In this brief conversational clip, Speaker A describes a personal, daily spiritual practice they use to cope with consuming distressing news. They explain that, whenever they have idle moments, they intentionally "send light" or best wishes toward the stories they read, particularly the headlines from the New York Times and The Guardian. This act is framed as a simple, intention‑based offering for the highest good, requiring no further action. Speaker A notes that the ritual helps them avoid worry, fear, or complaint about global events, providing a mental‑health buffer even though they are uncertain about any external impact. Speaker B offers a brief acknowledgment. The dialogue emphasizes the distinction between passive, intention‑based being (sending light) and active, reactive doing (fret, complain).
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kind of whatever happens, you know, you don't know what spirit has in place for everybody or everything that you're involved in, but it's like, as long as you put it in a context of, look, for the highest good, I send light to have this have some sort of positive outcome for everybody involved. There's no other work to do, frankly. That's just, that's what I do on a, you know, almost a daily basis. Sometimes I forget and don't even think about that because I'm involved in other stuff, but But oftentimes that's how I spend any of my time that I'm not truly actively engaged in something is sending light, sending best wishes. That's why when I read the paper every morning, God, it's tough. But I read the New York Times headlines anyway, and I send light to everything going on in the world as I'm reading it. That's a habit I have. And the Guardian. So I read the New York Times, I read the Guardian, and basically I'm just sending a light to all the headlines and to all the stories that are going on out there around the world. I have no idea, you know, how much effect that has. Nor do I care, frankly. It has an effect for me.
Yes.
Like, oh, that's a better thing to think about than to fret about it, worry about it, cry about it, complain about it, whatever. Does that make sense?
It does. Yeah. And I think the way you describe it, it's probably like one of the best ways that I've, that I've heard, or at least that I understood the being and the doing to the conversation that we had before. Like you're here doing this, but the being is, is active there. Uh, you know, it's not the autopilot, like you were, you're shining your light like everywhere. You go and engage, uh, with life and whatever is coming to you before.
