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"Love and Light" - you hear this phrase bandied about as much as Namaste is at the moment; it seems to be the 'lightworkers' calling card of the moment.
It is one of those phrases that really gives me the shits. It's right up there with everyone "being on a journey" - if I hear of someone else going on a "journey", I'm going to throw up.
Why does it give me the shits? Because is sounds so bloody trite - most of the time, it is used to end a conversation of a spiritual or pscyhic nature (or an attempt to validate themselves as a lightworker).
What does it REALLY mean anyway? To me, to wish a person "love and light" (in the genuine sense of the phrase) is to wish them the infinite power of the universal love that makes up the world unseen. It is a sacred thing and should not be merely thrown out/away as something that is apparently disposable or not important. Quite frankly, there are very few people whom I would gladly receive a "love and light" gift from and those are the people whom I am closest to, those who I truly share all that I am with and those who also share the same gift of themselves with me. From these people, this wish is truly meant from their heart and as part of a soul to soul connection that is special, intimate (for want of a better word) and sacred - I certainly would not expect a stranger or acquaintance to offer me, or accept from me, the true intention of "love and light".
But why add "go f*ck yourself"? I hear you ask...!
I have also been wished "love and light" from people who would rather see me bleed from the eyeballs than actually wish for me to bathe in the divine Power of the universe. It seems that all too often, this overused and much abuse phrase of the time seems to be offered with the subtext of "go f*ck yourself".
A while back I was advertising an event I was running - I had invested in paid advertising on Facebook, I would spend a couple of hours a day promoting my event via the BSS groups and the like...and I was generating a lot of interest and comments as a result of all my efforts. A local, very entrepreneurial psychic added themselves to my event but then started to private message and 'friend' all those who had either said they were coming to my event or who had commented! They then started to private message MY customers/attendees information about their own services and events!
I was only aware of their activities because friends of mine asked me who they were, that they had sent them friend requests, asked if they were a friend of mine and did I know that they were doing this.
I got the shits with this person because they were trying to cut my grass, were riding on MY paid advertising coat-tails and were being completely unethical in their practises. I sent them a private message basically saying "can you kindly refrain from approaching my customers. If you wish to promote your services, please do so on your own advertising budget and efforts". Their response? you guessed it:
LOVE AND LIGHT xxx
I saw red - so much red that I wanted to form all my anger and frustration at their obnoxious arrogance into a spiritual fist and shove it right up their base chakra. What did I do? I told them that they were being unethical, arrogant and plain rude and they were not welcome in any part of my business, events or other activities/enterprises.
Did it make any difference to their life? NO.
Do they try and cut my grass these days? NO (because I banned them from my FB page and blocked them of Facebook - you know sh*t is serious when you get blocked and banned!)
Do they still do this to other people working bloody hard to promote their own services and events? You betcha!
Wow. The arrogance of them!
On the odd occasion that I cross paths with this person, I smile politely and wish them "love & light" - always with the subtext of "go f*ck yourself".