If the idea of enlightenment is the last joke the mind plays on itself, who has the last laugh?
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"Laugh fully before enlightenment, for once you dissolve into the universe, the separate laugher disappears and the conditions for laughter are no more."
According to Osho, nobody has the last laugh. Enlightenment ends the mind's play altogether; beyond mind there is neither laughter nor tears, only silent wholeness. Laughter exists only within mind's narrow band, a compensating polarity to misery born of seeing the ridiculous. When you dissolve into the universe, the separate laugher disappears. Therefore, laugh fully before enlightenment; afterward, the very conditions for laughter are gone.
No one laughs at the end—when the mind stops, there’s just quiet; so enjoy your laughs now.
Why this matters practically
- Stop chasing a 'last laugh'; aim for silent acceptance, not ego wins.
- Enjoy humor and simple joys now; don't postpone living for a future enlightenment.
- See laughter/misery as the mind's balancing trick; respond with awareness, not reactivity.
- Enjoy humor and simple joys now; don't postpone living for a future enlightenment.
- See laughter/misery as the mind's balancing trick; respond with awareness, not reactivity.
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