About Us: Testimonials

"Will we let them kill our Gaian Mind? Will we bow down before the Prison Mind? Will we let them footnote us in the backlog of the gulag's dumps? The Gaian Mind screams out from within us all, cries every time a tree is felled, more land developed, more people enslaved to the machine.

The Gaian Mind Collective are daring pioneers showing the future of life lived in harmony with Gaian Mind ... creativity making DIY punk rock festivities and restoring instincts ... I wish this would become a wave ... no, I go beyond wish ... I invoke, I conjure, I pray, I spell-cast ... the tribal to possess the Dispossessed, a wave beyond measure, restoring us to the earth's prosperity and each other's naked arms, rather than the State of Permanent Quarantine...

...These people have a Holy Sincerity. Their sincerity and passion is so refreshingly honest, and it is precisely what is needed to heal a world and a population bogged down in irony, cynicism, and resigned sophistication. It is therefore holy because of its healing power. They are not scared, like most people in fact really are, to very simply and honestly state what they want in the world, and then to go for it. They don't begin with the idea that it's impossible, they don't accept that they're already defeated, as so many of us do. They create, they communicate, and they put forth their vision, and far from being naive, it is powerful and direct. They speak with clarity, humility, and a faithfulness towards their own true desires, and the community of the earth itself, the Gaian Mind. How many of us have such faith towards our deepest desires? They are not embarassed, and they are not guilty of infidelity towards their own soul, as so many of us are. They inspire me. They inspire me to be more real, more direct, more honest, more communicative. I wish them all luck, success, and honor!"

-Unleash

"The Gaian Mind Collective has become an oppurtunity for us to experience a lot of great things. My band Civil Disgust has been (and continues to be) supported by the G.M.C. heavily by helping us get shows with well known bands that we wouldn't have been able to play with had it not been for the G.M.C. We have been offered rides to places that in the past would be hard to get to. Our equipment has been taken to quite a few shows out of the kindness of a fellow G.M.C. members heart. A used drum set was available at a time where we needed drum equipment, silk screening tools were given to us not only for us to sell but also to produce artwork for the G.M.C. to sell at benefit shows. In general the Gaian Mind Collective has really been a big help and we continue to do all we can to give back, because that's the reason for the G.M.C., to give back to the community."

-Jessica Valenzuela and Chris Castro

"The G.M.C. gave me a bike that I now use everyday to get to school and band practice. I go to school and have no money so getting this bike helped a lot, I wouldn't have been able to get one on my own."
-Dave Yogi

"For many years I have been dealing with a severely dysfunctional family in a way that was very detrimental to my health. It got to an unbearable point and so I sought out help from the G.M.C. because of that I have been coping with all of the stressful things in my life in a healthy way and I have never been happier. Thank you so much."

-Chalrene Nollau

"Just wanted to say - I LOVE love love the work you guys are doing!"

-Sadie from Natural Me!

"Wow I miss going to the Gaian on Saturday mornings. It was so fun and way educational. I would love to start one out here in Florida."

-Citrus

"I think what u guys are doing is f*****n incredible. Im glad to see that the true spirit of the punk movement continues to florish. i would love to be apart of what u guys are doing, ive been loookin for something like this to contribute to." -Mok

"The gaian mind will succeed!" -TLEILAXUCORE

"What you guys are doing is simply spectacular I would love to be apart of what your doing in any way. The vegan pot lucks sound awsome and the art and music you guys create is great I hope all is going well

-The Mad Hatter

"What a great time on the beach. I look forward to more bonfires, drums and dancing in the future."

-Tracy

"My new family."

-Martin

"I am so glad I finally got to see the space in person. You guys are doing amazing stuff! I left inspired! I'll try and get you some book donations soon. Abrazos!"

-Chimatli

"I never forget you Em and the wonderful things you all do at the Gaian Mind. I'm amazed."

-Lorena

"Hey you guys, well I'm dying cause I haven't been able to go out there for the whole month and it's lame and I miss everyone but hopefully next Sat. I'll be able to go! Peace and much love"

-Jesse

"It's nice to know that there are still some pro-active people in this world. I really love what you guys are doing."

-Evan

"Thank you for letting me do some spoken word for you last Friday! The Gaian Mind is my home away from home! The food is great too! Cheers"

-Blake T. Honeytwin

"The video is cool to watch & see what's really going on... I am proud of you all for living like this!!! Peace & positivity forever!

-The Tleilaxu Music Machine

"I just watched your video brochure and you guys are f***ing awesome. It's great to know that there are people like you guys out there still. If I ever come out to the west coast, I'll definitely be stopping by to pay a visit. You guys are awesome, stay true to what you're doing, it's beautiful!"

-Jesska

"I had fun at the DIY benefit show, you guys should put on another one some time. Learning to make paper was awesome, thank you for that new skill. I’m going to try to make it to the Vegan potluck some Friday." -Derek