I think real humour is a spiritual energy, coming from a peace of soul that lights up your environment, & lightens things around.
I just wonder how really liberating humour is, considering that sometimes it's a mask we use to hide the hurts within, the seething depression. Is there a way to be a real joy-giver & really be a joy-liver?
It's a good point, there is certainly some nuance and distinctions worth pondering - laughing at/with, laughter as a mask vs. laughing at the mask (at all of the masks we wear). The goal is (as cheesy as it sounds) to really "live, laugh, love", i.e. to have your laughter support your growth and the opening of your heart (or something like that).
Yes!! At least as long as the laughter and dance are not a form of avoidance... Lightness with full presence is where it's at.
As in the famous quote by Longchenpa: Since everything is but an apparition, perfect in being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.
This was a good piece.
But laughter can be fake.
I think real humour is a spiritual energy, coming from a peace of soul that lights up your environment, & lightens things around.
I just wonder how really liberating humour is, considering that sometimes it's a mask we use to hide the hurts within, the seething depression. Is there a way to be a real joy-giver & really be a joy-liver?
It's a good point, there is certainly some nuance and distinctions worth pondering - laughing at/with, laughter as a mask vs. laughing at the mask (at all of the masks we wear). The goal is (as cheesy as it sounds) to really "live, laugh, love", i.e. to have your laughter support your growth and the opening of your heart (or something like that).
Thank you, well said
Yes!! At least as long as the laughter and dance are not a form of avoidance... Lightness with full presence is where it's at.
As in the famous quote by Longchenpa: Since everything is but an apparition, perfect in being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.
Or in South Indian style: https://youtu.be/285CTozsTFU
love that quote