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guillaumeb

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30. One of my relatives entered a cloistered order when she was a young woman.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #29)

Wed Feb 26, 2020, 07:17 PM

Feb 2020

Silence and meditation were the rule, and she accepted those rules gladly as she felt it allowed her to reflect on her relationship to the Creator.

One of my second cousins was a teaching Sister. She wore the veil all her life, as a sign of her religion.

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Whirling through life: Reflections of a female whirling dervish [View all] guillaumeb Feb 2020 OP

Love those lyrics. calimary Feb 2020 #1

The parallels are interesting. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #4

Fascinating, thank you for posting! n/t TygrBright Feb 2020 #2

You are welcome. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #5

My first awareness of the Whirling Dervish was when I saw a Bugs Bunny-Elmer Fudd cartoon abqtommy Feb 2020 #3

So many ways to pray. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #6

Some Muslims think it's heretical for a woman to do this. trotsky Feb 2020 #7

Imagine if this hijab wearing woman was a Uighur living in China. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #11

Or an atheist in Saudi Arabia edhopper Feb 2020 #12

Intolerance is not fun. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #13

#whataboutism n/t trotsky Feb 2020 #14

Irony 101. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #15

Wait, so it's OK for you to do it if you claim others do? trotsky Feb 2020 #16

Diversion 101. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #17

Correct, your post #11 above was a great example of diversion. trotsky Feb 2020 #20

That's how we felt when we went on edhopper Feb 2020 #8

Nice. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #9

why not edhopper Feb 2020 #10

Meditation can affect the body as well. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #18

I didn't say they weren't worthwhile edhopper Feb 2020 #19

Understood. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #21

I think this, chanting, meditation edhopper Feb 2020 #22

Exercise can be as well. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #23

Very true. edhopper Feb 2020 #24

I try to exercise my brain here at DU. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #25

LOL edhopper Feb 2020 #27

I saw a whirling dervish display at school in England Skittles Feb 2020 #26

Why did it bother you? eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #28

different way of looking at things Skittles Feb 2020 #29

One of my relatives entered a cloistered order when she was a young woman. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #30

interesting Skittles Feb 2020 #31