Sama is a form of mysticism which burst out when the mystic has completed the stage of ascetism piety and detachment from the material world in the spiritual path and originally it was composed by the mystic in a state of haal in the truly irfani way that is gnostic stage. They arrived to this stage after subjugation of their animal passion so you may add a good 7 years or 10 years to reach to this level. Please know there is a deep secret hidden in the man's heart. When the mystic comes to a higher level he expresses himself thru his inner creativity without his knowledge. Some begin to sing on their own in a state of trance, some create art in a state of trance , in some case the body takes to automatically doing strange yoga poses etc.
Over time this sama in the form of qawwali, whirling, art, yoga became a form of art . Most are aware of this as Sufi music or Sufi art or Yoga or Geometric patterns. Most don't know the origin of how these form of sama came into existence. People assume by just listening to qawwali or by whirling or doing yoga which one learns thru their teacher is highly spiritual and you get connected to the Divine when the sama reaches the highest level. All this is false. The true essence of sama is when you have walked the path. You will your self perform these sama be it music art or yoga on your own without a teacher or a guide or any basic knowledge of it. You will be surprised at your own creativity.
Today every one is singing qawwali or whirling as a form of music and dance. Of course it's nothing more than music and dance. Origin of the sama is not what we see today. If some one else is singing or whirling or creating art work or doing yoga on his own I cannot become one with the Divine as its his creativity bursting out from within. It's his hidden wisdom busting as his mystical secret knowledge, which is theoretically known as sama.
Any form of music or creativity or Sama comes out of a mystic after the second stage. It begins in the third stage onwards and remains with him until he reaches a state of haal. Listening to others singing qawwali is nothing more than practiced music by the performer. If you sing or dance or do strange activities which is highly creative than you have reached the stage of self development and closer to the secrets of the universe
Over time this sama in the form of qawwali, whirling, art, yoga became a form of art . Most are aware of this as Sufi music or Sufi art or Yoga or Geometric patterns. Most don't know the origin of how these form of sama came into existence. People assume by just listening to qawwali or by whirling or doing yoga which one learns thru their teacher is highly spiritual and you get connected to the Divine when the sama reaches the highest level. All this is false. The true essence of sama is when you have walked the path. You will your self perform these sama be it music art or yoga on your own without a teacher or a guide or any basic knowledge of it. You will be surprised at your own creativity.
Today every one is singing qawwali or whirling as a form of music and dance. Of course it's nothing more than music and dance. Origin of the sama is not what we see today. If some one else is singing or whirling or creating art work or doing yoga on his own I cannot become one with the Divine as its his creativity bursting out from within. It's his hidden wisdom busting as his mystical secret knowledge, which is theoretically known as sama.
Any form of music or creativity or Sama comes out of a mystic after the second stage. It begins in the third stage onwards and remains with him until he reaches a state of haal. Listening to others singing qawwali is nothing more than practiced music by the performer. If you sing or dance or do strange activities which is highly creative than you have reached the stage of self development and closer to the secrets of the universe
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