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

        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

.....if I were a terrorist:
http://www.thepostmanscorner.net/da/movies1972.html

Complex Karmas video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP59tQf_njc

Toyota's new fuel economical vehicle

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.

-- Ellen DeGeneres

Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling.

-- Anonymous++

Y.M.C.A.

The irony:
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

-- Susan Ertz

Woooooof - you want me to sniff what????? I'd rather become cat food.

No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather.

-- Michael Pritchard

A wandering monk walked barefoot everywhere he went, to the point that the soles of his feet eventually became quite thick and leathery.  And because he ate very little, he gradually became very frail.  Several days often passed between opportunities to brush his teeth, so he usually had bad breath.  Therefore, throughout the region, he came to be known as the super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis.

Little Jake is five and learning to read. He points at a picture in a zoo book and says, "Look Mama! It's a frickin' elephant!"

Deep breath.... "What did you call it?"

"It's a frickin' Elephant, Mama! It says so on the picture!"

....and so it does: " A f r i c a n Elephant "

Hooked On Phonics. Ain't it wonderful?

Teacher: "Andrew, what is a cannibal?"

Andrew: "Don't know."

Teacher: "Well, if you ate your father and mother, what would you be?"

Andrew: "An orphan, ma'am

A man rushed into the doctor's office and shouted, "Doctor! I think I'm shrinking!"
The doctor calmly responded, "Now, settle down. You'll just have to be a little patient."

sent in by Shahin Maghsoudhi - Auckland

A husband reports: "Our argument was well under way as my wife and I left the party.  Once we were in the car, words were flying.  My wife had really worked up a storm, and after a few choice words from me, she shouted, 'Stop the car and let me out!'"
       I pulled over to the curb.  She unlocked the door and got out, but then looked around and got back in again, saying, 'Take me to a better neighborhood!'

       "That cracked up both of us -- and ended the argument, too."



Two tourists, strangers, were traveling in a tour bus in India.
One of them kept clicking his fingers continually, which got on his fellow traveler's nerves. After about an hour he said
"Ol' chap, Do you have to do that?" The other replied, "Yes, I must. It keeps the tigers away."
"But there aren't any tigers here." Said the first.
"See?," said the other, "It works!

  Did you ever wonder? 

A wife went to the police station with her next-door neighbor to report that her husband was missing.  The policeman asked for a description.  She said, "He's 35 years old, 6 foot 4 inches tall, has dark eyes, dark wavy hair, an athletic build, weighs about 185 pounds, is soft-spoken, and is good to the children."
 
The next-door neighbor protested, "Your husband is 60 years old, is 5 foot 4, chubby, bald, has a big mouth, and is mean to your children."
 
The wife replied, "Yes, but who wants HIM back?"

An aged farmer and his wife were leaning against the edge of their pig-pen when the old woman wistfully recalled that the next week would mark their golden wedding anniversary.

"Let's have a party, Homer," she suggested.
"Let's kill a pig."

The farmer scratched his grizzled head. "Gee, Ethel," he finally answered, "I don't see why the pig should take the blame for something that happened fifty years ago."

A WOMAN was flying from Seattle to San Francisco . Unexpectedly, the plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft the plane would re-board in 50 minutes.

Everybody got off t he plane except one lady who was blind. The man had noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because her Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of her throughout the entire flight.

He could also tell she had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached her, and calling her by name, said, "Kathy, we are in  Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?" The blind lady replied, "No thanks, but maybe Buddy would like to stretch his legs."

Picture this:
All the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a Seeing Eye dog!

The pilot was even wearing sunglasses. People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, but they were trying to change airlines!

True story... Have a great day and remember. ..

 THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY APPEAR.
 A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!!!

sent in by Pauline Archel-Thompson - UK

Skunk Prank
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7vEfP5kJl80

Here’s a spoof on Indian Telemarketeers. Its awesome.
http://livingoffdividends.com/2008/01/15/hilarious-indian-telemarketeer-spoof-video/

A fur coat that even vegetarians and animal activists would happily wear:
http://www.thepostmanscorner.net/da/movies2224.html

Hare Krishna Cinema - Just for a laugh:
http://www.vedaveda.com/gitagita/en/funny/funny.html

Toilet pranks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cm1r3d2Qw4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjGd1C6E4ys&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUkrrMX8N8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_E8gHdehZc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3yJZEpf4_k&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN1U3iUyoM0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNKohe3krx4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJD1V6GapSg&feature=related

After delivering a speech at an elementary school, the president of the USA lets the kids ask a few questions. One little boy, Harshad raises his hand and asks, "How come you invaded Iraq without the support of the United Nations?"

Just as the president begins to answer, the recess bell rings and he says they'll continue afterward. 25 minutes later the kids come back to class.

