Re: Need Info. When people Sufi Dance

Date: 22 Jun 2003 08:12:37 -0700
Newsgroups: alt.sufi
Size: 1,479 bytes

"Edwin Kruse" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<3N_Ia.114273$email-address-deleted>...
> what are they doing? I know the Sufism is the mystical offshoot of Islam,
> but am wondering when Americans Sufi Dance, sometimes called "Dances of the
> Heart" is this a form of worship? I believe that the dances are sometimes
> also with chants, songs, and meditations.
>
> Thanks for your input,
> Edwin
<<what are they doing? I know the Sufism is the mystical offshoot of
Islam,but am wondering when Americans Sufi Dance, sometimes called "Dances
of the Heart" is this a form of worship? I believe that the dances are
sometimes also with chants, songs, and meditations. Thanks for your input,
Edwin>>
When birds become nostalgic they dance, thus sufis dance when they
become nostalgic for their original abode with God, the ultimate
truth. I once read a report that Muhammed mentioned something about
the "truth" to a bunch of his followers, then stood up, ordered them
to stand up and move their heads right and left, and then asked:
Who is willing to chant for us?
a man came near to him and started chanting:
"The snake of love stung my liver,
and I find no physician to cure me nor a magician"
After that Muhammed said:
Do you know who is the niggard?
They said: Allah and his prophet know best.
He said: The niggard is one who does not move when he hears the name
of the beloved.
-----
some sufis dance, some don't, so it is not a "form" of worship.