I agree with the author. Sometimes fragmented thoughts occur to me, so that if I reflect on them and label them, they lose fuel and disappear, as opposed to when I laugh at them or be angry with them.
I remember a while ago, a friend of mine asked me to write in my blog that his country has produced distinguished philosophers so that the audience may be amused as to inquire who are these great philosophers are. I declined his request. Remembering at it now, I laugh.
As I came to remember the statement, I could not help but laugh, since laughter was the subject of the discussion, but sometimes, I remember these kinds of statements, and I generally say to myself let them come to pass and don't entangle with them.
If I do this, pressure is not generated and if generated it is not as strong as when I meditate upon them.
If I meditate upon them, that is think about them and laugh at them and so on for sometime, I develop pressure on parts of the head as if someone is firmly holding me with his hands. That is why I avoid them.
I develop more positive state that makes me more healthy and happy when I slowly meditate on subjects related to my needs and aspirations, while breathing as suggested, different me comes out. I really enjoy this process. It is one of my favorite pastimes, contemplation.
It so happens also ego or nafs is some sort of pressure. So that contemplation is some sort of ego-producing process.
If so, one may use contemplation to extinguish the ego or the nafs that disposes us to sort of activities that don't set us free financially and otherwise, and produce in its place one that disposes us towards activities that will inevitably set us free.
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