Healing with humour: Taking better care of ourselves =>;-))
http://www.hknet.org.nz/healthNhumour.html
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Laughter Therapy - its no joke:
http://www.healthlibrary.com/reading/yod/march98/news.htm
Healing with humour: Taking better care of ourselves =>;-))
http://www.hknet.org.nz/healthNhumour.html
Visit our Hasya Rasa pages
Laughter Therapy - its no joke:
http://www.healthlibrary.com/reading/yod/march98/news.htm
To read more about Hasya visit our pages
So Lord Caitanya is known as the one:
- hasya-kari & hasya-yuk ==> who laughs & jokes
- hasya-priya ==> who is fond of joking
- hasya-nagara ==> who is the hero of those expert in speaking joking words
- hasya-grami & hasya-kara ==> is expert at joking
- pushpa-hasa ==> whose smile & laugh are as charminng as flowers.
Lord Gauranga's smiling & laughing qualities ki...
ys Radhe Govinda dasa
P.S. One of the qualities of Srimati Radharani is that she is very expert
in the art of joking.
SOME FACTS ABOUT HUMOUR
"With devotion steeped in love and affection, the yogi should meditate within the core of his heart upon the laughter of Lord Vishnu. The laughter of Vishnu is so captivating that it can be easily meditated upon. When the Supreme Lord is laughing, one can see His small teeth, which resemble jasmine buds rendered rosy by the splendor of His lips. Once devoting his mind to this, the yogi no longer desires to see anything else." ~ S.P., Srimad-Bhagavatam 3-23-33 "Kapila's Instructions on Devotional Service"
SCIENCE - After surgery but prior to the administration of pain medication, patients were told one-liner jokes. Those patients who were exposed to the humor experienced less pain in comparison to the other surgery patients who didn't get a dose of humor as part of their therapy. ~ Summary from study published in ' Journal of Holistic Nursing'
Medical experts (Dr. Derk & Dr. Wiilliiamsburg) reveal that a powerful laugh will relax tensed muscles, brings more oxygen into the system and more quickly, lowers blood pressure, and offers a free, overall health benefits on many levels! And its free!. (If the FDA could manufacture a medicine like this, they'd charge a bundle.)
Loma Linda University Cali study by Dr. Lee Berk and Dr. Stanley Tan showed that physiological responses that were produced from belly laughter, were the opposite of what is seen in classical stress, thereby offering yet more evidence that laughing produces healthy or positive emotions.
Results of research by Dr. Lee Berk and Dr. Stanley Tan (Loma Linda U of Ca) indicated that after a good belly laugh, there is a general increase in activity within the immune system, such as: increased number and activity level of natural killer cells that attack viral infected cells and some types of cancer and tumor cells.
If it tickles your funny bone then chances are it will reduce the stress in your life and leave your immune system to do its part. This premise has been supported by both the field of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences. A recent publication with research data appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Skin welt sizes were compared in patients suffering from severe allergies after one group watched a video featuring Charlie Chaplin and the other group listened to a documentary on weather. Needless to say, the Japanese study confirmed a reduction in skin welt size in the group watching the famed comedian. [FROM CNN.COM] CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, February 13, 2001:
MORE SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ABOUT LAUGHTER
* Laughter stimulates physical healing.
* Laughter enhances our individual creativity.
* Laughter is rejuvenating and regenerating.
* Laughter is good for relationships (that includes friendships).
* Laughter opens the heart.
* Laughter gives us a glimpse of freedom from the mind. (In other words,
helpful for getting off the mental platform!)
~~ Articles by N. Lehrman in Archives of Internal Medicine, April 26,1993; Lee Berk, Dr. P.H. in Loma Linda University School of Medicine News, March 11,1999; N.Silver in American Health, November 1986; J. McCormick in Lancet, August 1994.
"We are less likely to succcummb to feelings of depression and helplessness if we are able to laugh at what is troubling us. Humor gives us a sense of perspective on our problems. Laughter provides an opportunity for the release of those uncomfortable emotions which, if held inside, may create biochemical changes that are harmful to the body." Patty Wooten, author of 'Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Guidelines to Success'
SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS - Controlled studies have given evidence that a good belly laugh has lowered serum cortisol levels, increased amounts of activated T lymphocytes, increased number and activity of natural killer cells, and increased the number of T cells that have helper/ suppresser receptors. Or to sum it up: laughter off-sets the immunosuppressive effects of stress and is therefore significantly improves the health of the immune system. - Discoveries by Dr. Berk and Dr. Tan, Loma Linda University.
Evidence (from EEG) revealed that when a joke is just about to be told, the initial anticipation results in the brains cortex's left hemisphere starting the function of analyzing of word processing. Next, most brain activity moved to the frontal lobe (the center of emotions). After that, the right hemisphere's synthesis mix with the left's processing to look for and locate the pattern or to be able to "get" the joke. Very quickly following, though just prior to the persons had quite enough time to laugh, brain waves increase and spread to the occipital lobe which is the sensory processing areas of the brain. There was an increase in fluctuations of delta waves which reached a crescendo of activity and crested as the brain 'got' the joke followed by the recipient beginning of laughter. So here you have 'scientific' knowledge how laughter works, integrating the brain and getting it to all function together, thanks to Dr. Derk & Dr. Williamsburg. Now, stop analyzing and start laughing! :-) You have facts that it's actually beneficial for a variety of health issues, so don't minimize its importance and start giving yourself permission to take out time each day to laugh. Like a vitamin or even a meal, it's a necessity!
