By Sharon Ray
We can get very serious during hard times of difficult challenges. Humor uplifts the vibration of everything. It is a powerful, helpful tool for returning us to a state of equanimity.
Norm Paulsen, the founder of Sunburst, loved to laugh and he laughed with all his might and being.
Ananda Moyi Ma
Ananda Moyi Ma was a great saint of India. It is reported that in her ashram when the vibration would get too serious, she would begin to laugh…and laugh…and laugh the merriment of God, until everyone was laughing with her and the vibration of Joy would reign supreme. She said:
Whenever you have the chance, laugh as much as you can. But to laugh superficially is not enough; your whole being must be united in laughter, both outwardly and inwardly. Do you know what this kind of laughter is like? You simply shake with merriment from head to foot. In order to be able to laugh in this way you must have implicit faith in the power of the all-pervasive Self and try to bring the outer and inner parts of your being into perfect harmony.
Do not multiply your needs, nor give way to a sense of want, but live a life of spotless purity. Making the interests of others your own, seek refuge at His feet in total surrender. You will then see how the laughter that flows from such a heart defeats the pain of the world.
Father-Mother God, teach me to laugh more often, and to see everything as you do. Help me make this effort to raise my vibration to your vibration of pure joy that I may merge with you, my true self, who is joy, ever-new joy, joy everlasting. Amen.
“I, a tiny bubble of laughter, have become the sea of mirth itself!”
– Paramahansa Yogananda