Fwd: Becoming Fooly Aware

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by kalipadma

> How to Become Fooly Aware

>

> By Swami Beyondananda

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>

> Like many of you, I began as a seeker of wisdom. I came of age

> during the sects revolution, and I explored all kinds of kinky

> sects. But I never felt fulfilled. I finally saw the light when I

> woke up one morning with a sugar hangover at a biker crash-

> pad. I was wearing an orange leather vest and reeked of incense.

> Yes, I had become a Harley Krishna. I took a good look at myself

> in the mirror, and that's when enlightning struck and I found

> foolfillment. I became fooly-realized the moment I realized

> that I was a fool - and there was nothing to do about it but

> laugh. And I've been preaching FUNdamentalism ever since.

>

> The Five Fundamentals of FUNdamentalism

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> 1. Life Is a Joke - But God Is Laughing With Us, Not At Us.

> God is tuned to the Comedy Channel, and we are His Funniest Home

> Videos. We take turns being comedian and straight man (and yes, a

> gay woman can be a straight man - it happens all the time), so we

> get the fool spectrum of experience. And we have free choice. We

> get to choose whether or not we laugh. While we FUNdamentalists

> are ardently pro-laugh, we are pro-choice as well. We honor every

> human being's right to not be amused. But I figure, why resist a

> Farce that is greater than any of us? If life is a sitcom, might as

> well sit calm and enjoy it.

>

> 2. Fun Is Fundamental.

> FUNdamentalists believe that life is fundamentally fun - that

> underneath all the stress, distress and negativity, there is a deep

> well of joy. Each time laughter bubbles up from that well, we

> experience deep wellness. A fooly-aware person need only look in

> the mirror to begin laughing. So play to God daily. Surrender to the

> Farce, and smile ... you're on Candid Karma.

>

> 3. A Laugh Track Has Been Provided.

> The FUNdamentalist scriptures tell us that on the Eighth Day,

> God saw the world was funny and created Laughter. And since

> we were humoring Him, He decided to humor us. So He provided

> a laugh track so we could laugh along. But when things get

> serious, we lose track of the laugh track. Fortunately, the best

> way to overcome gravity is with levity. We can use the

> levitational pull to help us rise above whatever is bringing

> us down - and help us get back on track.

>

> 4. We Are Put In the Material World To Get More Material.

> Spirit is immaterial, so it must materialize to experience

> anything. Without material existence, there would be nothing

> to laugh about and no one to do the laughing. We have been

> given the human jestive system to turn the material of life

> into laughter. When we laugh, God laughs. And when we laugh

> with God, we are using the spiritual to heal the material.

> To be happy in life, you must be able to take a joke. And if

> you can leave a few as well, all the better.

>

> 5. Nonjudgment Day Is At Hand!

> When a majority of human beings would rather laugh than condemn,

> we will have an uncritical mass, and this will usher in Nonjudgment

> Day. On Nonjudgment Day, we will all win beauty contests. Lawyers

> will disappear, and all our trials will be over. On this glorious day

> when enlightning strikes, our clown chakras will open, we will

> become fooly-realized, and we will finally get the joke. The world

> will stop - and everyone will get off.