A Sense Of Humor

NOV. 5, 1980, 5:52 AM
W. WILLOW, STUDY

You do not feel the least inclined toward fun and humor this early morning, o son, so that shall be Our theme. For the rhythm of life, of the properly spiritual life, is one in which, amongst the serious and rational, there is time for humor and the comic. You remember well the teaching I called FUN. That was almost a year ago. Can you remember the titles of those before and after? That should say something important.

We shall commence with Lenore’s perceptive comment in relation to Oaksie’s tape. Even when, particularly when, one is presenting a deadly serious message about a super serious aspect of life, there, in the midst, is a time for humor. For the sense of a humor is the evidence that life truly is “going on”. When you write to him make this suggestion… not that he do it if he does not feel it, but that he examine his own spirit and see if, in fact, it does break forth into happy song on occasion. If so, give evidence of this, too. Talking of “unawareness” whether from accident or from alcoholism, is supremely serious, but if one is alive (the one who tells) then there is occasion for a smile, even a laugh.

I realize that I continually urge you back to the Scriptures, o son, and that, for these purposes, you come away unenlightened, for there is little humor expressed in that Library of Books. It is hard to explain to you why the principle I just gave you is not embodied in those wonderful Writings. The story of Me, as Jesus, and the woman of Cana who came to have her daughter healed comes pretty close to humor. In the midst of asking for that most serious of acts, healing, she caught My attention by the way she whimsically responded to Me. I picked that up and loved her for it, and from that love came healing. It could have been told that way.

My servant Edgar gave a reading that described us at the Last Supper, in which it told that I smiled, laughed, and sang. That is true. It could have been told that way.