"Daughter of Fire...A Diary of a Spiritual Training with a Sufi
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Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli Türbesi
Fue fundado en el siglo XIII por el filósofo Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli, el líder de 90.000 alevíes turcomanos pirs de Khorasan y un jeque aleví turcomano que fue uno de los grandes eruditos sufíes, y tomó su forma actual con las adiciones y reparaciones realizadas. en los periodos posteriores.
Techo decorado en el mausoleo Bahauddin Naqshband, en Bogoudin, Bujará, Uzbekistán (1544). Incluye la tumba de Shaykh Baha-ud-Din or Bohoutdin (fallecido en 1389) , fundador de la orden sufí Naqshbandi.
Sufi whirling is a customary meditation practice performed within a worship ceremony.
Shot at Istanbul, Turkey. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi_whirling
Sufi whirling is a form of physically active meditation which originated among Sufis, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order and other orders such as the Rifa'i-Marufi. It is a customary meditation practice performed within the Sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes, aim to reach the source of all perfection, or kamal.
Techo decorado en la sala de reuniones (Khanqah o ribat) del mausoleo Bahauddin Naqshband, en Bogoudin, Bujara, Uzbekistán (1544). Incluye la tumba de Shaykh Baha-ud-Din or Bohoutdin (fallecido en 1389) , fundador de la orden sufí Naqshbandi.
"Sufi woman, read me Rumi ’til I fall asleep upon your bosom
Sufi woman, you’re a lion, but you walk around so unassuming
You go shine your eyes, you go put it on me
Put a little spell on me
What you do to me?
Don't go walk away on me
You gon’, you gon' see
You gon’, you gon’ ni, ni, ni
You gon’, you gon’ shaker it
You go see the gardens
In La Bruja
In La Bruja
In La Bruja
Sufi woman, read me Rumi ’til I fall asleep upon your bosom
Sufi woman, you’re a lion but you walk around so unassumin'
Gypsy!
Gypsy woman, we gon’ dance until we dizzy
Gypsy woman, well, your power got me tipsy
All (All) day, now you brought that star
You left lipstick on my hand
I look dead inside, inside
You go shine your eyes
You go put it on me
Put it a little spell on me." - Jidenna ♫
Gi struts slowly through the dark gardens under the willows ❤️
Taken during a performance by Les Pigeons du Sable. They're Sudanese but live in Morocco and perform beautiful traditional Gnawa music.
The whirling dervishes of Omdurman.
Sheikh Hamed al-Nil was a 19th-century Sufi leader of the Qadiriyah order, and his tomb is the weekly focus for Omdurman's most exciting sight - the dancing and chanting dervishes. Each Friday afternoon before sunset, adherents of the Qadrriyah order gather to dance and pray, attracting large crowds of observers and participants.
The purpose is a ritual called "dhikr". The "dhikr" relies on the recitation of God's names to help create a state of ecstatic abandon in which the adherent's heart can communicate directly with God. This personal communication with God is central to Sufi practices. At the end of the ritual, the dervishes break off and enter the mosque to pray in the orthodox Islamic manner. With Sufism so important to Sudanese Islam, "dhikr" rituals play a major role in religious life.
Muhammad Ghous was a Sufi saint and was very close to three Mughal emperors, Babur, Humayun and Akbar.
His tomb carries a unique blend of Gujrat and Rajathan style of architecture, while the upper portion bears Mughal style.
It was constructed in the 16th century.
Taken in Gwalior, Madhyapradesh, India
"The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty!".
Rumi
Found this grafitti at Resource 2000 in Boulder. They specialize in recycled building material of all kinds. Quite a fascinating lot of junk.
The whirling dervishes of Omdurman.
Sheikh Hamed al-Nil was a 19th-century Sufi leader of the Qadiriyah order, and his tomb is the weekly focus for Omdurman's most exciting sight - the dancing and chanting dervishes. Each Friday afternoon before sunset, adherents of the Qadrriyah order gather to dance and pray, attracting large crowds of observers and participants.
The purpose is a ritual called "dhikr". The "dhikr" relies on the recitation of God's names to help create a state of ecstatic abandon in which the adherent's heart can communicate directly with God. This personal communication with God is central to Sufi practices. At the end of the ritual, the dervishes break off and enter the mosque to pray in the orthodox Islamic manner. With Sufism so important to Sudanese Islam, "dhikr" rituals play a major role in religious life.
The whirling dervishes of Omdurman.
Sheikh Hamed al-Nil was a 19th-century Sufi leader of the Qadiriyah order, and his tomb is the weekly focus for Omdurman's most exciting sight - the dancing and chanting dervishes. Each Friday afternoon before sunset, adherents of the Qadrriyah order gather to dance and pray, attracting large crowds of observers and participants.
