I'll probably refine this many times before I give up raving - if I give it up. Raving, to me, all starts with unity. It's hard for me to lay it out in stone, but never before have I seen a single place where people of any race, religion, sexual orientation, age, or physical or mental state could come together for the sake of positive human co-existance. This goes for any number of organizations of any kind today. I mentioned it a bit earlier, but the second part of raving comes with respect.
Raves are all about respecting each other and everyone's personal beliefs.
However, these beliefs are left at the door. I try my best to respect everyone and the area I'm in. That includes keeping a place clean to show that we're not here to stay up all night and destroy a place for the sake of a good time. At the same time, ravers respect the choices each of us make in life. Through many discussions both on and off-line, many people have commented on other raver's lack of respect for them because they'll be hassled for drugs, or they'll see some poor kid mentally freaking out.