INVISIBLE GURU FORUM

Dear Members and Lurkers:

Are you having fun yet? Really, I'm asking you (yes you) are you having fun yet and I am not joking. I'm guessing that you have been in your space suit (or rather your space suit has been in you) for a few tens to an embarrassing number of tens of years. That is plenty of time, in my opinion, for you to have lots of it, so, are you enjoying you limitless allotment of fun.

If you are, welcome to the club. If not, then I am curious as to what is stopping you from having fun. Why are children so lovable, they are having fun (most of the time, but not so much when parents interfere). Why do we like comedians and jokes? They are fun and often the most fun when they point to something silly that humans/we do, and one of the silliest things is humans don't have enough fun.

I'm not saying that you should go out and have fun, kick up your heals, joke, question authority. There really is no imperative that you have fun, no prime directive that you should, but it seems like a good idea to me.

Perhaps the world (and you) has been duped into thinking that hard work at a job one hates, staying in relationships that are stinky and stale, going to church to get a good dose of guilt (opposite of fun) or maybe joining the military and killing people or, perhaps getting oneself killed (pretty sure that's not fun)... that these are just the way things are and what one does in this world. I call b. s.

The earliest that I can recall is probably something like three years old. At that age I sensed there was not enough fun going around, even though I couldn't verbalize it, I just sensed that those around me, and everyone else I came in contact with were not very happy. Even at that tender age it seemed a little silly, less-than-optimal.

I'm not saying that you should have more fun, I'm suggesting that it would be... more fun to have a more fun. One of the funnest things you can do is find out that there is no ''you'' having fun. That one's a blast. Fun is just a play of mind and if you don't play with it, society, church, government and institutions would definitely love to take on the task. Only problem is that their idea of fun is not much fun. Enough of their fun and you will go quite crazy... be like everyone else... comforting perhaps, but no fun.

BK has a good test in here teachings. Ask of every thought, ''Is that true?''. Well, I gotta mess with everything it seems (just having fun) so how about asking of every thought. ''Is that fun?'', or, ''Will that thought put more fun in my life?''. You might come up with:

1.) I don't know.
2.) Yes, it will.
3.) No it won't.

Perhaps the best solution for the first answer is just be patient. For the second answer, proceed as planned and enjoy. For the third answer you might ponder ''What the heck am I doing thinking it?" Then I suggest following up with something that is a little more fun. It may be a thought or an action. It doesn't matter in my experience.

While you still have a mind, you might as well tickle it.

Love ya, Jed.

P.S. If you don't have a mind then ignore the foregoing. You are already having plenty of fun.

I'm having fun... discovering that the world is crazy, no one is sane, and that i don't exist has been a blast!

I agree about having fun,  that's the main thing.  ☺

I agree about having fun,  that's the main thing.  ☺

I seriously doubt if there actually is a "main thing" apart from an apparent "no main thing"... I think there's only one thing and by labeling it "fun" you instantly create the possibility of "no fun" and then you're back to dual square one. So I tend to agree with Kimber and disagree with Mr. Jed... it is what is, not this not this, neti neti, et cetera, and by calling it "fun" and making it something to aim for, you're f.u.c.k.i.n.g the whole thing up.

I think it's BS advice from Jed. But hey, who am I?

I don't think it's B. S. I think it's semantics. Although it all is B. S. too. At least anything said or thought is.

Yes, of course it's semantics, thank you Kimber. It's all about the word "fun" and what it apparently means to this body-mind-brain-computer-model pretending to be me. When I see the word "fun" I automatically see things like the stupid Dutch Carnaval where people drink themselves mindless and wake up in a pool of vomit next to a woman or man they do not recognize. You know, the worst kind of moronic stupidity imaginable.

I get "to be entertained", that's what "intelligent people" do (or so I hallucinate), but "having fun" is the same thing, of course, though I get a completely different "feeling" when I hear "fun". So "fun" stands, in the mind of this meatsuit I call "me", for "sheer stupidity"... hahaha, how's that for conditioning?

So thanks, you people, for showing that. Further!

Dear Stephan:

In the middle of a football game and someone turns off the T.V. Hmm... I would be really upset..'''Who the hell turn it on in the first place?''

Love ya, Jed.

What if what seems like "having fun" is destructive to the body?  I.e. alcohol? Almost every day. Many drinks. Because not drinking is just **** boring!  What then?