I was meditating recently when the thought popped into my head that laughter is an antidote to the fear and anger swirling around us in the present time. In asking my angels and guides today, they say this about laughter as an antidote:
"Laughter is an antidote to fear and anger. It, in fact, may be the best antidote to fear and anger. Fear and anger want to be taken very seriously, but if you laugh they have no ability to attach themselves to you. It is not that you should not take the times seriously. And it is not that you should not take mindful, heartful action, but rather that you should clear out fear and anger from your energy field and your being with laughter. Then you can see, feel and send out love and compassion rather than fear and anger. Love and compassion are the tools to the deepest transformation."
All emotions are energy, I think. Laughter is joy, happiness, fun. Love, however, is not always romantic love or familial love. I think in this context love is wishing the best for all people and beings as well as for the earth. It is wanting everyone and everything to be in a state of health and balance, for everyone to be filled with love and compassion so that all actions take place from that place of well being. Is this love easy? Not always. It means loving your neighbor (using neighbor to encompass everyone) whether you like them or not. That can be tough.
I once saw an interview with Ram Das where he talked about his ritual at sitting down at his altar. He would happily say hello Buddha, hello Jesus and so forth, but then he would growl hello George W. And, this is how he knew where he needed to do his work. So, it is not easy for even people who are spiritual leaders to be in that place of love for everyone. The Dalai Lama admits to having flashes of anger, although he has said his anger lasts a lot much shorter period of time than it used to.
May we all, including myself, be able to do the tough work of being able to laugh in tough times. May we all do the tough work of bringing ourselves to the place where love and compassion are the place from which everything arises for everyone.
As meditation image 52 in Opening the Heart: Meditations on How to Be (information here) says:
From what the angels and guides have said today, one of the paths to being the one who loves is laughter. May we all find the healing laughter within us.
"Laughter is an antidote to fear and anger. It, in fact, may be the best antidote to fear and anger. Fear and anger want to be taken very seriously, but if you laugh they have no ability to attach themselves to you. It is not that you should not take the times seriously. And it is not that you should not take mindful, heartful action, but rather that you should clear out fear and anger from your energy field and your being with laughter. Then you can see, feel and send out love and compassion rather than fear and anger. Love and compassion are the tools to the deepest transformation."
All emotions are energy, I think. Laughter is joy, happiness, fun. Love, however, is not always romantic love or familial love. I think in this context love is wishing the best for all people and beings as well as for the earth. It is wanting everyone and everything to be in a state of health and balance, for everyone to be filled with love and compassion so that all actions take place from that place of well being. Is this love easy? Not always. It means loving your neighbor (using neighbor to encompass everyone) whether you like them or not. That can be tough.
I once saw an interview with Ram Das where he talked about his ritual at sitting down at his altar. He would happily say hello Buddha, hello Jesus and so forth, but then he would growl hello George W. And, this is how he knew where he needed to do his work. So, it is not easy for even people who are spiritual leaders to be in that place of love for everyone. The Dalai Lama admits to having flashes of anger, although he has said his anger lasts a lot much shorter period of time than it used to.
May we all, including myself, be able to do the tough work of being able to laugh in tough times. May we all do the tough work of bringing ourselves to the place where love and compassion are the place from which everything arises for everyone.
As meditation image 52 in Opening the Heart: Meditations on How to Be (information here) says:
From what the angels and guides have said today, one of the paths to being the one who loves is laughter. May we all find the healing laughter within us.
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