When was the last time you laughed so hard that nothing else in your life could reach you?
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Ram Dass used to say something simple but unforgettable. If your car careens off a cliff, you are probably not horny while flying through the air. The moment you are fully present, everything else falls away.
In this clip from Know Thyself, the conversation explores how laughter works in exactly the same way. When you are truly laughing, you are not worrying about your gas bill. You are not running through your to-do list. You are not carrying the weight of your past or the pressure of your future. For a brief moment, none of it can come with you.
This is what comedy can do at its highest level. It creates a shared space where everyone in the room is having the exact same experience at the exact same time. And on that journey, the things we usually drag through our days, our anxieties, our identities, our fears, simply cannot fit through the gate. We get to be free, even if only for a moment.
Maybe that is why laughter feels so sacred. It is not just entertainment. It is a small, temporary form of liberation. A reminder that presence is always available, and sometimes it shows up disguised as joy.
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