In different countries, today like yesteryear, members of the indigenous community go ‘walkabout’ which is a white mans term for disappearing and leaving behind, for a period of time, the structure of society.
Indigenous people who do this are regarded negatively by white man, who believe that by going walkabout the indigenous person is avoiding the responsibility of their life which must be led within the confines of societal structure.
The indigenous person cannot understand why white man allows their freedom to be stripped from them, causing them to live within the structure of their society. The indigenous person cannot understand the lack of adventure in the white man.
The indigenous person wants to have an adventure in nature, learning by their experiences daily and returning only when they feel they have learned enough for now. The only structure the indigenous person needs is the structure nature provides.
The white an wants to teach the indigenous person of their accountability to time and societal structure. The indigenous person wants to teach the white man nothing, they just want to be allowed to have adventures, to learn from nature and to be a whole person.
From my guide Crazy Horse through Ian Rogers Director Sphinx Spiritual
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