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Experiment

General Questions

Baking Soda is dandruff control. Baking Soda rinses are one thing (and I do love them) but anytime you wash you could use some baking soda in your formula to control dandruff and itchies. That should do it regardless of temp.My formula: 20oz bottle1 part bronners12 parts water1/3 cup baking soda2 drops lavendar oil(optional and when I use oils I use the scent free bronners)

Cutting Dreadlocks???

Life Issues Facing Dreads

Happy Trumpeting then little brother!Have fun and keep your head up. Any decision made out of love can't be wrong. Apollo said:

thank's my friend i really do know where your trying to put this and i thank soo much!
i know its a marching band but its something that i love a lot. and what i do in it,which is play the trumpet is something i just love. Giving up my dreadlocks is HUGE for me they have been apart of me for such a long time i have seen them grow long and strong! Everyday i wondered when they would ever get to the length they are today? Everyone i know know's me for my dreadlocks. They loved them and i did have those people who said there rude things. That never got to me though


But this is a step in my life im "never" ever going to forget and i really love the support im getting from you

thank you so much

Apollo

Didjeridurian said:

If we allow these philistine authoritarians to steal our individuality, we are reinforcing their delusions and making it harder for the next generation. We must take advantage of these opportunities to create the world that we want to be a part of instead of compromising our birthright only to play in a game that we can't win.
Nature makes no duplicates. Duplicates are MANufactured by the manipulative suppression of nature. Freedom is real and natural and oppression is a creation of the mind, a delusion. The more "uniform" this world becomes the further we are taken from nature. When we lose sight of nature we are open to the delusion of oppression. If we allow ourselves to experience nature in every aspect of our lives we will never lose our sense of natural freedom, and oppression will exist only as a great cosmic joke.
Every great freedom movement in this age began with groups of people who came together for a common idea, but each person expressed their interpretation of that idea in a unique way. The individual expression of the same inherent idea provided all the power of that movement.
In order for the powers that be to squash that movement they used the media to, very subtly, begin giving a label and a set of absolute characteristics to these groups and all members thereof.
The result was that any new comers to the movement were trained to take on a certain set of characteristics and appearances and in so doing created a sort of "uniform" for that movement. Once the movement became saturated with this absolute defenition, this uniform, it lost all of its power and eventually became exploited as a "trend" before anyone even knew what happened.
Pay close attention to your actions in this world. When you choose to break out of the box, don't get fooled into stepping into just a larger box with cleaner glass.

Do what you need to do Apollo. As I said before I fully support YOUR decision. But I can not support a decision that someone else has made and that you carried out.
As someone already said, it is just hair, it is not you. With that i fully agree. If someone decides that THEY don;t want that anymore, then by all means... However, when the decision is made to satisfy a completely ARBITRARY dictation that perpetuates a system of Fascist control, I must protest.
I understand that it is ONLY a school marching band. But we need to seize the opportunities to crush the little snowballs instead of waiting for them to become an avalanche that is finally big enough for our attention, but now seemingly impossible for us to stop.

updated by @didjeridurian: 07/23/15 01:55:40AM

Cutting Dreadlocks???

Life Issues Facing Dreads

If we allow these philistine authoritarians to steal our individuality, we are reinforcing their delusions and making it harder for the next generation. We must take advantage of these opportunities to create the world that we want to be a part of instead of compromising our birthright only to play in a game that we can't win.Nature makes no duplicates. Duplicates are MANufactured by the manipulative suppression of nature. Freedom is real and natural and oppression is a creation of the mind, a delusion. The more "uniform" this world becomes the further we are taken from nature. When we lose sight of nature we are open to the delusion of oppression. If we allow ourselves to experience nature in every aspect of our lives we will never lose our sense of natural freedom, and oppression will exist only as a great cosmic joke.Every great freedom movement in this age began with groups of people who came together for a common idea, but each person expressed their interpretation of that idea in a unique way. The individual expression of the same inherent idea provided all the power of that movement.In order for the powers that be to squash that movement they used the media to, very subtly, begin giving a label and a set of absolute characteristics to these groups and all members thereof.The result was that any new comers to the movement were trained to take on a certain set of characteristics and appearances and in so doing created a sort of "uniform" for that movement. Once the movement became saturated with this absolute defenition, this uniform, it lost all of its power and eventually became exploited as a "trend" before anyone even knew what happened.Pay close attention to your actions in this world. When you choose to break out of the box, don't get fooled into stepping into just a larger box with cleaner glass.Do what you need to do Apollo. As I said before I fully support YOUR decision. But I can not support a decision that someone else has made and that you carried out.As someone already said, it is just hair, it is not you. With that i fully agree. If someone decides that THEY don;t want that anymore, then by all means... However, when the decision is made to satisfy a completely ARBITRARY dictation that perpetuates a system of Fascist control, I must protest.I understand that it is ONLY a school marching band. But we need to seize the opportunities to crush the little snowballs instead of waiting for them to become an avalanche that is finally big enough for our attention, but now seemingly impossible for us to stop.

Cutting Dreadlocks???

Life Issues Facing Dreads

This reminds me of the employment situation. When people are forced to cut their dreads becasue they do not conform to the idea of what is socially acceptable in the workplace.When someone says they can't get a job because no one will hire them, the answer is simple...Hire Yourself! Start a business and become your own boss.I know its not easy and sometimes its just downright difficult.I'll be honest my business is hurting right now and sometimes I see the people gettin weekly paychecks and catch myself in a bit of envy. But at the end of the day, I am in a position where no one can tell me what to do in order to make my living in this life. To me that is worth more than the false sense of security of some "steady job".In this case, it seems marching band is something you are really into. Thats awesome, however think about WHY it is so important. I guarantee that when you seriously answer that question, you can satisfy that desire on your own accord without conforming to some facist organization like what our schools have become.I know a girl who actually organized a marching band of her own that is totally independent. It was tough for her and it took a while but look at the rewards.Break out of the system and find your god given liberty...by any means necessaryAll power to YOU my brother

Cutting Dreadlocks???

