingenuous people, hypocrites, people that are ignorant to some of the hard facts of life. And like you say, this is true for most of humanity.
@@thaDjMauz From my experience university students and graduates from social sciences fields are far worse than working class people. If feels like science fields are teaching the opposite of knowledge and wisdom and the students become ideologically possessed, which only leads to conflict - mostly driven by those students' unrealistic expectations, self-righteousness, egotism and laziness.
To reflect on some of the other comments about trashing the areas, I absolutely agree with this. I was at a group like this in 1979 with my parents being the music entertainment of their gathering, however, we were surrounded with people on so many drugs and overdosing, the ambulance was making a constant run back and forth to the hospital. There were bunches of them that ended up with STD's afterwards, pregnant and not knowing who the father was because they were free loving, and left the area completely covered in garbage. Another thing that I've noticed at many of the these gatherings throughout the years is that it is more a celebration about not doing a darn thing. There is no contribution to community as in picking up and doing what needs to be done. There are the few of the group that end up supporting the rest that do nothing. More and more over the years it is just a bunch of younger people looking for a way to get out of adulting.
I think a lot of people who want to break away from society are depressed and dysfunctional...Might be why they lack motivation in the long run, after the excitement wears off.
@@acegikm this is called coping in my opinion. Everybody's got to fight the life, if you're not going to that's fine but you would be a coward for not fighting the life
My uncle was a ranger at bagg bee, in OREGON. For a few good years. He enjoyed when the rainbow committee came through. Said they were very helpful and voulenterired to help clean up the park. On gal gave him a pot leaf earring and they carved it out in his cane , glued it in.
I love how a hippie can explain ebs and flows of how everything is connected, but when he explains that people steal his tools he calls it "random events". Hahahs
Ahhh, I see you failed to grasp the deepest of all deep truths, mate. Let me enlighten you: random events of tool theft are a natural part of the flow, when human consciousness sinks to a very low vibe, due to extreme lack of love, moonlight and dreads. It is a part of the process, when conectedness runs low. But as every ebb must naturally end at some point, the tool robbers will either eventually see the light, return the tools they nicked, get hugged, smoke a pipe of reconcilliation and grow dreads themselves, OR they will take the tools and go back to town, to serve some corporate slave and stay in the darkness of greed... Eventually, however, we will all end up wearing tie-dyed rainbow tunics, and making wild love under the Forest Moon. That, my friend, is the true meaning of being conected. Can you see the light? 😂💖💥
I found a rainbow gathering in Idaho when I was young and I thought about what had happened to the whole idea. Now I know. The experience was awesome. All the most positively different people all together to be living in harmony with each other. I was part of a group of people that went on a hug patrol and reached out to people with a hug. Most awesome experience. Then, almost outta no way, the sky grew dark on the mountainside of the land we’re all enjoying life at the moment. Below us is lightning now, the thunder is what really got people running for cover, and for next 20 minutes we all experienced Mother Nature at her best. The storm was loud and strong, but didn’t last long. The sun came out and no one was hurt. We all got back to our gathering things and it was something I remembered doing when I was younger. Wow, to see that it’s still going on, well, tells me that it’s a good thing and should be experienced at least once in a life time...safe journeys
Trust me....inside the hippie world there is more petty bickering and drama than they admit to. It's mostly a world of posers. Drugs, music, and fashion, are the core values of most hippies. The other fluffy stuff they talk about is the first thing to go when times get tough. Truth.
@T hddh I do remember the early 2010's they were exactly as you said. The producers that started (or were already producing) at the time have grown substantially over the years. Productions have gotten bigger and some don't sound like they don't do dubstep anymore, but dubstep ain't dead. Still got Oliverse and Franky Nuts. Riot's touch is midas (EP Dogma Resistance is fire). Shoo, I need to go back and figure out what Excision, Ephxia, and Heavy Delta are doing. Oh, and Gasser! There's way too many I have to catch up with, life got in the way.
I've been to Gatherings in the past , absolutely if you are open then it will forever change your perspective on reality...highly recommended...my first gathering was 1999 redway Pennsylvania national gathering...also regional in 2000 ocala Florida ...welcome home! We Love You!
@@devakikaren Lol....frees your energy up so you can continue do nothing? In Australia we call them "bludgers"....bludging off society, and pretending to "give back", .....by doing nothing....lol!
loving you family!. you are so strong ad so beautiful. i've seen you (we) do things that verge on miracles. generosity and kindness that still blows my mind even after 3 decades of immersion in that deep pool of unconditional love. when you are touched by the rainbow, something changes within you.. you live in service to a higher purpose. .. mitake ohyasin
This is not intended as a criticism of this commune in any way but the largest and longest standing commune on the US is actually The Farm in Summertown TN. I was born and raised there.
I was raised on a commune in West Virginia which was started in the late 60’s and still stands today. I’ve been to these rainbow gatherings and it was a life altering experience. I grew out of it though in my early 20’s.
This is a weird dynamic for me, I love all people and wish them nothing but happiness and success yet I can't be around them for too long. It's uncomfortable. Nature is best spent when alone.
@@simonradyep. It’s painful living in the USA now it’s communist/Natzi. What a horrible society controlled by iPhones and government. Have to get the hell out of that nightmare of the USA.
I used to do the rainbow circuit. People know what they are doing in that community! People build kitchens and stages on the spot with what is available. They build a kiddie village with play equipment, Leave no trace, you can do workshops- cooking classes, drumming and music lessons, meditation yoga and other spiritual practises, medicine and wild crafting workshops, clowning and dance workshops, building workshops,ect. There are performances and music events. There is a medical tent with dr.s and nurses to assist anyone who needs medical attention, massage tent, shiatsu body work of all kinds. At night there are fires to join and a trading circle that runs day and night whenever people set up things for trade. The national and world gathering are very well run and the elders teach the newbies how to integrate into the community. It’s very well run
When I was 18 I went to a Rainbow Gathering. I'm 41 now. So I probably ran into this dude. I own my own business now, and have a Family. I would have to say it was Def one of my favorite moments in my life by far. So freeing, so excepted. In one word "BEAUTIFUL". I miss it from time to time. I would Love to take my Daughter some day soon. That would be RAD!
They are considered as outside bums.. who don’t want to work.. who feels they they have not accept to society & possible mentality health issues.. I just hope no children are living in this poverty environment
@@barthj21 Have you been? Not sure about today. But it would be a cool experience for my kiddo. Again not sure about today. But back ohhhh 23 years ago she would of loved it. And by the way I'm a Christian and so is she. And we are doing awesome in life. Just saying.
Same here! Community is important, but I don’t think I’ve found mine. And I’m looking up communes just to see... and I’m thinking like that last comment or that I’m only medium hippie.
To the person reading this and everyone not reading this, I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT. I FORGIVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT. I BEG YOU TO DO THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT! You are loved and worthyness is only a concept. I love you and you should too! Once you get lost you're on the right path.
Rainbow family of the loving light I traveled with them for a few years when I was young I learned alot of stuff I still use today ps. A camp anarchy camp 4 life also Mississippi mud and harna Krishna camp all good camps that helped me along the way and can't forget welcome home
That sentiment at the end always pulls me out of the whim to escape to one of these types of places. "Best to work with the hardest person" because that's how you truly learn to work together. And so, it makes me think that facing this awkward world is what I would be encouraged to do in the end anyway...
One of the greatest experiences I've had in my lifetime is the rainbow gathering. In contrary to belief we stayed very clean. And people were very respectful at my tent.
Though dirty and lazy people may attend these communes, I was actually impressed with the cook's work ethic and his back story. He understands the importance of having good role models and respect. I am a consertive and applaud his words, prayers, and actions. And though this commune may have some undesirables, I heard no condemnation from him. But what I did here, was his concern for teaching the younger generation values. And really, Jesus was a kind of hippie too. Maybe this conservative will grow my hair long also ! 😀👍
This takes me back. I almost hung out with these guys when they came to my area. I instead spent some time at another hippie commune. I almost gave up my life and became a traveling hippie at one point. Some days I really wish I had.
