I am not laughing at you.
Double rainbow guy is viral.
It bugs me. I am a snarky, cranky lady who teases people to their faces. Double rainbow guy is being laughed at all over the innerwebz. I'm not laughing. Why?
It's not funny. If he were looking at an image of the Buddha, or Jesus, or Mary few would have found it so hysterical. Double rainbow guy was having a spiritual experience. Even if you think he's stupid or wrong you shouldn't be laughing at that.
I was speaking with friends recently about how we as a society are so uptight. Why we can't "get filled with the Holy Spirit." Why we avert our eyes rather than celebrating when people are having a moment with God and are vulnerable. This is why. If you openly celebrate your religion and your spirituality you are opening yourself up to ridicule. It doesn't only apply to "religious" experiences, either.
I cry in art museums. I stand weeping in front of works of art. I allow myself to be moved and feel it as deeply as I can. I have wept in the stillness of the redwood forest. I have wept on ocean cliff sides as the waves crashed with violent force. In the eyes of some people that makes me weird. I am ok with that.
I am embracing the awkwardness. It is strange to feel so immensely moved by something people might see as normal or mundane. If I had seen a double rainbow I may have reacted the same way. Uninhibited, openly questioning how I came to be so blessed to witness something so beautiful. I would have been too afraid to share my reaction with people. You can all see why.
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