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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.71,0:00:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Portuguese): The enchanting and\Nhospitable capital of Minas Gerais.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.79,0:00:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.16,0:00:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the first thing that\NI wanted to say is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.63,0:00:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I am speaking about my story
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.57,0:00:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you really want to be listening
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.24,0:00:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not for the story of Christopher Howe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.17,0:00:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because my story isn't unique to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.44,0:00:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the story of many people,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.13,0:00:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people that I've encountered\Nalong my travels, along my journeys
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.22,0:00:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's a universal story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.58,0:00:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It' s a story about all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.18,0:00:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It' s a story about what's possible
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.59,0:00:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of us when we're willing\Nto take a great risk,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.42,0:00:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're willing to step outside\Nof our comfort zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.13,0:01:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of what we already know
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.20,0:01:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into what is unknown, into a place\Nthat might not be safe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.17,0:01:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the benefit of other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.01,0:01:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the story of my life\Nfor the past few years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.79,0:01:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll begin because like\Nsomebody said earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.46,0:01:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these stories of our lives don't really\Nhave a beginning or an end
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.23,0:01:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we need some place to start.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.79,0:01:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'll start when I was living \Nin Germany back in 2004
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.32,0:01:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had a great life, I was \Na high school teacher, in Germany,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.03,0:01:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time\Nthere were certain things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.27,0:01:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going on in my life that were not so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.43,0:01:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the middle of a divorce,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.67,0:01:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had two children that I loved dearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.36,0:01:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was in a depressed place.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.25,0:01:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had recently graduated\Nfrom university,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.85,0:01:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a degree in History
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.71,0:01:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and another degree in Biology.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.49,0:02:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was depressed in a way because
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.21,0:02:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during school I realized\Nthat things like the Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.33,0:02:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sacred texts were written by man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.24,0:02:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought that somehow God\Nwasn't involved in the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.23,0:02:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I became disillusioned with religion
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.13,0:02:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with spirituality for a few years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.32,0:02:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until I found it again when \NI was living in Germany,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.85,0:02:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a friend introduced me to\Na book by Paulo Coelho,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.66,0:02:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who many of you know,\Nwho wrote the book "The Alchemist".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.59,0:02:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this book reminded me\Nof something inside of myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.48,0:02:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that I had forgotten,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.93,0:02:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that was part of who I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.38,0:02:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about being on the spiritual path.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.57,0:02:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I remembered my deep love
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.79,0:02:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in college\Nfor the country of Ethiopia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.46,0:02:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how much I wanted to go there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.48,0:03:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I was seventeen years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.04,0:03:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after reading the "The Alchemist",
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.08,0:03:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to buy a plane ticket to Ethiopia.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.96,0:03:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although it's too expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.32,0:03:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have enough money to get there\Nso I flew instead to Kenya.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.76,0:03:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on my way to Ethiopia\Nthrough Kenya,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.96,0:03:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met two film producers\Non a very remote island
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.57,0:03:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,near the coast of Somalia.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.51,0:03:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these film producers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.01,0:03:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're special film producers indeed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.38,0:03:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they produced the movies\N"American Psycho" and "Virgin Suicides",
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.60,0:03:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you guys have seen \Nthese movies here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.32,0:03:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they took me into their house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.54,0:03:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started working for them\Nas a writer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.21,0:03:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developing the script for\Na Paulo Coelho adaptation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.57,0:03:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "Veronica Decides to Die".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.46,0:03:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's very interesting, one of the first\Nlessons that I've learned
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.32,0:04:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was when we take these\Ngreat leaps of faith
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.44,0:04:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go on our journeys to go\Ntowards our destiny,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.61,0:04:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how all the right people arrive\Njust at the right times
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.96,0:04:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we need them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.04,0:04:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I met these people\Nright in this moment
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.71,0:04:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I lived with them for about\Ntwo months in Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.04,0:04:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they went back\Nto Los Angeles
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.88,0:04:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I continued on my way\Nto Ethiopia where I didn't
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.85,0:04:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessarily find what it was\Nthat I was looking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.67,0:04:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've gone into this great journey\Nto this other country
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.26,0:04:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go some place else,\Nand I didn't find it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.43,0:04:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not quite sure what it was\Nthat I was looking for in that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.66,0:04:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it wasn't there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.92,0:04:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ended up back in Germany
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.88,0:04:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my friends from Kenya,\Nthe film producers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.28,0:04:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called me and asked me to come
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.63,0:04:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finishing developing\Nthe script for them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.71,0:04:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Los Angeles,\N"Veronica Decides to Die".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.49,0:04:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I flew out to Los Angeles\Nand we finished the script