Courtesy of mother Pritaa ACBSP's site http://www.geocities.com/priitaa108/humor.htm
Laugh Yoga with Bir Krishna Goswami
Laugh Yoga during a picnic in Helsinki
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2932828682381191751
Laugh Yoga with Master Laugh Therapist BK Goswami - Laugh Yoga at
It's Best In Split Croatia - 1 hr 41 min 49 sec - Aug 30, 2007
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5224249030279265816
This is a MUST READ =>;-Q
http://www.digitalsawdust.com
Four Wives parable:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/4wives.pps
The sound of one hand clapping !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8muy8XHN52I
sent in by Jayasri mataji - Auckland
Click on this link to see how really short life is.
http://www.sastradana.com/video/lifeisshort.wmv
sent in by Shyamasundar prabhu ACBSP
Angry mouths flip out at a Press Conference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym9hMtpk9d4
12 days of Xmas Indian style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owK5tHjL0aE
Rhinoceros Beetles
Rhinoceros beetles are popular pets to some children in Japan. Beetles can be purchased in this road side vending machine outside Morioka. The male beetles are 300 yen while the female ones are only 100 yen. The two curious kids here are part of the Shillingsberg clan.
manya many more strange vending machines found in Japan here:
http://photomann.com/japan/machines/
You know some people are forever calling me a hypochondriac, and,
let me tell you, that makes me sick
IN THE BEGINNING...
In the beginning was the computer. And God said :Let there be light!
#You have not signed on yet.
:God.
#Enter user password.
:Omniscient.
#Password Incorrect. Try again!
:Omnipotent.
#Password Incorrect. Try again!
the law set in concrete
I pulled into a crowded parking lot and rolled down the car windows
to make sure my golden retriever had fresh air. She was stretched out on
the back seat, and I wanted to impress upon her that she must remain there.
I walked to the curb backward, pointing my finger at the car and saying
emphatically,
"Now you stay. Do you hear me? Stay! Stay!"
The driver of a nearby car, (blonde), gave me a strange look and said. "Why don't you just put it in park?"
Did
you ever wonder? 
A little boy goes to his father and asks "Daddy, how was I born?"
The father answers, "Well, son, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway! Your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe. We sneaked into a secluded room, where your mother agreed to a download from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall, and since it was too late to hit the delete button, nine months later a little Pop-Up appeared that said:
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sent in by Yashi - Wellington & Fiji
TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING
My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and
I kept
staring at a drunken woman swigging her drink, as she sat alone at
a nearby table .
My wife asks, "Do you know her?"
"Yes," I sighed. "She's my old girlfriend. I understand she started
drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she
hasn't been sober since.
"My God!" says my wife. "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"
sent in by Shyamasundar prabhu ACBSP
The price one pays....................
A statuesque blonde walked into a dinner party on the arm of a bald, elderly, scowling tycoon.
A society lady approached the young lovely to admire the huge shimmering gemstone hanging around her neck. "I must tell you," the matron exclaimed, "that you are wearing the most incredible piece of jewelry I have ever seen."
"That," the blonde responded, "is the one-and-only Blanton diamond."
"I'm surprised I've never heard of it," the woman marveled. "I study famous gems as a hobby."
"Well," the chippy revealed, "the Blanton diamond has an ancient, unspeakably evil curse attached to it."
"Really?" the woman queried. "What could that be?"
The blonde grimaced and gestured toward the tycoon. "Mr. Blanton, over there.
A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway.
Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting! Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULL OVER!" "NO!" the blonde yelled back, "IT'S A SCARF!"
The ways of this material world - strange but true
pleasure in the material world - usually at someone else's expense
The following questions and answers were collected from last year's
GCSE exam results in Swindon , Wiltshire, in the UK.
They are genuine responses (from 16 year olds)!
Geography
Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutant
like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.
Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water
tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon,
and Nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.
Sociology
Q: What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A: If you are buying a house, they will insist you are well endowed.
Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.
Biology
Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.
Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.
Q: What is artificial insemination?
A: When the farmer does it to the cow instead of the bull.
Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow. [He got an A]
Q: How are the main parts of the body categorised? (e.g. abdomen)
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the borax,
and the abdominal cavity. The branium contains the brain, the borax contains
the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels,
A, E, I, O and U.
Q: What is the Fibula?
A: A small lie.
Q: What does 'varicose' mean?
A: Nearby.
Q: Give the meaning of the term 'Caesarean Section.'
A: The caesarean section is a district in Rome .
Q: What is a seizure?
A: A Roman emperor.
Q: What is a terminal illness?
A: When you are sick at the airport
Q: Give an example of a fungus. What is a characteristic feature?
A: Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and they look like umbrellas.
English
Q: Use the word 'judicious' in a sentence to show you understand its
meaning.