I remember this rainbow gathering. This was the national rainbow gathering in Wisconsin in 2019. This was one of my favorite gatherings, compared to other rainbow gatherings.
I went to a rainbow gathering in Utah which was incredible, it is one of those things that if you have never personally experienced you have nooooooo clue what it's like. They were people from all over the world, France, Peru, Canada, and so on. People are mostly nude but respectful, and unlike music festivals, they do not shove drugs in your face and are very very very anti-alcohol. The music, culture, and friendships at the rainbow gathering are incredible. It is also great for people who are homeless but do not want to be in the streets. Money is not important at all as kindness and peace. They give food, shelter, and expect nothing in return but love. Call it corny but I call it home.
@@AppalachianSammie Just letting people know. Like I said at the end "Bad joke" so obviously I knew it was an attempt at humor. Just wasn't really funny
I went to this year's gathering and it was mind blowing... Yes, I got lost... But i helped clean up a lot and I miss the rainbow family... Aka my real family
Went to a rainbow family gather South of Salida Colorado in the Spring or Summer of 1999. Got to meet Papa Bear. I dont know if he's still around. I loved it. It was one of the greatest and most beautiful experiences of my life. I will never forget it. And those who know me now would never believe it in 1000 years with my beliefs. But I still have nothing but love and respect for the rainbow family.
I met pappa bear in 2001 by taos, n.m. he moved to Missouri in 2010. Tweakers ran him out of his place outside of taos. I met him at a festival HERE IN Mo. Haven't seen him since, it's now 2024. I think he may have passed on into sleep, . Good guy, enjoyed his company.
I’ve been to Taos, New Mexico and the one in Pennsylvania some years ago. I found everyone friendly and happy and more or less outgoing. No problems or strife anywhere. Mostly just people being happy and living their lives, in a forest along with 20,000 others.
I went to the one in Allegheny National Forest in PA. Also to one in North Carolina...they were both great and I brought home many memories and firsts that I will remember for a lifetime....
Have you actually ever been to a rainbow gathering I work in the nursing profession for the last 30 years and I didn't find anything disgusting or dirty there I've even brought my grandkids with me nobody's gotten sick we've just had a lot of fun and a lot of friends and got to break bread with a lot of people it is always very peaceful
Well said! Loving you, Rhythm! Thank you for feeding and teaching and laughing and being present and giving sound advice and listening and searching out creative ways to connect with people, and for radiating Love during the meditation for Peace. I see you and appreciate you.
These people in the comments section is saying that there nasty dirty people but there are really mice people and if they chose to live off grid i respect them for that.
@@GraphicArtist115 Loser are the those far right wing domestic terrorists.This guy chooses to live off the grid which is right to do so he not hurting nobody accept your snowflake feelings.
@@Mad-wv6ol why you gotta bring hate twordes people I'm a right leaning hippie ish person I think the left now are sensitive,complaining,hypocritical,lying ,assholes. But notice how I didnt bash you for bieng left wing just chill and notice that political views font matter it's only something people are caught up in bc they grew up in it so no one is a "looser" or anything else bc there views just love mate
In these types of groups, all the less-than-wonderful human traits they claim to be trying to get away from have a way of following them into forest and manifesting there.
Happiest time of my life was living with the Rainbow in Ocala National forest in 1995. Truly the best experience of my life. PS if you ever go, show up with non perishables and canned goods and any fresh produce to donate the the kitchens. They cook for EVERYONE.
I went to Rainbow in '86, on the Harmonic Convergence. In Western Mass. We hung out for awhile, it was cool. Lots of naked people, everyone very friendly and chill, good food. The best thing is that there were a lot of hippies from back in the day. Real hippies. And they set the vibe.
Definitely are I can speak from experience, The drugs the Rainbow Family does are mostly LSD, magic mushrooms and cannabis. I’ve never seen cocaine or heroin or other dangerous drugs at a gathering
Drugs are all over us, just because they’re produced naturally in your brain that doesn’t distinguish them from drugs we can intake. Are you against your own brain?
Omg I remember the rainbow 🌈people came to the Allegheny National Park located in Warren County Pennsylvania, I attended the Many gatherings the had ,it was truly amazing and I met so many different types of people, Doctor, Lawyers, and homeless people, I learned so much from my experiences. I really miss the gatherings, I hope to meet up with them again soon.
but they didn't show the garbage this people leave behind. had volunteered for forest clean up. and witnessed the garbage they left behind. used needles and used pads, plastics, etc.. i get that they r trying to be positive and all. but i wish they actually try to clean up their own garbage.
Well at least the ones I attended, there was a huge cleanup at the end and no one was allowed to leave without taking full trash bags with them. People went from campsite to campsite collecting garbage before the end. There were people waiting at the entrance, with this massive pile of trash bags from the huge cleanup, and they'd make you open your car door and just start tossing in bags. It was everyone's responsible to throw these trash bags out, whether you want to or not. They'd just throw them in, wouldn't take no for an answer. This was about 15 years ago though, don't know how much it's changed since then
I didn't show the trash they left behind because there was none. Impressively, they sent me pictures when they were done cleaning and it looked better than they found it. No more trash, more trees and vegetation, and not a human footprint in sight. Over the next few months the forest will grow in even more.
Bullshit, they stayed a few weeks after the "party crowd" left and not only cleaned up the trash but also replanted new seeds... I know, I was there helping...
@@theoptimistvibe3678 have two. Even so lol the washing of it in nature is off putting. Less off putting that some things.. But not sanitary to wash your menstrual cup in river water to put back inside.............. Not to mention when you take it out it's not always that clean lol depending on the persons flow.... I've had easy months and terrible months... The cup is certainly easier but to an extent... It needs to be thoroughly cleaned...
Greetings fellow Earthlings! We are all connected! We all desire to love and be loved. We express this desire in a myriad of ways. Wouldn't it be boring if we were all exactly alike? I LOVE my sisters and brothers and them all. 💜
@@mullet86 there's regionals all year long all over the lace, some better then others. 9i avoid florida) the annuals in a diferent state each year i think most likely idaho next. but theres 3 or 4 states being considered.. look for fb groups to join.. theres many. world gatherings in siberia, theres international gatherings all around the world, but they are as smal as our regionals
I briefly lived in a village very similar to this in Hawaii. A absolutely wonderful and loving experience. Not everyone had the same mentality yet, everyone came together and helped each other when needed. It was a community. I’ve been in love with the idea every since.
“When you first get here I want you to get lost because you’ll never be lost the same way as you were the first time.” There’s some deep wisdom in those words
Hello and namaste good people of Rainbow!!! We are located in Missouri on just 17 acres, but its 17 acres of old forest. We are just getting started here with some Young Bloods and my hope for the future…that every person who ventures onto Cleburne learns to connect with nature, learns that they are important to this planet, learns to leave the politics behind, learns to be about it and not just talk about it, learns to laugh at themselves, learns to value people and nature and that each leaves just a tiny piece of themselves behind if they decide to journey past here. Blessings.
@@gingy666XD hola! I wish I could tell you that Cleburne opened to the public with full support of all the owners, but one owner became ill so for now plans are on hold. Atm, it is a private park with two tiny houses sitting there among the trees. I am lucky enough to live there full time even tho there is still no running water. Its been cool tho! Maybe one day, some young blood will move here and make trails and carve out a small village. Maybe one day…✌️
I want to run away from society and live off the land like a hippie, I’ve always lived my life as a free wondering spirit but lately I’ve been living my life with a deep depression I often hate my job but I put up with it cause I’m reminded by some of the very attractive women at my job that life is worth living and that you should always chase after your dream and that love is always the answer and worth fighting for, I’ve been locked up twice in my life time and I don’t intend in going back I prefer to live my life far from society and it’s drama
The answer is inside yourself. Instead of blaming the world and those beautiful woman at work who rebuke your advances, ask yourself how you are causing a lot of your situation. Try to change yourself and watch how life and the world appear very different.
