we have now come to trust bliss borne cool heat
so may say we have crossed the tipping point
throb of magnetism makes us feel upbeat
as each bliss beat God Himself does anoint
no one comes, no one goes, we alone are
witness to the ebb and flow of bliss tides
form suffused with the light of the soul star
that presence in the void easily glides
the truth is affirmed as it dawns for us
oh hermit, there is no limitation
we soak in God’s light aboard His bliss bus
poised by day and night in meditation
all these doings are done by God alone ~
that in time we may come into our own
The observers quietly express disapproval, stating, “There is no appreciation! What a disappointment! What a squander!” They observe a lamentable representation of a man, specifically an island man. The pastor solemnly affirmed, “Amen.” Furthermore, my daughter sorrowfully remarked, “Oh no, there goes my father; dear Lord, not again.”
I perceived the presence of despair in the haunted expression of the individual. The fractures in the aging brick wall emit a mournful melody. He stands near the altar; another individual lost to folly. This is the same man who, merely six months prior, declared, “I do.”
This occasion resembles either a wedding or a funeral—a bleak evening. The middle-aged groom, a rather foolish figure, shows a decline in love as affection is obscured by deception.
Our spine is a harp of thirty three strings,
each vertebra sounding a unique note,
which when touched by kundalini grows wings,
that in the vast void, presence may free float.
Thirty three nodes, thirty three rings of light,
full scale of a rainbow, beyond seven,
vertebrae on which we sense bliss delight,
Jacob’s ladder that takes us to heaven.
Such is the truth by consciousness affirmed,
esoteric wisdom sung in folklore,
which in some scattered scriptures is confirmed,
known in stillness, when we open heart’s door.
Oh worthy hermit, bookmark not this page ~
Vaporise ego to become a sage
Sound; its swept on by pureness
Soul as air-cleansing.
This night of a quick-blown rain
Drowsily healed in.
Lying abed, resonates
With that on a beach!
Though for it, shore-beat, gong-like
Vibrates, recurrent
Have affirmed, if more numb sent
Toxic depths, too, reach.
“The Self is the negation of the distinction between day and night. The Self is the negation of the risen and not-risen. If there is only one indivisible, all-comprehensive Absolute, how can there be the sun, the moon, and fire?”
The sense of separation from existence,
is in simple words, a state of delusion,
cause being ego, which offers resistance,
with truth revealed upon head and heart fusion.
All is one, as affirmed again and again,
self-evident when our heart is free from stain,
when we view as a dream, all that’s manifest,
in the midst of movement, remaining at rest.
you cannot remember white shores of summer
and the metallic taste of the sea on your flanks
and the air opaque with the dazzle of noon
you cannot remember the wine that gleamed like a snake in the sun
and the boats nuzzling the hot pier
and the emphatic simplicity of their message
the urgent peal of the cicada has been quite lost to you
and the sleepy eyes of the horizon late in the day
and the loneliness of the ocean that justifies everything
you cannot remember what the sudden laughter affirmed
nor the startled sweetness of the flowers crushed under your loins
nor the love from which your body drew its pleasure
easily as a child milk from the breast
A Martyred Plea
That voice in the distance
the one that’s been scarred
A whisper screams loudest
— when heard from afar
(Dreamsleep: November, 2025)
Adrift
If you can’t find
the right harbor
At least
— find the right wind
(Dreamsleep: November, 2028)
Till Mariah Calls
Life
the aberration
Death
what’s affirmed
Alive
for a moment
Till dust
— we return
(Dreamsleep: November, 2025)
As the story goes, God got bored
He needed someone with who He could play
So He created an equivalent by His supreme will
In life pulse dual where night followed day
Lets call God’s companion, god number two
Whose memory had been by God erased
So the created one inquired, ‘Who am I?’
