Daily Om: Living in an information age, it is
easy to become overwhelmed by the constant influx of scientific studies,
breaking news, and even spiritual revelations that fill our
bookshelves, radio waves, and in-boxes.
No sooner have we decided what
to eat or how to think about the universe than a new study or book comes
out confounding our well-researched opinion. After a while, we may be
tempted to dismiss or ignore new information in the interest of
stabilizing our point of view, and this is understandable. Rather than
closing down, we might try instead to remain open by allowing our
intuition to guide us.
For example, contradictory studies concerning foods that are good for
you and foods that are bad for you are plentiful. At a certain point,
though, we can feel for ourselves whether coffee or tomatoes are good
for us or not. The answer is different for each individual, and this is
something that a scientific study can't quite account for. All we can do
is take in the information and process it through our own systems of
understanding. In the end, only we can decide what information, ideas,
and concepts we will integrate...read more>>>...