The biggest attraction of Ibiza is perhaps the sixties feeling of Love, Peace and Happiness. Because despite the rising prices of real estate and restaurants, the island remains a popular destination. Of course life on Ibiza is skyrocketing, but as long as there are people who want to pay 160 euros for two sun loungers, the price will not be adjusted. Okay, a frikandel speciaal for 10.20 is a bit excessive, but they are still in great demand. Just like the Dutch bitterballen by the way.
So what is the secret of Ibiza that keeps you coming back here? Is it the music? I did not really consciously experience the hippie era. My generation was musical aware in between Iron Butterfly (In a gadda da Vida) and the Jackson Five. I only knew Woodstock and Flower Power from LP covers and I would have liked to see Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Deep Purple play live. But I did not grow up with it.
When I got into music, American rap was all the rage, but so was funk and jazz rock. Despite that, music from the sixties always felt familiar and somehow ‘safe’. In a world that has been turned upside down, that’s a logical reason to still listen to it. When The Mama and The Papa’s sing ‘California Dreaming’, it’s as if all the daily misery fades into the background.
Funny or coincidental, this is the music that you hear (almost) everywhere on Ibiza. If there’s a performance by old rockers, the entire repertoire comes along and young and old dance to music from the sixties. Not just the Mama’s and The Papa’s, but also Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, The Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Bob Marley and The Doors. Thanks to Ibiza, our children are now also crazy about this music, so it has proven to be timeless.
The secret of Ibiza. And why it’s so addictive to come back.
The love for Ibiza also has to do with energy, of course. Ibiza is actually a kind of Lourdes in the Mediterranean; we all go there with positive thoughts. And if you all think positive, you will get that vibe in your sensors as soon as you land.
Visual marking on our subconscious also plays a role in the attraction of Ibiza. You come across the words Love everywhere. And Peace. And Happiness. Then think of that experiment by the Japanese Masaru Emoto. He showed that words and music can influence the structure of water. With a simple microscope you can test this yourself. Just take two bottles of water and write on one bottle ‘Love, Peace, Happiness’. On the other bottle write the words ‘Hate, War, Evil’. In no time the structure of the water changes; the positive creates beautiful equal shapes and the negative destroys everything.
If you now realize that our body consists of about 50-65% water you will also understand why Ibiza has such a positive influence on your body and your feelings. Happiness has no budget and that is why the whiners can keep complaining about everything. But the true seekers of happiness simply buy a house on Ibiza. Because you will always be happy on Ibiza. And stay happy.
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