{"id":1,"date":"2022-11-02T09:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T09:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashramharmonia.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2023-12-22T15:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:30:55","slug":"gibberish-the-calm-after-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashramharmonia.com\/en\/it\/blog\/gibberish-the-calm-after-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"GIBBERISH: the calm after the storm."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThere is no such thing as peace of mind. There is only one peace and that is when there is no mind. When there is only one observer and nothing to look at, suddenly everything becomes calm and peaceful\u201d OSHO<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

There is a way to become silent, though feel<\/em> silence? Is it possible that, somehow, our mind shuts up and rests for a while? How can we meditate if our mind is so busy thinking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are common questions for every meditator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes we feel like there is a constant flow of thoughts, judgments, ideas and plans in our head. This feeling can overwhelm us and prevent us from trying to meditate<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever said: \u201cI can't meditate, I can't be silent, my mind is too active!\u201d? If yes, welcome! It just means you're human, like everyone else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we feel like we can't escape our mind or find a way to feel the silence inside<\/strong>, there is a technique made for this, it's called Gibberish. Especially for those just starting to meditate, Gibberish can really make a difference in our experience with Meditation and prepare us for silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does it work<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gibberish is an ancient technique, used over the centuries by many mystics and spiritual seekers to abandon the mind<\/strong> and fall into silence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the most popular story, a Sufi saint called Jabbar was the first guru to use this technique. He spoke all day, with his students and with the local people, a language that no one knew. His way of expressing himself was confused and incomprehensible to anyone, to the point that the locals called him the "crazy". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day his disciples, tired of being confused, went to their master to ask for explanations. He replied, using real words, that humans continue to use unhealthy and harmful conversations<\/strong> for no reason. He later revealed that he was using this nonsensical way of speaking to prepare his body for the silence of Meditation. This technique then took its name from Jabbar and spread throughout the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More recently, the enlightened Master OSHO has used Gibberish to define some of his Meditations and Meditative Therapies, again giving it great popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technique<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As OSHO explains, Gibberish consists of closing your eyes (in particular for OSHO Gibberish Meditation, see paragraph How to practice Gibberish<\/em> ) and start saying whatever we feel needs to be expressed. Sometimes, we can hear of not being able to express<\/strong> something because of our upbringing, civilization, society, culture, etc. Gibberish is an opportunity to let out all the things we have kept inside, using words, sounds and moving our body as it wishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever moves in our mind, throw it away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when we do this, we don't have to know the words we're using, we have to avoid the language we know.<\/strong> OSHO said: \u201cIf you don't know Chinese, say it in Chinese! Use Japanese if you don't know Japanese. Don't use German if you know German." <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, we have to use meaningless words or sounds, as if we were children before we learned to speak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First the storm<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Our entire society is based on rationality. Our minds are the result of centuries of conditioning based on many rules, restrictions, duties, behaviors to respect, standards to achieve, performances to provide and so on. As a result, our mind is super busy and keeps us restless<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a possibility for contemporary man to be silent: go through the chaos<\/strong>. Allowing ourselves to throw out our craziness, garbage and everything that makes no sense inside us is like tasting the freedom of a bird for the first time. Just leave rationality and reasonableness behind for once and tap into the chaos of our mind, simply allowing it to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The human mind thinks only in terms of words. By using Gibberish, we break the pattern of continuous verbalization that our mind is used to expressing itself. When we use this technique we let's be crazy<\/strong> sincerely, without any filter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do this we cannot use words, because they always represent something and always refer to logic. Only "non-words" can bring out our madness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this reason, Gibberish can be seen as a scientific way to cleanse our minds. It's a catharsis<\/strong> which encourages us to free ourselves from our oppressions and express the madness we carry inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then the calm<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After Gibberish comes silence. The mind has disappeared, the thoughts have fled, there is only silence. This is the space from which the awareness<\/strong> This is the moment of mindfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, mindfulness comes when the mind is not there. After cleansing the mind our breathing becomes deeper, our identifications fall, even the witness of all these things vanishes and the only thing that remains is awareness itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gibberish is an instrument of peace. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First of all, it gives to us inner peace<\/strong>. Suddenly our mind is slow and quiet, there is no need to rush anywhere, we find ourselves without worries, preconceptions, plans or ideas. Just pure presence, expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Gibberish is also a tool for obtaining peaceful relations<\/strong>. Whatever unresolved problems we have, whatever blocked energy we are storing and whatever unexpressed emotions we are hiding, they will become collective problems. Sooner or later we will throw this burden on someone else. It may not even be related to the problem, but it will be the \u201cvictim\u201d of ours repression<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all have garbage to throw away: if we do it on another human being we are violent. If we choose to do it via Gibberish instead, we assume it responsibility<\/strong> and we care about what we feel. By practicing this revolutionary form of Meditation, we are becoming more aware of all the layers of sedimented garbage we carry with us every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letting her out in a safe and secure space is one way to bring acceptance<\/strong> to the complexity of ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to practice Gibberish <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned above, the enlightened Master OSHO designed Meditations and Meditative Therapies based on the Gibberish technique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, at the Harmonia Ashram we practice NO-Mind<\/strong>, a Meditative Therapy that lasts a week, during which we practice an hour of Gibberish and an hour of silence daily. This is a group process, so in this case eyes can be kept open and interactions are allowed, in Gibberish of course! <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is there a way to become silent, to feel the silence? Is it possible that somehow our mind becomes silent and rests for a while? How can we meditate if our mind is so busy thinking?
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