#ineffable joy

प्रणवाचा माथा बुडे । येतुलेनि अनिर्वाच्य सुख जोडे ।म्हणोनि आधींचि बोलु बहुडे । तयालागी ।। ४६९ ।। ज्ञानेश्वरी अध्याय सहावा ओवीचा अर्थ – तो ओंकाराच्या अर्धमात्रेत लीन व्हावा, इतके त्याला शब्दातीत सुख मिळते. म्हणून त्याच्याविषयी शब्द अगोदरच परत फिरतो. ज्ञानेश्वर माऊली या ओवीत एक अत्यंत सूक्ष्म अध्यात्मिक अनुभव उलगडतात. आपण सर्व जण “ॐ” म्हणजे प्रणव हा शब्द ओळखतो. हा ध्वनी इतका पवित्र, इतका गूढ आणि…

Sit Quietly to Experience the Ineffable Joy of Spirit

You do not know what joy lies behind the screen of the subconscious mind. Do away with restlessness and bodily sensations, and sit quietly praying: “O Christ, be born within me.” Then on the altar of silence He will come. The joy of Christ and God is indescribable. When the lips of every cell are drinking the nectar of Christ, when every thought imbibes the joy of Spirit, you have the proof that Christ is ineffable joy - joy that no changing dream of life and death can ever take away. Be resurrected in Christ. This can be experienced if you meditate deeply and practice the meditation techniques that have been taught to you through the lessons by our great Gurus.

Photo by Peter Gannushkin

If you’re into numbers, you could spend all night counting the recording dates that bind these musicians together. If you’re into astronomy or physics, you could draw their connections as a constellation with Matthew Shipp as the nucleus. Shipp began working with William Parker in 1989 and Ivo Perelman a few years later, and while Bobby Kapp first invited the pianist to play with him in 2015, you can bet his work with Marion Brown, Dave Burrell and Noah Howard occupied space in Shipp’s head well before that.