Friday, June 12, 2009

Laughing and weeping

Hearing the sound of some laughter issuing from a corner of the office, the Master turned towards one of the devotees and asked, "Do you know how many muscles operate during weeping and how many during laughter?"

He could not answer the question, so the Master said, "Seventy-five muscles during weeping and fifteen during laughter. Such a great amount of energy is wasted during weeping!"

-Swami Sivananda


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