Television and OTT content with a spiritual dimension-Is consumption only restricted to food or even what we watch?

You have come home exhausted after a long hard day at work and want to unwind your mind and soul. We,instantly reach out for our television remote,tuck ourselves in one cosy corner of our couch browse for a comfort movie or a show to watch!! The term "binge watching" came in as early as in 1998 when a TV critic commented on the X-Files focussing on the on-demand viewership of the show. Most of the time,television is used as a background noise for highly stressed individuals as an escape to reality. Now, when we watch violent movies or dark psychological thrillers, the general themes are dark of these movies which carry a deep imprint on the subconscious as our bodies start to respond even before our thoughts gather the information of the content.

Isn't that spellbinding!!! Every sound and visual effect opens up a gateway of our attention. Having said that, I would like to discuss the impact of TV and OTT content consumption on our nervous system. Most people work a 9-6 job,which is the time where the nervous system is the most alert. As the sun sets,the nervous system gets into a snooze zone as the nervous system is already exhausted due to repeated exposure of light,sound,energy of people,places and presence.

Repeated exposure to content hapes how we use our sensory perceptions during our day to day conduct as our nervous system absorbs tone,tension,fear without filtering as the nervous system is unaware of the good and bad,it just soaks in the energy around. The energy body becomes restless and heavy,if exposed to chaos,violence and horror contents. Now, the television screen not only affects the viewer but also the space around us. Mindful content consumption ensures calmer effects and balanced body responses with ease. Horror and violent movies have dense and heavy energies that impact the Root Chakra which aggravates the fight and flight response of the body and enhances feelings of paranoia and anxiety. Horror movies create deep stress in the body. Hence,the Solar Plexus Chakra also gets impacted due to increased adrenaline and cortisol rush that opens up the gateway of moving the energy along the body of panic in high stress situations that can cause deep knots in the gut.Another chakra that gets impacted is the Sacral Chakra that is responsible to regulate emotions,which in turn becomes dysregulated of heightened emotions and increased sensitivity watching violent and disturbing content.

This energetic disruption causes a wave of unhealthy emotions such as anger,fear,phobias that can linger on for months. Thus,mindful content consumption is highly advised to create positive manifestations and a healthy lifestyle.