2010世界愛笑日來自卡塔利亞醫師的訊息 @ 百善笑為先-愛笑俱樂部

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World Laughter Day Message from Dr. Kataria

世界愛笑日～來自卡塔利亞醫師的訊息

MONDAY, 29 MARCH 2010 16:41

星期一，2010年3月29日16時 41分

Dear Laughter friends,

親愛的愛笑朋友們，

World Laughter Day is a very special day celebrated worldwide on the first Sunday of every May.

「世界愛笑日」（World Laughter Day）是一個非常特殊的日子，於每年5月的第一個星期日，我們在全世界慶祝。

Our mission is to bring Good Health, Joy and World Peace through laughter.

我們的使命是經由「笑」使身體健康、歡樂，以致世界和平。

The way Laughter Yoga has grown across 65 countries without marketing and advertising leaves me with no doubt that this new concept is widely accepted among different cultures and countries and is truly universal.

愛笑瑜珈在沒有行銷以及廣告之情形下，已經成長茁壯於65個國家。這使得我毫無疑問地相信：這項新概念h會被不同的文化及國家廣泛地接受，它真正是具有宇宙式的普遍性。

Everyone knows laughter is good for health, but what kind of laughter is beneficial.

大家都知道笑對健康是好的，但什麼樣形式的笑真正有益處呢？

Science tells us that laughter is beneficial only if it is sustained and when we laugh longer at least for 10 -15 minutes.

科學告訴我們，只有當我們至少持續笑個10到15分鐘以上，笑的益處才會彰顯出來。

There is no way we can laugh that long naturally in our real life.

然而，在現實生活中，我們沒有辦法自然地笑那麼久。

Since laughter in Laughter Yoga is done in the form of an exercise, we can laugh as long as we want to get the guaranteed benefits of laughter.

由於「笑」在愛笑瑜伽中是被當成一項「運動」（exercise），我們可以愛笑多久就笑多久，以保證獲得笑的益處。

Secondly, in this high pressure, high tension modern world, there are not many reasons that makes us laugh.

其次，在這個有高度壓力又令人高度緊張的現代世界中，沒有太多的「理由」可以使我們笑。

Therefore, we need to disconnect our laughter from reasons of life and laugh unconditionally without any reason.

因此，我們必須斬斷「笑」和生活中的種種「理由」之關連，讓我們笑得毫無條件，也不需任何理由。

While many are getting the health benefits and changing their quality of life, the question is how do we actually bring world peace through laughter?

正當很多人漸漸得到健康的益處以及改變他們的生活品質的同時，接下來的問題是：我們如何經由笑，真正帶來世界和平呢？

The formula is simple - When you laugh; you change and when you change the world changes around you.

公式很簡單 - 「當你笑，你自身改變了；當你自身改變了，你周圍的世界也改變了！」

By multiplying Laughter clubs, we are building a worldwide community of like-minded people who believe in common shared values of unconditional love and laughter.

經由以倍數成長的愛笑俱樂部，我們正在建立一個全球性的社區，集合志同道合的人，大家對笑以及無條件之愛的價值觀有共同的信念。

It will cultivate ideals based on goodness, generosity, forgiveness, truthfulness and honesty.

這將會培養起基於善良、慷慨、寬恕、誠實和廉潔的理念。

I take this opportunity to announce that we will soon be setting up the world's first ever International Laughter Yoga University in Bangalore, India.

我藉此機會宣布，我們將很快成立有史以來世界第一個國際愛笑瑜珈大學於印度班加羅爾（Bangalore, India）。

There will be no academic degrees given; it will be the University of 'Living Life'.

這個大學將不會給予學位，它會成為「如實生活」（Living Life）的大學。

We will teach people how to bring more joy and laughter in their lives.

我們將教人們如何在他們的生活中，帶來更多的歡樂和笑聲。

On this auspicious day, I appeal to everyone to participate in the World Laughter Day celebrations worldwide and laugh unconditionally for at least one minute and stand in silence for 30 seconds, wherever you are, to pray for peace in this world.

在這個吉祥的日子，我呼籲大家出來參加於全世界各地舉辦的「世界愛笑日」的慶祝。至少無條件地笑個一分鐘，然後站著靜默30秒。無論你身在何處，讓我們共同為世界和平而祈禱。

Love & Laughter

愛與笑

Dr. Madan Kataria

馬丹‧卡塔利亞醫師