I Love laughing – and Here is an insight on one such laughter filled evening, when I was telling my favourite elephant and ant jokes.
In the middle of the jokes..when the line between who was telling the joke and who was laughing blurred…and there was spontaneous telling and laughing happening..
I had a sudden realization… Here was a group of “intellectuals” wise people and accomplished in their own right..and a few of them downright “Rationalistic” …and yet
And yet…ALL of them.. even the skeptic ..so called “Serious” ones..
Just sat up a little differently…paused… in their minds,, when someone mentioned they were about to tell a joke…
And this …”sudden” shift in their way of being.. intrigued me..even as I was in the midst of this madness..
What made them like that… open …curious.. listening…
And then on closer inspection of the “process” of their listening to the joke…… something else opened up…
They had dropped their “judgment”…completely…and without being consciously aware of it.
When joke started as …”There was once an Elephant and ant who were madly in love…”they just sat there and went…’”..yes….and then what happened…?”.curiosity ..wonder….acceptance
Not..
”what nonsense…. how can an elephant and ant fall in love..big small etc etc “ – logic ..reason….
And then the insight opened up
Access to Mindfulness and No Judgement was “Humour Listening”
Mindfulness is “Humour Listening” – It is like listening to the first two lines of a Joke. There is “No” judgement..and you are fully attentive and engaged… no logic..no reason.. Curiosity ….and just PURE acceptance..Why ?In anticipation of ..”Laughter”
To conclude – Mindfulness is listening to life as if, it is a joke..looking to laugh in the end.
