An interactive interview with Hippie3. The man behind topia.

[Sidestreet Getaway]

So, you keep approaching this subject.... what about your 20s??? As a younger person I'd love to know.

[spacecake]

Hi Hippie ,I have some simple questions...

Do you have more hobby's beside's psychedelics and bikes etc. ?
What is your favorite time of the day ?

[Glasshopper]

1.) Aside from the obvious of dealling with A-holes & burnout, what has ben the toughest part of running this site?
2.) What are is the biggest boon & bane from being a net "star"? (Don't be coy now you know you are )
3.) If (god forbid) you died tonight, what would you regret more: that witch you have done or that which you have not done?
4.) How did you get so damm funny? (some of those responces on the first page of this thread had me rolling, yet there was real wisdom there. A hard balance to achieve)

[Hippie3]

Originally Posted by Glasshopper

1.) Aside from the obvious of dealling with A-holes & burnout, what has ben the toughest part of running this site?...

that's easy to answer,
it's saying goodbye
to people i've come to know and care about.
************************************

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright and when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice, but still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.

[Hippie3]

Originally Posted by spacecake

...
What is your favorite time of the day ?

that's hard to answer
but my least favorite time of day
would be about 2 PM until about 5 PM,
i seem to need a siesta about then.
about the same for 2 AM 'till 5 AM,
sleepy time.
the rest of the time
i'm pretty much ready to play hard.

[nabu]

okay, there's like 5 pages of this to get through, so I'm probably being redundant here, but hey, you're an old Hippy, right?

my question:

Have you read Prometheus Rising or any other works by Robert Anton Wilson, and what are your thoughts on RAW?

thnx.

off to go catch up now.

X_x

[Hippie3]

no, haven't read RAW
although i understand that he was
intelligent funny clever original irreverent,
a real freak.

[chimp]

First time I've seen this thread..gotta say that I appreciate your candid responses H3. Your good people IMO. Probably won't meet ya in person in this life but we may have met in one prior. If not, maybe the next or one thereafter.

[nabu]

Prometheus Rising PDF

I would highly recommend reading this book.

it's soaked in awesomesauce.

my favorite part- "What the Thinker thinks, the Prover proves"

srsly tho- the hippy movement isn't dead, it's just taking a really long weed nap.

[hyphaenation]

Can you see a time where there is a possibility of "reconciliation" between the likes of yourself and Roger Rabbit or Professor F ?

[eternalfrost]

wow read this whole thing all 5 pages, nice thread!

so Hip, you speak of seeing/believing in 'God' or ultimate good, do you also believe there to be a 'devil' or ultimate evil?

you sound like you would be more into the idea that the 'god' you were describing is the great-big-everything and that Good and Evil would be basically umbrella-ed by this and just part of The Play which is existance. or am I putting words into your mouth? heh

[Hippie3]

no, i don't believe in a devil, i.e. absolute evil incarnate.
i don't even see god as absolute "GOOD" because
good & evil are human terms
and often are a matter of perspective,
we think something is good, evil
but we don't have all the facts, the implications, ramifications-
sometimes what appears good
is evil
and what appears evil has a good purpose in a larger view.

[Hippie3]

Originally Posted by hyphaenation

Can you see a time where there is a possibility of "reconciliation" between the likes of yourself and Roger Rabbit or Professor F ?

as far as i know i'm already on decent terms with pf himself although we'll never be good friends for many reasons.
as for RR
it's likely we'll eventually reach a detente
but it'll be awhile,
he still thinks he can dictate to me
and treat me like a nobody.
once he learns some respect
then he'll be ready.

[hyphaenation]

as far as i know i'm already on decent terms with PF himself although we'll never be good friends for many reasons.
as for RR
it's likely we'll eventually reach a detente
but it'll be awhile,
he still thinks he can dictate to me
and treat me like a nobody.
once he learns some respect
then he'll be ready.

Thanks for the candid honesty...

