Master of the Whirling Dervish to conduct workshops
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Ahmed Dede Pattisahusiwa, Master of the Whirling Dervish will be in Sri Lanka to conduct several Whirling Workshops for the public in Colombo and Galle.
Pattisahusiwa, teacher of the Whirling Dervish Meditation is one of the most devoted followers of Jalaluddin Rumi, the great Sufi saint, poet, mystic and scholar.
Ahmad Dede Pattisahusiwa, with eastern roots and a western upbringing (Indonesia and Netherlands respectively), presently leads the Haqqani-Mevlevi Sufi Order. He has made it his life’s mission to propagate the teaching of Jalaluddin Rumi. He travels the world, preaching the spirituality of love and conducting workshops in the art of meditation through whirling. Spreading Rumi’s ‘Religion of Love’, he strives to repose in the hearts of the discerning seeker the secrets of meditation through whirling.
He is guided by Rumi’s vision of love that transcends the bounds of caste, creed and colour:
“What can I do, Muslims? I do not know myself. I am neither Christian nor Jew, neither Magian nor Muslim,
I am not from east or west, not from land or sea, not from the shafts of nature nor from the spheres of the firmament,
Not of the earth, not of water, not of air, not of fire.I am not from the highest heaven, not from this world,
Not from existence, not from being. I am not from India, not from China, not from Bulgar, not from Saqsin,
Not from the realm of the two Iraqs, not from the land of Khurasan. I am not from the world, not from beyond, not from heaven and not from hell.
I am not from Adam, not from Eve, not from paradise and not from Ridwan.
My place is placeless, my trace is traceless, no body, no soul, I am from the soul of souls.
(The above verse is from the Sufi Poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi)
Whirling is not just a technique, whirling is not just a dance or simply a meditation. Whirling is learning about love and connecting the heart with heavens. In reality, behind the ‘veil’ of whirling there is a spiritual opening. Whirling becomes a ‘door’ in the form of an active meditation that aims to help people to experience unity and annihilation so that only God’s beauty manifests through them.
The whirling workshops are as follows:
Colombo
Sunday, April 24 from 7 p.m – 10 p.m.
Sports Ministry Auditorium, 09, Philip Gunawardana Mawatha, Colombo – 07
Friday, April 29 from 7 p.m – 10 p.m.
Women’s International Hall,16 Guildford Crescent,Colombo 7
Galle Fort: Friday, April 22 -7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Tickets: Galle: free of charge. Colombo: Rs.500/
Tickets available at the counter, at www.ticketslk.com, ticketslk office, ——-
For further details, please contact:
Imtiaz: 0777578884 Rasheda: 0777351622 Rose:0769122778
Email: religionoflov@gmail.com