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Sunday 23 December 2018

Evaluating Media

Daily Om: There is a lot of information available to us at this time in history, more than ever before, and it travels fast. We are able to learn in the blink of an eye about something that happened halfway around the world, and it's natural for us to want to know what's going on.

However, it's also fair to say that we don't want to become so caught up in one way of looking at events that we lose perspective. Often, the news comes to us in a very fear-oriented format, and when too many of us get caught up in fear, the balance of the whole is disrupted. It helps to remember that we have a much greater and more positive impact on the world when we maintain our inner sense of peace and joy.

We are aware enough to know when we are eating something that is not good for us, because we don't feel well after we've eaten it. In the same way, we can determine for ourselves whether the sources in which our information comes are ultimately healthful....read more>>>...