"There is no question but that the main effect of any television program on any individual, whether child or adult, is detrimental. There are a few exceptions in which the content, in spiritual terms, compensates for the physical, astral, and aetheric jangling which takes place during the watching of the television tube's picture, but such high quality programs are rare. They are mostly those in which classical music is played as a background or as the main focus of the program."
"Dealing firstly with the physical effect, this is always negative due to the strain on the eyes and the nervous system from watching an image which is not constant. Because the image is traced by running points of light which cross the screen many times each second, the brain must blend these fragments together into a single picture, and this causes undue strain. Using the senses to focus on anything which is not natural is always a source of stress."
"Secondly, The Astral Level of the watcher is normally adversely affected by the content of most T.V. programs available today. This content is typically one filled with conflict, violence, or the exhibition of emotions (sadness, grief, self-pity, etc.) which drag the quality of the astral vibrations down. The only emotion which ennobles The Astral is that of love, friendship, affection. Anything not of this vibration is a detriment."
"Third, The Aetheric Body is very adversely affected by the radiation which is given off by the apparatus itself, particularly from the screen surface. The electrical interplay taking place produces vibrations in The Aether which jangle The Aetheric Body and throw off the finely tuned pathways of energy transfer (the nadis or meridians) which are essential to its proper functioning."
"Finally, We wish to turn to the content of certain so-called educational programs, especially for children. There is only one way to teach a small child, and that is while it is immersed in an environment of love, acceptance, and encouragement. Humor or stimulating visual images or rapid change do not make learning easier. They merely lead to an addiction to this stimulation, which keeps the child watching. There is, of course, some value in terms of using repitition, for example the alphabet or numbers, but the amount of good that can be accomplished by this repitition is far overshadowed by the harmful effects which We have discussed above and the addictive tendencies of most North American T.V. styles."
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