Because nothing matters,

which could render everything hopeless,

or just a big joke we are playing on ourselves.

Quote: "the day I become enlightened- OSHO Discourse


Almost all those stories when they get enlightened they laugh. They say they are laughing at myself. But that is a diplomatic answer. Actually they are laughing at us...lol
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What a great discourse by Osho, and of course his dirty joke at the end is funny too.

Thats quite a nugget you found there, Leo.  Good one !!

They say if you get an erection lasting more than four hours you should call a doctor.

Hell, Im not calling for a doctor.  I will be calling for nurses, stewardesses, waitresses, you name it, but not a doctor.

Awakening is something like that.  Now that you got it, maybe you got too much of it.  But you may as well just laugh and enjoy it, because its not going anywhere, and youre not going anywhere without it.

Quote: "the day I become enlightened- OSHO Discourse


Almost all those stories when they get enlightened they laugh. They say they are laughing at myself. But that is a diplomatic answer. Actually they are laughing at us...lol
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Osho said in another discourse on his enlightenment that it was *like a conference call with God and Death, simultaneously*.

In this discourse, he is asked what was the first thing he did after enlightenment, and he says *I laughed*. 

He explains that this is because after looking for it, lifetime after lifetime, he realized he already had it all along. 

Yeah, that makes sense.  Like someone looking everywhere for their glasses, only to find them on top of their head, where they forgot they left them.  Had them all along, within easy reach.

I remember thinking that after years and years of struggling to get myself into the safe hands of God, I found that I had never been out of them, and could never be out of them, even for an instant.  After an intensive search outside myself in all directions, as soon as I turned inward, finally, there it was..., right there inside of me, where I forgot I had left it.

I guess thats why I refer to awakening as a recollection rather than a discovery.  When you remember where you left something you only thought was lost.

Quote: "Animals laugh. "
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Petting Zoo !!

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So may I ask what did you find out? This is an honest question. It is not meant to be rude.

That there is nothing past tense about creation.  There is only Now, and It is being whatever It is being Now, whatever you may believe It to be, It is all that is.

Quote: "Animals don't laugh like humans or humanimals."
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If you treat animals like people (members of the populace),

they will return the favor.

Mankind will come to an end,

and the rest of the people will cheer.

When you sit and just look

and you see no-thing-ness

going-off, being all-ness

empty of itself

you discover hilarity

and you laugh

you fill with laughter

and then, when you look in the mirror

you will piss the pants that you are neither wearing nor not wearing.

Quote: "saying animals laugh is not to say they  laugh like humans, or human animals
it is to say animals laugh.

there is a differance
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Mankind,

Making the most of being an Ape,

For eight million years.

Quote: "Quote: "Animals don't laugh like humans or humanimals."
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They don't laugh. Not that they don't laugh like humans ... they don't laugh.
They can be happy sad afraid or anxious but there is no humor cause they don't have the capacity to think in the way humans do.
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If you dont believe animals can communicate, you probably havent made any effort to communicate with them.  That seems to be a sort of self-confirming denial.

Of course, we do not share a language with them.  Words fall short.

My dog routinely says *yes*  and *please*.  Her *yes* is a sort of sneeze, with a shake of her head.  Her *please* is when she extends her arms out in front of her, in a sort of curtsey. 

My last dog used to grin and laugh.  I suppose it was more of a chuckle, but it was very clear to see.

Other animals have communicated with me non-verbally as well.  You just have to keep your eyes and your mind open. 

heard a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's

is that before or after they lick their balls

Ape intellect and apian intellect

From the New Scientist  24 November, 2012

“Researchers have found that bees can count, read symbols and solve problems that would perplex some of the smartest mammals. Some have an eye for art appreciation, having been trained to pick either Monet or Picasso's paintings from a choice of the two artists' work. They may even have a form of self-awareness, and all of this with a brain the size of a pinhead.”

Truly astounding.

And some of us humans still don’t have any form of self-awareness even with brains five times that size (e.g. psychology researchers.)