I think the very best thing you can do is observe what makes you stronger and what makes you weaker.

Everything we see is an illusion. Even our perceptions of truth are illusory, illusory in the sense they're not complete.

You're in a world of diversity. You see things through a glass darkly. There is a separation everywhere.

When you combine a media - bent on exploiting tabloid-type stories to boost ratings and circulation by innuendo and titillation - with unhappy or opportunistic individuals who have nothing going for them in their own lives, you get a bitter brew.

I have found in the world of film many movies including Beyond Rangoon, The Crow, Gandhi, Doctor Zhivago, and The Big Blue, a French film, convey similar understandings. I'm sure the list is endless. These are just a few of my favorites.

There are places where it is easy to see, places of illumination, where one moves into illumined states of attention.

I suggest that you do not get involved in channeling, tapping into spirits not physically present. Your own mind has the ability to properly reflect and determine what is correct and what is not.