This is just one of my favorite things

THE SOUNDS OF SUFI

Sama or sema,

the Mevlavi ceremony of whirling that symbolizes union with existence.

Only Breath

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim,
not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi or Zen.
Not any religion, or cultural system.
I am not from the East or the West,
nor out of the ocean or up
from the ground, not natural or ethereal,
not composed of elements at all.
I do not exist, am not an entity in this world
or the next,
did not descend from Adam and Eve
or any origin story.
My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless.
Neither body nor soul.
I belong to the beloved
have seen the two worlds as one
and that one call to and know,
First, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human

Jalaluddin Rumi

Vem,
Te direi em segredo
Aonde leva esta dança.

Vê como as partículas do ar
E os grãos de areia do deserto
Giram desnorteados.

Cada átomo
Feliz ou miserável,
Gira apaixonado
Em torno do sol.

RUMI
Music is to develop the consciousness, poetry is wisdom,"

SOUND:

Touba-Daru Salaam

YOUSSOU N'DOUR

PHOTOS:

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