Sufi Love And The Open Heart
Sufism emphasizes universal love, peace, acceptance of various spiritual paths and a mystical union with the divine.
The dancer turns like the earth turns around the sun, he is then in osmosis with the universe following the movement of the planets.
This dance is a spiritual practice, which bears the name of Samâ (or Sema) meaning “spiritual hearing” or “deep listening” in connection with Sufism. We also know this rotating dance under the name of " Whirling Dervishes"
Believe in ourselves above all give us the strength to accept to follow this path, sometimes strewn with pitfalls, disappointment, discouragement but also filled with dreams and hope.
The rest is irrelevant, because through this dance the possibility is offered to the one who looks at me to see himself like the reflection of a mirror.
What is the Sufi and Bhakti movement?
The two movements brought a new form of divine expression.
Their dance is a traditional form of Sufi worship, a continuous twirling with one hand pointed upward reaching for the divine and the other hand pointed toward the ground.
The dancer turns like the earth turns around the sun, he is then in osmosis with the universe following the movement of the planets.
So the dancer spins to the left side, to the side of the heart.
This dance is a spiritual practice, which bears the name of Samâ (or Sema) meaning “spiritual hearing” or “deep listening” in connection with Sufism. We also know this rotating dance under the name of " Whirling Dervishes"
The origination of Sama in the Mevlevi Order of Sufis is credited to Rumi, Sufi master and creator of the Mevlevis.
The story of the creation of this unique form of dhikr is that Rumi was walking through the town marketplace one day when he heard the rhythmic hammering of the goldbeaters.
The long skirt, usually white, a symbol of purity, helps to highlight the circular movement of the dance as it opens due to the whirling.
The Sufi dance is the dance of souls and reveals spiritual energy. This energy cannot be seen with the naked eye because it is elusive. Its colour is a colourless light, pure and transparent like a mirror through which the world is reflected.
This is why the skirt's infinite wave movements reveal the presence of the soul which, like an aura, envelops the body and floods it like the sun which offers its light to the earth.
The Sufi dance is the dance of souls and reveals spiritual energy. This energy cannot be seen with the naked eye because it is elusive. Its colour is a colourless light, pure and transparent like a mirror through which the world is reflected.
This is why the skirt's infinite wave movements reveal the presence of the soul which, like an aura, envelops the body and floods it like the sun which offers its light to the earth.
It is a source of life without which we could not exist.
Do you have to be a believer to practice this dance?
Yes, you have to be a believer.
Yes, you have to be a believer.
Believe in ourselves above all give us the strength to accept to follow this path, sometimes strewn with pitfalls, disappointment, discouragement but also filled with dreams and hope.
The rest is irrelevant, because through this dance the possibility is offered to the one who looks at me to see himself like the reflection of a mirror.
I am me and the whole at the same time.
It is listening to yourself and others.
It is red hot passion, absolute ecstasy direct to and from The Heart.
Based on the mystical branch of Islam, Sufi music seeks to unite listeners with the Divine. Sound and music being the most important aspect of Sufism, the acts of listening, chanting and whirling to music is common to most Sufi orders. It is passionate, hot blooded and sensual and connects the dancer to their own beloved within.
The two movements brought a new form of divine expression.
The Sufis were mystics who called for liberalism in Islam.
They emphasise an egalitarian society based on universal love.
The Bhakti saints transformed Hinduism by introducing devotion or bhakti as the means to attain realisation with the Self, Atman, Our True Nature.
Rumi and Hafiz remain the most well known of Sufi poets.
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