"Where were we?" says the president. "Oh, yes... do you kids have any questions?"

Another boy raises his hand and says, "I have three questions: First, why did you invade Iraq without support from the U. N.? Second, why did the recess bell go off 30 minutes early? And third, where is my buddy Harshad?"

Little Sameer who was a Hindu, was failing in maths.
His parents tried everything. Tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers, but nothing helped.
As a last resort, someone told them to try a Catholic School .
"Those nuns are tough" they said.

Sameer was soon enrolled at St Mary's. After school on the very first day Sameer ran through the door and straight to his room, without even kissing his mother hello. He started studying furiously, books and papers spread all over his room. Right after dinner, he ran upstairs without  mentioning TV and hit the books harder than before. His parents were amazed.

This behavior continued for weeks, until report card day arrived. Sameer
quietly laid the envelope on the table and went to his room.

With great trepidation, his mother opened the report  ......

Sameer has gotten an 'A' in maths!
She ran up to his room, threw her arms around him and asked, "Sameer, how did this happen? Was it the nuns?".
"No" said Sameer.

"On the first day of school when I saw that Man nailed to the plussign, I knew they weren't fooling around".

sent in by Kalavati mataji - Tauranga

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,
it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week.
 
          Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully at the age of 93.
The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started.

A woman was bragging to her next-door neighbor about her son, a college student.

"Why, our son is so smart, every time we get a letter from him we have to go to the dictionary."

"You're lucky," the neighbor sighed. "Every time we get a letter from ours, we have to go to the bank!"

A pediatrician in town always plays a game with some of his young patients to put them at ease and test their knowledge of body parts.

One day, while pointing to a little boy's ear, the doctor asked him, "Is this your nose?"

Immediately the little boy turned to his mother and said, "Mom, I think we'd better find a new doctor!"

A West Virginia couple, both certified rednecks, had 9 children.
They went to the doctor to see about getting the husband "fixed."

The doctor gladly started the required procedure and asked them what finally made them make the decision--why after nine children, would they choose to do this?

The husband replied that they'd read in a recent article that one out of every ten children being born in the United States was Mexican, and they didn't want to take a chance on having a Mexican baby, because neither of them could speak Spanish!

oh my God hand me the bottle

The ways of this material world - strange but true

Watch what you do your karma is looming upon you

sent in by Shahin Maghsoudhi - Auckland

There were these two sadarjis driving along the highway looking
for a place to stop and have a picnic lunch.  The first sadarji says,

"Let's stop here, and have our picnic under that tree."

The other says, "No! Let's have it right here in the middle of the road."

They argued about it for a bit, but finally agreed to have it in the middle of the road.

All of a sudden, a car comes speeding towards them and has to swerve into the tree to keep from hitting them.

The one sadarji says to the other,

"See? If we were under that tree, we'd be dead now!"

Introducing "LITE" -- the new way to spell "LIGHT" with 20% fewer letters!

It's alright to talk to yourself.
It's even ok to answer
It's EVEN ok to argue with yourself
But when the arguement gets violent, you've stepped over the line.

sitting in the naughty spot

A three-year-old walked up to a pregnant lady while waiting with his mother in the doctors office. He inquisitively asked the lady, 'Why is your stomach so big?'

She replied, 'I'm having a baby.'

With big eyes, he asked, 'Is the baby in your stomach?'

She answered, 'He sure is.'

Then the little boy, with a puzzled look, asked, 'Is it a good baby?'

She said, 'Oh, yes. It's a real good baby.'

With an even more surprised and shocked look, he asked, 'Then why did you eat him?'

A friend toldme of a time when they were standing in line at a fast-food restaurant, waiting to place our order.

There was a big sign posted. "No bills larger than $20 will be accepted."

The woman in front of us, pointing to the sign, remarked, "Believe me, if I HAD a bill larger than $20, I wouldn't be eating here.".

WHILE waiting in line at the bank, a co-worker developed a very loud case of hiccups.
By the time he reached the teller's window, the hiccups seemed to have worsened.

The teller took my friend's check and proceeded to run a computer verification of his account.
After a minute she looked up from herterminal with a frown and said that she would be unable to cash his check.

"Why not?" my friend asked incredulously.

"I'm sorry, sir," she replied, "but our computer indicates that you do not have sufficient funds to cover this amount.
As a matter of fact," she continued, "our records show your account overdrawn in excess of $5000."

"It can't be!" he cried. "You have to be kidding!"

"Yes, I am," she answered with a smile, counting out his cash.
"But you will notice that your hiccups are gone."

well I'll be.....

Not the yuga dharma

VITUPERATION, n.
Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their wit.

Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
http://www.online-literature.com/bierce/devilsdictionary/

.......more optical illusions and paradigm twists here:

VOTE, n.
The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
http://www.online-literature.com/bierce/devilsdictionary/

Karma !!!

