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When Love is traveling | Ali Berrada | TEDxAUI


I’m really happy to be here today I

I’m really happy to be here today I would like first to thank you for having

would like first to thank you for having

would like first to thank you for having me here today to talk about how far they

me here today to talk about how far they

me here today to talk about how far they can promote coexistence it’s something

can promote coexistence it’s something

can promote coexistence it’s something that I really like and yeah I’ve been

that I really like and yeah I’ve been

that I really like and yeah I’ve been troubling for the last years since I was

troubling for the last years since I was

troubling for the last years since I was a kid with my parents I was looking off

a kid with my parents I was looking off

a kid with my parents I was looking off to travel the world and then when I was

to travel the world and then when I was

to travel the world and then when I was a during college I was jogging also with

a during college I was jogging also with

a during college I was jogging also with my friends but it was mostly partying

my friends but it was mostly partying

my friends but it was mostly partying having fun I did enjoy but it wasn’t I

having fun I did enjoy but it wasn’t I

having fun I did enjoy but it wasn’t I mean I could feel something that

mean I could feel something that

mean I could feel something that something was missing inside me I wanted

something was missing inside me I wanted

something was missing inside me I wanted something more added I really didn’t

something more added I really didn’t

something more added I really didn’t know what it was so i made this person

know what it was so i made this person

know what it was so i made this person who really helped me to find myself he

who really helped me to find myself he

who really helped me to find myself he showed me another way of travelling that

showed me another way of travelling that

showed me another way of travelling that I that we called meditation I started

I that we called meditation I started

I that we called meditation I started doing a lot of meditation for the last

doing a lot of meditation for the last

doing a lot of meditation for the last two years and I knew that we don’t need

two years and I knew that we don’t need

two years and I knew that we don’t need to move our feet our body to travel I

to move our feet our body to travel I

to move our feet our body to travel I mean I could say in my room and go

mean I could say in my room and go

mean I could say in my room and go everywhere without using any drugs which

everywhere without using any drugs which

everywhere without using any drugs which was really fun but meditation helped me

was really fun but meditation helped me

was really fun but meditation helped me because I was shy I wasn’t really

because I was shy I wasn’t really

because I was shy I wasn’t really confident and I didn’t know what to do

confident and I didn’t know what to do

confident and I didn’t know what to do with my life I just wanted to do some

with my life I just wanted to do some

with my life I just wanted to do some but I was completely lost again so I

but I was completely lost again so I

but I was completely lost again so I started thinking of who I was and

started thinking of who I was and

started thinking of who I was and meditation helped me to know who I was

meditation helped me to know who I was

meditation helped me to know who I was and what I wanted to be and there was a

and what I wanted to be and there was a

and what I wanted to be and there was a big gap between distant statement so as

big gap between distant statement so as

big gap between distant statement so as I’m thinking what it could bring me and

I’m thinking what it could bring me and

I’m thinking what it could bring me and meditation brought me what I call

meditation brought me what I call

meditation brought me what I call freedom because I was finally free to do

freedom because I was finally free to do

freedom because I was finally free to do what I wanted I was fun and free to stop

what I wanted I was fun and free to stop

what I wanted I was fun and free to stop all these voices in my head from all the

all these voices in my head from all the

all these voices in my head from all the people around me because they want me to

