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	Laugh Your Way to Enlightenment! by Pragito Dove Part 1
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Laugh Your Way to Enlightenment!
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As I sat in a restaurant one Sunday evening enjoying my pasta salad and the company of some friends, the sounds of giggles and laughter drifted over from the next table. We turned to see a family with two teenage daughters who had a bad case of the giggles.

The father, obviously not in a good mood, became more and more exasperated with the girls' inability to contain their laughter. Finally, with a very serious straight face, he said, "That's enough laughing for the weekend, Julia."

I had to turn away so he wouldn't see my grin. Julia, meanwhile, tried to talk her father into starting on Monday's quota of laughter. Her rationale was that she would be at school and wouldn't be able to laugh as much as on a Sunday.

The absurdity of being given a ration of laughter each day reminded me of the way I was raised. Until then, I hadn't really thought much about how serious my upbringing had been. My laughter had been largely repressed. Giggling and laughing were definitely frowned upon at school, church and other childhood places.

I wasn't aware of just how much it had been repressed until I started practicing The Mystic Rose Meditation. This technique has three stages: Laughter, Tears, Sitting in Silence. The twentieth-century Indian mystic, Osho, developed this practice for Americans -- and all people living in high tech societies-because we respond well to expressive forms of meditation. During the first stage, one spends a good deal of time just laughing and it is most effective in a group environment.

During my first experience, it felt strange to laugh for three hours, especially in the presence of other people; however, it didn't take long to get in the swing of it. After a while, my natural laughter just kept bubbling up to the surface.

We don't have to wait to be happy. The different laughter meditations I teach and practice are a way to help us relax, loosen up and enjoy life. They provide opportunities for a playfulness, a reminder that life does not have to be a constant struggle.

Happiness is our essential nature.

Rather than waiting for external events to determine our happiness, we can find it deep inside ourselves. Perhaps we think we have to be relaxed and calm, or that all sorts of conditions must exist for us to be happy.

This is not the case; happiness can exist for no reason. The more we practice smiling, laughing and enjoying ourselves for no reason, the more we will discover that we already have what we seek.

Pragito Dove is an author, keynote speaker and trainer in the areas of laughter and tears, anger, grief, stress management and meditation. Transform Your Life Today! Contact Pragito at: 415.925.9533 to use her resources and book her services. Her Web site is Pragito.com.

(c) 2004, Pragito Dove. All rights reserved in all media. Permission to reprint granted so long as the article and by- line are reprinted intact.

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You're finally alone with it, and you have to come to grips with misfortune and go on.
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Born April 23, 1928

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