The media is really a pile of redundant information. I'm so happy that I don't own a TV and that I stay away from this bombardment. It's obnoxious to keep on hearing the same things. A lot of the times we indeed hear what we want to hear. And media wins with news about panic, scarcity and apocalyptic scenarios which feed scared minds.
When it comes to normal interactions we function the same. We hear what we want to hear. I guess it's because of our ego, which really disrupts the flow of active listening. We need to learn how to listen because this is the only way to actually improve the way we choosw to react to external stimulus.
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Repeated 48 times a day and then people say "I am not brainwashed" :D
Listening is an active skill, yet we often make it a passive process. This is dangerous, especially when we aren't paying attention to what we are listening to.
Passive listening is even more dangerous because you absorb things being clueless about it. There was a saying in which I strongly believe, it goes something like this: always stand in guard at the gates of your mind. From music, to ads, to news, we are bombarded with stuff and cues which can trigger various reactions. Selection is key.
A lot of our habits are learned as children and in general, parents want children to follow what they say, not question it.
Oh that's not good. I would like a child who would ask questions instead of blindly obeying