Wisdom:television;knowledge:ignorance

Gandhi Flower is the blossoming of wisdom.  Wisdom, as a product of the mindful lives and observations of many is as natural as any refinement of evolution,  and therefore, as  a natural thing subject to it's surrounding environment for nurturing.  Just as a Mountain Goat in New York would not realize his fullest potential, wisdom in the hands of a thoughtless culture becomes a spectacle.  Just like an animal at the zoo, wisdom is presented, emptied of its nature and fit for a child to laugh at.

There is nothing worth seeing on the television.  In fact, it is more than a waste of our time but it acts as the most crucial point of contact between you and the lies.  Whats worse than lies is misinformation.  Know this, the government regulates the content of television, they do nothing to ensure when some show presents information, such as the many news programs, that it is news in fact, objective and provoking.  To allow misinformation to such a degree is  negligent if your job is to protect the health and well-being of the community.

It is important to understand that most minds work off of a platform of sorts; if you think the government is doing good, you will not join a movement to address corruption in congress.  I mean to say you only get one opinion about something so it is important you take the information you think about very seriously.

To say the news is tripe is one thing, but to continue to watch it is the same as a smoker who admits smoking is bad but continues to smoke- the damage continues.  If one thing can be said of the American public it is they suffer from gross apathy.  Why do we still live our lives the same after we could no longer hide the effects of Anthropogenic (human-caused) Global Warming?  It is clearly the result of the culmination of human activity on the planet.  So why do you or your neighbor still contribute pounds, daily, to the problem?  The damage continues and televisions keep turning us on.

There is a better way: Ask the questions, and think about the answers.

Its amazing how much we can discover with objective thinking.  Personally, I have quoted some of the more profound concepts  of our times, in my own words without having read the book that contained the information.  I can say, from experience, that a solid foundation of knowledge, diverse in its scope, but not more than can be squeezed in three full semester college class, along with traveling and reading select books that fuel the imagination is all one needs to answer then more pressing questions of our time.  Understand though, you will receive no validation for the aim of all information before us is to keep us working happily pursuing this "Dream of America".