We use this wonderful nonsense language as a warm-up exercise in Laughter Yoga to release inhibitions, however, due to my recent travels in Egypt, I have been researching this ancient language and its origins. Why? Let me first tell you a little about my trip to Egypt….
36 people from all around the world joined together in October, with a Canadian
Archaeologist, 2 Egyptian travel guides, one plain clothed armed Egyptian security man and various Egyptian bus drivers to make a once in a lifetime trip down the Nile Delta between Cairo and Asswan to visit ancient amazing sites and enjoy a spiritual quest.
In the 21 days we traveled, there were three particularly memorable highlights, when we as a group had private time to meditate, sing, chant and work together energetically. The first was between the paws of the Sphinx at 4.30am, which combined with another two hours in the Kings’ Chamber of the Great Pyramid, where we sang, chanted and meditated, building and experiencing the energy of these awe-inspiring spaces.
Carmen our Archaeologist pointed out the new road way around the Giza Plateau that is almost finished. This will take tourists on a “motorized tourist train” to view the Great Pyramid from a distance, so we may well have been one of the last groups to be granted a permit to actually go inside this ancient monument. By building this road, the Temple of Isis, which is just beside the Sphinx has been buried in concrete, which is incredibly sad.
A number of days later we went to Dahshur, where there are three pyramids. We climbed up and then steeply down the 136 cramped steps into the Red Pyramid. This structure felt even more ancient than the Great Pyramid. We moved between the three great chambers as a group, once more building energy with our voices in song and chants. Many people were moved to tears and joy as they emerged back out into the scorching heat of the desert.
On the last day of the tour we made our way to Abu Garab, where the Antiquities Department had granted us a permit to be at the Crystal Altar for three hours – this was originally between 9am-12noon. However, due to the many diversions of the Egyptians who were traveling with us, we didn’t arrive till after 11.00am. Still, we made our way in the searing heat up through the mango orchard, then up and over the huge sand dune into the sanctuary of the giant quartz crystal stone. It was about 30cm thick and big enough for the tallest man to lie down on. The stone is over a 180ft shaft, which originally linked into underground tunnels and chambers. The four cardinal points were clearly marked in crystal and we gathered to give our voices in healing vibrational energy to each member of the group. The energy was immense as was the midday sun, however, after an hour and half we had completed what we needed to do, and left under the agitated eyes of our Egyptian guides, plain clothed armed security man and various armed tourist police.
Every step of the way in Egypt we experienced extremes. Whether that was the heat, the heightened emotions of the people we were traveling with or, the blatant corruption of the Egyptians. Rubbish was piled in every place imaginable, the roads were crowded with buses, vans, cars, bikes, lorries, motorbikes, camels, horses, donkey carts, small herds of sheep or goats with the odd goose thrown in. Chaos and overcrowding with many near accidents were the rules of the road. Every time we stopped we were faced with the desperate energy of the men trying to sell cheap souvenirs and children crowded around grabbing at any little trinket or piece of food that came their way…. Thank goodness for my training in Laughter Yoga!!
I discovered very quickly how important it was to laugh my way through the madness of Egypt and others in the group gladly joined in. Then one day in Luxor, we had had a particularly difficult time on the bus, and I decided to stand in the doorway and give each person Gibberish Healing, an ancient art that my Soul suddenly remembered. The effect was remarkable. I could see people becoming calmer, more relaxed and accepting of whatever the trip was going to entail. Their Spirits were raised as we set off to the Temple of Dendera. It was at this point I realized the true nature of gibberish – it not only releases inhibitions it allows people to consciously go mad and helps people to come fully into their own Being, to become fully present and simply allows a person to accept whatever it is they are facing or experiencing. Fantastic!!
Once home I began to investigate the origins of gibberish as it is such a powerful tool in our Laughter Yoga kit.
What I discovered was that in ancient times there was an enlightened Sufi mystic called Jabbar and he spoke so fast that his sentences had no beginning or end. His words ran over each other, and made no sense. His utterances were such outbursts of energy that his followers found it mind-blowing. This is exactly what he intended – he wanted to bring the mind to a standstill. To simply allow whatever came without knowing whether it had meaning or reason. At this point the mind can move into the realms of the mysterious and spiritual. He had thousands of followers because he was saying, “Your mind is gibberish. Put it aside and you will have a taste of your own being.”
To finish, I would encourage everyone to make more use of gibberish, not only as warm up exercise in Laughter Yoga, it can also be very effective in meditation – see www.osho.com Gibberish can also be used for personal expression of deeply felt and difficult emotions and the ancient art of gibberish healing is a very simple way to instantly make people feel better. Like laughter, gibberish can be used anywhere with anyone at anytime!
Gionododpm; kdiklo!! Oloimoopmdldo, dididopmdoigug!! Kdou, jdir0w; gidiujtieihgi!! Jdidgwpdodijfpflol!! Fjiofu0ffjfjivkdiidhviekgfhro!! Oxoxoxxoxox cicidfnppiniigipping!
Lynda Andrews