You could do that in Alaska, but you have to come with tools, clothing and a way to provide shelter for yourself till you get established . Find "Alone in the Wilderness" about how a man lived most of his life alone in remote Alaska making everything for himself.
Do they clean up after themselves now? They have a bad reputation of trashing the beautiful places they say they love so much. The impression I've gotten from rainbow people is they delude themselves that they are following some higher purpose when what they're really doing is just partying.
the leaders do make it a priority to clean up, and at this particular event they left it better than they found it, having planted acres of new brush and new trees.
Exactly. Self-indulgence. Refusal to grow up. A higher purpose is to get out there and make a difference in the world. Invent a medicine. Study science. Cure cancer. You need to be in the world to save it, not in the woods getting high
I heard the young lady say how once you don’t have anything to do then you want to do more. But what if everybody had that attitude then there would be no food and then you die. Life is not about doing what you want just doing what makes you happy but more about you contributing to other people’s happiness. Its called self sacrifice.
Brian Wilmoth i believe that you missed the point of her statement. Not having to do things makes you want to do more, therefore there would be plenty of food. There would be an abundance. I’ve been in a community similar to this where I left the normal world behind. I had no responsibilities and I was so motivated to help out. I gladly stepped up and took on responsibilities, not because I had to but because I wanted to.
I’m so speechless. What on earth would we all do without mass consumerism to force us to sit at a desk for 10 hours a day to afford Taco Bell? Hmmm.... like.... maybe drink some stream water and pick some fruit off a free? Lol😂 you’re right, we’d die without self sacrifice. It’s all for the greater good of a shit society.
some of the rainbow family were really great when they stayed in skamania county, where im from but others really disrespected the locals, left a mess for our communities to pay to clean up, and one woman was murdered
Yeah they came to Michigan once in 2003.... 🤔 💭 definitely not some locals you want to upset here people in Michigan are built a bit different let's just say they never came back afterwards
Much Respect to you Kitchen Leader Pardon the expression I don't know your name but I respect what you guys are doing and of course people make a place and you always going to have issues but I respect what you're doing and what you're trying to accomplish and accomplishing daily
You can`t judge all rainbow people from this video.I have met some truly positive,inspirational people through rainbow gatherings.People who tread lightly on the land are not afraid of hard work and communicate positively with their children and one another. A lot of close minded comments on here just focusing on the bad.All life is Yin and Yang.Where there is bad there is also good.
Sharing whatever for a short amount of time per year is very different than what "commune" actually means, which is an intentional community-as in people live there. I know a lot of these folks have day jobs...It's fun for a week or two, but after that it's an incredible amount of work and takes maturity and responsibility to live in true community.
I've been organizing and throwing a Veterans camp trip for over twenty years successfully now, and after watching this, I see we definitely have the whole community and group peace and fun and straight up cleanliness and organizational thing locked. This is like a sloppy alter ego to our trips, and our trips are a lot of fun.....and if anyone ever did get out of hand, which no-one ever has, we are all former military and know how to control those persons and situations in a snap. Good luck to all those going to this Rainbow Fest, we'll stick with our Camo Campout. Remember, only those who have trained for war and seen those horrors, will ever really know what peace really means and appreciate and respect it accordingly.
Go join them, I'm certain they will welcome you! They will probably invite you to dinner, you ever been a main course before! Remember, it has to be consensual!
I’d work side-by-side with everyone doing whatever I could to help if I could be around some chill people that could help me learn to love myself as much as I love and care for others. You lose that self-love in this mainstream society.
You’re living in a fantasy world, in life all you got is yourself , and thinking these low life’s got something beautiful that you’re missing , is very sad. Yes society sucks but the dirty things these people allow in they’re lives in trade of a mediocre life in. Normal society is beyond sick. You know giving kids lsd and letting them run off with adults ... you didn’t read that in the tour book did you. Stick too you’re life maybe try mdma at a nice music festival will give you what u need
jay B Thanks for presuming you know anything about my life. That’s definitely a quality in a person that makes me think I am going to take any advice from them. 🙄 I have never understood a person who thinks they have the best advice for someone they don’t know at all. And sadly there are so many pricks like you in the world.
Are used to go to rainbow gatherings or through my 20s and 30s. But we made sure that we left no trace we were there. We cleaned the environment and left gifts for the locals. It has changed a lot.
The last one that I went to was in West Virginia in 05'.
It just didn't have the same "Welcome Home feel" anymore.
In years past, I had been on many of the council circles, and I know for a fact, that within a year of the gathering, ALL traces were COMPLETELY disappeared. You couldn't tell at all that 30,000 people had been living there!
That is awesome
Margo Romero yeah the guy sounds really frustrated 😂
Unfortunately the younger kids are not like that now. They are begging constantly and leave huge messes behind. I’m done!
@@morningdewreynolds5476 So if you REALLY love Mother Nature you wouldn't leave a trace that lasts even one day, let alone a whole year. Nothing good about thousands of people in the forest. Even a few people can have an impact they don't understand, such as spreading human disease to animals.
I had the privilege to meet a few people from the rainbow family in flagstaff, arizona when I was 14 years old(28 years ago). They were so generous and kind. We were homeless at the time. They had a 3 legged dog and lived in the forest in a skoolie. I’ll never forget it. Thanks for sharing this.
Wildwood Vagabond u r so lucky
ellygan haha... thanks ☺️❤️ genetics and holistic living I guess.
Can u send me their contact number
@boo boo
🤦🏻♀️🤣
Looking To travel and meet up with the gathering me and my husband have been off grid living for years now we even hitch hicked across country.. if any of you wonderful people see this please get ahold of us blessed be
This reminds me of Woodstock and they also a big mess behind. I was a flower power women and smoked weed. I had the most amazing friends ever. We did everything together. Our group was small but we were tight and true. We shared something special that people in general had no understanding. It was the best time of my life. Love from South Africa😞
You smoked weed and larped….. you’re not special…. You’re painfully average….
Who's trust fund funded such a life?
My parents know him !! My mom almost cried seeing this my dad and her knew him when he was the young kid and they ran the kitchen!!
That’s so awesome. Much love to all generations and incarnations of Wanna Burn.
Thats amazing. :)
Wow that's awesome 💜
brenna weaver 😁
What a beautiful soul! I hope to cross his path someday
"Feed your youth..." Best idea I've heard in a while
YES because it can be meant on so many different levels, not just the obvious meaning of literaly feeding them. Feed their minds, hearts , souls ect ect
@@sarahconklin320 We are what we consume
I recall after Woodstock when many people moved over to Vermont. Really cool to see it still happening.
“feed your youth... ... or you’ll be sitting under saggy tarps” this speaks for more than just the camp if you don’t nurture the others while they are young who will keep you nurtured when you are old
Most normal idea that exists in mankind
I like how that dude points out everything but the camera just shows him pointing. great job!
i think they caught the point
I could never be around that many people. I would end up wandering back into the wild, again.
Same
introvert
Same. I went to several of these gatherings, and they're so stifling. Like I understand that you want to save the world and be less wasteful and everything but it was a very tightly controlled group atmosphere for a certain mindset and type of person. If you're quiet and conservative and introverted, it becomes clear pretty quickly that you are not ideal
@@bootscooty Kind of like counterculture prison. lol
@doubleheadergr just don't consent
You would think that anyone who “Loved the earth” would follow the “Leave no trace” philosophy...
If there's a trout stream nearby,they'll "leave no trace' of trout in that stream by the time they've left...
what did you see in this video that made you think otherwise
who said anything about leaving a trace?
elliott b I can say one thing I saw was them using rope to tie their tarps and tents to trees. There are tree wraps you’re supposed to use and tie to them not to tree. That was just watching without looking for leave no trace things
Ya I'd like to see a video of the land after they leave im concerned and where is everyone going #2 at???😳
I lived (short term) with a Rainbow Family in Oregon years ago and it was an awful experience. Rape was abundant (consent in general, was just not taught or upheld - not just with sex, but other things as well). A few people stole another person's dog, killed it and ate it (and this was not an isolated event - I heard about this A LOT, regarding other people's pets, mostly dogs). There were some good qualities, sure - but the bad MAJORLY outweighed the good. A lot of them are also REALLY bad at littering, not digging deep enough holes to shit in, etc. Just an awful mess, all around. They don't really care for the earth. They just trash it. Most of them are pretentious, white kids running away from their lives.
