<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # I do not believe violent games and entertainment... > I do not believe violent games and entertainment directly "turn us" into violent people. I do however, believe violent entertainment adds something to the ambient cultural and personal psychological narrative — it taints its inherent innocence. {{Violent entertainment is absorbed, and while we may disagree about what happens after, it is assimilated by the consciousness.}} {{Even if violent entertainment does not shape us at all, it is still an expression of who we are through our interests.}} I was once a gamer and addicted to violent entertainment. I decided along the way that I wanted to feed my body and consciousness more carefully. The time we have in life to observe and feel the magnificent experience of living — is limited. {{Realizing there was enough real horror in life, I decided to distance myself from unnecessarily created madness.}} Instead of immersing myself in fictional dramas, I found real dramas and suffering in the world that needed my attention — starting with me. I quit watching TV for twenty years. I began avoiding negative themes in people, food, entertainment and life. {{The more I avoided violent and manipulative entertainment the more things changed for me for the better.}} Rather than spending my time immersed in negative entertainment, I spent my time positively by learning and developing myself. It is not just violent entertainment either. {{The media is a weapon pointed at your consciousness.}} I began applying a biological cellular-membrane model to my consciousness by becoming a gatekeeper and only allowing in what was good for me. **Source:** [[books/Simple Reminders Book (2014-2018)|Simple Reminders]] <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->