[moondust]

Originally Posted by hippie3

What part of you do you think it is that seeks out confrontation? As a casual observer, I see you go after your enemies like a doberman.

experience has taught me that one must fully resolve an issue,
one cannot safely just turn their back
to their enemy and walk away.
for me
the critical point comes when
i determine that someone is indeed
my enemy,
not just pissed off but out to get me,
and persistant.
see,
if they just sting me once or twice
if the wound is minor
i might shine it on
as there are better things to do
than waste my energy swatting every flea that bites me.
but when i see an enemy that means to do me serious harm and persists at it
then my mind makes the decision
that here is my enemy.
so i then do my best to neutralize the threat
forever.
i'm not talking murder.
i'm just talking about removing their fangs,
pulling their claws,
weakening them by going after the assets
until they are impotent,
willing but yet unable to harm me.
i hit back so hard that they see the wisdom in leaving me alone.
i'm open to repentance and apology,
if an enemy has had enough
and chooses a different path.
but until that happens
my enemy is my enemy.
life is ruthless
and so am i if wronged.
maybe it's the irish mixing with the german in my blood, or maybe it's because i've had a pretty hard life and had to fight and claw my way just to get anywhere.
i am what i am,
and i can accept that.


(Message edited by admin on December 06, 2004)

Dear Hippie3 good to e-meet you, I know exactly what you mean, about persistant ennemies and must commend you for the good fight you have waged, these s_ _ of B_ _ _ _ _ s just never give up, it' s like they' re payed hourly to harass, I' ve seen enough of it first hand, and one has to see it to beleive it.

I recently came across a book from 1994 that was long due, " cause stalking " by David Arthur Lawson, a private investigator in Florida, a must read if you are in North America, Japan, Germany, Belgium, GB or Italy and a couple others

The book is a master piece ( exept for the author' s opinion on patriots, I guess patriots aren' t all made equal, I forgive him ) because he' s discribing a little known phenomena to a tea, about how the thought police torments the innocent these days, to a tea, how do I know ?

I just finished fleing Canada because I helped a European TI there under attack, that' s all I should say.
I am now in the Nederlands.

I can only reccoment this book, if you are experiencing that type of thing, lots of good advice.

Despite it all , I keep clear of paranoia by surrounding myself with trusted friends, dwelling in my memories of liquid unity, petting cats and dogs and keep a vigil on my thoughts, so thank you kindly for this website man, it' s yours to stay, you' ve earned it, I was really touched by the members salvaging it while you were " out ", good to be here, like a homecoming, hugs moondust

[youphoric]

Originally Posted by hippie3

What led you to creating this Website..?

another long story.
basically i created it
because i kept getting
tossed off all the other websites.

I'm reading an old thread and likely there are other replies to this extent, but thank you for your perseverance. The internet is a bastard like that (I have strange stories of IRC takeovers on #catholic from my previous life). I've turned to mycotopia since my beginning as a source of unbiased, non-commercial scientific information. Thank you Hip.

[Hippie3]

you're welcome, friend.

[jjaa27]

Originally Posted by xxxsevxxx

hippie
I find a lot of us here at topia have a past with the HARD Drugs , and a lot of us while looking for a safer less selfdestructive allternitive to these came across the wonders of mushies and other true hulcnigenic drugs . And in finding the mushies found areself and god . that inturn helped stop the selfdestructive BS that comes with the hard drugs.
later VII

you just put into words what i didn't even know what i was doing!

THANK YOU!

[Ras Asad]

WoW man!! ....................

I dun even know what to say..........
I respected you before hip, but now... I respect the shit outta you. lol
wow man, talk about similarities and what not, holy crap.
I couldnt even fathom up a ? right now if I wanted to... & I kinda want to. lol
You freekin Rock Hip3, jeezzzz... Ras

[Hippie3]

thx

you, too.

[Ras Asad]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

thx

you, too.

I think..............Im..........in.......love...... ......lmaoooo,
nah but for real, Ive come to the conclusion that your one of the greatest dudes ever to hit this www thing.

ok, so if I may...........n I havent medicated yet today so bare with me if this is gay or whatever.....lol

ok, Hippie3~
1~ Have you ever read anything on the ancient sumerian tablets that have been found and translated?? and if so. what are your thoughts on them??
Also..if I may one more....Im sure youve heard or read about 'planet X', aka nibiru......
what are your thoughts on that?
and have you ever read 'slave species of god'? or the god code??

I find I dont ask many ppl about these things, most look at me like Im on a permanent mushroom trip or something... and you may as well......lol..but I find I only ask these things to ppl who I feel really know what theyre talking about, or whom I respect enough to be ok with an answer I dont like. lol.... Thanks man, You rock hippie3!!

ohh, do you remember what all you were doing when you were in your late twenties? Like what kinda life you lead back then?

