Walkabout

From Vagabonding by Rolf Potts:

Culturally, the walkabout ritual is when Aborigines leave their work for a time and return to their native lifestyle in the outback.

On a broader and more mythical level, however, walkabout acts as a kind of remedy when the duties and obligations of life cause one to lose track of his or her true self.

To correct this, one merely leaves behind all possessions (except for survival essentials) and starts walking.

What’s intriguing about walkabout is that there’s no physical goal: It simply continues until one becomes whole again.

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