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Gibberish and Let-Go
"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." Osho
First Stage: Gibberish
While sitting, close
your eyes and begin to say nonsense sounds – any sounds or words, so long
as they make no sense. Just speak any language that you don't know! 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. Let your body likewise
be expressive.
Second Stage: Moving
In
After some minutes of
Gibberish, there is a drumbeat, at which point the Gibberish stops. Osho’s
voice then guides the listener into a space of deep silence, stillness and
relaxation, saying, for example, “Be silent, close your eyes...no movement
of the body – feel frozen. Go inwards, deeper and deeper, just like an
arrow. Penetrate all the layers and hit the center of your existence.”
Third Stage: Let-Go
Another drumbeat and,
without arranging yourself, just allow yourself to fall down "like a bag
of rice," so you are lying, utterly still and relaxed, on your back as you
are guided even more deeply into a silent stillness.
Fourth Stage: Coming
Back
At the final drumbeat,
Osho’s voice guides you back to a sitting position, with the reminder to
carry the glimpse of silent awareness one may have had into everyday
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