Ahh laughing is a whole new sphere of things. I like to be happy and on the whole I am so, blissfully at times. I will laugh at mostly anything, things that I really shouldn't, racist jokes, jokes about the dead, jokes about pedophillia, really what it boils down to is that we can laugh at the absurd, and the more absurd the more we should laugh.
Well I think so anyway. On 26 Aug, 13:03, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you nailed it, Lee. The original post here was one of those > email pass arounds, sent to me my a very intelligent, very caring, > very aware friend. As I was reading it, I found myself laughing until > the witness in me said "wait a minute, what am I doing? Why am I > laughing at this?" Is our human nature such that we can find the > mistakes and misfortunes of others so laughable? Taking ourselves too > seriously can be a pitfall, true. But why do we laugh? Like the > Darwin Awards, maybe it brings us to that part of our own nature that > is prone to mistakes, the archetype of misstep, and we can then laugh > at ourselves, and not take ourselves too seriously. There...maybe > this is how we arrive at compassion. > > On Aug 26, 5:24 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > In answer to your question Molly, I think that is it clear that our > > compassion is conditional, although I belive it should not be.- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
