Hi partly cloudy,

That's one of the visualisations that we do in my Reiki group and it works for me. Doing it with others seems to bring more energy into the room, although I do meditate alone as well.

The 'bad A.M. radio' thing is familiar of course. It's useful to realise that the negative babble is only background mental noise, it's not the core of our being. I have used some Buddhist techniques to gain an understanding of this process.

Cheers, Myzen