Almost daily, new lanes are being opened on the information superhighway. In what has been termed an information explosion, more and more sources are telling us things affecting our lives.
Much that we are told helps us widen our mental horizons and find ways to improve human conditions. On the other hand, a lot of the output reinforces the false, mortal concept of life as in and of matter, as inherently limited, and as subject to evil. Also, a great deal is contradictory. Wouldn't it be sensible to screen out whatever is contradictory to the spiritual laws of God and therefore doesn't contribute to our health and harmony?
The Bible provides a helpful illustration for discerning accurate sources. It's in the allegory of Adam and Eve in Genesis, an allegory that, after thousands of years, still has pertinence for us today. See Gen., chap. 3 It tells about the sly enticements made to Eve by a talking serpent. Of course, there is no such creature. But in this allegory it represents all the blandishments of the carnal, mortal mind, suggesting that there is pleasure in matter, in sensuality, in false appetites, and so on.