[GanjaGuru]

Originally Posted by hippie3

You mentioned that one time you met God , face to face , during an intense trip . Could you share the details with us ?

that was my eye-opening,
my first real vision.
at some point in time
my soul left my body and began to travel thru
time and space...
i came back
and here i am.

that experience is fucking incredible, almost made me cry

[epilectric]

2 questions:

which of the two standard psychedelics have you found to be more beneficial, regarding creativity, enhanced rhetorics, abstract thinking and overall improvement of life, lsd or mushrooms?

and, is that you on your avatar?

[Hippie3]

shrooms have done more for me
but then again i can't grow LSD.

[Hippie3]

do you remember what all you were doing when you were in your late twenties? Like what kinda life you lead back then?

yeah,
i was on the run,
a fugitive from justice
facing 10 years in prison,
living under false identities
as i moved from state to state.

i lived in texas, california
made my living selling dope, hustling women,
buying / selling stolen goods, etc.
pretty much a low-life, by my own current standards.

[epilectric]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

shrooms have done more for me

have you got the time and the motivation to explain that into further detail?
in what way have they done more for you?
what did they do, that LSD couldn't?
what did LSD do, that shrooms couldn't?
would be nice, if you could explain it a little

[Ras Asad]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

yeah,
i was on the run,
a fugitive from justice
facing 10 years in prison,
living under false identities
as i moved from state to state.

i lived in texas, california
made my living selling dope, hustling women,
buying / selling stolen goods, etc.
pretty much a low-life, by my own current standards.

Damn bro, sorry to hear ya had to live like that for a bit....but I bet it played a nice part in who you are today...

I think tough times like that are what builds the most character. Also Im sure it included alot of alone time whcih can also help a man find who he is. I dunno, whatever it did for ya, it made ya the dude you are now, so ................... Thanks for that mate
Bless, Ras

[livewire420]

Originally Posted by hippie3

You mentioned that one time you met God , face to face , during an intense trip . Could you share the details with us ?

that was my eye-opening,
my first real vision.
i ran into a friend
who knew a friend with some hash.
i wanted some
so my friend took me
to see his friend.
as we set there bullshitting,
checking out the hash
[which was good, btw]
he pulled out a big fat bag of shrooms.
so i said
'hey man, i'd like some of those, too.'
so i ended up buying an ounce of each,
dried cubensis and blond lebanese.
i hadn't seen either in quite a long time
so i was naturally pleased
and went home to celebrate.

i ate about 14 dry grams [1/2 ounce] of the shrooms
and also injested about 3 grams of the hash
[ate it too.]
i had this old audio cassette tape of some hindu chants
and another cassette called 'planet drum'
by mickey hart.
i set up my double tape deck to play one after the other and then repeat,
so the music would last all night.
i turned on some mood lighting,
lit some incense
turned off the phone,
bared the doors, closed the curtains
and laid down on my couch,
just listening to the chants and the drums.

at some point in time
my soul left my body and began to travel thru
time and space,
there was an 'angellic' [for lack of a better word] being that acted as my 'guide',
and it showed me many things and revealed many secret truths to me.
much of what i learned
the 'angel' told me to never reveal,
and told me no one would believe me anyway,
that i'd only hurt myself if i tried to tell.
so it locked away a large portion of my memory from my conscious access to protect me.
but i still remember many things
that it said were ok to talk about
although still no one would believe me.

it showed me the entire history of the human race,
it took me back to when life began as some slime on a rock,
and for a million years i lived the life of that slimy rock.
then it began to take me thru a series of incarnations
as various lifeforms as life evolved.
to borrow a phrase, it showed me a brief history of time.

i saw all my ancestors stretched out like a railroad into the past,
and i saw their abject misery
and heard the cries of a billion lost souls who had suffered in life.
it showed me that we were living in slavery,
but one day we would be free.

as time continued to unfold before my eyes
it began showing me the future,
my own personal destiny as well as that of the universe itself.
i discovered that before i was even born
the things that would eventually kill me
had already been set in motion,
that my death had always been part of my destiny
and there was nothing to fear.

i saw that life and the universe as we know it is an illusion,
just patterns of energy dancing before the eye of god.
i saw that the purpose of the universe
was to become The Greatest Story Ever Told
that life was drama
and we are actors playing a part,
with each of us having our unique thing to do.

