HUMOR DIVIDES & CONNECTS

Our family of origin, culture, circle of friends, and much more shape our sense of humor. It can strengthen a social bubble, create exclusion and division, or it can act as a reconnection to happiness.

Humor is very personal and can vary greatly. From the perspective of the Five Elements theory, "emotionally motivated" humor primarily exhibits these five divisive forces, which can have a destructive effect:

SPACE ELEMENT
Envy and schadenfreude: We lack the generosity and composure to allow others to make mistakes or experiments and learn from them.

EARTH ELEMENT
Laughing at and judging others. Humor creates hierarchies and judges who knows and is loved, and who knows less and is condemned. In doing so, we abandon our own inner peace.

WIND ELEMENT
This kind of humor uses comparisons (e.g., "You used to do that better!") and employs comparative and superlative forms of language. It separates us from gratitude and acceptance, from being fully present in the current moment.

FIRE ELEMENT
The humor is cynical and reveals contempt. We are incapable of patience and compassion.

WATER ELEMENT
This humor relies on running gags that reinforce and ossify structures, concepts, and connections. This reveals fear and limits creative potential.

BENEFICIAL HUMOR
This humor arises from inner serenity (space), from peace of mind (earth), from deep love (wind), from compassion (fire), and is simultaneously creative (water). It springs from the deepest humanity; with an open heart, it frees us from the mental chatter, from conditioning and rigid structures. This benevolent humor reconnects us to our soul's original state of bliss.

Honestly – we wish you a humorous start to spring with many happy moments.

Warmest regards – Angel & Aline and the SONQO team