This is horrible. Absolute assholes
I am sorry that you experienced such horror. While no one is really authorized to speak for the Rainbow Family, I still want to apologize on their behalf and on behalf of humanity in general. Unfortunately, just like there are con men out there using the Bible to rip off good Christians, and terrorists twisting the words of Islam to justify their evil deeds, so too there are awful people out there claiming to be a part of the Rainbow Family to earn others trust and then abuse it. I’d love to personally take you to a proper gathering and have you experience tremendous spiritual joy. But as a sufferer of PTSD myself, I can also understand if you’d be reluctant to do so.
I truly hope you have not been permanently scarred by this horrible experience with these evil imposters. Remember: that which doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger. Hopefully you have a new found strength going forward. Best of luck to you.
I had a friend who got involved with the Rainbow Gathering/Family group. He invited me to check it out as he tried to sell me on it. This was in California. We drove to the location and people just came off as dirty and just interested in drugs. I remember the bad smell coming off people from not bathing or using deodorant. I remember our car getting broken into and some of our stuff was stolen. And, that was all in the first day we were there. I remember just leaving after the car was broken into. Johnny Rotten was right when he said "Never trust a hippy".
Sounds like the Manson family
Some stole my neighbors dogs
As long as you all "work together" to pick up all your trash when your done. Its nice to see peaceful gatherings as long as it is the harming our mother nature.
Ok, Can I just add I went to a local rainbow gathering last year in Oregon.. it was my first and last time I'd ever go to one.
I love nature...I love eco-friendly living.... I went.. and was kinda interested to get away from it all. So I drove from Florida
to Oregon because I had done tons of research and felt, it's climate... it's art scene, nature.. were possibly for me. But,
the Rainbow gathering after a friend of mine talked me into going to... little did I know that the mosquitoes in the woods
are waaaay worse than the one's in Florida...little did I know that some hippies are not all sunshine and rainbows..
It was very unorganized... lazy and parent's yelling at their children. I love the idea of living in nature in seclusion,
but the many flaws of this type of gathering... is lack or common sense. It was mostly a place for people to get high,
and after my first day there I left.. Now before you decide to criticize me, know I have been to other gatherings...with
nature loving, music loving people..such as paralounge in Ocala, FL.. which was one of my favorites to go to.
I'll just say that even hippies can leave tons of waste behind.. not all hippy gatherings are clean.. they leave tons
of excrement and the park rangers have to clean up after them. So please, if you do decide to go to a Rainbow
gathering.. at least CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF.. with that said. peace out.
The underground music festivals on the east coast are the best place to find like minded folks. I know all about the wrong type of fake hippies you mean, some are even very dark in mentality, even dangerous if high and that is totally opposite of the point of that, its like the last place they go is camp to camp sponging everything, and abusing the communal codes. Being a musician in several touring bands throughout the years and playing all types and sizes of festies, i can say you don't need to travel too far to meet real down earthy peeps that do this, and then you can ask where there are local areas that like minded congregate, although there are more permanent and private communes out north west, and in Arizona around Sierra Vista (love that place) but there are also a big scene in the mountains in the Appalachians from smokies to certain counties in VA. Like around the Floyd fest area, it was started by nearby commune members at the inception years ago, the whole area is very yuppie now as ppl has moved there for the experience, with new age hippies and the Original 60s ones side by side walking around the town in tie dyes, its pretty cool to see. Anywhere there is eco businesses everywhere, usually is a sign that there is like minded individuals, i run a solar panel shingle installation company and they're compatible with tesla batteries, there is a lot of similar businesses in these communities and i hope this catches on soon so everyone is off of grid and coal is gone, oil is gone and our planet has a chance to heal its self finally from our abuse from greedy. I've digressed but you've got the point, head into the mountains and ye shall find what ye seeks.
You went to a phish kids Rainbow gathering shitty hippies that lost the true rainbow way rainbow nation gatherings are a lot different
Thanks for your insight
@@shable1436 Thank you for sharing. Any chance you have a website or recommendations on information on solar shingles. My Mother's home is in need of a new roof in Texas soon and can't stand to go with traditional tar/petroleum based shingles that are not energy efficient. *Take Care & Safe Travels!*
@@shable1436 do you have any recommendations? I'm a bit new to all this but am very interested in beginning to connect with like minded people.
Working side by side with the hardest person you’d imagine working with, that’s a great take away. It builds a lot of strength and courage to do that
My bf works for the National forest service... he is an off-the-grid hippie himself. He doesn’t say anything negative about anyone - except the rainbow family. They’ve left so much trash and litter in EVERY forest he’s worked in across the US. They’ve broke the law on numerous occasions, staying longer than is permitted by federal law.
So this sounds like all fun & rainbows - but it looks like a set up like this in the video is meant for longer than 2 weeks ... which is against the law... and makes it harder for our foresters to take care of the forest bc they’re busy cleaning up trash instead of cleaning up brush to mitigate forest fires.
Edit- I see some ppl commenting “who cares about traces from campsites? Cities create so much waste” - my response is this: DO YOUR RESEARCH. The forest service land has been preserved in order to allow everyone to use the land perpetually. It contains some of the last remaining wilderness in the country. It’s been protected so that we -and future generations - can always have a piece of nature to escape from the cities, civilization, and messy culture. It’s not a matter of having a lil litter here and a lil litter there. It’s supposed to be a pristine piece of land as OPPOSED to the cities. In SPITE of the cities. So yea a little bit of litter from this campsite is a bigger deal in the National Forest than in NYC
I’m ALL FOR the rainbow family if they had their commune on private land.
Road To Nomad bunch of autistic hobos
I think your insight is super important and I hope a lot of people read your comment. I want to add that I think we should be mindful of how much threat these protected lands will come under as the conditions of our cities continue to deteriorate. I personally worry that it would be unrealistic to expect that preservation for perpetual future use should be the guiding star for upcoming generations that must face the consequences of their predecessors’ environmental destruction. And accordingly, falling back on the federally protected vs private land distinction doesn’t necessarily work when the rainbows and many others are trying these experimental living arrangements as part of an overall rejection of the systems of political power as well as land stewardship that organize a mainstream American lifestyle and housing
You own the land? Who owns the land? It was stolen thru rape pillage and murder. Now the government creates laws around what they stole from other people...but some how the hippies all the sudden need to follow the rules and be honest,moral and thoughtful.
Perhaps your right maybe they should be cleaner. But the government has created a society that has poisoned and polluted the air and seas and the river and buried trash under thousands of acres of land...Are they polluting properly somehow? look at the society you are defending.so many holes in your logic. You support an imperialistic society that controls people with guns and charges people to live. You do know society's laws are enforced by violence guns and bloodshed.HaHa and you pick out one little thing like trash in a forest and demonize them...Maybe they should all go back to to the 9-5 job and be controlled by your utopian mindeset.
Your society was created thru enforcement, violence,death, and money...you go ahead and support it if you want but this is the only way people can be free in a very minor way...now go back to your job,your probably late for work and might get written up or fired, then you wont be able to pay your rent....embecile.
Wa wa 😢 crybaby. Complainer.most likely it's a do nothing accomplish less lowrent liberal loser. All they ever do is 🍷 wine and 😢 cry about anything and everything. When have you been outside into the country the wilderness. Never. Just relax uptight computer lame.
Hello, I can't disagree with what you said,
They pretend to love nature and all but I didn't see any eco friendly thing done there,
I often go to psychedelic/hippie festivals in Europe, and hippies there don't trash anything,
campsite looks good, lots of beautiful decoration that everyone brings, no trash around, everyone cooking fresh food so not many plastic trash either.
