The gibberish meditation

So what's all this gibberish about? It is a meditation. An Osho-meditation.

I had heard of Osho. Knew about the bloke for years. Read a book or two, even liked what I read. Well, my head did. But it took me years before I walked out, one autumn evening, to visit a small meditation center.

The Gibberish was one of the first meditations I did there, and I loved it instantly. It was the first meditation that got through to me. So, as a tribute to one of the great enlightened masters of our time, a great prankster, and collector of Rolls Royces:

Osho's instructions for Gibberish Meditation:

(taken from Meditation, the first and last freedom, Rebel Publishing House)

Either alone or in a group, close your eyes and begin to say nonsense sounds - gibberish.

For fifteen minutes move totally in the gibberish. Allow yourself to express whatever needs to be expressed within you. Throw everything out. The mind thinks, always, in terms of words. Gibberish helps to break up this pattern of continual verbalization. Without suppressing your thoughts, you can throw them out - in gibberish.

Let your body likewise be expressive.

Then, for fifteen minutes, lie down on your stomach and feel as if you were merging with mother earth.

With each exhalation, feel yourself merging into the ground beneath you.

If you're interested in Osho, www.osho.org (or the european mirror) is the place to check out. It's a bit holy for my taste, but there are plenty of quotes and texts, as well as a lot of info on Osho Commune International in Pune, India - a place to visit as well :-).

And then there's the Humaniversity, which is definately anything but holy. A different tribe, so to say.

However... I love Osho ever so much, yet I don't feel the fire in the sannyas world so much anymore. Especially after doing a very special workshop called 'The Intensive' which, if anything, lived up to its name. This nine-day group is held by the Miracle of Love, and this is where the juice is flowing... going depper, for the Truth. If you want to know a little more you can email me, or give them a ring. Details on their webpage (the smallest site I've seen in ages).

Anyway, we're all travellers on our own path. So, wherever you go, I wish you a good journey to your Truth. Namaste!