RaVeR MaNiFeSTo
Our emotional state
is ecstasy.
Our nourishment of choice is love.
Our addiction of choice is technology.
Our religion of choice is music.
Our currency of choice is knowledge.
Our politics of choice is none.
Our society of choice is utopian.
You may hate us.
You may dismiss us.
You may misunderstand us.
You may be unaware that we exist.
We can only hope you do not care
to judge us because we would never judge you.
We are no criminals.
We are not disillusioned.
We are not drug addicts.
We are not naïve children.
We are one massive, global, tribal
village that transcends man-made law, physical geography, and
time itself.
We are The Massive: One Massive.
We were first drawn by the sound. From far away
the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mother's
heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical
wiring. We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat,
dampness, and darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all
the same. We came to accept that we are all equal. Not only to
the darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming
into us and passing through our souls: and somewhere around 35Hz,
we could feel the hand of God at our backs pushing us forward,
pushing us to push ourselves to strengthen our minds, bodies,
and spirits. Pushing us to turn to the person beside us to join
hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt
from creating this magical bubble that can, for one evening, protect
us from the horrors, atrocities and pollution of the outside world.
It is in that very instant with these very realizations that each
of us is truly born. We continue to pack ourselves into clubs,
warehouses, or buildings you've abandoned and left for naught,
and we bring life to them for one night; strong, throbbing, vibrant
life in its purest, most intense, most hedonistic form. In these
makeshift soaves, we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty
for a future you have been unable to stabilize and secure for
us. We seek to relinquish our inhibitions and free ourselves from
the shackles and restraints that you've put on us for your own
peace of mind.
We seek to re-write the programming that you have
tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born. Programming
telling us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to stuff
ourselves with the nearest most convinant pigeonhole possible.
Programming that even tells us to climb the ladders, jump through
the hoops, and run through the mazes for you. Programming that
tells us to eat from the silver spoon that you are trying to feed
us with, instead of nourishing ourselves with our own capable
hands. Programming that tells us to close our minds, instead of
opening them!
Until the sun raises to burn our eyes by revealing
the distorted reality of the world you've created for us, we dance
fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life,
of our culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace,
Love, Freedom,
Tolerance, Unity,
Harmony, Expression,
Responsibility, and Respect.
Our Enemy of choice
is ignorance.
Our weapon of choice is information.
Our crime of choice is breaking
and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in our
place to stop us from celebrating our existence.
But know that while you may shut down any given
party, on any given night, in ant given city, in any given country
or continent on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down
the entire party. You don't have access to that switch no matter
what you think.
The Music will never stop
- The Heartbeat with never fade -
The Party will never end.
I am a Raver, and this is my Manifesto.
P ~ L
~ U ~ R
KaNDe KoRNeR