How important is humour in your belief system?

[Geoff-Allen]

Greetings fellow earth creatures!

Hope you are enjoying your time with us here on the forum.

I have been reading "Welcoming the unwelcome" by Pema Chodron. One entire chapter is all about laughter and not taking your ego & human imperfections too seriously.

Remind me to type out a few excerpts - you know what I am like!

Update - I found some other excerpts on the web from another of her books -

Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron | Book Excerpt | Spirituality & Practice

Anyway, reply in whatever manner you wish - as long as it's not too serious!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

If you need a laugh or two ... try this huge collection -

Spiritual Humor

HOW ENLIGHTENED ARE YOU?

IF....

If you can live without caffeine,

If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,

If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

If you can ignore a friend's limited education and never correct him or her,

If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,

If you can face the world without lies and deceit,

If you can conquer tension without medical help,

If you can relax without liquor,

If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

If you can honestly say that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed, color, religion, gender preference, or politics,

--Then you have almost reached the same level of spiritual development as your dog!

 

[Mindmaster]

Greetings fellow earth creatures!

Hope you are enjoying your time with us here on the forum.

I have been reading "Welcoming the unwelcome" by Pema Chodron. One entire chapter is all about laughter and not taking your ego & human imperfections too seriously.

Remind me to type out a few excerpts - you know what I am like!

Update - I found some other excerpts on the web from another of her books -

Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron | Book Excerpt | Spirituality & Practice

Anyway, reply in whatever manner you wish - as long as it's not too serious!

Rather important, I treat myself as the parent and the child... So, I have a laugh of what I've done, forgive what I screwed up, and don't forget to have that type of love for myself. At least, I try in most cases to be this way.

 

[stvdv]

Anyway, reply in whatever manner you wish - as long as it's not too serious!

How important is humour in your belief system?

Humor is not important; witness humor is important though

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Jewish Humor

Jewish Comedians

And then there's ...

A poor man walking in the forest feels close enough to God to ask, “God, what is a million years to you?”
God replies, “My son, a million years to you is like a second to me.”
The man asks, “God, what is a million dollars to you?”
God replies, “My son, a million dollars to you is less than a penny to me. It means almost nothing to me.”
The man asks, “So God, can I have a million dollars?”
And God replies, “In a second.”​

 

[ChristineM]

My belief system is life and humour is the sugar that helps make it palatable.

 

[ChristineM]

Jewish Humor

Jewish Comedians

And then there's ...

A poor man walking in the forest feels close enough to God to ask, “God, what is a million years to you?”
God replies, “My son, a million years to you is like a second to me.”
The man asks, “God, what is a million dollars to you?”
God replies, “My son, a million dollars to you is less than a penny to me. It means almost nothing to me.”
The man asks, “So God, can I have a million dollars?”
And God replies, “In a second.”​

An old family friend, Jewish guy, told me this when i was a child.

Three Jewish tailors each named Cohen decided to open shops in the new shopping arcade. By coincidence they were next to each other.

The name over the door of the first shop was Cohen, Bespoke Tailoring.

The name over the door of the second shop was Cohen, Bespoke Tailoring.

The name over the door of the third shop was Cohen, Main Entrance.

 

[Polymath257]

I always try to keep two things in mind:

1. You shouldn't take yourself too seriously.

2. You are almost certainly taking yourself too seriously.

 

[MNoBody]

laughter is proven to be good medicine
life is in so many ways, suffering..... the humor makes it tolerable.

 

[sun rise]

Poem "Laughter" by Dan Ladinsky from "I Heard God Laughing":

What is laughter? What is laughter?
It is God waking up! O it is God waking up!
It is the sun poking its sweet head out From behind a cloud
You have been carrying too long,
Veiling your eyes and heart.

It is Light breaking ground for a great
Structure That is your Real body- called Truth.

It is happiness applauding itself and then taking flight
To embrace everyone and everything in this world.

Laughter is the polestar
Held in the sky by our Beloved,
Who eternally says,

"Yes, dear ones, come this way,
Come this way toward Me and Love!

Come with your tender mouths moving
And your beautiful tongues conducting songs
And with your movements - your magic movements
Of hands and feet and glands and cells - Dancing!

Know that to God's Eye,
All movement is a Wondrous Language,
And Music - such exquisite, wild Music!

O what is laughter, Hafiz?
What is this precious love and laughter
Budding in our hearts?

It is the glorious sound
Of a soul waking up!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Thanks for all the replies!

Here's a little more from that huge page of jokes & quotes -

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. --Voltaire, French Enlightenment essayist, deist philosopher (1694-1778)

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.--Benjamin Franklin, statesman, inventor (1706-90)

Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it. --Charles Caleb Colton, English cleric-writer (1780-1832)

I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows. --Susan B. Anthony, women's rights leader (1820-1906)

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg. --Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (1809-1865)

Enjoy your day!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

If you don't mind the occasional four-letter word, try this page -

"**** Happens" in various religions [rec.humor.funny]

Enjoy your day.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Greetings fellow earth creatures!

Hope you are enjoying your time with us here on the forum.

I have been reading "Welcoming the unwelcome" by Pema Chodron. One entire chapter is all about laughter and not taking your ego & human imperfections too seriously.

Remind me to type out a few excerpts - you know what I am like!

Update - I found some other excerpts on the web from another of her books -

Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron | Book Excerpt | Spirituality & Practice

Anyway, reply in whatever manner you wish - as long as it's not too serious!

Super important in my life philosophy.
Self deprecating humour plays a role in terms of keeping me humble.
Humour allows me to look at things in different ways, and through unique perspectives.
It gives me a way to defuse conflict and release stress.

As with all beliefs, one needs to make sure it doesn't get out of balance and become a way of avoiding issues, or as a way of delivering barbs. But overall it is vital to my world view.

Now, in the interests of not being too serious, here's some wisdom in a chuckle worthy format...

If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Here's a few sites from me being wide-awake at 2am .... chilllly too but I may go back 2 bed soon enough ...

Meditation cartoons -

A whole lot more ->

Meditation Cartoons – Page 2 – What's funny about meditation?

 

[Geoff-Allen]

What's so funny about buddhism -

Read the cartoonist's philosophy -

What’s So Funny About Buddhism? - Lion's Roar

 

[Geoff-Allen]

 

[Geoff-Allen]

More cartoons here -

Buddhism Cartoons

 

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