The purpose is a ritual called "dhikr". The "dhikr" relies on the recitation of God's names to help create a state of ecstatic abandon in which the adherent's heart can communicate directly with God. This personal communication with God is central to Sufi practices. At the end of the ritual, the dervishes break off and enter the mosque to pray in the orthodox Islamic manner. With Sufism so important to Sudanese Islam, "dhikr" rituals play a major role in religious life.
O' Sayonii,
Cheyn ek pal nahiin,
Cheyn ek pal nahiin,
Aur koii hal nahiin...
O' Beloved,
I know no solace without you,
I know no solace without you,
And without you, rests no cure to my malady...
A self-portrait.
the grandmaster is in the middle, (with the black robe) and other two dervishes show their respect by greeting him before the Sema ceremony (whirling meditation) begins.
a whirling dervish ceremony at Old Fort/ Delhi..a Sufi grandmaster and three dervishes came from Turkey for this ceremony.
Sufism (Arabic: ٱلصُّوفِيَّة), also known as Tasawwuf[1] (ٱلتَّصَوُّف), is a mystic body of religious practice with Islam characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ritualism, asceticism and esotericism.
It has been variously defined as "Islamic mysticism""the mystical expression of Islamic faiththe inward dimension of Islam the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam"the "main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization" of mystical practice in Islam,and "the interiorization and intensification of Islamic faith and practice".
Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis" (from صُوفِيّ, ṣūfīy), and historically typically belonged to "orders" known as tariqa (pl. ṭuruq) – congregations formed around a grand master wali who would be the last in a chain of successive teachers linking back to Muhammad.
Sufi doctrines and institutions are complementary to the basic framework of Islamic practice. While Sufis strictly observed Islamic law and belonged to various schools of Islamic jurisprudence and theology, they are unified by their opposition to dry legalism. Important focuses of Sufi worship include dhikr, the practice of remembrance of God.
Sufism emerged early on in Islamic history, partly as a reaction against the worldliness of the early Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), and Sufis played an important role in Islamic history through their missionary and educational activities.
Despite a relative decline of Sufi orders in the modern era, Sufism has continued to play an important role in the Islamic world, and has also influenced various forms of spirituality in the West.
Source : Wikipedia
I am a lost illusion
Held captive
In an ornate frame
Me and my reality
Not the same ..
A Sufi poet
I accidentally
Became ..
I am just a
Name ..
Between the candle
And my ex flame ..
Master of the game
#sufipoet
Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning) is a form of Sama or 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 Sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens) aim to reach the source of all perfection, or kemal. This is sought through abandoning one's nafs, 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.[1] As explained by Sufis:[2]
In the symbolism of the Sema ritual, the semazen's camel's hair hat (sikke) represents the tombstone of the ego; his wide, white skirt (tennure) represents the ego's shroud. By removing his black cloak (hırka), he is spiritually reborn to the truth. At the beginning of the Sema, by holding his arms crosswise, the semazen appears to represent the number one, thus testifying to God's unity. While whirling, his arms are open: his right arm is directed to the sky, ready to receive God's beneficence; his left hand, upon which his eyes are fastened, is turned toward the earth. The semazen conveys God's spiritual gift to those who are witnessing the Sema. Revolving from right to left around the heart, the semazen embraces all humanity with love. The human being has been created with love in order to love. Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi says, "All loves are a bridge to Divine love. Yet, those who have not had a taste of it do not know!"
Wikipedia
Sufism is a mystic tradition within Islam which encompasses a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to divine love and the cultivation of the heart.
Sufism has been defined as a type of knowledge by the great Sufi masters. Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq, a 15th century Sufi who wrote The Principles of Sufism, defined Sufism as "a science whose objective is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God." Ibn 'Ajiba, one of the best known Sufi masters defined Sufism as "a science through which one can know how to travel into the presence of the Divine, purify one’s inward from filth and beautify it with a variety of praiseworthy traits."
There are quite a few Sufi Congregations/Orders in Bangladesh led by Pirs (Leader/Spiritual Guru). Each year they hold “Urs”; Urs of the beloveds of Allah is an Islamic function, which is generally organized by the Pir of that order to commemorate the death anniversary of a Wali (friend). To a Wali, death is the culmination of a lifelong yearning to meet Allah and His Prophet (S.A.W.). Such events are held with much gaiety and fervor.
This Darbar or Khanqah (meeting place, court, assembly) of the Kutubaghi order is located near Farmgate in Dhaka illuminated during an event of ‘urs’!
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Scan from slide ..................................................................................1995
Life of Malang Sufi. From shrine to shrine these Malang on move from place to place. A never ending Journey bounded by political borders. Criss Crossing roads, cities, villages, towns, resting then moving on. Poetry, good words, humbleness they preach. Touching humanity, brotherhood, sharing and love they share of God above.
Source: Yusuf Ahmed Dadabhoy