Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, the great Anatolian philosopher and the father of the Mevlevi sect:
"Sema represents a mystical journey of man's spiritual ascent through mind and love to 'Perfect.' Turning towards the truth, his growth through love, desert his ego, find the truth and arrive to the 'Perfect,' then he return from this spiritual journey as a man who reached maturity and a greater perfection, so as to love and to be of service to the whole of creation, to all creatures without discrimination of believes, races, classes and nations. "