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.66,0:04:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they went back to Africa and I stayed\Nfor four months
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.16,0:04:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a beautiful home,\Nright on the Venice Beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.57,0:05:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a house designed by Frank Gehry,\Nit was beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.80,0:05:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They came back and their manager quit,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.96,0:05:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I stepped right into his position
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.79,0:05:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started managing film companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.59,0:05:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that I'd never done before,\NI had no idea how to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.62,0:05:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've much respect\Nfor all the people producing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.04,0:05:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this event because I know\Nwhat goes into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.71,0:05:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put me into a very nice house\Nin the Los Angeles hills
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.70,0:05:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where I lived for the next year.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.10,0:05:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My children came to live with me as well
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.11,0:05:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at some point during that time
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.46,0:05:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had my children go back\Nto live with their mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.04,0:05:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were very young and I thought\Nthey needed to be with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.03,0:05:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they went to live with their mother
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.18,0:05:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about a month later I was in the\Nmountains above Los Angeles
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.43,0:05:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a very strange thing happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.36,0:05:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the middle of a ceremony,\Nand as part of the ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.72,0:06:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a point for meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.14,0:06:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very zen like in this\Nmeditation where
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.56,0:06:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you clear the mind of all your thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.84,0:06:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the best way to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.04,0:06:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by just allowing whatever\Nis there to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.63,0:06:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not to add meaning\Nto the thoughts that come
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.02,0:06:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into your mind, alright?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.08,0:06:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To get to this place of silence
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.09,0:06:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of simple being and presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.54,0:06:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I was there inside of the ceremony,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.71,0:06:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of this meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.76,0:06:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went into a visionary state.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.53,0:06:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This might sound crazy,\Nit sounds crazy to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.30,0:06:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the case was I went into\Nthis visionary state
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.38,0:06:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I saw myself walking\Nfrom Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.88,0:06:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first through the deserts\Nof Northern Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.71,0:06:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just walking by myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.88,0:06:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simply with time alone\Nand with time with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.12,0:07:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the next scene I saw\Nmyself walking through
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.39,0:07:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mountains of the\NSierra Madre in Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.73,0:07:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being helped by people along the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.53,0:07:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized as I was walking that I was
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.54,0:07:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of this vision\Nand that I shouldn't
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.71,0:07:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be having it, that I should\Nsomehow stop it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.29,0:07:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was crazy, it was nuts\Nthere was no way
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.16,0:07:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to be walking through Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.17,0:07:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I stopped it and I returned\Nback to the place
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.01,0:07:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I was and I went back\Ninto my meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.79,0:07:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as soon as I did that\NI was transported
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.76,0:07:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back into this vision where again\NI was walking
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.56,0:07:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the mountains of Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.82,0:07:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Guatemala,\Nthrough the forest of Panama,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.88,0:07:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Colombia, Ecuador,\Nthrough Peru ending up
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.93,0:07:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually in this place in the middle\Nof the Amazon forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.81,0:07:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I going through\Nthis journey in my vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.22,0:07:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept cutting it off.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.94,0:07:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saying: "No, this is crazy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.92,0:07:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to do this,\Nthis is nuts", right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.39,0:07:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I decided at some point\Nthat I was going to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.73,0:08:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just allow this vision to be,\Njust allow it to have that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.53,0:08:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I came into the ceremony,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.33,0:08:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I prayed, I was looking for something\Nto set me back on my spiritual path.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.72,0:08:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I asked God just to be of service.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.06,0:08:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized during this vision,\Nthat this vision was the answer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.98,0:08:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my prayer to be of service.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.51,0:08:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't quite sure how yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.97,0:08:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took it on that this was something\Nthat was actually possible, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.76,0:08:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is something that you guys\Nwant to hear, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.88,0:08:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we have an idea for a project,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.42,0:08:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we have an idea for a place\Nin our communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.12,0:08:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our lives when\Nwe can make a difference,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.03,0:08:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oftentimes, the first thing\Nthat comes to us
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.43,0:08:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the borders, the blocks, the barriers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.90,0:08:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, I can't do that, that's not me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.90,0:08:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I'm not a scientist,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.34,0:08:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe I'm not a film maker,\Nmaybe I'm not this or that".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.00,0:08:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We put all these borders\Nand limitations on what it is
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.74,0:09:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can do, none of them\Nare true, ok?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.29,0:09:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who you are is that anything is\Npossible in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.02,0:09:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can make a big difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.85,0:09:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just one person, especially\Nwhen it's in contribution
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.54,0:09:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the world around you and\Nthat's the metaphor