Being us here on earth, walking about dazed
‘Verily ye are gods’, Jesus had affirmed
Disbelieved by us encased in decaying form
Till the day we see our Self as living light
Enraptured by love’s benign bliss storm
Our true Self exists beyond time and space,
yet since all is Self, then how are we here?
In form immanent, we may see God’s face,
as bliss magnetism, signalling He’s near.
Self or God, both being same, is within,
size of a thumb, in the cave of our heart,
so worthy hermit, just go in therein,
breath by breath feeling bliss ignition start.
The Self, a flame without smoke, is God’s spark,
living light eternal, our true essence,
light that lights all lights, banishing the dark,
representing our divine quintessence.
Sages who’ve walked the earth, have so affirmed,
truth of Self, in meditation confirmed.
Affirmed & Perfect
I looked at my reflect,
Green T-shirt paired with black pants,
Hopes of bright future surged ahead.
I waited long, till a van came,
Reached late when class had already commenced,
Nervous and unknown in that herd,
I thought,
Someone would know the Aditi I left.
With each passing day,
I, too, failed to recollect.
Adjusting among peers,
I left laughter, fun and ease.
All still went well,
Until I was mocked for which I was best.
Making a front bencher hide at last,
Uninterested to struggle further,
She surrendered too fast.
Leaving her nurturers disheartened,
She cried alone at dark nights on bed.
Simultaneously, a heart break came.
Cracking a whole of four chambers in million shards.
I remember I had said;
'Changes & Adjustments can't be for vain'.
I didn't knew,
How a white lie was used;
To ease our worries,
For the uncertain future ahead.
Based on culture we believe,
form of God as scriptures weave,
affirmed by pastors who preach,
though truth remains out of reach.
Our faith helps us to go on,
when at night we wait for dawn
but it’s but a crutch we use,
to stand strong facing abuse.
When tested, faith is shaken,
for unless we awaken,
facing fear we’ll crouch in fright,
since we have not seen God’s light.
Burn the book, is what we say,
making love our heart’s mainstay,
that as opposites dissolve,
in time we slowly evolve.
Faith is a function of mind,
like the blind leading the blind,
so instead let us be still,
our soul aligned with God’s will.
Simply feeling, not thinking,
our awareness unblinking,
focus firm, let then bliss burn
nodes within mind-body urn.
Breath by breath imbibing grace,
of ego there’s left no trace,
whence we see God in plain sight,
in our heart’s cave, light soft white.
Back to basics, to be free,
the face of God we must see,
since words offer not the taste
of God’s love, tender and chaste.
God is one indivisible being;
truth affirmed in scriptures time and again
but dark thought clouds prevents us from seeing,
so unless we break free from our mind-chain,
we will hesitate to dance in the rain.
Ego-identity does not exist
but if we think it does and so insist,
like an ostrich, our head sunk in a hole,
fear of freedom causing us to resist,
we’ll reclaim not soul’s light, sages extol.
limited knowing, affirmed with conviction
there is of course no harm in this per say
wherefrom arises the creative urge of soul
compelling it to act this way, day after day
déjà vu; we’ve seen this before
logic says it cannot be so
have we walked through a time warp door
we can rest not, until we know
perhaps we’re perched on time’s hilltop
déjà vu; we’ve seen this before
reality shifts, doubts don’t stop
truth of what is, we can’t ignore
yielding, we give silence the floor
whence we see that life is a dream
déjà vu; we’ve seen this before
refrains replayed on a moonbeam
mind illumined, heart sings a song
clairvoyance affirmed in folklore
though now we know, we play along
déjà vu; we’ve seen this before
it has been said that truth is stranger than fiction
so perhaps what’s affirmed could be true
although it seems unlikely
ludicrous in fact
that by controlling breath
and visualising grace of imaginary deities
along with chanting mantras and holding postures …
we can realise God
who we know not
have never seen
not even felt
yet who can tell
let us leave the door ajar
ceasing thinking and just feeling
the pulse of divine bliss magnetism within
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