Television is bad . There are many reasons why but, I'm just going to address four.
#1 It puts you in a trance state not of a spiritual nature but, of an artificial nature. It distracts you from your environment , self and what's going on around you quite a lot which is not good for your observation and awareness skills - to keep it very brief.
#2 It shows you what I sometimes refer to as Horror News. The thing about news media and tv is that it shows you a filtered reality . It doesn't give the large full picture but, rather what is shown and not shown is picked for your viewing . It leaves out more of what is going on in the world than it shows. The truths that are shown and told are told through people often biased and furthermore the truth is often twisted and sometimes straight out replaced with lies. The majority of the news shown is negative, leading people to think negatively . A million monumental wonderful things may have occurred in a 200 mile radius of you but, they are apt to show you one horrific thing instead and this is stifling and, gives you a tainted reality to act from .
#3 Commercials - Reinforce the consumeristic culture we live in and manipulate people into buying things they don't truly want or need, make them think unnatural and foolish products will provide them with other things they do not ( happiness, beauty , respect, fitting in , love, etc. ) and, convince people unnatural and harmful products are normal . The meat , dairy, egg industry , as the richest industry are all over this trick ; constantly selling their products through manipulative advertising , and false advertising . Watching these commercials over and over and over again drills their messages in your head and gets you to start believing something is wrong with you or something is missing from your life until you buy product x . As an example , contemplate whether you or anyone else really sees your crows feet and finds them unattractive before you see repetitive images of actors wearing tons of make up and plastic surgery and then see a commercial for wrinkle cream a few times . You may not be able to tell if you don't give up the tv and find out from the other side of the equation but, you may figure it out immediately upon reading this . I don't know but, I'm well aware and see like many others that this game works quite well in manipulating your self confidence and causing mass consumerism by convincing people after screwing with their self image , that they need the silly products .
# 4 It Hijacks your dreams & puts subliminal imprints in you - While a person who doesn't watch T.V. will dream ( weather they remember them or not ) about their day and thoughts, intuitive perceptions, feelings and real world ; nicely combining , meshing , blending , arranging , organizing , committing to memory and , learning from the life experiences . The person who watches T.V. will also, have what they have seen and heard on tv. both consciously and what they have subconsciously or subliminally picked up mesh with the real , arranged , and committed to memory. The subconscious mind cannot exactly tell the difference between T.V. and reality and thus the experiences ( stresses , horrors, bs, lies , sorrows, and artificial experiences witnessed ) all get thrown into the blender with reality to be internalized and
So, if you are unwilling to give it up all together , Reduce ! If there isn't something on that you really want to watch , don't watch anything on the T.V. !
Watch a movie instead - movies from libraries, Internet or bought etc. ( It's better for several reasons including but, not limited to the lack of commercials )
Try to find other activities to do some nights ( or whenever your former regular tv watching took place ) - read- meditate- visualize- write -draw- play board games .
But, I know you can do it ! I know you can give up T.V. altogether . You'll almost certainly miss it less and less over time and have your real world become more real, enjoyable, and stimulating for you . I know you can know matter who you are because, T.V. is artificial and not a human need and brains can be confused and tricked by artificial things , get stuck in a pleasure trap ( See the book the Pleasure Trap by Douglas Lisle ) but, our brains and body's will recuperate and let go of what takes away from reality and optimum health if we stay the course, just like it will with drugs . If you give up hugs, shelter , or bananas for years you have a good chance of still desiring them as much as ever at any given moment but, if you give up something artificial over time the desires for it diminish.
Be Well !
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