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“We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust”
Rumi 

Dervishe Dance or Sufi Dance is a turning meditation that originated among Sufis, which is still practiced by the Dervishes (also called semazens) of the Mevlevi order.
The explanation for the spinning is that it is a way of letting go, of finding your center and balance and abandoning your ego and personal desires by being taken away by the music to the heart of the universe, God.
The dance usually starts with the Sema ritual, in which they wear a Sikke (camel's hair hat), representing the tombstone of the ego and a white skirt covered by a black cloak. The removal of the black cloak represents the removal of the veil of ignorance and rebirth to the truth.
By holding his arms crosswise, the dervish represents the number one, thus testifying to God's unity. While whirling, his arms are open: his right arm is directed to the sky, compared to the orbiting of the planets in the Solar System around the sun, ready to receive God's beneficence; his left hand, upon which his eyes are fastened, is turned toward the earth. Revolving from right to left around the heart, the semazen embraces all humanity with love.

 

Admit It and Change Everything

Define and narrow me, you starve yourself of yourself.
Nail me down in a box of cold words, that box is your coffin.
I do not know who I am.
I am in astounded lucid confusion.
I am not a Christian, I am not a Jew, I am not a Zoroastrian,
And I am not even a Muslim.
I do not belong to the land, or to any known or unknown sea.
Nature cannot own or claim me, nor can heaven,
Nor can India, China, Bulgaria,
My birthplace is placelessness,
My sign to have and give no sign.
you say you see my mouth, ears, nose--they are not mine.
I am the life of life.
I am that cat, this stone, no one.
I have thrown duality away like an old dishrag,
I see and know all times and worlds,
As one, one, always one.
So what do I have to do to get you to admit who is speaking?
Admit it and change everything!
This is your own voice echoing off the walls of God.

(Rumi, 1207 - 1273 AD)

Sufism is a religious order based on the mystical dimension of Islam, which started in 620 AD, based on the inner-meaning of its scripture, namely the Qur'an, a "multi-layered revelation," whose verses can be interpreted literally, metaphorically, philosophically, and mystically. The word "Sufi is derived from the Arabic word "suf," meaning "wool," Garments woven from wool were generally worn by early mystics, who came to be known as "Sufis," There are other explanations and meanings of the word 'Sufi' but the one I have just given is generally accepted by most Sufis and Sufi scholars. Sufism is known in Arabic as 'Tassawuf' or Islamic Mysticism.
 

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