It is fanny how you can fell dizzy some times. It feels like I am walking around, around and around without knowing why. Recently I realized that this spinning, this going around, is what most people do. I still don't know the exactly reasons why.
Also, I realized that I lost my sense of exploration, curiosity and adventure. The temporary loss of my basic self made me look the world in a completely boring way. I want a word full of personality, charisma, friendship, ethic a fulfilling one. I really believe it is possible but.... you have to move around...or spin with purpose.
This photo was taken in Turkey last year....here you go...spinning with purpose
Sufi music is special and touches your soul. I never knew much about Islam and its past and divisions. This was a great introduction to it while in Turkey. They really get into a magical trance. The practice of Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning), (Arabic: رقص سماع) is a twirling meditation that originated among the Turkish Sufis, which is still practiced by the Dervishes of the Mevlevi order.
The whirling is done on the spot in an anticlockwise direction, with the right arm held high, palm upwards, and the left arm held low, palm downwards. The body of the whirler is meant to be soft with eyes open, but unfocused so that images become blurred and flowing. The ritual involves a 15-minute period of slow rotation, followed by a gradual build up of speed over the next 30 minutes. The trance-like whirling then takes over. Cool isn’t’ it? ( info by wikepedia)
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Well written article.
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