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Osho Speaks about Laughter (part 1)

Osho Speaks about Laughter (part 1)

"This is worth considering. It is significant. The first thing to understand is that except for man, no animal is capable of laughter. So laughter shows a very high peak in the evolution of life. If you go out on the street and see a buffalo laughing, you will be scared to death. And if you report it, then nobody will believe that it can happen. It is impossible. Why don???t animals laugh? Why can???t trees laugh?

There is a very deep cause for laughter. Only that animal can laugh which can get bored. Animals and trees are not bored. Boredom and laughter are the polar dualities, these are the polar opposites. They go together. And man is the only animal that is bored. Boredom is the symbol of humanity. Look at dogs and cats; they are never bored. Man seems to be deep in boredom. Why aren???t other animals bored? Why does man alone suffer boredom?

The higher the intelligence, the greater is boredom. The lower intelligence is not bored so much. That???s why primitives are happier. You will find people in the primitive societies are happier than those in civilized ones. Bertrand Russel became jealous when for the first time, he came into contact with some primitive tribes. He started feeling jealous. The aboriginals were so happy, they were not bored at all. Life was a blessing to them. They were poor starved, almost naked. In every way, they had noth-ing.

But they were not bored with life. In Bombay, in New York, in London, everybody is bored. The higher the level of intelligence and civilization, the greater the boredom.  ???So the secret can be understood. The more you can think, the more you will be bored; because through thinking you can compare time as past, future and present. Through thinking you can hope. Through thinking you can ask for the meaning of it all. And the moment a person asks: ???What is the meaning of it???? boredom enters, because there is no meaning in anything, really."

Osho's satsang on laughter continues…  Stay tuned for part two.

Turns out Laughter is Contagious… Like the Flu, But More Fun.

Turns out Laughter is Contagious… Like the Flu, But More Fun.

Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist at the University College London, has found that laughter is contagious!  Of course you and I already know that, but now it's been backed up by a real academic study.

Scott says that the sound of laughter triggers the brain to ready our facial muscles to laugh ourselves.  Researchers measures brain response with volunteers in an MRI and found that the pre-motor cortical region of the brain responded to all sounds, but more to the positive cues than the negative ones.  Scott thinks that's because people tend to avoid negative emotions.  Makes sense to me! 

Not only is laughter contagious, but it also makes people feel good.  These two agents in combinations are what trigger dangerous levels of levity, spontaneous mirth infections, and epic epidemics of exuberance.  I wonder what the critical mass of laughing people would be to have the entire world laughing at once?  One giant Laugh In.  Perhaps the better question is, what joke would make it happen?  Probably not a Knock Knock joke, because not everyone has a door.

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