Everything looks actually organised, with running water and every hygiene facilities
(that's why festivals are usually done near or in actual campsites).
Here it almost looks like a hobo community,
They probably shouldn't be thousands in the middle of nowhere without trash bins and running water lol
A hundred is already a lot to manage but tens of thousands...
Done the hippie commune thing, and the reality is very different from the peace loving, live in harmony ideal presented. Some pretty screwed up hateful people pretending to be what they're not, hypocritics.. Like most of humanity if we're honest.
They are more hypocritical than average
I'm in the blessed position to be in a hippie like community that consists of only university students and graduates. This place has mainly shaped how I see hippies but every summer when I wander into other hippie territory I am disappointed. Critical thinking is what people need to pair with this sort of mindset, otherwise you get what you describe. Disingenuous people, hypocrites, people that are ignorant to some of the hard facts of life.
And like you say, this is true for most of humanity.
Thats true Ive met a few of them like that using more than weed as well, pills and just sketchy behavior.
@@thaDjMauz From my experience university students and graduates from social sciences fields are far worse than working class people. If feels like science fields are teaching the opposite of knowledge and wisdom and the students become ideologically possessed, which only leads to conflict - mostly driven by those students' unrealistic expectations, self-righteousness, egotism and laziness.
I've been to some because I was curious.
Always read the positive and negative sides.
Seen it myself.
I think it is utopia.
Human nature never changes
To reflect on some of the other comments about trashing the areas, I absolutely agree with this. I was at a group like this in 1979 with my parents being the music entertainment of their gathering, however, we were surrounded with people on so many drugs and overdosing, the ambulance was making a constant run back and forth to the hospital. There were bunches of them that ended up with STD's afterwards, pregnant and not knowing who the father was because they were free loving, and left the area completely covered in garbage. Another thing that I've noticed at many of the these gatherings throughout the years is that it is more a celebration about not doing a darn thing. There is no contribution to community as in picking up and doing what needs to be done. There are the few of the group that end up supporting the rest that do nothing. More and more over the years it is just a bunch of younger people looking for a way to get out of adulting.
I think a lot of people who want to break away from society are depressed and dysfunctional...Might be why they lack motivation in the long run, after the excitement wears off.
@@acegikm this is called coping in my opinion. Everybody's got to fight the life, if you're not going to that's fine but you would be a coward for not fighting the life
That bit about the few supporting the rest, so true
If you look into it all the people that become hippies have severe trauma and are running away from their problems
"Adulting" - suppressing your natural self in order to work for the man until you're 65. No thanks.
I was thinking of creating a Lord of Flies commune, thanks for the tips.
My uncle was a ranger at bagg bee, in OREGON. For a few good years. He enjoyed when the rainbow committee came through. Said they were very helpful and voulenterired to help clean up the park. On gal gave him a pot leaf earring and they carved it out in his cane , glued it in.
I live off grid with my family and it so beautiful to just enjoy life's little things 💕💕💕💕💕
@mickey mousey123 lol
Any tips on getting started
@@Loveisloveislove2 I'd like to join one that's been established for a while...Wonder if they welcome new ppl.
"Not finding anything - just being given" That's really profound. Nice little film. Good job. Thank you.
I love how a hippie can explain ebs and flows of how everything is connected, but when he explains that people steal his tools he calls it "random events". Hahahs
Ahhh, I see you failed to grasp the deepest of all deep truths, mate. Let me enlighten you: random events of tool theft are a natural part of the flow, when human consciousness sinks to a very low vibe, due to extreme lack of love, moonlight and dreads. It is a part of the process, when conectedness runs low. But as every ebb must naturally end at some point, the tool robbers will either eventually see the light, return the tools they nicked, get hugged, smoke a pipe of reconcilliation and grow dreads themselves, OR they will take the tools and go back to town, to serve some corporate slave and stay in the darkness of greed... Eventually, however, we will all end up wearing tie-dyed rainbow tunics, and making wild love under the Forest Moon. That, my friend, is the true meaning of being conected. Can you see the light? 😂💖💥
@@Amina2544 Well done! This shows that mental enlightenment is also a tool! 👍💡😊
I found a rainbow gathering in Idaho when I was young and I thought about what had happened to the whole idea.
Now I know.
The experience was awesome.
All the most positively different people all together to be living in harmony with each other. I was part of a group of people that went on a hug patrol and reached out to people with a hug. Most awesome experience. Then, almost outta no way, the sky grew dark on the mountainside of the land we’re all enjoying life at the moment. Below us is lightning now, the thunder is what really got people running for cover, and for next 20 minutes we all experienced Mother Nature at her best. The storm was loud and strong, but didn’t last long.
The sun came out and no one was hurt. We all got back to our gathering things and it was something I remembered doing when I was younger.
Wow, to see that it’s still going on, well, tells me that it’s a good thing and should be experienced at least once in a life time...safe journeys
Trust me....inside the hippie world there is more petty bickering and drama than they admit to. It's mostly a world of posers. Drugs, music, and fashion, are the core values of most hippies. The other fluffy stuff they talk about is the first thing to go when times get tough. Truth.
Prove all things!!!
Humans don't need to be deep. Intellectuals love to destroy FUN.
@T hddh dubstep didn't die though, it either evolved to newer artists or you're just listening to trash.
@T hddh I do remember the early 2010's they were exactly as you said. The producers that started (or were already producing) at the time have grown substantially over the years. Productions have gotten bigger and some don't sound like they don't do dubstep anymore, but dubstep ain't dead. Still got Oliverse and Franky Nuts. Riot's touch is midas (EP Dogma Resistance is fire). Shoo, I need to go back and figure out what Excision, Ephxia, and Heavy Delta are doing. Oh, and Gasser! There's way too many I have to catch up with, life got in the way.
@T hddh i just listened to 'They're Coming' & 'Retributor'. Some fire work considering the only ive listened to him was 'Pimpin' back in '13!
My life changed in the early 80's after going to several Rainbow gatherings.
@@elevate7985 To a point.
Great video. I started living out of my 2014 Toyota RAV4 since August 2020 full-time and support my lifestyle with rideshare and deliveries. Thanks
I've been to Gatherings in the past , absolutely if you are open then it will forever change your perspective on reality...highly recommended...my first gathering was 1999 redway Pennsylvania national gathering...also regional in 2000 ocala Florida ...welcome home! We Love You!
3:36 "...when you don't have anything you 'have to do' all of a sudden you want to do way more then you did before."
magic ninja ... and yet, they aren’t really doing anything
@@claytonmillay6019 they're not using money to endorse all the evils going on in the world and they're there to pray for world peace.
@@claytonmillay6019 is anyone really doing a anything?
Interesting quote. If you don't have to do anything, then you don't need to procrastinate, which frees your energy up. I like that.
@@devakikaren Lol....frees your energy up so you can continue do nothing? In Australia we call them "bludgers"....bludging off society, and pretending to "give back", .....by doing nothing....lol!
I was at the very first Rainbow Gathering. Granby, Colorado. 1972. Awesome. I will never forget that wonderful week.
I'm so looking forward to the 50th anniversary gathering next year
loving you family!. you are so strong ad so beautiful. i've seen you (we) do things that verge on miracles. generosity and kindness that still blows my mind even after 3 decades of immersion in that deep pool of unconditional love. when you are touched by the rainbow, something changes within you.. you live in service to a higher purpose. .. mitake ohyasin
For sure!
Loving you!
This is not intended as a criticism of this commune in any way but the largest and longest standing commune on the US is actually The Farm in Summertown TN. I was born and raised there.
What's it like?
I was raised on a commune in West Virginia which was started in the late 60’s and still stands today. I’ve been to these rainbow gatherings and it was a life altering experience. I grew out of it though in my early 20’s.
