Osho on Gibberish Meditation & Let Go
Question:
When we do Gibberish, followed by Silence, are we experiencing
the active, then the inactive mind? And is it possible that we
can experience the transcendental during the let-go? Can one
have moments of consciousness before being totally and
irrevocably conscious?
Osho:
The whole method is managed in the same way you are describing
it.
Gibberish is
to get rid of the active mind, silence to get rid of the
inactive mind and let-go is to enter into the transcendental.
And don’t
think that it is something special, that only special people can
do it. You are doing it! – you just have to recognize it. You
have to realize the fact of your dignity. The whole society has
destroyed you, spoiled you, undermined you, repressed every
possibility of your reaching to yourself. And the whole world is
against me, because I am doing exactly the opposite: I am trying
to bring the individual back into the world, and the world has
killed the individual completely.
Just today, I
have received an invitation from a small commune of friends in
New Zealand. They have a beautiful place; they have sent
pictures of a river surrounded by an ancient forest, high rising
mountains. You can see the whole range of mountains covered with
snow. And they wanted me to come and have my commune there. They
are ready to make available as much land as possible, but they
don’t understand that their government will not allow a
dangerous man like me in their country.
They should
first ask their government before they invite me. The politician
is the enemy of man. The politician represents the past, the
dead, all the graveyards; and my work is to bring even those who
have been long dead out of their graves. They try hard not to
come out, but I have my own means – I tell them ”Gibberish, do
gibberish, if you cannot do anything else! At least that will
prove that you can breathe and then we can go on from there.”
And remember,
when I am talking about graves, I am talking about you. Before
we go into these three stages... Remember, if you are doing
something, do it totally; otherwise there is no point in doing
it! I will prepare the ground with some laughter – that is
always cleansing, strengthening, it makes you aware that if you
can laugh you are not dead.
Fanny goes to
her dentist and complains about a toothache.
”Is it very
painful?” asks Doctor Floss, adjusting the chair.
”Yes, it is,”
replies Fanny.
”All right,
Miss Pringle,” says Floss, turning to his assistant, ”you can
can leave us now.”
Miss Pringle
goes out quietly, and the dentist and his patient are left
alone.
”Darling!”
says Floss, embracing his patient, ”we can’t go on meeting like
this!”
”But why
not?” wails Fanny.
”Because,”
says Floss, ”you have only got one tooth left!”
Fergus
Cratchit, the seventy-year-old Scotsman, hobbles into his
favorite pub to shoot the breeze with his friends.
Fergus has
recently married a nineteen-year-old girl, and several of the
men at the bar buy him drinks and ask him to tell about his
wedding night.
”My youngest
son, Kenneth, lifted me onto the bed where my lovely bride was
waiting for me,” recounts Fergus. ”And the next morning, my
three older sons carried me off the bed.”
The men
gathered at the bar scratching their heads, and then asked
Fergus why it needed three sons to take him off when he needed
only one son to put him on.
”It is
obvious,” replies Fergus, proudly. ”I fought them!”
Now, be
ready... Nivedano, the first...
(Drumbeat)
(Gibberish)
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
Absolute
silence, close your eyes, no movement of body or mind.
Just be at
the very being.
This.
This.
This is the
very essence of Zen.
Just rejoice
in it!
Nivedano, the
second...
(Drumbeat)
Everybody
dies completely.
Even if the
dead go on breathing, don’t be worried – you be dead!
This will
give you a taste of the transcendental.
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
Everybody
comes back to life.
Really!
It is no
laughing matter – you are still dead.
Nivedano... a
good beat...
(Drumbeat)
Okay,
Maneesha?
Yes, Osho.
Source: "
This, This, A Thousand Times This: The Very Essence of Zen,
Chapter 8 " - Osho
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