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“If one looks closely, many parallels can be found between providing for the physical body and providing for the mental body. Just as certain basic rules must be observed in the ingestion of food, similar rules must also be observed in the intake of thoughts into the mind. The consequence of breaking certain nutritional laws is poor physical health and considerable discomfort. Similarly, if certain laws of mental growth are violated, poor mental health follows. In the same way that food must be chosen wisely, the experience and ideas that enter the mind must also be chosen with care. If the mind is filled with too much of the material and experience provided by European culture, the danger of mental discomfort emerges in the form depression or confusion. This is especially evident in relation to television and other mass media, which often provide a steady diet mentally destructive material that, when consumed excessively, leaves one uncertain about what should and should not be done.”