people around me because they want me to

people around me because they want me to travel in different ways they don’t me

travel in different ways they don’t me

travel in different ways they don’t me to live their life in fact and I wasn’t

to live their life in fact and I wasn’t

to live their life in fact and I wasn’t living my life and so I started to free

living my life and so I started to free

living my life and so I started to free my mind about everything I started to

my mind about everything I started to

my mind about everything I started to think what i wanted to be and i knew

think what i wanted to be and i knew

think what i wanted to be and i knew that i wanted to help the world I mean

that i wanted to help the world I mean

that i wanted to help the world I mean as I could it’s a big world but I want

as I could it’s a big world but I want

as I could it’s a big world but I want you to do something even if it’s small I

you to do something even if it’s small I

you to do something even if it’s small I started working with an NGO and I

started working with an NGO and I

started working with an NGO and I started also to use what I knew

started also to use what I knew

started also to use what I knew photography and traveling to create this

photography and traveling to create this

photography and traveling to create this project that is called there are no

project that is called there are no

project that is called there are no coincidences there were no consensus

coincidences there were no consensus

coincidences there were no consensus started 1 year we go while i was in

started 1 year we go while i was in

started 1 year we go while i was in london i was really tired of just doing

london i was really tired of just doing

london i was really tired of just doing exhibition and posting my photos on

exhibition and posting my photos on

exhibition and posting my photos on facebook getting some lights i was tired

facebook getting some lights i was tired

facebook getting some lights i was tired of everything i wanted to like i said

of everything i wanted to like i said

of everything i wanted to like i said how people so i printed 100 photos and i

how people so i printed 100 photos and i

how people so i printed 100 photos and i wrote on the back of each photo few

wrote on the back of each photo few

wrote on the back of each photo few sentences or few words that maybe could

sentences or few words that maybe could

sentences or few words that maybe could help someone and i started to spread all

help someone and i started to spread all

help someone and i started to spread all these photos randomly in London without

these photos randomly in London without

these photos randomly in London without giving them I just wanted to put them in

giving them I just wanted to put them in

giving them I just wanted to put them in random play

random play

random play on the bench sometimes even in subway on

on the bench sometimes even in subway on

on the bench sometimes even in subway on the table whatever it was I wanted to

the table whatever it was I wanted to

the table whatever it was I wanted to make a connection without meeting the

make a connection without meeting the

make a connection without meeting the person because I wanted to know how

person because I wanted to know how

person because I wanted to know how there were no coincidences this is what

there were no coincidences this is what

there were no coincidences this is what I believe it but I mean some people

I believe it but I mean some people

I believe it but I mean some people believe in karma whatever but I believe

believe in karma whatever but I believe

believe in karma whatever but I believe that there are no coincidences I was

that there are no coincidences I was

that there are no coincidences I was looking for the answers and to be honest

looking for the answers and to be honest

looking for the answers and to be honest I wasn’t really expecting anything from

I wasn’t really expecting anything from

I wasn’t really expecting anything from this project i started with 100 photos

this project i started with 100 photos

this project i started with 100 photos and I didn’t know that I could get any

and I didn’t know that I could get any

and I didn’t know that I could get any answers back and something really crazy

answers back and something really crazy

answers back and something really crazy happened and I got 25 emails back for my

happened and I got 25 emails back for my

happened and I got 25 emails back for my first experience and what is funny is

first experience and what is funny is

first experience and what is funny is that I got some crazy and beautiful

that I got some crazy and beautiful

that I got some crazy and beautiful messages from the people I remember the

messages from the people I remember the

messages from the people I remember the the first messages that I had was from a

the first messages that I had was from a

the first messages that I had was from a guy the full of the flu was a full of

guy the full of the flu was a full of

guy the full of the flu was a full of Iceland and the text on the message on

Iceland and the text on the message on

Iceland and the text on the message on the the photo was your next destination

the the photo was your next destination

the the photo was your next destination would be Iceland and the guys sent me

would be Iceland and the guys sent me

would be Iceland and the guys sent me him and he told me are you following me

him and he told me are you following me

him and he told me are you following me I was like no why and he said because

I was like no why and he said because

I was like no why and he said because i’m really going to iceland to make

i’m really going to iceland to make

i’m really going to iceland to make their next month I was like okay that’s

their next month I was like okay that’s

their next month I was like okay that’s crazy so he started like this it was the

crazy so he started like this it was the

crazy so he started like this it was the first event that i got and yeah he was

first event that i got and yeah he was

first event that i got and yeah he was really scared and I was giving I mean

really scared and I was giving I mean

really scared and I was giving I mean scared also because I couldn’t think

scared also because I couldn’t think

scared also because I couldn’t think that I’m even if you wanted to calculate

that I’m even if you wanted to calculate

that I’m even if you wanted to calculate the probability of this thing on how we

the probability of this thing on how we

the probability of this thing on how we can work but yeah it was really going to

can work but yeah it was really going to

can work but yeah it was really going to Iceland but it wasn’t a mean it was just

Iceland but it wasn’t a mean it was just

Iceland but it wasn’t a mean it was just the beginning of this project I got also

