One must be mindful of what one is truly seeking when consuming any form of media. If one merely rejoices in or accompanies the unwholesome — gaining no useful reflection and no means of self-improvement whatsoever — receiving nothing more than a clouded and troubled mind, that is foolishness carried across lifetimes.
But if one is able to transform the mood of being drawn into agitation by the news into a clarity and purity of one’s own mind instead — that is consuming media wisely.
March 17th. 2014
