As I wrote about in last week’s article, when my son is crying, if I make a series of funny faces, he often stops crying and starts laughing. I’m sure that to others I look ridiculous doing this, but it’s just what a doting parent does.
I believe that the act of “making people laugh” is actually very important. To raise your Ki you need to emit positive Ki from yourself. This is because Ki has the property that by doing so, positive Ki will gather from those around you due to the vibrational synchronization effect. Laughter is truly the source of generating positive Ki.
At the Shinkiko Retreat seminar held every month, we do something called “Laughter Practice.” Everyone joins hands and at first tries to force themselves to laugh. As they yell “Ha ha ha,” the atmosphere gradually becomes more cheerful, and before they know it, they’re actually laughing.
My father, our founder, always had a punch line in his stories and valued the humorous aspects of rakugo and manzai. Even in serious stories, he would always include something that would make people chuckle.
To increase laughter in your daily life, you need to have the mental space to see your own and those around you’re making jokes about their mistakes. For example, while I was seriously explaining Shinkiko, my nose suddenly started to itch and I sneezed loudly. The sound echoed through the quiet hall, and for a moment I wondered what to do, but then I said, “This is also proof that the energy of Ki is working on the body,” and it became a funny story, lightening the mood in the room.
When you receive the energy of Shinkiko and your Ki rises, you will find it easier to have peace of mind. If the influence of negative Ki is strong, you will take even small failures seriously, but as the support of positive Ki increases, you will be able to turn the same event into laughter.
Laughter is not something we passively wait for; it’s good to create it ourselves. Laughing with others also raises the energy in the room and deepens the bonds between you.
It’s especially in difficult times that we should not forget to laugh. A little laughter creates peace of mind, which gives us the strength to take the next step. And when we laugh, we not only send positive energy to ourselves, but to invisible beings as well.
So, try to find humour in the little things that happen in your daily life, turn your failures into jokes, and laugh at silly things. By doing so, you will attract positive energy around you, and your life will become more enjoyable and fulfilling.