the beginning of this project I got also

the beginning of this project I got also a guy who who was really depressed he

a guy who who was really depressed he

a guy who who was really depressed he was going through depression and on the

was going through depression and on the

was going through depression and on the photo was about babies and it was

photo was about babies and it was

photo was about babies and it was written something like dark times are

written something like dark times are

written something like dark times are gone and it’s time to move on the guy I

gone and it’s time to move on the guy I

gone and it’s time to move on the guy I could feel it in his email he even

could feel it in his email he even

could feel it in his email he even wanted to meet me but we couldn’t make

wanted to meet me but we couldn’t make

wanted to meet me but we couldn’t make it because I had to go back to

it because I had to go back to

it because I had to go back to Casablanca but he he was really happy

Casablanca but he he was really happy

Casablanca but he he was really happy about it because I don’t know it’s what

about it because I don’t know it’s what

about it because I don’t know it’s what is nothing but its design maybe or a

is nothing but its design maybe or a

is nothing but its design maybe or a little boost that he was waiting for to

little boost that he was waiting for to

little boost that he was waiting for to get better so yeah it’s something really

get better so yeah it’s something really

get better so yeah it’s something really small but see this is what I wanted it

small but see this is what I wanted it

small but see this is what I wanted it started to be bigger and bigger I

started to be bigger and bigger I

started to be bigger and bigger I remember also i put a photo up in a

remember also i put a photo up in a

remember also i put a photo up in a church I really hide it it was crazy

church I really hide it it was crazy

church I really hide it it was crazy like to find it and this girl found that

like to find it and this girl found that

like to find it and this girl found that she was from the US and she sent me

she was from the US and she sent me

she was from the US and she sent me again an email and the photo was about

again an email and the photo was about

again an email and the photo was about don’t care about what they say and just

don’t care about what they say and just

don’t care about what they say and just go for it and she told me that she moved

go for it and she told me that she moved

go for it and she told me that she moved to

to

to and like her family they were talking to

and like her family they were talking to

and like her family they were talking to her anymore because they didn’t believe

her anymore because they didn’t believe

her anymore because they didn’t believe in her and she was like this is the best

in her and she was like this is the best

in her and she was like this is the best thing because I wanted a message like

thing because I wanted a message like

thing because I wanted a message like this and you gave it to me even with we

this and you gave it to me even with we

this and you gave it to me even with we don’t know each other you help me and I

don’t know each other you help me and I

don’t know each other you help me and I started to think that even the smallest

started to think that even the smallest

started to think that even the smallest things can help us and how meditation

things can help us and how meditation

things can help us and how meditation helped me is that like i said i started

helped me is that like i said i started

helped me is that like i said i started to be confident and everything and I

to be confident and everything and I

to be confident and everything and I started to shut down all the voices in

started to shut down all the voices in

started to shut down all the voices in my head so this project really helped me

my head so this project really helped me

my head so this project really helped me to also think how I could travel and I’m

to also think how I could travel and I’m

to also think how I could travel and I’m thinking of India one of my last trips i