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.38,0:09:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what it was that I was about to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.04,0:09:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first step after taking it on,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.04,0:09:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saying that this\Nis indeed possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.04,0:09:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ok I'll look at this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.96,0:09:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that I had to tell people about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.24,0:09:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to make a verbal declaration
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.57,0:09:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was walking to Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.24,0:09:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had to tell my bosses,\NI had to tell my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.88,0:09:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to tell my family\Nthat I'm actually leaving
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.54,0:09:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this mansion that I lived in Los Angeles
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.78,0:09:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to live\Nlike a vagabond.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.29,0:09:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.87,0:09:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And didn't even know\Nhow I was going to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.15,0:09:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no plan, no plan, none.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.03,0:09:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just that I was doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.53,0:09:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for the next two weeks\NI was very excited,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.88,0:10:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling people about this\Nnew possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.54,0:10:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was available for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.10,0:10:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that was so crazy\Nthat I couldn't have sat down and thought:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.48,0:10:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is what I'm going to do,\Nthis makes a lot of sense", right?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.63,0:10:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made no sense at all and that\Nwas kind of the beauty of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.68,0:10:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two weeks later there was\Nanother ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.02,0:10:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to the ceremony\Npraying, asking for guidance
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.46,0:10:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had no idea\Nwhat I was doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.67,0:10:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again I saw another vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.26,0:10:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the second of this series,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.80,0:10:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where, again this is going to sound crazy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.46,0:10:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I saw a vision of Mary in the sky
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.19,0:10:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the sea of Cortez.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.52,0:10:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she didn't say anything to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.04,0:10:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But only her hands were like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.51,0:10:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw myself handing out\Nblank pieces of paper
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.04,0:10:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the people that I met on the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.75,0:10:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who wrote down,\Nwhatever they wanted to write.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.59,0:10:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wrote down prayers,\Nto complete their past.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.59,0:11:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a perfect moment\Nwith a perfect stranger,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.33,0:11:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone who they didn't know
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.20,0:11:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with whom they didn't have to pretend.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.31,0:11:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they could just be\Ntotally honest with.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.77,0:11:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that they can finish the past
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.54,0:11:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can see into the future
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.91,0:11:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this expanded horizon where\Nthere were no limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.35,0:11:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't dragging a limited past\Nbased on what they know.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.39,0:11:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe those experiences were good,\Nmaybe they weren't,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.86,0:11:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we're still just going based\Nin what it is that we know
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.04,0:11:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're just going to keep creating more\Nof that into the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.38,0:11:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you can clear your past,\Neven if it's just momentarily,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.40,0:11:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look fresh into the horizon,\Nwithout limitations,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.57,0:11:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see what's possible there and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.91,0:11:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of fear or trying to make it,\Nor just survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.28,0:11:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, survival is a game\Nthat we all loose, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.21,0:11:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ultimately, we're all\Ngoing to loose it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.52,0:12:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you can get over your\Nfear of death,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.04,0:12:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most other things like public speaking\Nfor example,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.38,0:12:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that most people are very afraid of,\Nmyself included,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.48,0:12:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are irrational fears
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.04,0:12:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's very easy and very simple
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.80,0:12:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take a step out\Nand just to go through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.55,0:12:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, courage is the\Nart of having fear
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.88,0:12:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but doing it anyway, alright?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.78,0:12:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you're going to have all these fears,\Nall these blocks
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.35,0:12:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about why you can't do the things\Nthat you want to do
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.32,0:12:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do it anyway, be who you are\Nin contribution to the people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.08,0:12:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around you and to your communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.33,0:12:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, once I said yes to this project,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.04,0:12:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything started lining up perfectly.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.57,0:12:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought again that:\N"Ok, I can make it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.04,0:12:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to do this on my own."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.91,0:12:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course that doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.91,0:12:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's no fun to like make it like:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.96,0:13:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm going to do this. I'm going to force\Nmy way through the Amazon forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.86,0:13:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To Brazil."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.65,0:13:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That just doesn't happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.02,0:13:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But naturally, once I declared this,\Nall the pieces started
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.15,0:13:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aligning themselves perfectly,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.24,0:13:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collaborating towards my reaching my goal\Ndeep in the Amazon.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.83,0:13:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, soon after I met a filmmaker,\Nhis name was Mikki Willis,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.82,0:13:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Elevate Films, who decided to promote\Nmy project through a documentary
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.70,0:13:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the plan was we were going to raise
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.43,0:13:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 thousand dollars that would\Nfund my trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.35,0:13:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was great, it was a platform\Nkind of like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.79,0:13:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was able to speak my project
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.71,0:13:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the problem was\Nwe only made 800 dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.38,0:13:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.29,0:13:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I didn't know how I was going to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.73,0:13:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, I did it anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.33,0:13:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm very grateful for Mikki Willis
