GIBBERISH
5.21.05
I remember Osho, my master, once saying he wanted to do two things he hadn't yet tried. One of those things was to visit the commune disco, called Zorba the Buddha. He said he might one night show up unnnounced, and join in with the dancing. Another thing I remember him saying was that he might one day begin speaking only in gibberish, a nonsense language. Wanting us all to go beyond concepts and words, I remember him indicating this would be a fun technique. All of Osho's techniques were designed to take us deeper into meditation. He often invited us to relax into the spaces between his words, as he spoke, rather than to listen to the words themselves. He also has said that he has intentionally contradicted everything he has said. As I remember, his speaking Gibberish would have been an interim stage before moving into total silence, with no words at all. He said he had been waiting for that day when no more words would be needed.
To my knowledge, Osho never actually did either of these two things. I never heard him actually speak in gibberish, nor did I see him dance in the disco. Too bad!
I was thinking of writing something in the gibberish vein, just for fun. So here is an attempt to create something close to gibberish, interspersed with Osho's discourse titles. All discourse titles mentioned in this poem are available as books, videos, cassette tapes, etc., (including OSHO Gibberish & Let Go Meditation) at
VIHA: OSHO Information Center and Book Distributors.
GIBBERISH
pinto-offoly ho mon a non
ittily-bittily boppily niffil-offamy
WORDS FROM A MAN OF NO WORDS
junka punka
runka bunk
ja ba ja ba ja ba
jooooooo
jumps-through-hoopsky-doopskys
inter-poluskys
winner-looseskys
BE STILL AND KNOW
eeee eeee eeee eeee
risk fisk jisk
jona joina
hootle tootle ona noodle
rapsidoodle inter-padipsey
contra-two-lipsey-ology
hadda padda paladda poopsie pa doo
sunk a doodoopada too easy-paleasy
om mana hopealotta sonna monna
THE REBEL
shooooooo
jeez pleeeez soneez
okadoka
tuka duka
penaoploiscaponiptiy
chonapoll
THE QUANTUM LEAP FROM MIND TO NO MIND
janka
wanka tonka
lonka
oooooooooooooooooo
manipucontrasippa
centilillartoploy
yeah yeah
ZEN ZEST ZIP ZAP AND ZING
moosey
looosey
goosey
rantalotadoosey
mixatipsey
fantastaripsey
hoka pucka oh onna onna
swooomagah!
THE GOLDEN FUTURE
soakanon
pukie too
zounds ohtee hah!
hart part cart lantonia
rada cada loooooo
you key me key all key
yeah
AND THE FLOWERS SHOWERED
fana mana kootah!
loona mona hasooka
mooka tooka manipalooka
BE STILL AND KNOW
shanza patukah
hadda hadda hadda
whatahadda?
hhhhhmmmmm
NOTES OF A MADMAN
oooooohhhhhh
whoda hadda
hadda whoda
ahhah! hahahah!
DON'T LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP
sonarific
scientifor-icillish
non noon gonta beyonnta
sosooooooon!
DIMENSIONS BEYOND THE KNOWN
cutta cutta hadda putta
hadda mudda manje panje
son a gutta gutta
script-aleasy
plops annoys-a picksa poinse-a
hadda badadda yadda yadda
plops a doodle-ie ina coodle-ie
padroole
THE HIDDEN SPLENDOR
soooooooooooomaaaaaha
corssanadda
donanadda beenanadda
sobecucca ronosipidinisky
honacopispeak
ronnapulicky
ruck ruck ruck
waaaaaaaalllllaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
NO WATER, NO MOON
soona mooona looona
cartooooona no soona
no loooona no cartoooooooona
nota moooona
BIRD ON THE WING
whooooseeee joooooooossseeee
manicula
sontaonna
fiddleadiddlea whooolea
yeta geta seta fonipuly
BOOK OF THE SECRETS
oughta boughta
soughta caughta
foughta taughta
articulaughta
neahhhhhhhhhhh!
ZEN MANIFESTO: FREEDOM FROM ONESELF
choman nana
nobanana whobanana?
ooooobanana!
fananbanana mana
THE RAZOR'S EDGE
clownfoundabanana
fundaclownda
poundaipilize
philosoclowniptiy
zippity flippity do
whodo
THE ART of DYING
abababababdadadada
dinity pinity rinity prospinity
spinity knity lopsidity
looooosidity tinity
inner-finity
rounder-skinity
topple-inity
outer-inity
THE SUN RISES IN THE EVENING
no kinity
kitty kitty kitty!
Paditty ooooooooooo
maskerintiy
hunkerifity onorifery pontiferifery
ja dada!
chinney-chin-chinnery
oy-da koy-da
lipastick-heavenifery
chooosea mooosa
monickatiady
ONE SEED MAKES THE WHOLE EARTH GREEN
koota koota koooo
quantificate
misinterpricate-aliscious
manipu-oscilation hooka tooka
reliefa-nooka
zada badada
data-fanata-inspirata-enchilada-iscious
spinatory
ahka finaka meeeees
MA TZU: THE EMPTY MIRROR