A: Hands that judicious can be soft as your face.
Q: What does the word 'benign' mean?
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.
Technology
Q: What is a turbine?
A: Something an Arab or Sheik wears on his head
Connie xxx
The Supreme Court ruled there cannot be a nativity scene in Washington,
DC
this Christmas. This isn't for any religious or constitutional reason,
they
simply have not been able to find three wise men and a virgin in the
nation's capitol. There was no problem, however, finding enough asses
to fill the stable.
sent in by Shyamasundar prabhu ACBSP
A student taking a philosophy class had a single question on his final:
"What is courage?"
The student wrote: "This", signed it, and turned it in.
A Russian, an American, and a Blonde were talking one day. The Russian
said, "We were the first in space!" The American said, "We were the first
on the moon!" The Blonde said, "So what? We're going to be the first
on the sun!" The Russian and the American looked at each other and
shook their heads. "You can't land on the sun, you idiot! You'll burn up!"
said the Russian. To which the Blonde replied, "We're not stupid,
you know. We're going at night!"
A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She tells the mechanic
it died. After he works on it for a few minutes, it is idling smoothly.
She says, "What's the story?" He replies, "Just crap in the carburetor"
She asks, "How often do I have to do that?"
Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
http://www.online-literature.com/bierce/devilsdictionary/
.......more optical illusions and paradigm twists here:
UGLINESS, n.
A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
http://www.online-literature.com/bierce/devilsdictionary/
just chillin'
One summer my sis and I stayed with an uncle who lived on a farm way
up north in some place called,
Wisconsin, that seemed much more than the miles, removed from our big
city Chicago neighborhood.
I remember he wrote, to one of the giant mail order companies, either
Sears & Roebuck,
(don't ya wonder whatever happened to Mr. Roebuck, seems he disappeared
very suspiciously without a trace) or
"Monkey" Montgomery Wards, whose mail order businesses were the lifeline
for everything from women's dresses to tractors and even complete houses
to the people out in the rural hinterlands of our growing country.
That's right, wrote, corresponded, with pen and paper, before computers and when the country party line rural telephone companies were used mainly for local communication and gossip and long distance was considered expensive and for notifying relatives of major events like death, divorce or pestilence,
He asked for the price of a carton of their toilet paper. After a few weeks, the company wrote back and told him to look on page number 287.
I recall that my taciturn uncle, wrote another letter back stating that;
"If I had your catalog, I wouldn't need
your toilet paper."
A woman goes to her doctor who verifies that she is pregnant. This
is her first pregnancy.
The doctor asks her if she has any questions. She replies, "Well, I'm
a little worried about the pain. How much will childbirth hurt?"
The doctor answered, "Well, that varies from woman to woman and pregnancy to pregnancy and besides, it's difficult to describe pain."
"I know, but can't you give me some idea?" she asks.
"Grab your upper lip and pull it out a little..."
"Like this?"
"A little more..."
"Like this?"
"No. A little more..."
"Like this?"
"Yes. Does that hurt?"
"A little bit."
"Now stretch it over your head!"
USEFUL PHRASES FOR BACKPACKERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• "Kbar Khali-Kili Haftir Lotfan."
Thank you for showing me your marvelous gun.
• "Khrel, Jepaheh Maneh Va Jayeii Amrikahey"
I will tell you the names and addresses of many American spies travelling
as reporters.
• "Tikeh Nuneh Ba Ob Khrelleh Bezorg Va Khube Boyast Ino Begeram"
The water soaked breadcrumbs are delicious, thank you. I must have
the recipe.
• "Ekr Gabul Cardan Davat Parh Gush Divar"
I am delighted to accept your kind invitation to lie down on the floor
with my arms above my head with my legs apart.
• "Maternier Ghermez Ahlieh Ghorban"
The red blindfold would be lovely, excellency.
• "Howmaeh Fekr Tamomeh Oeh Gorteh Bande"
I agree with everything you have ever said and thought in your whole
life.
• "Balli, Balli, Balli"
Whatever you say.
• "Auto Arraregh Davateman Mano Sephaheh- Hasti"
It is exceptionally kind of you to allow me to travel in the trunk
of your car.
• "Cashal-Eh Fashal-Eh Tupheman Na Degat Man Goftam Cheeshayeh Mohemarir
Behmeshvarehma."
If you will do me the kindness of not harming my genital appendages,
I will gladly reciprocate by betraying my country in public.
A middle aged woman has a heart attack and is taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she has a near-death experience. During that experience she sees God and asks if this is it. God says no and explains that she has another 30-40 years to live.
Upon her recovery she decides to just stay in the hospital and have a face lift, liposuction, breast augmentation, and a tummy tuck. She even has someone come in and change her hair colour. She figures that since she's got another 30 or 40 years she might as well make the most of it.
She walks out the hospital after the last operation and is killed by an ambulance speeding up to the hospital.
She arrives in front of God again and asks, "I thought you said I had another 30-40 years?"
God replies, "Sorry, I didn't recognize you."
Yeah I saw you at the Hare Krishna Sunday Love Feast - I'd remember that smile anywhere.
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