The magic of music prompts whirling. "Lafza-i Celal" (expression of God's might and Allah's command: Come into being!) opens windows of heart. The divine enlightenment that pours into one's heart accumulates, enthusiastically overflows and burns the dervish.
The action of whirling in "sema" combines with the mystical music and every time the dervish completes a turn, the name of Allah is being recited and this enlightens him embracing his heart ("gönül") and purifies him changing him into a column of light ("nur") which ascend to Allah.
"Sema" is a means of "zikir" (reciting the name of Allah) in Mevlevi order and the purpose is to elevate to a higher spiritual state and to progress on the way to Allah
Similarly a dervish performing "sema" purifies himself from adverse feelings because revolving objects throw out things that do not belong to them. This means you will not put any "küfür" (cursing). "Küfür" here means dualism or not being able to see Allah in every being. If such a cursing exists in your heart, you must get rid of it.
Sema" can be identified with "tavaf" (the ceremony of going around the Kaaba during the pilgrimage at Mecca) and it can be said that pilgrims purify themselves by revolving around the Kaaba, which symbolically represents the heart ("gönül").
Moving and revolving are the fundamental conditions of existence. Both macro and micro cosmos i.e. the universe and the atom exist by revolving systematically. Yes, all the beings no matter what their size is are continuously at motion performing "sema" all the time like whirling dervishes
The magic of music prompts whirling. "Lafza-i Celal" (expression of God's might and Allah's command: Come into being!) opens windows of heart. The divine enlightenment that pours into one's heart accumulates, enthusiastically overflows and burns the dervish.
pelebjk 4 years ago
The action of whirling in "sema" combines with the mystical music and every time the dervish completes a turn, the name of Allah is being recited and this enlightens him embracing his heart ("gönül") and purifies him changing him into a column of light ("nur") which ascend to Allah.
pelebjk 4 years ago
"Sema" is a means of "zikir" (reciting the name of Allah) in Mevlevi order and the purpose is to elevate to a higher spiritual state and to progress on the way to Allah
pelebjk 4 years ago
Similarly a dervish performing "sema" purifies himself from adverse feelings because revolving objects throw out things that do not belong to them. This means you will not put any "küfür" (cursing). "Küfür" here means dualism or not being able to see Allah in every being. If such a cursing exists in your heart, you must get rid of it.
pelebjk 4 years ago
Sema" can be identified with "tavaf" (the ceremony of going around the Kaaba during the pilgrimage at Mecca) and it can be said that pilgrims purify themselves by revolving around the Kaaba, which symbolically represents the heart ("gönül").
pelebjk 4 years ago
Moving and revolving are the fundamental conditions of existence. Both macro and micro cosmos i.e. the universe and the atom exist by revolving systematically. Yes, all the beings no matter what their size is are continuously at motion performing "sema" all the time like whirling dervishes
pelebjk 4 years ago
Very beautiful spiritual dance, a direct connection with God through music and movement! Thanks for this video!
MeMarySilly 4 years ago