Meditating in 1997

And then out of the blue, I moved to Poland to witness the Solidarity Movement, 
another hippie type revolution but without hippies. Later, I found that hippies in 
Poland (spelled "hipis" in Polish) were different from other hippies elsewhere in 
Europe. So, I didn't get to know too many hippies in Poland. Even today, Polish 
hippies are tied to the Roman Catholic Church and right wing political parties. 
Though, that is changing now. Hippies in Poland took the worst hard drugs, 
shared nationalist worldviews and supported G.W. Bush in the 21st century. 
During the Cold War era, Communists feared that the hippie revolutionary 
movement would spread in the Soviet Block; esp. in Poland. So, they tried to 
have control over it before it reached their part of the world in the mid 1960s. 

Between the Winter of 1989 and the Summer of 1990, Poland abolished 
Communism and the Berlin Wall fell. That was the end of Communism and 
Soviet rule over many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. It was a wonderful 
time of great expectations and joy. After that, Poland and former East Germany 
joined the European Union. In the 21st century, At the turn of the 21st century, 
Poles gave their full support to G.W. Bush and took folks like me for some kind of 
black sheep. So, I turned to Yoga, did a lot of meditating and studied of the Hindu 
Veda scriptures at that time. 

During the campaign for the 2004 Presidential election, I organized the one and only
official John Kerry for President meetups in Poland and found that Democrats had 
absolutely no supporters in the country at that time. Everyone, including hippies in 
Poland supported G.W. Bush. That was a truly odd experience. Yes, it was bad! So, 
Polish hippies in Poland are a totally different bread, if you know what I mean. That's 
also why I don't like being confused with hippies in Poland or hippies from Poland; 
though now I live in Poland. But that's another story...