If there was a way to measure spiritual progress, it would be by observing one's laughter.
How often do you laugh? What do you laugh at? Does your laughter come deep from your belly?
If a 'spiritual person' never laughs, run away from them.
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A while back, I saw a monk staring at me in slight annoyance because I was laughing too hard. Funny.
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