Yeah, we don't really need to watch TV or movies anymore. My DH (dear husband) watches "Heroes". I don't have time for it.
It seems too much like what I'm already doing to waste time on watching such a thing.
It does however introduce people to such concepts. So there may be a useful aspect of mass media.
I'm definitely in the Shaman's realm now, as I know many here are also.
And I do know about taking "field trips". I was taken on one a few nights ago. I was neither awake nor asleep. It was a lucid experience of being taken out into the edges of our galaxy. There was a shock wave of some sort. Like a great thunder. I asked what it was and my guide pointed to an area just beyond and said it was a space snake. They travel along the outer arms of the galaxies. I could see them moving through space. Like they were dancing along the edges of the arms of the Milky Way.
I got up soon after with such a clear memory and feeling of the experience that I went to my friend, Mr. Google, to see what I could find on "space snakes". There were lots of space snake games and then I found what I was looking for. It is a place where stars are being born.
http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~12~12~67241~172009:Where-Galactic-Snakes-Live--ArtistiI didn't need a telescope and what a fantastic way to travel; from my own bed. Believe me when I tell you it was an awesome experience.