Laughter Meditation Osho Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Laughter Meditation by Bhagwan Osho Shree Rajneesh is one of the simplest Meditation.

It is a well known saying that "Laughter is a medicine" and it is absolutely true. Doctors and scientists also say this thing and they can come up with many scientific reasons to prove that laughter is a remedy for good health. No doubt that most of the people understand the benefits of laughing but have you ever tried to laugh? Trying can seem stupid to people because usually we do not try to laugh as it is a spontaneous process. According to me, we can also try to laugh. You just need to create an environment around you to laugh. Hundreds of funny things happen around us daily. We just need to pick them and start laughing.

Laughter as a Meditation

Laughter plays an important role in spirituality too including all the physical health benefits. Have you ever wondered that when you laugh, the thought process disappears completely. You enter in a state of meditation where there are no thoughts. It is impossible to think when we laugh. Both the things cannot happen at the same time. It is good to understand one simple thing. People can say, we can think about cause of laughter while laughing but it is not true. Suppose, I tell you a joke and you find it really funny. You will start laughing. During laughter process, the same joke will come in your mind only when your laughter will be settling down. You again think about the same joke and it pumps more laughter for you but thinking about a joke and laughter happened at different times.

Laughter is just entering in a different zone

People are very depressed now a days. The reason of depression can be anything like problems in education, money, personal relations etc. but the results are the same. Lets take a real life example, I am feeling depressed because of my personal relations. My whole thought process will be revolving around my personal relations which will bring more sadness to me. Suppose suddenly, I find something funny and start laughing. It will distract my whole thought process and I will become a person with no thoughts. During laughter process, I will be forgetting all my troubles and miseries. I just entered into a different zone where there are no thoughts and hence I feel better.

How to do Laughter Meditation by Osho Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?

It should be done early in the morning. When we are about to wake up, keep your eyes closed for 3-4 minutes and then start laughing with your eyes still closed. Laugh continuously for five minutes. You may find difficult to laugh without reason but keep trying. You will slowly enter into a natural laugh with practice.

Story about a Japanese Hotoi The Laughing Buddha

Hotoi was well known as a laughter machine in Japan. He used to move from one place to another and he continued laughing all the time. People used to analyze him and start laughing. His laughter was so magnetic and hypnotic that nobody could resist laughing. He kept rolling on ground while laughing. People used to wait for him, when he will be passing through their city and the whole city will be turning into a laughter city. He didn't say a single thing to anyone. People questioned him about everything but he just laughed. Laughter was his only message to the whole world.