Life isn't like a bowl of cherries or peaches...
it's more like a jar of jalapenos.

What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.

(Think about this one!!)
 
A man observed a sign in the window of a restaurant that read "Unique Breakfast" so he walked in and sat down.

The waitress brought him his coffee and asked him what he wanted.

"What's your Unique Breakfast?" he asked inquisitively.

"Baked tongue of chicken!" she proudly replied.

"Baked tongue of chicken?...baked tongue of chicken! Do you have any idea how disgusting that is?
I would never even consider eating anything that came out of a chicken's mouth!" he fumed.

Undaunted, the waitress asked, "What would you like then?"

"Just bring me some scrambled eggs," the man replied.

NOTE: just in case you don't know the egg is the infertile remains of a chicken's menstrual cycle.

During my recent hospital incarceration, I learned that there's a new staff dietician and food service management team in place.

On the second day after some rough early morning, pre-op testing, having been preceded by the previous day's necessary fasting, they brought me a thick vegetable soup for lunch at 11:00AM, but I refused it. At 2:00PM, they again tried to serve me the same soup, but my stomach and appetite just couldn't hack it, so I once again refused it.

Again, at 5:00PM and 7:00PM, they tried, and both times cuz of the continuing abdominal queasiness I rejected the soup, so I thought they finally gave up.

But during the night, through the drugged assisted haze of sleep and in preparation for the next day's procedure, I foggily realized they had entered my room at around 3:00AM, 4:30AM, and 6:00AM and had given me an enema each time.

Since I finally was released and have been home, I've been advising friends who are facing any possible medical trips to the hospital, "Whatever you do, if you have to go to that hospital and they try to serve you soup, take it !!! ....

Cuz let me tell you, if you refuse it, they sneak in while you're sound asleep and shove it up your back side!

its all about training eh

A pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express Praise for answered prayers.
 
A lady stood and walked to the podium. She said"I have a praise. Two months ago my husband Jim had a terrible bicycle wreck and his Scrotum was smashed.
The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn't know if they could help him."
 
She continued "Jim was unable to hold me or the children and every move Caused him terrible pain. We prayed as the doctors performed a delicate Operation. They were able to piece together the crushed remnants of Jim's scrotum and Wrap wire around it to hold it in place."
 
The men in the congregation squirmed uncomfortably.
 
She continued "Now Jim is out of the hospital and the doctor's say with Time his scrotum should recover completely."
 
All the men sighed with relief. The pastor rose and tentatively asked if anyone else had anything to say
 
A man rose and walked to the podium. He said "Good morning I'm Jim and I want to tell my wife ONCE AGAIN the word is STERNUM."

........lost in translation

A dottering, old professor of logic asked his College class a question.

"If Philadelphia is 100 miles from New York and Chicago is 1000 miles from Philadelphia and Los Angeles is 2000 miles from Chicago, and the Moon is 239,000 miles from Earth, how old am I?"

A student in the back of the class raised his hand and when called upon said, "Professor, you're 70."

The old professor said, "You're absolutely correct, but tell me, how did you arrive at the answer so quickly?"

The student said, "It's easy, I have a brother, he's 35, and he's half nuts."

.......my dear Lord please show me a sign !!!!!

Some devotees were talking and one asked what are the different kinds of suffering in this world.

The new devotee said there are 5 kinds of material suffering: Birth, death, disease, old age and... New Age.

I was walking past the mental hospital the other day. All the patients were outside and they were shouting, "13 ... 13 ... 13 ..."

The fence was too high to see over,but I saw a little gap in the planks and looked through to see what was going on. Somebody poked me in the eye with a finger.

Then the inmates all started shouting, "14 ... 14 ... 14 ..."

An Indian woman takes her 16-year-old daughter to the doctor. The doctor says,
"Okay, Mrs. Patel, what's the problem?"
The Indian mother says, "It's my daughter, Sunita. She keeps getting these cravings, she's putting on weight, and is sick most mornings."
The doctor gives young Sunita a good examination, then turns to the mother and says,
"Well, I don't know how to tell you this Mrs Patel, but your Sunita is pregnant - about 4 months, would be my guess."
The mother says, "Pregnant?! She can't be, she has never ever been left alone with a man! Have you, Sunita?"
A blushing Sunita says, "No mother! I've never even kissed a man!"
The doctor walked over to the window and just stares out it. About five minutes pass and finally the mother says,
"Is there something wrong out there doctor?"
The doctor replies, "No, not really, it's just that the last time anything like this happened, a star appeared in the east and three wise men came over the hill.
I'll be darned if I'm going to miss it this time!"

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http://www.njagyouth.org/colortest.swf

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