With so many untruths,
if not downright lies being shared on social media these days, now more than
ever we need a reliable way of separating fact from fiction. If we read
something on-line, how do we know whether we can trust it or not?
It's all to do with
tuning-in to the reality around, reading between the lines and getting a feel
for what’s really going on: which is often quite different to what we’re being
told!
We all have such an
ability. The trouble is that many of us have lost it. Instead we've become
conditioned to trusting Facebook posts or top Google search results. We forget
that just because a given piece of info has been viewed a lot doesn't make it
reliable information.
So how can we become
more discerning?
By becoming more
aware. More aware, perhaps of snap decisions based on dodgy evidence; of re-acting
without reflecting instead of taking time to step back and see the bigger
picture.
Count to ten
This is a positive and worthwhile habit we can readily cultivate. Having
the intent to do so is half the battle. And we might remember the sage advice
to “count to ten” . . . before we say or
do something that we might regret or that’s taking us and humanity in the wrong
direction.
More than that, we can
take up some form of mindfulness practice
. . . or Reiki: the Usui system of natural healing. Yes, ‘healing’: what
better way to heal our own lives than to stop taking in garbage information! We
increasingly know the value of watching what we eat, selecting only things with
nutritious or other value to our bodies. The same is equally true of the ideas,
facts and theories that we consume via the internet and other forms of media. Healing, feeling happier and healthier,
depends much on feeding our hearts with compassion and our minds with
inspiration.
Reiki Healing is a
natural and simple technique that helps us do these things: reconnecting us to
our innate ability to know what’s
good for us, to encourage and enable an increased awareness of where we are,
and where we are not, listening to the deeper, higher truths that will improve
our own health and well-being . . . and that of the human race.
