Laughter as a Social Lubricant

Today I pray for cooperation because of the OMazing power I have witnessed in our healing circles.  When people come together to create a peaceful vibration, to laugh and hug, to dance and shake - when we put our hands together and set our intentions, huge shifts haHAhappen.

I have seen first hand that laughter acts as a social lubricant and enhances a sense of group membership.  Our Tuesday and Wednesday morning circles feel like family - we are so happy to see one another and play.  Our Thursday night laughter ambassadors feel like a close knit community - welcoming new faces and snowbirds and locals alike.

I find that when I hold someone's hand to my left and to my right after we have laughed and hugged, a tremendous amount of energy surges.  Our circle radiates with this yummy electricity, and desires and yearnings in the form of prayers and words can easily flow into the Universe.    

Human laughter is a bonding mechanism - even though we laugh and sound differently, it is a same feeling sensation of joy and release and wellbeing.  The twinkle in our eyes, the creases in our faces, and the color on our cheeks - all physical signs of the process that occurs in each and everyone one of us when the HAHA takes over.   And because we all feel it, it is a heart opener, a softening, a familiarity that each person in the group experiences of being One with all.

The scientific study of laughter and humor,GELOTOLOGY (gel - haha social lubricant), has given us many important insights:

1.   Laughter is a universal human behavior (Dunbar, 2004a; Eibl-Eibelsfeldt, 1999; Provine, 2000). 

2.   It is universally recognizable a (EiblEibelsfeldt, 1999). 

3.   Ontogenetically, laughter emerges spontaneously in children as young as 17 days old and it is one of the first social vocalizations (Deacon, 1997; Kawakami et al., 2006).

Laughter affects our brain which sends out all sorts of messages to different areas of our body.  Knowing that we can control what kind of messages go through our bodies is quite a powerful tool.  Flooding our bodies with feel good endorphins because we can, that is some powerful medicine.  

We know that it is easy to laugh when we feel good.  It's even easier to feel good when we laugh.  Laughing together helps us build that HAHA muscle so we can laugh when we don't feel so good or it may not be "appropriate".   The more laughter we have, the less stress we take on.  As we build our laughter muscles and laugh at ourselves, we learn greater self acceptance and respect for ourselves and our self esteem grow

With no known negative side effects, when we cooperate to come together to create a laughter field of joy and wellness, it will be easy to chaHAhange the world, one laugh at a time.   

ONE LAUGH - WORLD PEACE - ONE LOVE