That's right! I was hoping that someone would say something about that! And Rainbow is not a comune it's a gathering. :-D
Sarah Tree Yes...and that obviously creates a TOTALLY different experience
Jacob DeCoursey Well it is was the only childhood I knew so I didn’t realize how “different” it was until I moved into mainstream culture at about 11
This is a weird dynamic for me, I love all people and wish them nothing but happiness and success yet I can't be around them for too long. It's uncomfortable. Nature is best spent when alone.
That's what they want you to believe. Work and sleep and work and sleep.
@@possum9827people were raised to be sheep slaves in the modern world.
@@simonradyep. It’s painful living in the USA now it’s communist/Natzi. What a horrible society controlled by iPhones and government. Have to get the hell out of that nightmare of the USA.
Time for me too. Enough is enough.
@DAUNTESLETTEBAKI why
This is great. Never knew places like this still exist. I am 68. Love this
thanks for checking it out!
One year from 69
You all make my heart sing and smile so so big I Love you everyone I hope you stay safe and warm I bless you all
I used to do the rainbow circuit. People know what they are doing in that community! People build kitchens and stages on the spot with what is available. They build a kiddie village with play equipment, Leave no trace, you can do workshops- cooking classes, drumming and music lessons, meditation yoga and other spiritual practises, medicine and wild crafting workshops, clowning and dance workshops, building workshops,ect. There are performances and music events. There is a medical tent with dr.s and nurses to assist anyone who needs medical attention, massage tent, shiatsu body work of all kinds. At night there are fires to join and a trading circle that runs day and night whenever people set up things for trade. The national and world gathering are very well run and the elders teach the newbies how to integrate into the community. It’s very well run
I heard it was absolutely horrible. Like a few good people but lots of bad ones. Most hippies I speak to are stupid anyways.
When I was 18 I went to a Rainbow Gathering. I'm 41 now. So I probably ran into this dude. I own my own business now, and have a Family. I would have to say it was Def one of my favorite moments in my life by far. So freeing, so excepted. In one word "BEAUTIFUL". I miss it from time to time. I would Love to take my Daughter some day soon. That would be RAD!
If shes 21 bring her by
Sounds like bad parenting
They are considered as outside bums.. who don’t want to work.. who feels they they have not accept to society & possible mentality health issues.. I just hope no children are living in this poverty environment
@@barthj21 Have you been? Not sure about today. But it would be a cool experience for my kiddo. Again not sure about today. But back ohhhh 23 years ago she would of loved it. And by the way I'm a Christian and so is she. And we are doing awesome in life. Just saying.
@@14Dubblock Understandable, and I agree. Maybe it's not what once was. But I get your point for sure.
Damn, I guess I just dont fit in anywhere, I would be just as uncomfortable around them as I am around the normal people...
I was thinking the same thing. I think RV living is for me.
...search and you will find...
Me too 😂😂 I’m like medium hippie lol
Same here! Community is important, but I don’t think I’ve found mine. And I’m looking up communes just to see... and I’m thinking like that last comment or that I’m only medium hippie.
I think I'll just go live alone in the woods and die like 3 days later. One less human this world has to worry about. Lol
To the person reading this and everyone not reading this, I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT. I FORGIVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT. I BEG YOU TO DO THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT! You are loved and worthyness is only a concept. I love you and you should too! Once you get lost you're on the right path.
Um... ok? Thanks I guess?
Thank you
We love you too
I HATE YOUR FAAAAAAACE!
Love you too❤
Rainbow family of the loving light I traveled with them for a few years when I was young I learned alot of stuff I still use today ps. A camp anarchy camp 4 life also Mississippi mud and harna Krishna camp all good camps that helped me along the way and can't forget welcome home
"when you don't have something you have to do you suddenly want to do way more" on point
That sentiment at the end always pulls me out of the whim to escape to one of these types of places.
"Best to work with the hardest person" because that's how you truly learn to work together.
And so, it makes me think that facing this awkward world is what I would be encouraged to do in the end anyway...
One of the greatest experiences I've had in my lifetime is the rainbow gathering.
In contrary to belief we stayed very clean. And people were very respectful at my tent.
I miss it .I traveled with my baby in the early 1990s and met so much family and fun .Rainbow is Family!!
Ocala national forest, early 90s. It wasn't a world gathering just regional. Was there two weeks. Had the best time ever...:)
Though dirty and lazy people may attend these communes, I was actually impressed with the cook's work ethic and his back story. He understands the importance of having good role models and respect. I am a consertive and applaud his words, prayers, and actions. And though this commune may have some undesirables, I heard no condemnation from him. But what I did here, was his concern for teaching the younger generation values. And really, Jesus was a kind of hippie too. Maybe this conservative will grow my hair long also ! 😀👍
This takes me back. I almost hung out with these guys when they came to my area. I instead spent some time at another hippie commune. I almost gave up my life and became a traveling hippie at one point. Some days I really wish I had.
I remember this rainbow gathering. This was the national rainbow gathering in Wisconsin in 2019. This was one of my favorite gatherings, compared to other rainbow gatherings.
Im pretty sure we were in Georgia. For 2019 nationals
I went to a rainbow gathering in Utah which was incredible, it is one of those things that if you have never personally experienced you have nooooooo clue what it's like. They were people from all over the world, France, Peru, Canada, and so on. People are mostly nude but respectful, and unlike music festivals, they do not shove drugs in your face and are very very very anti-alcohol. The music, culture, and friendships at the rainbow gathering are incredible. It is also great for people who are homeless but do not want to be in the streets. Money is not important at all as kindness and peace. They give food, shelter, and expect nothing in return but love. Call it corny but I call it home.
You had me until you said "Consensual cannibalism " lol
It's actually vegetarian, that dude was joking. Bad joke
@@user-gh8wt2zi2n You don't say??? you must not at all get sarcasm...
you know u are a pot head when you read this as "consensual cannabis"
@@AppalachianSammie Just letting people know.
Like I said at the end "Bad joke" so obviously I knew it was an attempt at humor. Just wasn't really funny
@@user-gh8wt2zi2n oh...it was a joke? damn I was really ready to devour a dozen babies
Welcome home. Is always the most beautiful words i have ever heard. Miss the my family.
I went to this year's gathering and it was mind blowing... Yes, I got lost... But i helped clean up a lot and I miss the rainbow family... Aka my real family
Everybody is exactly different. The diversity is beautiful ❤️ -rhythm
Went to a rainbow family gather South of Salida Colorado in the Spring or Summer of 1999. Got to meet Papa Bear. I dont know if he's still around. I loved it. It was one of the greatest and most beautiful experiences of my life. I will never forget it. And those who know me now would never believe it in 1000 years with my beliefs. But I still have nothing but love and respect for the rainbow family.
I met pappa bear in 2001 by taos, n.m. he moved to Missouri in 2010. Tweakers ran him out of his place outside of taos. I met him at a festival HERE IN Mo. Haven't seen him since, it's now 2024. I think he may have passed on into sleep, . Good guy, enjoyed his company.
I’ve been to Taos, New Mexico and the one in Pennsylvania some years ago. I found everyone friendly and happy and more or less outgoing. No problems or strife anywhere. Mostly just people being happy and living their lives, in a forest along with 20,000 others.
I went to the one in Allegheny National Forest in PA. Also to one in North Carolina...they were both great and I brought home many memories and firsts that I will remember for a lifetime....
I've always wanted to walk around without clothes on. Not if there are children or family members around, though.
That's the way it seems until the acid wears off and you realize you're living with filthy homeless mental patients
Thank you for sharing.
Much Joy, Love, Peace and light. 💫✨💛🌻✨💫
Peace and blessings rainbow family! Keep showing the curious the path to themselves. 💚
Where is this?
