By Geoffrey Hoppe

Published in February Shaumbra Monthly

Humor is one of the best prescriptions for life’s challenges. It has the magical ability to quickly shift stuck energies and change a person’s entire perspective of an otherwise difficult situation. Humor can relieve the boredom of an otherwise tedious meeting. It can break the tension between two people in conflict. Humor can even ease the physical and emotional discomforts of the Awakening Symptoms.

Humor has become an integral part of the monthly Shouds, starting with Tobias’ loving and gentle humor that was often directed at himself, or at some of the odd and unexplainable ways of humans. It continued with Kuthumi – oh that Kuthumi! – who has audiences rolling with laughter even before he delivers a profound and touching message.

I find it more of a challenge to channel Kuthumi because of the huge audience expectation of humor. This requires that I carefully synch with Kuthumi for timing, verbal inflection, body language and even facial expressions. Kuthumi wants me to deliver not just the words, but his total being. His humor is contagious; I find the real value of his humor is that it takes down the barrier of Master versus Student, putting him and the audience on a common and light level.

There’s an old belief that a spiritual Master should be serious and even a bit didactic. After all, many people on the spiritual path get pretty dang serious about themselves. On more than one occasion we’ve had new people tell us there’s too much joking and laughter at the Crimson Circle gatherings. Perhaps they expected a solemn, reverent and disciplined group of humans sitting at the feet of a serious guru. But that’s just not Shaumbra. We laugh. We smile. We dress up in funny costumes. We are spiritual pirates….. arrghhh!

Adamus has his own unique form of humor. He often pokes fun at some of our idiosyncrasies, quirks and foibles. Sometimes it bites, most often it helps us to look at ourselves and laugh. He loves playing up the humor regarding his own arrogance, trying to remind us that we are allowed to speak well of ourselves. When I started working with Adamus his energy felt much more professorial and regal than Adamus or Kuthumi but over time he’s lightened up and has actually become very entertaining (as well as provocative).

Tobias once told me that one of the challenges of teaching incoming crystal children – the ones who are coming to Earth for the first time – was about human humor. Most of our humor is based on making light of personal conflict or unusual situations. But the crystal children have no real understanding of life in the physical reality so they don’t really “get it.” They want to know everything there is about human humor, but Tobias ends by telling them that, “You just have to be there.”

Many of us were subjected to solemn religious programming in our earlier years. Nuns, ministers and rabbis were serious if not downright scary. The Pope never cracked a joke. Jesus was usually hanging from a cross… no smiles there. As we evolved into the New Age the solemnness continued. Gurus were pretty straight-lipped if not kind of tedious. Meditation groups didn’t approve when you broke out in laughter because you couldn’t figure out the difference between om’ing and ahm’ing. Deepak Chopra and Eckhart Tolle are wise in many ways but I don’t think they’ll win any awards for hilarity.

One notable exception is the Dalai Lama. This dude-Master smiles!  In a recent interview with Ron Gluckman/Dharamsala, His Holiness said, “Of course, I pray for my people and for the return of Tibet,” he says, in his deep, resonate voice. “I pray for Tibet every day. But, also, I pray for China. I’m optimistic.” He pauses for a few seconds, his eyes twinkle and a mischievous grin appears. “Of course, I’ve been optimistic for 37 years now!” I love the Dalai because he’s always smiling, like he knows what’s really going on. He doesn’t worry about the outcome because he knows it’s perfect.

Linda and I have been privileged to work with esteemed New Energy channelers including Lee Carroll (Kryon), Steve Rother (The Group) and Ronna Herman (Archangel Michael). You know what they have in common? They are funny! Off the stage, behind the scenes, they are a riot. Lee Carroll has a keen sense of humor, always willing to play a practical joke and always finding humor in otherwise tense situations. Steve Rother has an infectious laugh and always has a funny story to share. Ronna Herman can tell funny stories that would raise the hair of the saltiest sailors. After all, she spent many years as a Public Relations executive for a Nevada casino. Peggy Dubro, Lee Harris, Jim Self, Dr. Todd Ovakaitys, Jonette Crowley…. all of these New Energy teachers have great senses of humor. They love to laugh, and in doing so they share their joy of life.

Don’t let another day go by without smiling or laughing. Smile when you wake up in the morning… it will change the perspective of your entire day. Laugh instead of crying over spilled milk…. it will help you to see the humor instead of the agony. Smile instead of meditating… it’s better for your face muscles and your soul.

After all, life isn’t a test. It’s just an experience. You’ve already ascended and now you’re just experiencing how you got there. Wouldn’t you really take the journey in humorous joy rather than gray solemnness?