Mixing humor with serious Spiritual work

[Inliytened1]

I noticed that there is a lot of humor on this forum which i think is great as long as there is a balance between humor and the serious dedication to doing the work.

This stuff is very radical and its easy to get lost in the humor of it.  I think that humor may actually be a facet of God.

At the same time it would be a shame if we applied so much humor to the idealist paradigm and non-duality that it started to nevatively inpact our work.  And this goes for enlightened folks as well.

There has to be a point where we get deathly serious about this work if want to grow.

I'm sure most of you have this balance but i would just caution you younger guys to watch that the balance doesn't tip and you stop taking the work seriously because the rewards cannot be captured with language.

Humor is great and has its place but so does seriousness about this work and everything in life.  In fact I'm starting to integrate more humor into my posts here because there is so much of it but I'm able to turn it off.

Now i know the first response to this post is going to be a joke so bring it on! LOL. And Shin i hope you aren't online

 

Just thought its an interesting topic.

 

 

Edited May 2, 2019 by Inliytened1

[Robi Steel]

@Inliytened1 There definitely should be a balance between the two. Although never get too clingy or stuck up with your seriousness, there should be a point where you realise that all of reality is a big joke and nothing should get you heavy-hearted. Only in a determined way.

Alan Watts described comedians as having mastered their speech ability in a zen kind of way. The way of Zen is to "not being able to be wrong" and finding light in everything you do. A developed sense of humor makes a grounded person. 

 

[Inliytened1]

@Robi Steel well put.  I guess its a duality and I'm not sure it was one mentioned in Leos 250.  But to transcend it you have to incorporate both and be hyper conscious of both.  Some people are totally stuck in one or the other.

[Truth Addict]

God can't look in Its eyes without laughing 

Edited May 2, 2019 by Truth Addict

[Inliytened1]

@Truth Addict and farting