This is the TED talk I watched the other day
It had to do with laughter. If you have the time, you should give it a watch.
But, after this video.....it got me into thinking of what laughter does for our mind and soul.
Laughing can be such a contagious thing at times. We can bolt into an energetic dance of some sorts, even suffocating at moments from the lack of oxygen, as we gasp among fits of bliss blasting.
We can laugh at things such as:
We all can get a chuckle of some sorts from things of this nature. But when we are with people we are more likely to laugh. And I'd bet that we would laugh harder as well.
But even in times of near injury or pain will we laugh with our good friends. As people might say sometimes, 'laughter is the best medicine.' Well, maybe their right. Laughing can bring us to tears in the right moment. It can sap everything out of the mind and the moment collapses in on itself and puts our mind at what could be called a repeating pattern of comedic sequences.
At the same time, what is it that puts us in these times of great ancient bird calls of some sorts. We do not choose this when it comes on the strongest. It seems to take us over and make our body almost spasm at its finest times.
Could this be something we do to connect, to reach deeper and richer emotions with each other. I know that there is strong evidence that laughter can release dopamine and serotonin. It even can help strengthen our immune system (i've read, don't quote me).
But here's an article:
More than that though, we can even sum up a joke when someone is in a sad state or feeling. And whats funny is in some way that sadness is the reminder to the exact joke we need to help some one feel a little better, or maybe even be a little more optimistic.
So it seems that we help through laughter, we dull pain through laughter, we create strong memories through laughter. ect.... there are so many great reasons we laugh together.
Well then, I guess I think laughter might even come from the heart in those moments, not necessarily from the mind. Maybe, when jokes just sort of happen they come from a different part of our intelligence. Even our Soul perhaps.
The genius thats always there when immediate action is needed of some kind.
So I might have to say it is. Something we all have innately to help our fellow person. By lending a hand you could say in a different kind of way. A connecting of each others souls in a sense, an exchange of intelligence beyond the scope of our thought.
Anyway....I'm not saying that laughter is the end all or be all. But it can be a beautiful thing in the right of times. So maybe next time, we can be a little more aware of the laughter we are sharing in with another. By observing the quantum entanglement of each others inner knowledge, our own self awareness as is said. We can really take the whole moment in and be Thankful for its entirety.
Question:
If a joke is given to us by another persons words, where did the joke come from? Surely we could not have thought of it. We could not have declared that thought in another's mind to first foretell in some way for the joke to come. But I ask, who thought of the joke?
-RA BAR
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