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Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning), is a twirling meditation
Meditation

Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the reflexive, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness....
 that originated among Sufi
Sufism

Sufi is generally understood to be the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a ufi , though some adherents of the tradition reserve this term only for those practitioners who have attained the goals of the Sufi tradition....
s, which is still practiced by the Dervish
Dervish

Darvesh or Dervish , as it is known in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tariqah, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant order friars in Christianity or Hindu/Buddhist/Jain sadhus, also called fakirs amongst Muslims ....
es of the Mevlevi
Mevlevi

The Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a Sufism order founded by the followers of Rumi, a 13th century Persian speaking people poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian, in Konya ....
 order.






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Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning), is a twirling meditation
Meditation

Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the reflexive, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness....
 that originated among Sufi
Sufism

Sufi is generally understood to be the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a ufi , though some adherents of the tradition reserve this term only for those practitioners who have attained the goals of the Sufi tradition....
s, which is still practiced by the Dervish
Dervish

Darvesh or Dervish , as it is known in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tariqah, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant order friars in Christianity or Hindu/Buddhist/Jain sadhus, also called fakirs amongst Muslims ....
es of the Mevlevi
Mevlevi

The Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a Sufism order founded by the followers of Rumi, a 13th century Persian speaking people poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian, in Konya ....
 order. It is a symbolic ritual through which dervishes (also called semazens) aim to reach the "perfect" (kemal). They try to desert their nafs
Nafs

Nafs is an Arabic word meaning Self or Psyche . It is first among the six Lataif or Lataif-e-sitta.In Sufi teachings, it means more of false ego....
, ego
EGO

Ego is a Latin word meaning "I ", cognate with the Greek "??? " meaning "I " and may refer to:* Ego, super-ego, and id, a psycho-analytic concept of Sigmund Freud...
s or personal [bad] desires by listening [to their master and sufi music], thinking [about God] and whirling which resembles the rotation of other beings such as electrons and planets of the micro- and macrocosmos
Macrocosm and microcosm

Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek philosophy schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale all the way down to the smallest scale ....
.

As explained by Sufis:
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 represents the ego's shroud. By removing his black cloak, he is spiritually reborn
Reborn

Reborn may refer to:* Reborn!, a manga series and a character in the manga* Reborn , by F. Paul Wilson* Reborn , a form of Dark Jedi in Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast...
 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!"


Whirling & Kiyana:Self-Recognition and beyond: Perpetual & Vital Kiyana Exercises Infinity respiration, eye exercises, body discipline,symmetric and asymmetric movements by the method of divided attention

“Kiyana” means the origin, applies to the vital movements that are the source of all corporeal movements and athletic exercises which appeared in ancient Persia and were called “Yega” (the derivative of the Persian word “Yeganegi” which means unity) in a sense of unity of body, mind and spirit; recently it has been called “Kiyana”, the portion of these movements that arrived to Persia a portion of it was selected and is called “Varzish baastaani” (ancient athletic).

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