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Why is it so difficult to laugh?

True spirituality is life-affirming; when you drop borrowed solemnity and look within, laughter naturally flowers. A religious man must laugh; without total laughter, you haven’t understood existence’s mystery.

— Osho
According to Osho, laughing is hard because we’ve been conditioned by “serious” religions and moralists to mistrust joy, suffocating our natural sense of humor. True spirituality is life-affirming: when you drop borrowed solemnity and look within, you touch the innate bliss—the seeker is the sought—and laughter flowers. A religious man must laugh; without total laughter, you haven’t understood existence’s mystery.

It’s hard to laugh because we were taught to be too serious; drop that training, look inside, and natural joy makes laughter easy.

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