The Need to Filter

"As we live we will go through the processes 

of opening to new information, integrating it, 

and stabilizing our worldview."

Madisyn Taylor

With modern day technology, we have access to unlimited information and growing awareness of daily events occurring most anywhere in the world.  We are surrounded by dramatic reports, traumatic footage, and sound bites of hysteria.  The overabundance of constant negativity has taken an impact upon our Western Culture.  

It is unfortunate that we no longer sensor information streaming into our brain. Not all reporting is accurate, and we are shown what has been singled out by a person who certainly has their own bias.  

Unfortunately, magazines and newspapers do not sell if loving kindness is spread across the page.  The editors supply the buyers with what they seek ... sensationalism, scandal, and abnormal life styles.  What is viewed is air brushed, taken out of context, or falsely presented.

The solution is not to turn our brains off or to look the other way.  We do not want to be ignorant of the changes across the world, our country, our state and the community we live in.  We can, however, become a filter for the information we choose to digest.  We can limit our intake and check sources.  We can support the resource of our choice and then turn it off.  We don't need to be bombarded all day long by drama and tragedy.  Whether we are actively watching or not, our brain continues to absorb the background noise as well as our little ones innocently playing near by.

The more concrete information we gather, the better we can stabilize our viewpoint without judgment of others.  We can feel secure in what we choose to believe, and allow others the same courtesy.  It is vitally important, however, to leave our mind open so that it can ebb and flow as times change.  We don't want to be rigid or stuck in the past.