A very important question regarding a life decision I am making?

I would like to know if anybody could give me a very good and well-though out opinion on this matter which I am going to present to people now:

I am 21 years old. I come from Brazil, and moved to Australia and have been having enormous problems to adjust to the culture. The thing is, I do not adjust very well to Brazilian culture or Australian culture… possibly it might be because I came to a realization yesterday that my personal philosophy is very much what influenced me all those years: Asian culture, and especially the Japanese Bushido philosophy.

So with that in mind I want to talk seriously with people in here and ask their opinions on this: if anyone read books such as Bushido by Daidoji Yuzan, any poetic verses from old Japan, Hagakure, and the likes, I believe you know where I am coming from culturally. That is, I am in that spectrum of reality where I do not see the ego, or the mutual existance only, I see a reality based on honor and if you are going to work, you have to do it 100% to the best of your abilities, no complaints and total willingness of mind to do it in work.

Now here is where the problem starts: I am at a gigantic odd with Western traditional culture for a long while now… the matter at stake is the education system that we follow, as well as technology. I see things such as ideas like cloud computing, or increased lack of change in Politics and the modern stagnation of humanity, and I do not enjoy it a single tiny bit. So if you got the picture, here is the problem: it is not exactly not working hard to achieve my goals, it is just finding a way to make the Capitalist and traditional technocratic culture of places such as Australia, fit my mentality. It ultimately reached the point where I can no longer study in a Western based system, no matter how good it is; I feel I need to pass through real hardships and test myself deeper and deeper to really tell what I am willing to do for this world; let alone do it.

So I have as my situation at the moment getting a job in any music store, paying 15 dollars per hour. My plan is the following, and I would like to hear opinions on this, it is really important to me to hear more experienced people on this matter (not that I base my entire life on Empiricism; I’d think this empirical approach to life is very rudimentary from Westerners but oh well…):

1. I plan to save as much money as possible in a period of 3 to 4 years, and I have my stepfather and mother backing me up with most necessities that I’d have in a technocratic country.
2. I am not willing to pay for such things as the public health care as I do not see myself with any problems whatsoever that need to be constantly treated; so basically it would be a thing of paying some amounts every 2, 3 or 4 months to see if things are fine.
3. After I get a desired amount, I would like to move to an Asian country which is not so much full of technology, restrictions or what I’d consider as silly rules. I have been studying heavily about a possibility of going to Mongolia and possibly living there. It is small, it is easy to live by even if you had a small job in countries such as Brazil for a number of years, the biggest problem being the transport but that can be reasoned and also, me being located in Australia at the moment, helps in this situation. Any other countries which could have a similar structure would be welcomed… all I ask is that it be a small community with a economy that could make me have a high standard of monetary funds so I can continue doing things such as writing.
4. All the technology that I need at the present moment I already have, and I do not see with most of the new things that are coming out today as anything necessary for me; for instance, music was reduced to thuggish rap and Lady Gaga, movies are being pirated in a insane proportion, governments are not able to control their own information databases anymore, and so on…

So yes, I think I spoke for too long here, I hope to receive good answers on this, please no ludicrous overtly sentimental bullshit about the state of how our world is just going through a bad phase… because it has to my knowledge, been like that since the 70s.
To the gentleman who called himself Nonuna… I’d have to say, you sure can make things dumber with every passing word. No really, you take the cake as to why I hate most of what is happening today. Your sarcasm did not seem to have had even the small effect you intended upon… so let me show you where you are wrong:

1. I am talking about the country Mongolia, not the region that is under Chinese administration (Inner Mongolia). The country has Communist tendencies, however it is ALLIED for quite a good while now with the USA, and this is the country that has been supporting most of the technology in that place… you might not have even heard of things such as Neo-Nazis and extremists approving modern Mongolia as a example of what they consider a good and civilized Asian country and Nazis moving and becoming Mongols now because of the enormous allegiance that Mongols from Mongolia, not Inner Mongolia, have been giving the USA. Do not believe me? Check the sources you probably are go

I had a friend who went to India to find his spirituality. After I explained to him he didn’t need to go there to get that and that it’s within, he said that he knew that now but he had to go there to figure that out. Maybe you need to go there (an Asian country) to figure this out, but I have a feeling you won’t find what you’re looking for outside of yourself. I too am at odds with religion in this country and I’m from here. I don’t know if this fits in with your philosophy, but I have come to the realization that what you think about becomes your reality. Right now you probably think it’s difficult for you to find like minded people here so it probably is for you. What if you shifted your thinking to be in line with your desires. You might find yourself attracting like minded people into your lives where ever you end up. Just a thought. I hope this helps.

