hi joe.....
..brilliant..all that swirling and spinning.... great to observe... however one spin and i'm dizzy... wonderful to hear of your experiences. .. i practise tai chi these days...whence in china in 2005/06/08...the parks and town squares in the early morning there were groups of folks.."tai chi'ing..".. ballroom dancing in public is popular too.(.me... i have 2 left feet) also went to a demonstration of kung fu.?..i'll forward some pics am fond of yoga ... dancing in central park...how divine...beautiful to be young and fancy free... my nerves are a bit rattle..the dentist says i have 4 mercury fillings... ( leads to brain damage first 7 years). ..the fillings are 20 and 15 years old...one side effect is damage to reflexes me thinks" ah ha"..."that's why i cannot play competition tennis and spin in circles?" :- so all that attempting to reach nirvana... is merely an illusion meaning what? meaning the cosmic joke is on us! spinning weaving chanting ranting raving..round and round in a dervish dream " her teeth.".her teeth"... reminds me of brother theodore....comedian extra ordinary..take time out to check him on u tube absurdity wins the day..merle Thanks, Merle; good to hear from you. When the dervishes perform/practice, it's just too dramatic, too performance-oriented, too distant. But to participate in Zikhir yourself is something else. That's what we did. And we had a slew of other practices, too. It was quite a community, uptown at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. Sufis dancing in the aisles of the Episcopalian cathedral, every Wednesday night. We'd move a thousand chairs from the Crossing, the hundred foot square at the intersection of the Apse and Transcept. And then put them back, afterwards. ;-) Lots of exercise, after all that exercise. On Sunday mornings, we danced in Central Park. Forty years ago, really? --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > Â i saw the dervish dancers in sydney opera house... love a bit of > sufism...merle
