March 2014 was very special, I visited a beautiful country for my community service assignment - Turkey!! It is a beautiful country with rich culture and extremely powerful history! Turkey is quite scenic and popular tourist attraction.
While in Turkey, was lucky to visit and experience "Sufi Whirling Ceremony"
Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning) is a form of physically active meditation which originated among Sufis, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order. It is a customary dance performed within the worship ceremony, through which dervishes aim to reach the source of all perfection. This is sought through abandoning one's egos or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on God, and spinning one's body in repetitive circles, which has been seen as a symbolic imitation of planets in the Solar System orbiting the sun - Wikipedia
Inspired by which, I made this quick painting
This one is with my Shimla stone on it, remember!!
While in Turkey, was lucky to visit and experience "Sufi Whirling Ceremony"
Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning) is a form of physically active meditation which originated among Sufis, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order. It is a customary dance performed within the worship ceremony, through which dervishes aim to reach the source of all perfection. This is sought through abandoning one's egos or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on God, and spinning one's body in repetitive circles, which has been seen as a symbolic imitation of planets in the Solar System orbiting the sun - Wikipedia
Inspired by which, I made this quick painting
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| Amazing Sufi |
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