Edinburgh Mevlevi Tekke

    Eid Mubarak  Fasting is as our sacrifice, It is the life out of soul; let us sacrifice all our body, Since the soul has arrived as guest. Fortitude is as a sweet cloud, wisdom rains from it, Because it was in such a month of fortitude That the Koran arrived. When the carnal soul is in need, The spirit goes into ascension; When the gate of the prison is broken, the soul reaches the Beloved. Rumi

David Bellak Dede shared the following words of reminder from the Mevlevi Wird this week. The Wird is a collection of devotional prayers and passages from the Holy Qu'ran particular to each Sufi Order, and traditionally recited daily in the early morning. For those in our circle drawn to the Wird, David Dede suggests finding a few short sections that speak to our heart, and bring them into our daily pratice of meditation and zikr. These lines are one of his suggestions:   1. I have readied the following words: facing all fears, “There is no God but God.” 2. Facing all sorrows and sadness, “May it be as God wills.” 3. Facing all benefits, “Praise be to God.” and facing all abundance, “Thanks be to God.” 4. And facing all astonishment, “God is subtle beyond all knowing.” 5. Facing all sins, “I ask God’s forgiveness.”; facing all scarcities, “Allah is enough for me.” 6. Facing all calamities, “We belong to God and to Him we shall return.” 7. Fa