Life Issues Facing Dreads

Marching band or no marching band, it sounds like conformity. Thats the point of uniforms isn't it? To squash individuality?Im with Mr. Kraken, tell them this is who you are and if they want you they take you without condition and make it work.The military uses uniforms and haircuts too break people of their sense of self and individuality. Sounds like its trickling all the way down into the schools.Stand up brother.But if you do really feel you need to cut them FOR YOU...then I support YOUR decision.

Do dreadlocks actually turn hard or stiff?

General Questions

I have never ever seen hard locks unless that person used lots of wax. Every single person I know who kept the crap out of their hair and kept them clean, has nice soft locks. They do get a bit more rigid than normal soft hair but thats just becasue of the knots. I am sure the rock hard locks are from wax or poor hygiene.My friend dan has had natty locks for like 8 years and his hair is really soft. Its like taking a bunch of soft cotton strings and twisting the all together. They get a little more rgiid but they stay just as soft as they were when they were individual.

Dreadlocks and Bob Marley and Rasta

History and Religious Significance

I don't think it is about Bob Marley at all to be honest. I think it is just another case of controlled classification. The pop-nihilistic mainstream tries to put free thinking people into labeled groups in an effort to minimize their individual effect on society.Its essentially just a blatant abuse of the associative property... You have dreadlocks- Bob Marley had dreadlocks- Bob marley is rasta and smoked weed- you must be rasta and smoke weed...Its the simple minded, fear based, control mechanisms that people use to try to make everything "ordinary"by classifying everything into pre-determined labels. It robs people of all of their uniqe individual characterisitics by programing prejudicial responses into the collective.Characteristics are characteristics and the unique combination of every single solitary characteristic are what makes a person who they are. Being that their are a seemingly infinite number of characteristics to a person, it would be impossible to realistically classify any group of people and any attempt to do so is futile and counterproductive.Some people might say that we are thinking too much into this, however, I strongly believe that the more aware we become of the seemingly small aspects of social interaction like this, the closer we will come to healing our broken society. Being aware of these small things that we can easily change, will heal the bigger issues that are symptomatic of these day to day occurrences. Chuck R said:

Who doesn't love Bob Marley? Take it as a compliment.

Fiend Jester said:

I can't stand it either. My dad used to call me "Rasta" a while ago, but he soon realized that it was annoying. I also hate when some ghetto kids say "Yo, you like Lil Wayne junior". All I can really say "Nah, not really" Also, today I was wearing my Jimi Hendrix shirt and 2 Bob Marley related things happened.

Someone at a career fair today went up to me and asked "Where did you get that Hendrix shirt?" I replied "I got this from the Spencers in the local mall" So, she said "Thanks, my son wanted one of those shirts. Isn't that the store where they sell Bob Marley shirts?" I didn't want to be rude and go IM NOT A RASTAFARIAN OKAY so all I said was "Hmm.. I think they have a few."

Then later, one of my classmates said to me "Nice shirt, it would look better if Bob Marley was on it." He knows I joke around with the fact that I have dreads so I said back "Haha, I don't think so. That would mean I'd be wearing a shirt with a picture of myself on it."

It used to bother me, but now I just shrug it off or turn it into a joke.

Dreadlocks and Bob Marley and Rasta

History and Religious Significance

Truth brother,If you dig into the accounts of the ancient egyptians, you will find that they too allowed their hair to lock. In fact most early civilizations whose encounters were recorded were described as having "snakes for hair" or something to that effect. Of course no one was calling them dreadlocks then. lol AliveAsTheDead said:

hahaha...more cultures besides rastafarianism have had dreads, so it's silly when people say that. Not all dreadlock wearing people like weed, but I am a proud regular basis smoker. People get dreads for all sorts of reasons, but you must admit, it is funny to think that more than one of the cultures associated with dreads smoke weed...from rastas to sadhus!

Dreadlocks and Bob Marley and Rasta

History and Religious Significance

right there with ya!I LOVE bob Marley for his free thinking philosophies but I am anything but a rasta. To me worshipping Haile Selassie as a messiah is no less idolotrous and misleading than what the Christians have done with Christ. These people throughout history like Jesus, Selassie, Buddha,etc. were just examples of our human potential. We need to stop worshipping them (its not what they really wanted. Just ask Jesus how that worked out for him lol) and follow their example to realize our own limitless potential as beacons of vibrant love and joy. No one man could possibly be my god. My god is in nature, in me, in you, it is all that is. I do not mean to offend any rastafarians or christians for that matter. These are just the opinions I have derived from my own insights and intuitive seeking.Anyway, it just goes right along with my problem with labels. I am sure we all remember the famous "hippie"debate. lol.Dont call me a hippie, dont call me a rasta, dont call me anything other than me. We are all far too beautifully unique to be classified.

lock love from unlocked people

Dread Maintenance

Nah bro let her play.as long as she isn't doing anything like deliberate rubbing or anyhting nothing will happen to disrupt the process. If anyhting it will help. Touching hair stimulates folicles and assists growth. Also moving them around gently will help knots form. If your dreads stay in one place and dont move around they wil never lock.And dont forget the intention she is sharing with you and your hair. Love makes everything grow and flourish. Its healthy for both of you...actually all 3 of you; you her and your hair.Love all day however you can get it and give it!