Comments on: Giving Up Watching News http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/current-affairs/no-newsis-good-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-newsis-good-news The Ultimate Guide To Living Consciously - A BLOG BY AMIT SODHA Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amit http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/current-affairs/no-newsis-good-news/#comment-1839 Amit Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:13:45 +0000 http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/?p=174#comment-1839 Hehehe, Sunnerz, I thought that you would probably enjoy that one! :D Hehehe, Sunnerz, I thought that you would probably enjoy that one! :D

]]> By: Sunny http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/current-affairs/no-newsis-good-news/#comment-1838 Sunny Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:12:20 +0000 http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/?p=174#comment-1838 Haha, no chance! News is my lifeblood! Haha, no chance! News is my lifeblood!

]]> By: Amit http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/current-affairs/no-newsis-good-news/#comment-1832 Amit Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:32:41 +0000 http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/?p=174#comment-1832 You are absolutely right Antarananada! I will say though that I am very lucky. When I wake up in the mornings, I sit down and eat breakfast, and I switch on the bbc breakfast program. As I wake up at a consistent time every day, when I switch on the TV they're always covering the very lighthearted news. e.g. a new book released, stories of heroism, bbc presenters doing polyphasic sleep :D and stories more along those lines which I really enjoy. They also have the weather and traffic reports so I know what to wear and which route to take to work! :p There are some good news stories that do come on but predominantly it is negative, biased and of a very scaremongering nature! You are absolutely right Antarananada!

I will say though that I am very lucky. When I wake up in the mornings, I sit down and eat breakfast, and I switch on the bbc breakfast program. As I wake up at a consistent time every day, when I switch on the TV they’re always covering the very lighthearted news. e.g. a new book released, stories of heroism, bbc presenters doing polyphasic sleep :D and stories more along those lines which I really enjoy. They also have the weather and traffic reports so I know what to wear and which route to take to work! :p

There are some good news stories that do come on but predominantly it is negative, biased and of a very scaremongering nature!

]]> By: Antarananda http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/current-affairs/no-newsis-good-news/#comment-1830 Antarananda Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:40:44 +0000 http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/?p=174#comment-1830 Glad to know that Steve feels the same way I do about news. I have been on break at my home in India for the past couple of months, and we've had cable TV disconnected here as we now live in Los Angeles. I have not watched any television at all since July. You cannot imagine how liberating it is! Since I am not a news addict, I haven't cared to follow it online either. Steve is right on the money when he says "news is predominantly negative". There is actually a deeper import to this. News creates susceptibility to remaining bound to the present global consciousness paradigm of suffering, disaster, wealth as a means to happiness etc. This is collective hypnotism which we willingly succumb to. I already have much junk in my mind by way of unconsciously programmed self-sabotaging thoughts which I am cleaning out. I don't want to hinder the process by having some outside influence feed me more useless junk and create further engrams in my consciousness which ultimately get embedded in my mind and body! No thanks. I would rather meditate and allow the eternal bliss of my consciousness to shine through, rather than have someone tell me "Be afraid. Be very afraid!" Glad to know that Steve feels the same way I do about news. I have been on break at my home in India for the past couple of months, and we’ve had cable TV disconnected here as we now live in Los Angeles. I have not watched any television at all since July. You cannot imagine how liberating it is! Since I am not a news addict, I haven’t cared to follow it online either. Steve is right on the money when he says “news is predominantly negative”.

There is actually a deeper import to this. News creates susceptibility to remaining bound to the present global consciousness paradigm of suffering, disaster, wealth as a means to happiness etc. This is collective hypnotism which we willingly succumb to. I already have much junk in my mind by way of unconsciously programmed self-sabotaging thoughts which I am cleaning out. I don’t want to hinder the process by having some outside influence feed me more useless junk and create further engrams in my consciousness which ultimately get embedded in my mind and body! No thanks. I would rather meditate and allow the eternal bliss of my consciousness to shine through, rather than have someone tell me “Be afraid. Be very afraid!”

]]> By: Amit http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/current-affairs/no-newsis-good-news/#comment-1825 Amit Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:20:31 +0000 http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/?p=174#comment-1825 LOL @ Katie Couric! :D Absolutely and why they have 24hour news channels I will never know! As much as I agree with many of Steve's points. There is a part of me that just says: "I have to know what's going on." Although I must admit that when I haven't seen the news for a day or two, it's not like rush out and buy a paper! :p LOL @ Katie Couric! :D

Absolutely and why they have 24hour news channels I will never know! As much as I agree with many of Steve’s points. There is a part of me that just says: “I have to know what’s going on.” Although I must admit that when I haven’t seen the news for a day or two, it’s not like rush out and buy a paper!

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]]> By: Michelle http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/current-affairs/no-newsis-good-news/#comment-1821 Michelle Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:22:43 +0000 http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/?p=174#comment-1821 Gee....if I'd known this was newsworthy, I'd have written about it a year ago when I gave up following the news! LOL (Although, I do try to follow what is happening in health and stress related fields since that's my career, I completely avoid other news broadcasts...except I did watch the first night Katie Couric did the evening network news...first woman as sole prime-time network news anchor...Go, girl go!) :-) As for general news channels and programs....I agree 100% with all 13 of Steve Pavlina's observations about the news....especially that it generates fear (and therefore stress) without giving any sort of solution. Watching the news channels is terrible...they repeat the same stories over and over...my husband watches this stuff and it makes me nuts....they run 20-minute cycles, so you get to hear the same story three times an hour. Gee….if I’d known this was newsworthy, I’d have written about it a year ago when I gave up following the news! LOL (Although, I do try to follow what is happening in health and stress related fields since that’s my career, I completely avoid other news broadcasts…except I did watch the first night Katie Couric did the evening network news…first woman as sole prime-time network news anchor…Go, girl go!) :-)

As for general news channels and programs….I agree 100% with all 13 of Steve Pavlina’s observations about the news….especially that it generates fear (and therefore stress) without giving any sort of solution.

Watching the news channels is terrible…they repeat the same stories over and over…my husband watches this stuff and it makes me nuts….they run 20-minute cycles, so you get to hear the same story three times an hour.

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