A friend recently wrote in reference to my laughter at “the melodramatic wake of 9/11″…It was on display for a few days as my Facebook status….
Other things that I find relevant to laugh at are the upcoming elections. I laugh at Obama and McCain…at the Appalin’ Sarah Palin and Obama Bin Biden. The fun never ends, and as a close personal friend of mine once commented, “Enjoy the Circus, It won’t be in town for long!”
The greatest manipulative evil power can be witnessed behind ANYTHING that makes anyone forget to enjoy every moment of bless-ed life…
The Greatest Good and Healing Power can be found in laughter, in joy, and in deep gratitude and love for consciousness and existence….Don’t let the bastards grind you down!
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Here is the conversation which followed.
The status update said, “Making fun of the melodramatic wake of 9/11 ….Hahahahahaha”
I do not know of the “them” you mention.
As far as why I am laughing, it has to do with a technique or method I learned….one laughs at all the things deemed taboo, or not-ok-to-laugh-at….by society, parents, schooling, government, rules and regulations, personality, opinions, roles and other sources of behavior regulation….
I do not let outside sources determine for me what is funny or laughable. I do not let “the news” or “the government” determine for me when to celebrate, when to laugh, and when to be somber, when to cry.
Check out these Cat Stevens lyrics:
“Well you’ve cracked the sky, scrapers fill the air.
But will you keep on building higher
til theres no more room up there?
Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry?
Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?
I know weve come a long way,
Were changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?”
Watch a cool video of it at:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjdVOfnYkyA]
Pretty apt in terms of our conversation. It is not a far stretch from letting the media determine how I experience life and then letting them to convince me to be sad and then fearfula nd then angry and then warlike over some trite and ill-founded or unfounded belief or system of beliefs……Watch how the humans treat each other…..
So, I laugh, and I will always laugh. Life is a great and silly teacher. The earth is healed by every intentional act of joy or love or adventure or creativity……
That is why I laugh. Let the haters hate.
Thanks for writing. That was a very good question.
There are real ways out that do not require adherence to elections, politics, and governmental war and destruction. Two places I have found that provide Maps to Freedom are as follows:
Yes, laughter really IS the Best Medicine....
-G-
