\u2026 for one thing only. But please, read this Sticky from beginning to end. Don\u2019t go peeping now. We will reach the goal just in time \u2026<\/p>\n
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As you know, people laugh for many things. Most people also laugh many times each day. No other animal does this. We are the best laughers of this world, maybe even of this universe. In any Matrix, we would be the \u2018laughing module\u2019. In heaven, our roars form a continuous burden to God and the angels, who have until now never been seen laughing themselves. On the other side, the devil laughs sometimes, but mostly not with a good sense of humor.<\/p>\n
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So we laugh for many things. But actually when you look a bit closer at these \u2018many things\u2019, they are always human, or feel human, or appear-to-be human. A monkey can make us laugh with foolish tricks, but the laughter is actually engendered by his human<\/em>-like behavior. We recognize the human. Then we laugh. If we don\u2019t recognize anything human in the monkey, there is no humor. The same with other animals. Cartoon animals show this very clearly. They don\u2019t act like animals. They act like humans. Then we laugh.<\/p>\n \u25ca\u25ca\u25ca<\/p>\n You\u2019re not convinced? Just test it out today.<\/p>\n \u25ca\u25ca\u25ca<\/p>\n \u25ca\u25ca\u25ca<\/p>\n Only people make people laugh. All kinds of people. Or?<\/p>\n \u25ca\u25ca\u25ca<\/p>\n Another day. Another test. This time it\u2019s even closer home than \u2018human\u2019. It\u2019s no lesser than \u2026 you yourself. Surprised? The cat\u2019s face is no other than your own. You are the one with the \u2018disappointment\u2019. And the mouse? Who knows what the mouse stands for. It may be anything. It may be everything. Looking at the cat, the surprise is that you recognize yourself. You feel a bit caught. Yet there is relief too. You feel understood. You are truly part of this world. This is: you are at your place. There\u2019s surprise and relief at the same time<\/em>. And it\u2019s about you. All elements for laughter are there.<\/p>\n \u25ca\u25ca\u25ca<\/p>\n Don\u2019t believe me if you don\u2019t. Do the test today. And please put much feeling into it.<\/p>\n \u25ca\u25ca\u25ca<\/p>\n So is this the conclusion: we only laugh for one thing, namely ourselves? Not yet. We can go even further. We don\u2019t laugh just for anything about ourselves, but only for one thing (watch this): a sudden and brief tension and relief in a connection between the \u2018ego\u2019 and the \u2018deeper self\u2019 (terms explained at other places). The cat is a good symbol for the deeper self, but we don\u2019t readily expect it all the time. Then comes the \u2018disappointment\u2019. In this we recognize an action of the deeper self and a quick and vanishing ego-relation to it\u2026 And then it\u2019s gone again. By the way\u2026<\/p>\n \u25ca\u25ca\u25ca<\/p>\n \u2026did you notice the cat\u2019s indignation at your laughter? You think she\u2026 knows?<\/p>\n \u25ca\u25ca\u25ca<\/p>\n\n