A discovery is an experiential process that takes place over time. It involves a trigger that prompts reflection or reassessment thus leading to an altered outlook, enhanced understanding, greater learning and self-awareness. Discoveries inevitability leads to growth. By exploring new world and lands can lead individuals on a journey of a spiritual development and transformation. The people who encounter this journey can give them a greater knowledge of other situations and an insight to them. These experiences can discard old prejudgements and adopt new values and perspectives, therefore leading to growth and maturity. Most discoveries can be confronting and can leave individuals overwhelmed and feel hopelessness and unable to progress for the better, therefore leading to failure to grow.
This idea is shown in the TV series Go back to where you come from Go back to where you came from is a documentary/ experiment about six ordinary Australians agree to challenge their perspective about refugees and asylum seekers by embarking on a 25 day journey, tracing in reverse that refugees have to take to reach Australia, they travel to some of the most dangerous and desperate corners of the world, with no idea of what’s in store for them along the way. The people that I believe change their perspective the most is Raquel Moore unemployed from Western Sydney and her perspective on refugee and asylum seekers was “if it was up to me. I’d send them back. They wouldn’t be staying here. Raye Colbey, retired social worker from Inverbrackie, her perspective was that “when the boat crashed coming to Christmas Island I thought, “It served you bastard’s right”. A related text would be the
By experiencing something that is not confortable to you, you begin to think negatively and not appreciate what life is like or would you rather be in a different circumstance where life is worthless. Racquel is a very racist person towards African