Laughter and Meditation, part II

If there is two contradictory ideas, and then if the contradiction is suddenly resolved, laughter ensues. I think all if not most really funny things are instances of these principles.

Laughter discharges internal pressure, which if not discharged, and other methods of discharging are blocked, one becomes irritable and may easily become angry or make others angry.

I think this is true because at one point I refused to laugh or cry or discharge pressure through other known methods. I started to become more angry with myself and with others.

While walking In the desert, a Somali mythological fool, saw what looks like a dangerous animal, he sat where he was and waited until morning. Suddenly, he noticed it was small tree. What I thought of you , O tree, he said, or what you turned out to be, or what I should never do again.

When one hears this, one generally laughs because of the contradiction, what the fool expected and what was actually the case, was resolved