The mentality of millions living in the western world has been deeply ingrained into many a minds and thus become difficult to change because it has become to believed to be the norm and that any way of life or mentality that opposes this system is unacceptable and considered as evil and an abomination. Yet this proves more and more how lost the western world is from reality and the truth.
The eastern world, particularly those suffering from extreme poverty, ironically, are those that experience the true realities of the world and glance a glimpse of some slight of normality despite the extreme inequality the western world has created despite it's promised equality and freedom it continues to spread throughout majority of the globe.
The major factor as to why this global situation of struggle and corruption has not reached further is put on not only the media but no doubt mass political corruption. Australia, being a western civilised country, has seen it's fair share of corruption under the Tony Abbott Government since the overwhelming, and embarrassing, victory to the Coalition in the Federal Election of 2014. Since then we have seen nothing short of lies, bullying tactics and outright discrimination that has made me ashamed to be Australian. This country is no longer one I want to call home.
Throughout the past couple of years, of which I have though about and read about Buddhism, I have seriously considered living in South-East Asia to experience a whole new way of life in countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, Nepal, Sri Lanka, etc. Sure, there may be severely limited internet access to Facebook and other idiotic social media but that will be a good thing as it will give me a chance to connect to what is really important in life.
And who knows, maybe I will become a better person from it and decide I wish to stay.
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