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The importance of Humor
OneLifeForm
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I thought about putting this in advanced ideas because some people get so wrapped up in how much they know and all of these other things that they forget about such!
Which is why I'd like to form a discussion on the extremely important role that humor plays in regards to growing spiritually.
So many people seem to forget this as they move on their path.
When looking from reality almost every situation is absolutely hilarious and worthy of at least a smile.
Anger for myself is especially humerus as it tickles the punny bone.
It seems that in neurotic laced situations the humor of them is begging to be acknowledged.. waiting to explode with fresh positive energy.
Sometimes though we choose instead to suffer.
Please discuss the role of humor in living a spiritual life.
Which is why I'd like to form a discussion on the extremely important role that humor plays in regards to growing spiritually.
So many people seem to forget this as they move on their path.
When looking from reality almost every situation is absolutely hilarious and worthy of at least a smile.
Anger for myself is especially humerus as it tickles the punny bone.
It seems that in neurotic laced situations the humor of them is begging to be acknowledged.. waiting to explode with fresh positive energy.
Sometimes though we choose instead to suffer.
Please discuss the role of humor in living a spiritual life.
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It can likewise be used as an excuse for not getting serious.
For example, is the following serious or funny?
Man without God
Is like a fish
Without a bicycle.
It sounds as if the quote you posted is mocking those that believe in God.. not trying to be funny but rather insulting.
Saying that people need God as much as a fish needs a bicycle.
I love www.cracked.com
Another possibility is to enjoy the ludicrousness of a fish with a bicycle.
And yet another possibility is to investigate the matter seriously and find out what truth or falsehood might lie at the core.
So it goes... pick your poison.
"Easiest 45 quid you'll ever make, folks!"
which shocked us out of our adulating reverie and we fell about laughing....
...if you don't know who Bill Hicks was, you should get to know him!
I will, in fact, be getting to know the material of one, Bill HIcks.
http://www.edepot.com/budhumor.html
http://shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=12739
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More at at site!
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Alkies, being alkies, had produced lists of rules (which were all subsequently thrown out), but one is still fondly used and that is:
Rule 62:
"Don't take yourself too damn seriously." (page 149 12 x 12).
I think that's more profound than what many members give it credit for. I mean if there is no inherently existing permanent self, what the heck is there to take too seriously?
Of course, in A.A. we don't have the doctrine of emptiness, but I'm sure this rule points to it!
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For more Leunigs -
http://tinyurl.com/9kr9smu
:P
thirty seconds later he gets up after saying, "Well I've
absorbed just about all the concentration there is in
this place!"
hheeheh I made that one up as I was pondering what a
monk walks into a bar joke would be like.
The bartender, busy washing glasses, says, "I've already given it to you!"
Monk replies, "Then I've already drank it." Bows and walks out.
A man sitting at the bar watching this says, "So that's enlightenment, is it?"
"Yeah, the old monk is enlightened," the bartender says, continuing to wash the glasses. "But he's still a lousy tipper."
I believe this is one I made up. If not, I claim it anyway.
No.
That's not Spelling, that's Grammar.
PractiCe is the noun. (John's Medical Practice is on the high street.)
PractiSe is the Verb. (John Practises medicine, but also teaches massage therapy).
It's like MarinaDe, and MarinaTe.
same thing, respectively. Marinade is the concoction you immerse meat in to flavour it.
Marinate is the process....
I sincerely trust you feel you have been put in your place, now.
(That's what's known as that there fightin' talk, ma'am....!!
Yes us Aussies just love to take things that little bit to far
I was actually watching the interview live, and at the time I was thinking ohh nooooo this could go really bad...
video, which has to be one of the funniest - and truest - things ever produced on gender differences.
@genkaku, we're not squabbling, we're just all talking at once. We all know what we're all saying, because we're also all listening.
We're amazing.....
Pleasure.
Are you sure that's not spelled p-l-e-a-s-u-u-u-r-e?
@genkaku, we're not squabbling, we're just all talking at once. We all know what we're all saying, because we're also all listening.
We're amazing.....
Pleasure.
I'm not saying anything, I'm in my nothing box
:eek:
AAer, "Hey, it was great you came this evening. I hope to see you at the Thursday meeting as well!"
Newcomer, "Er, well, maybe, I'll see!"
AAer, "What do you mean 'I'll see'? You have no job, no money, your family don't want to know you, you're homeless and you're living in a shelter! Have you anything better to do on Thursday?"
That made me smile! The guy came back and is a few years sober now; he tells the story better himself.
http://two.not2.org/hesperides/humor/swami.htm
Or as teenaged texters (and Indonesians) would have it, praktis
I do remember thinking how funny it was some years ago when stateside businesses started using "Centre" to look a bit more cultured, lol.