i saw that some people play bit parts,
making a brief appearance and die young
or remain a part of the faceless masses,
the audience that watches this drama
being acted out across the time-space matrix.
i saw that some people had leading roles,
and i saw that each of got to take turns
playing out each and every role over time,
re-living life in the same vessel so that
each of us knew what it felt like to be a king,
a beggarman, a thief, a cripple, a woman, a child,
good, evil, wise, foolish,
a proud father, a grieving mother, a widow, a slave, etc.
we played each role
so we could understand that part of the drama fully.
so we could see for ourselves what was right
and what was wrong,
life was an education,
it teaches us.

the bibles have it all wrong,
god doesn't make up rules and shove them down our throats,
he lets each of us live and learn so we can discover why
it is better to be good than to be evil, why one should not murder,
why one should not chase after false gods, etc.
i saw that some religions had come close to the truth
but not one was really right,
the truth was much greater than they thought-
for we are actually what they claim jesus was,
we are god become flesh,
a splinter of the universal conciousness
that will soon return from whence it came,
to be reunited as one but yet many.

i could not stand to look directly into the light that surrounded god,
it was far too bright
but i saw from a distance what looked like a halo
around a star
but as i got closer i realized that the halo was actually billions of 'angels' dancing around the light of god
and they were singing to him their love and admiration.
and i could see the world
and its' problems and so could the 'angels'.

and i saw angel after angel coming before god
and pleading for him to send them back
so they could help the people of the world.
even though they knew that to become flesh
was to endure agony and death
but their love was so great
that they leaped at the chance to suffer for others.
and so they threw themselves into the world and became flesh,
entering the world as a baby
to help work out the plan of god here.

i saw pure love,
it radiated from god like
sunshine, i could feel its' soothing warmth
and knew then how utterly safe i was.
and then my guide told me that i had to go back,
just as i saw the angels doing,
and that i had some work to do.
that god would always be at my side.
and so
i came back
and here i am.

(Message edited by admin on December 06, 2004)

[kyo]

[coastalite]

OK, while NOT on any drugs, have you ever seen a UFO or had any type of paranormal experience?

[Hippie3]

i've seen some very odd things, which i can't explain ,
life's little mysteries.
blips in the matrix.
one of the strangest events
involved a goldfish in a sealed aquarium
that simply vanished overnight without any trace nor clue.
there was NO way out of the tank, sealed tight as a drum.
yet the fish vanished.
i just shake my head at such events and go on,
not much point in dwelling on what cannot be explained.
and yeah, sure, i've seen lights in the sky
and thought i saw more once but it was so brief
maybe i was just day-dreaming or having a seizure.
i dunno...

[Ras Asad]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

i've seen some very odd things, which i can't explain ,
life's little mysteries.
blips in the matrix.
one of the strangest events
involved a goldfish in a sealed aquarium
that simply vanished overnight without any trace nor clue.
there was NO way out of the tank, sealed tight as a drum.
yet the fish vanished.
i just shake my head at such events and go on,
not much point in dwelling on what cannot be explained.
and yeah, sure, i've seen lights in the sky
and thought i saw more once but it was so brief
maybe i was just day-dreaming or having a seizure.
i dunno...

That goldfish thing is interesting Hip.
I too had a werid experience with goldfish once....but they didnt dissapear, they kinda came out of nowhere.....

I was like 16 or 17 years old
and I had just moved out to my dads house cuz I was getting into too much trouble back home....
It was only me and my dad there, and he had just had back surgery and was cooped up in bed.........
So he asked me to do some yard work for him and I did.. until it started POURING rain like crazyy..... so I stopped for the day as it was almost dark out.... and it rained for the rest of the night..
Mind you.. My dad lives waaayyy out in the country.. cant even see his driveway from the road, and no neighbors........
I woke up about 7 am..... and went out to the garage to get the weed whacker out..... and my dad had a small kiddie pool in his backyard for my little sister when she would visit.

ANYWHO......... I got outside, got ready to start doin more yardwork....
and I shit you not... there was a handful of small goldfish in the pool.. all alive and swimming around....... I was dumbfounded, so I went in to tell my dad cuz he couldnt get out of bed.... and he started getting pissed at me thinking I was fucking with him or something. so I got a small drinking glass... scooped one up, and took in to show him.. he still thought I was fucking with him..... nothing I said made him believe it......
so i think it was a few weeks later, and he and I were outback working on the garage or something.......... and right on the side of the garage.. laying right under the bean trellis... were 2 dead goldfish almost completely decomposed except for a tiny bit of dry flesh and some tiny fish bones........... to which my dad said..... " hmm, maybe they did fall from the sky drew" ... I ask him about it every couple years or so, and all he says anymore is " I dont doubt anything anymore buddy" lol
I still think about it and tell ppl about it to this day... and Im still just as dumbfounded as they day it happened... fawkin nuts man.

sorry to add this in yer thread hip.. jus like to hear your thoughts on it.??

