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bear it? The Jews could bear it because of their jokes.
In India, Hindus have nothing like jewish jokes -- nothing at all -- because the country has lived in a way in which the people were not very rich, but they were content. There was not much -- people were poor -- but they were adjusted to their poverty. They have not created any jokes.
Jewish jokes are simply rare... nobody can compete. As I have observed, in fact all jokes have their origin somewhere in jewish jokes; they are all derivatives of jewish jokes.
So always remember in a group situation that there are many people who will want to take it as fun, play. !t is good -- but don't allow too much. End the group every day by laughter, but everybody has to earn it in the first place -- otherwise not. It is an earning; hard work has to be done the whole day. Otherwise the group will have been enjoyed, but will have left people with nothing in their hands. It was a good experience, interesting, amusing -- but that's all. It won't bring growth.
So this is the delicacy of it. People should not become serious, deadly serious -- otherwise things become heavy and work becomes difficult. So sprinkle fun, laughter, and jokes here and there, but it should be like the salt in the food -- not more than that. Mm? If everything is salty you cannot eat it.
[A group participant says: Since the group I've stopped taking risks... ]
Mm mm... it can happen. If the group goes well, people who are cowardly will start taking risks. People who are a little foolhardy will stop taking risks (a chuckle). You must be of the second sort.
A group brings a very balanced state of mind to you... a balanced state. So if a person who is very cowardly and always afraid to take risks passes through the group experience and grows and becomes more aware, he will start taking risks. A person who is foolhardy -- who is always treading where angels fear to tread -- will become more alert, and will drop a few risks.
Unnecessary risks are not to be taken. It is just foolish to stand in the middle of the road and not to listen to the driver of a bus; it is simply foolish! It is not a risk -- you
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