ASPECTS OF THE DIVINE

WHEN GOD LAUGHS

GOD laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient's mother, "Don't be afraid, mother, I shall certainly cure your boy." God laughs saying to Himself, "I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save it!" The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each other, "This side is mine, that side is yours." He laughs and says to Himself, "The universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion," (148)