[ReverendRevival]

WOW. I mean seriously I can't even explain.
If more people who ran sites thought like you 99.9 percent of the internet wouldn't be garbage. The way you used raising a child to describe the progression and future developments of this site is nothing less than poetry. Much respect.
|Rev.

[Gorfydded]

Fuck it. You know everyone comes up with their own interpretation, of life, society etc. Some are smart and some are dumb, so be it. Hippie3 seems to have an opinion about stuff, as a lot of other folks do. I am in no position to criticize anyone personally, but I wonder about folks who make online forums etc. Not because I'm against it, in fact I have learned quite a bit from forums etc. I suppose It is a stupid question. Sharing knowledge makes me think of Promitheus. Why? I have gained much info and I thank all of you. So my question is, "What is your fascinstion with shrooms etc?( I myself am obssesed.) What about gourmet fungi? and Howdy Doody time. I
mean no offence, but I figure I could understand more if I know more about some other persons obsession. I find myself dreaming and watching fungus all day long. Maybe there should be an Shroom/annon, lol. Anyhow thanks and good luck with the family.

[Hippie3]

Prometheus gave us fire, stolen from the gods.
perhaps that's as good as any rationale for why
i built Topia.

[DarkLestor]

hmmm?

so what ever happined to hippie1 and hippie2?

does somewhere a hippie4 hide out?

[scientia]

The first 2 were EVIL and had to be destroyed.

[DarkLestor]

[ZED]

Have you ever thought abt live in Brazil? :?)

[Hippie3]

not really, i'm ok here.

[ernestro]

"...and i saw that each of got to take turns
playing out each and every role over time,
re-living life in the same vessel so that
each of us knew what it felt like to be a king,
a beggarman, a thief, a cripple, a woman, a child,
good, evil, wise, foolish,
a proud father, a grieving mother, a widow, a slave, etc.
we played each role"

Damn! this rang a belllllllllllllll in my head. Its the very same thing i used to believe-know-accept when i was a little younger. before i got into the process of becoming an "normal adult". before i was presented with all the "outdoor" distractions which eventually succeded to distract myself from myself.
...but the route of life has changed. And i am thankful. so now i am trying to "distract myself from my self-distraction" (quoting my dear friend)...

everybody living everybody's life. sounds like something to do with quantum whatever heheh...entanglement.



ok i gotta ask something, since i'm posting in this thread:

-do you read a lot?
-do you like Seinfeld?
-what is/are the last christmas present(s) you got/gave?

[seedlessstinky1]

??????????Do you prefer indica or sativa dominant plants??????

[boatsoup]

I've been creeping this forum for a long time now, never felt I had anything important to add or had any questions that weren't already answered. But I have come to see you as a very wise and interesting person, one who I wish I could have known personally in the short amount of time that I've been here on this earth. I wanted to ask you, what would be the one lesson that you would like people to learn from you?

[Jordan86]

I really quite like being presented with positive thoughts even if I'm not always a positive person myself.

What's the most positive thing you can think of to say concerning this life, our role, and the universe itself? Kind of vague, but if you could run with this. I suppose you think it's all going to work out, there is some kind of good order to this, and that it's beautiful.

[Cornfield]

glad this was dug up!

can you describe a terrifying trip you have had?

do you ever pray?

do you believe in "soul mates", if so is your wife your soul mate?

[bobdolerson]

Diggin' up an old thread....

If you had some overall life advice for a 20 year old, what would it be?

[Hippie3]

learn how to take care of yourself
and
learn to control your various appetites.

[steeq]

Awesome thread, I've read the whole thing. Hippie, your story is inspirational.

What are the reasons that you have used mushrooms in your life? What do you gain from the experience?

[eatyualive]

i don't know about you, but ive got some harsh words for hip.


supercake!

http://forums.mycotopia.net/attachme...upercake-1.jpg

how bout them apples? them supercake apples. can't beat that!

[Hippie3]