thinking of India one of my last trips i

thinking of India one of my last trips i went there and i also tried the

went there and i also tried the

went there and i also tried the incidences project but but what i wanted

incidences project but but what i wanted

incidences project but but what i wanted is not hear what my family and friends

is not hear what my family and friends

is not hear what my family and friends could tell me about india because when i

could tell me about india because when i

could tell me about india because when i said india as moroccan a lot of people

said india as moroccan a lot of people

said india as moroccan a lot of people will tell you it’s a poor country it’s

will tell you it’s a poor country it’s

will tell you it’s a poor country it’s dirty there are Hindu whatever a lot of

dirty there are Hindu whatever a lot of

dirty there are Hindu whatever a lot of bad ideas and judgments but I didn’t

bad ideas and judgments but I didn’t

bad ideas and judgments but I didn’t want to hear anything about it I just

want to hear anything about it I just

want to hear anything about it I just wanted to go and lived in the present

wanted to go and lived in the present

wanted to go and lived in the present moment and this is something really also

moment and this is something really also

moment and this is something really also important this is what I learn

important this is what I learn

important this is what I learn meditation and with this project is that

meditation and with this project is that

meditation and with this project is that we have to leave the moment and we have

we have to leave the moment and we have

we have to leave the moment and we have to forget about the past in the future

to forget about the past in the future

to forget about the past in the future we have to live our own life and we have

we have to live our own life and we have

we have to live our own life and we have to go for it and so I went there I

to go for it and so I went there I

to go for it and so I went there I didn’t read any book any guide and

didn’t read any book any guide and

didn’t read any book any guide and either

either

either I just wanted to close all or shut down

I just wanted to close all or shut down

I just wanted to close all or shut down all these voices and just go for it and

all these voices and just go for it and

all these voices and just go for it and this is how I kind of started to try

this is how I kind of started to try

this is how I kind of started to try also to help people with the smile with

also to help people with the smile with

also to help people with the smile with sometimes small amount money with I

sometimes small amount money with I

sometimes small amount money with I don’t know whatever it was even in this

don’t know whatever it was even in this

don’t know whatever it was even in this small room this small village I went

small room this small village I went

small room this small village I went they were all women bring it back water

they were all women bring it back water

they were all women bring it back water to their houses and I was just helping

to their houses and I was just helping

to their houses and I was just helping them with water which is nothing but

them with water which is nothing but

them with water which is nothing but they were happy about it and this is how

they were happy about it and this is how

they were happy about it and this is how I think we can travel and this is how

I think we can travel and this is how

I think we can travel and this is how this project helped me also so after my

this project helped me also so after my

this project helped me also so after my first experience that I got some people

first experience that I got some people

first experience that I got some people really liked it and they wanted to be

really liked it and they wanted to be

really liked it and they wanted to be part of it so we started doing it

part of it so we started doing it

part of it so we started doing it everywhere from Hong Kong to Brazil to

everywhere from Hong Kong to Brazil to

everywhere from Hong Kong to Brazil to Argentina whatever people really loved

Argentina whatever people really loved

Argentina whatever people really loved it because even sometimes they got only

it because even sometimes they got only

it because even sometimes they got only three or two answers back they really

three or two answers back they really

three or two answers back they really liked it because they could make a

liked it because they could make a

liked it because they could make a connection with someone that they didn’t

connection with someone that they didn’t

connection with someone that they didn’t knew and they will try the own

knew and they will try the own

knew and they will try the own experience they were waiting for their

experience they were waiting for their

experience they were waiting for their own answers and that’s something that

own answers and that’s something that

own answers and that’s something that worked it’s something that I wanted to

worked it’s something that I wanted to

worked it’s something that I wanted to share because I wanted everyone to try

share because I wanted everyone to try

share because I wanted everyone to try their own thing and to look for their

their own thing and to look for their

their own thing and to look for their own answers and this is a few some few

own answers and this is a few some few

own answers and this is a few some few messages that I got this is one that I

messages that I got this is one that I

messages that I got this is one that I got from London also they were sharing

got from London also they were sharing

got from London also they were sharing everything on Twitter on Facebook

everything on Twitter on Facebook

everything on Twitter on Facebook something from emails and yeah when

something from emails and yeah when

something from emails and yeah when people started doing it they liked it so

people started doing it they liked it so

people started doing it they liked it so now we are like I would say 25 people

now we are like I would say 25 people

now we are like I would say 25 people who did it around the world from

who did it around the world from

who did it around the world from different national

different national

different national is Iceland or Logan American also from

is Iceland or Logan American also from

is Iceland or Logan American also from UK and I think we all doing it for

UK and I think we all doing it for

UK and I think we all doing it for different reasons but at least what with

different reasons but at least what with

different reasons but at least what with what I think is that in order to learn

what I think is that in order to learn

what I think is that in order to learn something we have to give first this is

something we have to give first this is

something we have to give first this is what I what I learned about this project

what I what I learned about this project

what I what I learned about this project and I wanted to help people but to be

and I wanted to help people but to be

and I wanted to help people but to be true and to be honest I got more help

true and to be honest I got more help

true and to be honest I got more help buy them because they give me so much

buy them because they give me so much

buy them because they give me so much love to give me so much answers back and

love to give me so much answers back and

love to give me so much answers back and I I like this code from the Dimitra

I I like this code from the Dimitra

I I like this code from the Dimitra wrote a book called cloud atlas he saved

wrote a book called cloud atlas he saved

wrote a book called cloud atlas he saved my life amounts to no more than one drop

my life amounts to no more than one drop

my life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean yet what is any

in a limitless ocean yet what is any

in a limitless ocean yet what is any notion but a multitude of jobs and this

notion but a multitude of jobs and this

notion but a multitude of jobs and this is exactly what I think would what I am

is exactly what I think would what I am

is exactly what I think would what I am at least I think that I’m a drop in a

at least I think that I’m a drop in a

at least I think that I’m a drop in a limitless ocean but at the center and

limitless ocean but at the center and

limitless ocean but at the center and also the ocean and I think that no

also the ocean and I think that no

also the ocean and I think that no matter how small we are no matter how

matter how small we are no matter how

matter how small we are no matter how not important and or no moon even if

not important and or no moon even if

not important and or no moon even if you’re not president a famous person we

you’re not president a famous person we

you’re not president a famous person we can bring something to the world we can

can bring something to the world we can

can bring something to the world we can change the world with our toes and

change the world with our toes and

change the world with our toes and action I believe in what we call the

action I believe in what we call the

action I believe in what we call the butterfly effect that the love that we

butterfly effect that the love that we

butterfly effect that the love that we give it goes somewhere it doesn’t come

give it goes somewhere it doesn’t come

give it goes somewhere it doesn’t come back always as we want but it it always

back always as we want but it it always

back always as we want but it it always goes and hate someone somewhere and yeah

goes and hate someone somewhere and yeah

goes and hate someone somewhere and yeah this is what it’s all this project is

this is what it’s all this project is

this is what it’s all this project is about is it brought me here

about is it brought me here

about is it brought me here so yeah thank you

so yeah thank you

so yeah thank you [Applause]

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