What is Wisdom’s Walk?
It is an attempt to capture small nuggets of truth, from all my meetings and journeys in the world, from all amazing people that I have met. And all those small nuggets of truth are with a focus on how we can get out of the Matrix.
So, what do I mean with the Matrix?
As a Sociologist I have an understanding of our society (norms, guidelines, rules, discourses etc.) as a structure framing us - or even forming, forcing and adjusting us. Which of course makes all societies having slightly different kinds of matrix, since it is in some way a wide difference being born, brought up and living in for instance Gambia compared with being born, brought up and living in Sweden. (These two countries I will probably compare quite often, since I have invested much time and energy in both countries.)
And how and why getting out of the Matrix?
Well, one (shallow) reason would be that it creates much freedom for you as an individual to realize that all must-do and must-not-do in that country you happen to be born, brought up and live in doesn’t have to be “the truth”. This is fairly easy to realize when you visit another country, slightly different from your own country, and you think to yourself that “this way of doing that, is quite nice”… Two-hour-lunch-breaks would be one example, that simply doesn’t exist in Sweden - ever. (But it probably should, both during nice summer days and horrible winter days.)
Another deeper reason might be that when we realize that the whole system (talking in terms of economical and political system controlling the whole world is destructive and needs to change) we want and need to break free in all ways possible (which might be tricky, if you for instance have a full-time-job, lots of debts with children, obligations etc.). I think the epidemic of corona made a lot of people think more about what is true and what is not true, concerning all the things we are told from our governments. If you want more deeper insights of current system vs “new heaven on earth”, which I will probably quite stubbornly keep on calling it, there are so many references, and even though I will of course also talk about it here, I will give you some links: Charles Eisenstein, Russel Brand, Sacha Stone (Lazarus initiative) and also alternative media as Gaia or Ickonic (with of course David Icke).
And what about the photo?
Well. During my first visit to Gambia, me and my daughter experienced blackout just some days after our coming there (blackouts are quite normal, due to for instance need of refilling oil in tanke for producing electricity … yes, oil and not solar power in one of the sunniest countries ever, in Africa, this is just one thing that really needs a good discussion but it will not be in this blog). Since the evenings and nights in Gambia is dark dark black (in general, lack of street lights etc.) and again, blackout, we stood a bit scared outside our house in Banjul. A bit scared, because we saw NOTHING. Small flares of lights from for instance phones did NOTHING to our western-spoiled eyes always used to all the light we want, when we want it. However, it was obvious that all Gambians were doing quite good. They were used to it, and could walk around more freely than we - the white people pressing up against the wall. Suddenly my daughter shouted, and I immediately turned on my phone and turned to her. A little girl came to my daughter and took her hand. I guess, as to comfort my daughter, sensing that she was a bit scared.
And this is just one example of what I love with Gambia (and some other countries I visit too). The innocent expression of care and love, especially from the children, which is quite far from many children I meet in Sweden, that has already started to adapt to a “mature” way of behaving, where joy, anger or love in some way should be a little restricted or limited or controlled (that is, to be a little more mature). Due to, of course amongst other things, social media where images and videos that small children probably shouldn’t see, have made them believe that “cool” children just don’t show feelings that openly anymore. I just love this photo, because after I took the photo, she kept holding my daughter’s hand until the light came back. Then she went back to her friends and continued to play with them.