Live life loving.

5 Responses to “A very important question regarding a life decision I am making?”

  1. Kudos, you’re admirably on a path of realization.

    Would suggest these authors as providing some helpful guidance:

    The Path of the Higher Self, Mark Prophet
    Man, Master of His Destiny, Omraam Aivanhov
    Sunyata: The Sayings of a Rare-born Mystic, Isenberg and Camhi
    Daughter of Fire, Irina Tweedie
    Kundalini West, Ann Ree Colton
    Autobiography of a Yogi, Yogananda, http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda

    Would note http://www.matthewbcrawford.com as providing a key to vocational sustainability: one may be a master of a trade without losing one’s awareness (shown in Rafael Lefort’s "The Teachers of Gurdjieff"). A friend was considering moving to Mongolia, and what I gathered was that a vocation of some genuine or non-corrupt usefulness was good.

    The mastery of "right livelihood" is a key. http://www.rwm.org/rwm while keyed to North Americans does provide examples of what is doable in the way of right livelihood.
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  2. I had a friend who went to India to find his spirituality. After I explained to him he didn’t need to go there to get that and that it’s within, he said that he knew that now but he had to go there to figure that out. Maybe you need to go there (an Asian country) to figure this out, but I have a feeling you won’t find what you’re looking for outside of yourself. I too am at odds with religion in this country and I’m from here. I don’t know if this fits in with your philosophy, but I have come to the realization that what you think about becomes your reality. Right now you probably think it’s difficult for you to find like minded people here so it probably is for you. What if you shifted your thinking to be in line with your desires. You might find yourself attracting like minded people into your lives where ever you end up. Just a thought. I hope this helps.

    Live life loving.
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  3. 1 You weren’t even in existence in the 1970’s so don’t pretend you know anything about them.

    2. No matter what backward country you move to, you will find "silly rules" you can’t escape them.

    3. The Chinese control Mongolia, and they really know how to make "silly rules" especially in Mongolia.

    4. My Cousin’s Husband is a researcher, and he got permission from the Chinese government to travel to Mongolia, I showed him this post, and he says you wouldn’t last six months in Mongolia.
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  4. Well you do sound like an older person (since you have been thinking of this since the 70’s).

    I have made it a point to teach basic living skills; someone will need to preserve the primal instincts to survive when technology fails; and it will.

    Computers are fundamental to modern industrial structures; but very few are thinking that one little switch can change that need.

    It is nice to have parents as a cushion if needed, but if Western.Empiricism living is not what you want then take a chance; go without money in your pockets, a roof over your head, health care…survive now even if it is for a short time at least you know you have tried; failure comes from not trying…
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  5. If as you said you "do not see the ego," then I suggest you re-evaluate your view on "public health care" it exists not to treat *you* constantly but to treat the entire public, to take care of everyone and ensure that everyone no matter how poor receives the same medical treatment and therefore chance of living and having a good quality of life as everyone else.

    You said you’re not going to pay for public health care – since currently you pay for public health care through payroll tax deducutions are you saying you’re not going to pay taxes? That is against the law and you will be compelled to pay taxes – if ever you lose your job and go on unemployment benefits these will be reduced by the amount you owe in taxes. You won’t be given superannuation until the tax office takes out what you owe. If you make these decision you are setting yourself for a life time of debt unless you are saying that you are going to get what you can from Australia – a job that pays you money that you baulk on paying taxes and then leave for another country.

    Are you going to drive on the road, walk on a footpath, catch public transport, visit a beach or park at all during the remainder of your time in Australia? If so do you realise that those things are provided for you (beaches cleaned) by tax dollars – so if you do not pay your taxes you are using the country – how does that not involve your ego? You said you believe in working hard without complaining – I would assume that would mean not complaining about paying taxes?

    How could you define using your parents for all your material needs (food, electricity, plumbing) as you ‘working hard’?

    If you really cannot stand Australia’s government, tax system, public health care system then you should consider leaving – and living in a country more desirable to you prior to using Australia for that you can get from it. Also do you realise you have to actually qualify to immigrate to this other country – have you looked into their immigration policies? A lot of countries in Asia have quiet strict permanent immigration qualifiers – you may have to use the Australian "public education system" to put you in good standing for your potential emigration – would you also not pay taxes for your own education?

    I think you need to be more grateful for the wonderful life you have – you’re free of war, clearly free of disease, you got an education that has allowed you to analyse your philosophical viewpoints.

    You don’t have to "fit in" but you should be respectful of what has been provided for you and I don’t think treating your parents in that way is respectful of what they given you.
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