Laughter from "Pathways to the Soul by Carlos Warter, MD, PHD
Laughter
Laughter is the sound of the soul at play.
Life without laughter leaves out something vital.
Philosophers, healers and sages know the power of opening ourselves to the Universe with a good "Belly Laugh".
Goethe wrote, "The man of understanding finds everything laughable; the man of reason, almost nothing.
Schiller said, "Man is only human when he is at play," and Schopenhauer muses..."a sense of humor, is the only Divine quality in man."
When we laugh we are in the present moment, and also everywhere else.
With laughter our inner light assumes an infinite and timeless expansion.
Laughter frees us of the burdens of our story lines, our judge, and any sense of resistance we might feel to the present moment.
When we share our laughter, we free others of similar burdens.
Laughter is the great equalizer.
It joins us with God.
An Apache myth has it that the Creator made human beings able to do everything---talk, run, look and hear. But he was not satisfied until man could do just one thing more---laugh.
And so man laughed and laughed and laughed.
Then the Creator said, "Now you are fit to live!"
Laughter brings levity to every experience.
Like yeast in dough, it makes us rise!
Unnecessary defenses float away; our story lines leave us; we no longer stand at the center of our Universe.
Laughter opens us to the giant, joyous space at the depths of our being and fills it with Divine Energy.
Such are the blessings of Laughter!
-Carlos Warter
Laughter is the sound of the soul at play.
Life without laughter leaves out something vital.
Philosophers, healers and sages know the power of opening ourselves to the Universe with a good "Belly Laugh".
Goethe wrote, "The man of understanding finds everything laughable; the man of reason, almost nothing.
Schiller said, "Man is only human when he is at play," and Schopenhauer muses..."a sense of humor, is the only Divine quality in man."
When we laugh we are in the present moment, and also everywhere else.
With laughter our inner light assumes an infinite and timeless expansion.
Laughter frees us of the burdens of our story lines, our judge, and any sense of resistance we might feel to the present moment.
When we share our laughter, we free others of similar burdens.
Laughter is the great equalizer.
It joins us with God.
An Apache myth has it that the Creator made human beings able to do everything---talk, run, look and hear. But he was not satisfied until man could do just one thing more---laugh.
And so man laughed and laughed and laughed.
Then the Creator said, "Now you are fit to live!"
Laughter brings levity to every experience.
Like yeast in dough, it makes us rise!
Unnecessary defenses float away; our story lines leave us; we no longer stand at the center of our Universe.
Laughter opens us to the giant, joyous space at the depths of our being and fills it with Divine Energy.
Such are the blessings of Laughter!
-Carlos Warter
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