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.54,0:13:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for Elevate Films for giving me\Nthe mouthpiece because this is
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.38,0:13:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most important thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.75,0:14:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to share what you're going to do
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.44,0:14:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you have to do it, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.25,0:14:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it does no good to have an idea sitting
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.75,0:14:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up here if you're not sharing it
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.59,0:14:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is one of the reasons\Nwhy I love TED,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.71,0:14:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're sharing these ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.54,0:14:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also you have to take a step.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.32,0:14:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it than you can today
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.28,0:14:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn these dreams,\Nthese visions into reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.69,0:14:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to really encourage\Nall of you to be able to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.29,0:14:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my project what it symbolized in part
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.47,0:14:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the possibility of people getting clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.21,0:14:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of people removing\Nthe confines of the past
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.84,0:14:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be able to step into a future
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.84,0:14:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was limitless and free.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.92,0:14:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to able to see through\Nthis person walking
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.49,0:14:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this gringo that if he can walk\Nfrom Los Angeles to Brazil
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.59,0:14:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what else is possible for me\Nin my life? Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.04,0:14:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, anything is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.01,0:15:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So of course the journey is fraught,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.30,0:15:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is filled with temptations,\Nwith breakdowns,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.54,0:15:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anytime we're on the road of life
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.66,0:15:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for sure we're going to have flat tires,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.87,0:15:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the car is going to break down,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.47,0:15:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to feel sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.25,0:15:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A great mentor of mine\Nonce said,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.10,0:15:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't know if the joke\Nwill carry here in Brazil
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.69,0:15:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, sometimes, you just don't feel\Nlike doing something,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.97,0:15:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you said you were\Ngoing to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.52,0:15:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you just don't feel like it right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.73,0:15:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, in California we have a lot\Nof Mexican food or Tex Mex food.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.29,0:15:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have this thing\Ncalled a burrito.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.14,0:15:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which, sometimes they're\Nnot always so good, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.67,0:15:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said something once,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.96,0:15:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, my feelings can change\Nwith a bad burrito." Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.58,0:15:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I really going to let this stop,\Nwhat it is that I'm up to in life, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.16,0:15:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you're feeling scared\Nor feeling these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.82,0:15:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue to be up to it,\Nno matter what.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.69,0:15:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the idea, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.53,0:16:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, also this is the art of\Nwriting down your prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.39,0:16:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or write whatever it was, even atheists\Ntook advantage of this project
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.51,0:16:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were writing down stuff, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.45,0:16:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a cathartic opportunity for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.41,0:16:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea is that when you give your word
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.25,0:16:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is your promise, your promessa, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.15,0:16:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the art of catholic pilgrimage.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.26,0:16:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You give your word to something
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.71,0:16:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you do it, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.86,0:16:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not in the realm\Nof right or wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.43,0:16:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or good or bad or evil\Nor anything like this, ok?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.80,0:16:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Aristotle was the first person\Nwho used the term "Harmatia"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.22,0:16:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is where in the New Testament\Nwe have the idea for sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.07,0:16:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's when you have a bow and arrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.61,0:16:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have a target,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.84,0:16:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you shoot the arrow\Nfor this target, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.35,0:16:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you miss the mark.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.85,0:16:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's no morality involved\Nin this at all, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.99,0:17:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a promise and we didn't\Nkeep our promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.86,0:17:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a promise to our wives,\Nto our children, to our communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.11,0:17:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somewhere along the way\Nfor whatever reasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.58,0:17:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the very fact that\Nwe are on the road,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.78,0:17:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had a breakdown and we\Ndid not keep our promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.09,0:17:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the idea is, when we break our word,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.32,0:17:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we break our promise,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.24,0:17:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to restore our promise,\Nto restore our word
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.88,0:17:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally by speaking it,\Nor by writing it down,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.38,0:17:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can come complete\Nwith the past
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.79,0:17:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then make a new promise, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.66,0:17:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there were a few places where\NI didn't keep my word in this walk:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.58,0:17:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't walk between Panama\Nand Colombia, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.71,0:17:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the police prevented me\Nfrom doing it, ok?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.40,0:17:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there were other places where\Nthere were incredible triumphs.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.32,0:17:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walking for 30 days through the Amazon
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.77,0:17:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without any maps or compass,\NI was lost ten times.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.58,0:17:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just on rivers and just kind of\Nfeeling where I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.91,0:17:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an incredible project.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.71,0:18:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I would like to bring your attention\Nto my website:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.75,0:18:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,iamwalking.org
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.29,0:18:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where you can go and actually\Nwrite down your own prayers
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.21,0:18:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to clear your own past in a way\Nthat's totally anonymous and safe
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.76,0:18:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also declare\Nyour new possibilities in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.23,0:18:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much for your time.\N(Applause)