Thank you for sharing, went to my first Rainbow Gathering in 1984, outside Likely California, went to my latest outside John Day Oregon 2017
Have you actually ever been to a rainbow gathering I work in the nursing profession for the last 30 years and I didn't find anything disgusting or dirty there I've even brought my grandkids with me nobody's gotten sick we've just had a lot of fun and a lot of friends and got to break bread with a lot of people it is always very peaceful
Well said! Loving you, Rhythm! Thank you for feeding and teaching and laughing and being present and giving sound advice and listening and searching out creative ways to connect with people, and for radiating Love during the meditation for Peace. I see you and appreciate you.
love ya tree lover ;)
Stop diddling the trees
@@ghostofreagan3181 hows that work/? seems you are the only 1 that knows how to do that or even that its possible
@liar fighter of course it is....all the sudden, just like everyone with white skin is a racist......Oh the racism
@@soaringeagle it was a joke, take a valium, cheeez
I was there and learned so much-loved it !!
*I’ve met some of these beautiful souls! Hoping to visit them with my wife, peace and one love* ✌🏾❤️🗺
These people in the comments section is saying that there nasty dirty people but there are really mice people and if they chose to live off grid i respect them for that.
Losers^
@@GraphicArtist115 Loser are the those far right wing domestic terrorists.This guy chooses to live off the grid which is right to do so he not hurting nobody accept your snowflake feelings.
@@Mad-wv6ol why you gotta bring hate twordes people I'm a right leaning hippie ish person I think the left now are sensitive,complaining,hypocritical,lying ,assholes. But notice how I didnt bash you for bieng left wing just chill and notice that political views font matter it's only something people are caught up in bc they grew up in it so no one is a "looser" or anything else bc there views just love mate
In these types of groups, all the less-than-wonderful human traits they claim to be trying to get away from have a way of following them into forest and manifesting there.
That’s why I’d do this life myself
That is absolutely true
Happiest time of my life was living with the Rainbow in Ocala National forest in 1995. Truly the best experience of my life.
PS if you ever go, show up with non perishables and canned goods and any fresh produce to donate the the kitchens. They cook for EVERYONE.
An old dear family friend of me and my wife is an elder in the Rainbow family. He at least is a very down to earth on the level good hearted guy.
‘Everybody is exactly different [...] and everybody is so beautiful’
😂exactly
Not really
I went to Rainbow in '86, on the Harmonic Convergence. In Western Mass. We hung out for awhile, it was cool. Lots of naked people, everyone very friendly and chill, good food. The best thing is that there were a lot of hippies from back in the day. Real hippies. And they set the vibe.
I don't know why, but I get the feeling that drugs are a big part of this "family."
@throathammer1 I mean, probably every drug known to mankind.
the entire counterculture
Definitely are I can speak from experience, The drugs the Rainbow Family does are mostly LSD, magic mushrooms and cannabis. I’ve never seen cocaine or heroin or other dangerous drugs at a gathering
No waaaaaay man! Hippies use drugs, never happen Dude, just ask Cheek and Chong!
Drugs are all over us, just because they’re produced naturally in your brain that doesn’t distinguish them from drugs we can intake. Are you against your own brain?
Omg I remember the rainbow 🌈people came to the Allegheny National Park located in Warren County Pennsylvania, I attended the Many gatherings the had ,it was truly amazing and I met so many different types of people, Doctor, Lawyers, and homeless people, I learned so much from my experiences. I really miss the gatherings, I hope to meet up with them again soon.
What I took away from this video was; "Place no label, where none is needed…". Thank you. I grew just a tiny bit.
“When pain, misery, or anger happen, it is time to look within you, not around you.”
― Sadhguru, Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
I'm pretty sure that's Joaquin Phoenix giving us a preview of his next film.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nah, it's definitely Jason Momoa after he had an existential awakening
lmao
Michael Shannon.
It’s Tom Hanks prepping for Castaway 2
I’ll be there this year too!! The world needs so much collective prayer this year!
It’s like they were trying so hard not to say yeah we smoke a bunch of weed
Ben Grimm aww thanks
Definitely not just weed
Groovy, far out man!
🤷🏽♂️ ok.
@@greenworld966 most likely just wed and a small mix of acid and psychadelics
but they didn't show the garbage this people leave behind.
had volunteered for forest clean up. and witnessed the garbage they left behind.
used needles and used pads, plastics, etc..
i get that they r trying to be positive and all. but i wish they actually try to clean up their own garbage.
battlefield? is What
Well at least the ones I attended, there was a huge cleanup at the end and no one was allowed to leave without taking full trash bags with them. People went from campsite to campsite collecting garbage before the end. There were people waiting at the entrance, with this massive pile of trash bags from the huge cleanup, and they'd make you open your car door and just start tossing in bags. It was everyone's responsible to throw these trash bags out, whether you want to or not. They'd just throw them in, wouldn't take no for an answer. This was about 15 years ago though, don't know how much it's changed since then
I didn't show the trash they left behind because there was none. Impressively, they sent me pictures when they were done cleaning and it looked better than they found it. No more trash, more trees and vegetation, and not a human footprint in sight. Over the next few months the forest will grow in even more.
www.grandforksherald.com/news/3980938-Rehabbing-of-Rainbow-Gathering-national-forest-location-underway
Bullshit, they stayed a few weeks after the "party crowd" left and not only cleaned up the trash but also replanted new seeds... I know, I was there helping...
Only thing that turns me off from living in the woods is my monthly friend..
Dealer?
@@GholaTleilaxu Lol I think she means her monthly menestration period
@@jasminejones9058
Yes lolol
Menstrual cups are a god send
@@theoptimistvibe3678 have two.
Even so lol the washing of it in nature is off putting. Less off putting that some things.. But not sanitary to wash your menstrual cup in river water to put back inside..............
Not to mention when you take it out it's not always that clean lol depending on the persons flow.... I've had easy months and terrible months... The cup is certainly easier but to an extent... It needs to be thoroughly cleaned...
Greetings fellow Earthlings! We are all connected! We all desire to love and be loved. We express this desire in a myriad of ways. Wouldn't it be boring if we were all exactly alike? I LOVE my sisters and brothers and them all. 💜
How to reach out to or visit the next meeting? Looks like i missed the wisconsin one? :(
"I'm bored" is probably the only thing that has never been said at any gathering ever.
@@mullet86 there's regionals all year long all over the lace, some better then others. 9i avoid florida) the annuals in a diferent state each year i think most likely idaho next. but theres 3 or 4 states being considered.. look for fb groups to join.. theres many. world gatherings in siberia, theres international gatherings all around the world, but they are as smal as our regionals
@@soaringeagle i dont have fb anymore.
@@mullet86 welcomehome.org welcomehere.org rainbowgatherings.org etc
we NEED more of us in this crazy unsafe 🌎 there's never enough 💖☮️ and happiness
Thats real! good comment!
I briefly lived in a village very similar to this in Hawaii. A absolutely wonderful and loving experience. Not everyone had the same mentality yet, everyone came together and helped each other when needed. It was a community. I’ve been in love with the idea every since.
I’m sure most of what he said made sense in his head.
I wouldn't be too sure about that, and I mean that in a sincerely vague way😲
Made sense to me too
@@TheSolitary1 and me
@@TheSolitary1 and me
Yeah burnt out hippies love their faux-profound wisdom.
“When you first get here I want you to get lost because you’ll never be lost the same way as you were the first time.”
There’s some deep wisdom in those words
maybe just a lot of fancy bullshit words, when you read the comments that it seems to be mainly an escape without taking care of nature.
Yeah u def get lost it this amount of trash and chaos.
I need to come here! I feel like this is home. Every inch of my body tells me I need to be here
Then go. Follow your intuition.
Rhythm is Tom Hanks in disguise!
Rdub lol cast a way
Lmfao. No sh#t!!😂😂😂
Hope he has a different dentist now. "Wilson!!!"
I was totally getting a Tom Hanks hippy vibe!
Lol omg!! It does look like tom hanks spot on 😂😂
What have I watched to get this as a recommendation video? 🤔
dee lee 😂😂😂😂
Made me lol
@dee lee/. You probably watched Alan Watts
Maybe the homeless epidemic
dee lee 😂 so true! I was wondering that myself as I don’t watch these type of videos....EVER!!!
