The Didjeridu Coalition
(U.S. Nationwide)
focalized by Brother Brian Love

Purpose: To gather together Bretheren, who do Didjeridu meditation in the spirit of love, healing, and individual/group growth. In 2009 or 2010, our main focus will begin. We will travel through old woods: healing the earth, reawakening the old spirits, and become one with Mother Nature. It is a possibility that we will find the need to develop our own language based on Didjeridu. It will be an authentically tribal experience. Women, children and aspiring Didjeridu are welcome to join our journey.

Aborigine Principle: In clarification of the last sentence, Aborigine tradition dictates that women are not supposed to do Didjeridu. At first I was in disagreement with this principle. Having an understanding of female (yin) and male (yang) energy, I thought thusly, 'The yang energy being contractive and stronger in rational and organizational nature (both contractive) it should be the core of Didjeridu energy (as has been for over 40,000 years, predating written history), however the female energy should be able to flow from an outer circle seldom and at appropriate times to provide some form of balance.' Then, my perspective changed because of a powerful experience involving a female Didjeridu.
      She had a tribe of three men, all looking sickly. A traditional four-didjeridu ceremony occurred with great perfect flow, we took the positions around the fire dictated by the earth. The woman Didjeridu took a position directly in front of me with the bell end of her instrument mere inches in front of mine, her didjeridu disrupting the vibrational flow of mine.
      I still think it is a possibility that the outskirt yin energy may be feasible and even a better system, however, the above experience and the vast knowledge of the Aboriginals in Didjeridu from the ages should be heeded, and until further and authentic knowledge is obtained from Aboriginals, associated Didjeridu Coalition activities may (at times) expect attendant women to respect this tradition. I intend to travel in Australia in search of information in preparation for our journey.

What is Didjeridu?:
The really surprising thing is that most people don’t know, even many doing Didjeridu.

Physical meaning: A tube or expanding hollowed tube of virtually any material… I could play the cardboard inside of a toilet role and call it a Didjeridu according to the broadness of this meaning. In fact there are plenty of words for phallic objects that could replace this term. Why don’t I just say it right here…. Many, many, many people that have never seen the Didjeridu… Ask… “Is that a bong?” My response is…. “Why yes, yes it is!!! I play the bong!!!” and a demonstration is then needed. I even responded thus with a police officer from drug interdiction department. Another response is, ‘I can make it one real quick if you got something to put in it.’ Besides a slight difference of construction we may as well call the instrument a bong. In Australia there are different names to classify the different forms of the instrument. If anything Didjeridu should be another type of instrument: Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, String, and Didjeridu.

When people ask [amazed], “Is that a Didjeridu?” My usual response is… “I’m more the Didjeridu then this tube. I’m a whole bunch of tubes vibrating a tube, which is vibrating my tubes.”

The real question is where the word comes from; its origin contains its meaning. The sounds forming the word Didjeridu were vocalized into the instrument and we thus heard and the term coined: Didjeridu, didjeridu, didjeridu, didjeridu, didjeridu, didjeridu, over and over again. What are we talking about!? Repeating an internal word, be it real or gibberish, meaningful or meaningless, over and over again is a mantra. A mantra is a meditation. Didjeridu is a name derived from a meditation and further is a better representation for the meditation of Didjeridu and not the instrument of Didjeridu. Didjeridu should be considered a meditation since, like the mantra, the meditations origin, representation, and meaning is contained within the word.

I have made it a point in the contents of this page and my interaction with people to attempt to convert from saying things such as “I play Didjeridu” to “I do Didjeridu”.

Jan. 10 – Jan. 24, 2008: Florida Trail / Rainbow Trail, building the root council

It is not always easy to tell what the future will bring. There are many possibilities for the plans of the Didjeridu Coalition. I have left it completely open, knowing that anything can happen. I would like to see other things occur, like conventions and other what-nots, but these are really an issue of donations and interest. We will definitely create a meeting space at the National Rainbow Gatherings. For now, if you jive with the fundamentals, fill out the sign up page on the Drugs and Dreams Forum to let us know you’re out there. I’d like to speak with you!