Mind is such a cause hunter. It needs to have view point and then it strengthens that aspect by only paying attention to any news or data that will strengthen that aspect.
In my past 3 weeks of experience in Sydney and Melbourne when I have been lost many a times with sometimes my cell phone not working and sometime not finding the platform to catch train from in Sydney which is so vast and spread out that the only way to travel is trains and buses - I found help from everywhere. From a Chinese woman on a bus stop to Eastwood station who not only went a step further from not just guiding me through how to get ticket but took the train in which I was to go to help me further. To a white man who went out of the way to show me where to punch my opal card from for further tickets. To a bus driver who was ind enough to divert a bit of his route to take me to a college that I had to visit, to an Indian man on a station who when I asked a question about the train ended up striking a conversation with me - and his name - "Raj naam tu suna hoga" broke all ice.
These are some of my personal experiences.
But then I have many a times read and listened to comments of Indians about westerners that are extremely judgmental and biased. Many of us who are so very spiritual seem to dislike westerners a lot. I had an experience on facebook with a person who seems to be very spiritual and who spits venom when one talks about westerners. How does this work? How can some spiritualists - the so called enlightened people be so biased when every one is same at the level so spirit? It must mean that their identity is only with the mind and body - as if they were identified with spirit they would not think that way. Yes there may be personal issues when one is discussing but to have a common view of all westerners being "bad" is not conducive to spiritual minds I would say. It must also mean that the ones who identify themselves with their mind so much only strengthen their bias by only paying attention the news that makes them be ore inclined to hate.
(Australia has been in news sometimes for the murder of Indian students. Media has spread all kind of malicious news, and not emphasized that most Indian murders were done by Indians themselves)
To end it - I have had some super experiences in Australia. Amazing people. Very welcoming. Then it must be how you are - so the world - so the people and so the experiences.
In my past 3 weeks of experience in Sydney and Melbourne when I have been lost many a times with sometimes my cell phone not working and sometime not finding the platform to catch train from in Sydney which is so vast and spread out that the only way to travel is trains and buses - I found help from everywhere. From a Chinese woman on a bus stop to Eastwood station who not only went a step further from not just guiding me through how to get ticket but took the train in which I was to go to help me further. To a white man who went out of the way to show me where to punch my opal card from for further tickets. To a bus driver who was ind enough to divert a bit of his route to take me to a college that I had to visit, to an Indian man on a station who when I asked a question about the train ended up striking a conversation with me - and his name - "Raj naam tu suna hoga" broke all ice.
These are some of my personal experiences.
But then I have many a times read and listened to comments of Indians about westerners that are extremely judgmental and biased. Many of us who are so very spiritual seem to dislike westerners a lot. I had an experience on facebook with a person who seems to be very spiritual and who spits venom when one talks about westerners. How does this work? How can some spiritualists - the so called enlightened people be so biased when every one is same at the level so spirit? It must mean that their identity is only with the mind and body - as if they were identified with spirit they would not think that way. Yes there may be personal issues when one is discussing but to have a common view of all westerners being "bad" is not conducive to spiritual minds I would say. It must also mean that the ones who identify themselves with their mind so much only strengthen their bias by only paying attention the news that makes them be ore inclined to hate.
(Australia has been in news sometimes for the murder of Indian students. Media has spread all kind of malicious news, and not emphasized that most Indian murders were done by Indians themselves)
To end it - I have had some super experiences in Australia. Amazing people. Very welcoming. Then it must be how you are - so the world - so the people and so the experiences.
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