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Diciembre 01, 2008
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Philosophies
On Laugher
In Di?erent
Cultures
By: Paola Janeth Pena
Laughing is natural, in fact after 36
hours of being born a baby can o?er a
smile to its parents. Children are more
prone to laughter than adults; a child
can laugh approximately 300 times a
day, while an adult only laughs about
?fteen to a hundred times.
Some Hindu books speak of meditation with laughter because it is a technique based on one’s inner self, it is a
way to get to know ourselves internally,
that helps us become more conscious
of the world. In India Mystic Rose
meditation is promoted and consists
of nine days with three daily hours of
laughter. There is a particular Buddhist
school that teaches techniques in walk
smiling, and claims it is more bene?cial than meditation. There is a Hindu
believe that assures that an hour of
laughter has more bene?cial e?ects for
the body than four hours of yoga. The
most popular and developed towns
have a sense of humor as is the case of
the Jewish town. The Chinese philosopher of Tao also practices laughter. An
old Chinese advice states to be healthier,
one must laugh 30 times a day, experts af?rm that three times a day is enough as
long as it is for more than one minute each
day. “Laughter is something true and disintoxicating, moral that is able to heal the
body at least help tune out our body’s major problems. And in fact there is no harm
if one overcomes the doses,” William Fray
United States Neurologist.
Although it has always been known
that a sense of humor in?uences in the
recuperation of sick children, it was until after the 70’s that the laughter therapy
received a de?nite push with the famous
case of Norman Cousins; a very important executive of New York known for
his critics and editing of the Saturday
Review, who in the 1950’s was diagnosed
with Espondolitis Anquilosante (extremely painful spinal arthritis) which
left him convalescing.
Cousins fell into a major depression;
the more depressed he became his state
and pain worsened until it became unbearable. The doctors told him that a little happiness would do him well. That is
how he was began to watch many comedy movies, as soon as he started watching
them he bursted out into laughter and felt
better. That is how he discovered that ten
Filoso?as De La Risa En Distintas Culturas
Por: Paola Janeth Pena
Reír es natural, de hecho un bebe a
las 36 horas de nacido puede ofrecer una
sonrisa a sus padres. Los niños están
mucho más dispuestos a reírse que los
adultos. Un pequeño se ríe un promedio de 300 veces al día; mientras que un
adulto lo hace entre quince y cien.
Algunos libros hindúes hablan
de Meditación con risa porque es una
técnica basada en sí mismo, es un medio
para conocerse internamente que ayuda a
estar mas consiente del mundo. En la India se promueve la meditación de La Rosa
Mística. Cual consiste en nueve días con
tres horas diarias de risa. Cierta escuela
Budista ensena técnicas para caminar
sonriendo y dice que es algo más bene?cioso que la meditación. Hay una creencia
Hindú que asegura que una hora de risa
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