Hello and namaste good people of Rainbow!!! We are located in Missouri on just 17 acres, but its 17 acres of old forest. We are just getting started here with some Young Bloods and my hope for the future…that every person who ventures onto Cleburne learns to connect with nature, learns that they are important to this planet, learns to leave the politics behind, learns to be about it and not just talk about it, learns to laugh at themselves, learns to value people and nature and that each leaves just a tiny piece of themselves behind if they decide to journey past here. Blessings.
Can u tell me more about it
@@gingy666XD hola! I wish I could tell you that Cleburne opened to the public with full support of all the owners, but one owner became ill so for now plans are on hold. Atm, it is a private park with two tiny houses sitting there among the trees. I am lucky enough to live there full time even tho there is still no running water. Its been cool tho! Maybe one day, some young blood will move here and make trails and carve out a small village. Maybe one day…✌️
I want to run away from society and live off the land like a hippie, I’ve always lived my life as a free wondering spirit but lately I’ve been living my life with a deep depression I often hate my job but I put up with it cause I’m reminded by some of the very attractive women at my job that life is worth living and that you should always chase after your dream and that love is always the answer and worth fighting for, I’ve been locked up twice in my life time and I don’t intend in going back I prefer to live my life far from society and it’s drama
Me too ...
The answer is inside yourself. Instead of blaming the world and those beautiful woman at work who rebuke your advances, ask yourself how you are causing a lot of your situation. Try to change yourself and watch how life and the world appear very different.
@Samí Warrior How does name calling change anything?
Why cant you handle it?
You could do that in Alaska, but you have to come with tools, clothing and a way to provide shelter for yourself till you get established . Find "Alone in the Wilderness" about how a man lived most of his life alone in remote Alaska making everything for himself.
Rythom!!!!!! this is crazy. this video popped up on my " things you may like" and it's you!!!!
This must be the group that the King of the Hill episode was based on.
Do they clean up after themselves now? They have a bad reputation of trashing the beautiful places they say they love so much. The impression I've gotten from rainbow people is they delude themselves that they are following some higher purpose when what they're really doing is just partying.
the leaders do make it a priority to clean up, and at this particular event they left it better than they found it, having planted acres of new brush and new trees.
They clean everything. Hundreds of people stay for over weeks after and remove everything and anything that shouldn't be there.
@Devious Toe So simple minded you are.
You need a
Celestine Prophecy awakening I bet.
One day you will grow up and evolve beyond ego.
Nothing wrong with partying- just be honest and clean after selves.
Exactly. Self-indulgence. Refusal to grow up. A higher purpose is to get out there and make a difference in the world. Invent a medicine. Study science. Cure cancer. You need to be in the world to save it, not in the woods getting high
I heard the young lady say how once you don’t have anything to do then you want to do more. But what if everybody had that attitude then there would be no food and then you die. Life is not about doing what you want just doing what makes you happy but more about you contributing to other people’s happiness. Its called self sacrifice.
Brian Wilmoth i believe that you missed the point of her statement. Not having to do things makes you want to do more, therefore there would be plenty of food. There would be an abundance. I’ve been in a community similar to this where I left the normal world behind. I had no responsibilities and I was so motivated to help out. I gladly stepped up and took on responsibilities, not because I had to but because I wanted to.
I believe you misunderstood the statement.
I’m so speechless. What on earth would we all do without mass consumerism to force us to sit at a desk for 10 hours a day to afford Taco Bell? Hmmm.... like.... maybe drink some stream water and pick some fruit off a free? Lol😂 you’re right, we’d die without self sacrifice. It’s all for the greater good of a shit society.
I believe that you’ve been brainwashed. Life is not about self sacrifice.
Locust Hypnosis seriously! Preach!!!!!!!👌👌👌
The head cook talking about sanitation with loose hair and a cigarette. 🤔
" Cannibalism is okay once it's consensual." 🤔 RUN !!!
"Eat me!" "No, stop, that's not what I meant!"
Yea there eating people
Is that vegan?
I thank she is talking about oral sex
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀
some of the rainbow family were really great when they stayed in skamania county, where im from but others really disrespected the locals, left a mess for our communities to pay to clean up, and one woman was murdered
murdered? I need to know more
@@DOOMbyach www.seattleweekly.com/news/marie-hanson-end-of-the-rainbow/
Marie Hanson
Yeah they came to Michigan once in 2003.... 🤔 💭 definitely not some locals you want to upset here people in Michigan are built a bit different let's just say they never came back afterwards
Finding light in the darkness can mean the difference between monotonous good and a glimpse of greatness.
Much Respect to you Kitchen Leader
Pardon the expression I don't know your name but I respect what you guys are doing and of course people make a place and you always going to have issues but I respect what you're doing and what you're trying to accomplish and accomplishing daily
You can`t judge all rainbow people from this video.I have met some truly positive,inspirational people through rainbow gatherings.People who tread lightly on the land are not afraid of hard work and communicate positively with their children and one another.
A lot of close minded comments on here just focusing on the bad.All life is Yin and Yang.Where there is bad there is also good.
Agreed
Sharing whatever for a short amount of time per year is very different than what "commune" actually means, which is an intentional community-as in people live there. I know a lot of these folks have day jobs...It's fun for a week or two, but after that it's an incredible amount of work and takes maturity and responsibility to live in true community.
Next level up from being homeless!
Lmao!!!
I think the difference here is it’s by choice, homelessness isn’t usually a choice.
I miss rainbow gatherings, I used to go back in the 90’s (1992,1993, 1994) I need to get back ! Miss everyone 💙🙏🏻🧡
Colorado 2022
I’ll pass on that ... They’re the type to steal your 8 ball and than help you try and find it ...
Well, that's a wee bit judgemental!
nah cuz ur actually so right :o
I think you have them confused with crackheads in the city
@@angeladansie4378 an addict's an addict, no matter where they live.
Coming from a crack'head i bet...
I've been organizing and throwing a Veterans camp trip for over twenty years successfully now, and after watching this, I see we definitely have the whole community and group peace and fun and straight up cleanliness and organizational thing locked. This is like a sloppy alter ego to our trips, and our trips are a lot of fun.....and if anyone ever did get out of hand, which no-one ever has, we are all former military and know how to control those persons and situations in a snap. Good luck to all those going to this Rainbow Fest, we'll stick with our Camo Campout.
Remember, only those who have trained for war and seen those horrors, will ever really know what peace really means and appreciate and respect it accordingly.
Word to that, I love the hippie culture, but it's too soft, too liberal, they're so blind usually. Stay safe fight the good fight God bless.
I'm a vet as well, do you have a website?
ahahahah, so to understand people you need to commit violence? yeah man. Sounds great.
@@sirwahthemonke No...not at all....never said commit...just control it so fun can be had by all.
I'm 71, and would love to feed my senior years. I love to create and work with my hands.
Go join them, I'm certain they will welcome you! They will probably invite you to dinner, you ever been a main course before! Remember, it has to be consensual!
They would eat you alive, maybe literally.
Thank you beautiful angel for this masterpiece 🌼☮️
I’d work side-by-side with everyone doing whatever I could to help if I could be around some chill people that could help me learn to love myself as much as I love and care for others. You lose that self-love in this mainstream society.
Drink more!
It’ll happen.😳
You’re living in a fantasy world, in life all you got is yourself , and thinking these low life’s got something beautiful that you’re missing , is very sad. Yes society sucks but the dirty things these people allow in they’re lives in trade of a mediocre life in. Normal society is beyond sick. You know giving kids lsd and letting them run off with adults ... you didn’t read that in the tour book did you. Stick too you’re life maybe try mdma at a nice music festival will give you what u need
jay B Thanks for presuming you know anything about my life. That’s definitely a quality in a person that makes me think I am going to take any advice from them. 🙄 I have never understood a person who thinks they have the best advice for someone they don’t know at all. And sadly there are so many pricks like you in the world.
I would love to share some things with you.
Island Mike Yeah, I'm definetly triggered when someone I don't know make assumptions about me. And aww! Thank you. I am beautiful and unique.