Long Substratum Poems

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Premium Member Decrypting the code

The highest truth is God unmanifest,
one without a second, outside space-time,
resplendent in pristine glory undressed,
renews Himself in Himself as heart’s chime.
As subjective awareness all alone,
energy absolute held in Himself,
vibrant and blissful, occupies His throne,
existing thus as the absolute Self.
A playful intent in heart arises,
to behold His splendour in a mirror,
shape shifting reflection that surprises,
each appearance being His reverer.
To this end, space and time were created ~
In duality, worlds were created 

In duality, worlds were created,
conjured in an instant, as of God’s will,
wherein His own polarities mated,
that love in each heart, seeming voids may fill.
Creation, maintenance and destruction,
became the shimmer of God’s lucid dream,
a never ending dance of seduction, 
reflected as the glow of a moon beam.
Descent and ascent is the game divine,
where God’s spawned life form enters into trance,
led blindfold by love, for which all hearts pine,
taking life to be randomness of chance.
To awake from the dream is our mission,
ascending ladder of love’s emission.

Ascending ladder of love’s emission,
one that became two, becomes one again,
bliss dissolving ego’s inhibition
and cleansing heart of every lost borne stain.
When we pierce the bubble of time and space,
which occurs on choosing not to react,
 ego recedes and God sees His own face,
knowing He is living light for a fact.
God alone is; ego does not exist,
which is realised in meditation,
wherein upon choosing not to resist,
we see our true Self, as God’s vibration.
Substratum of existence, poised in rest ~
The highest truth is God unmanifest


Premium Member Ashtavakra Gita Verse 18:5

18.5
“The Self--which is
absolute, effortless, timeless, 
immaculate-- is without limits
and at no distance from you
You are forever It”


Enigmatic space
Within & without
Face to face
We have no doubt

The substratum of the all
Upon which the Word resounds
Be it stillness or the squall
In, within and all around

(23-August-2019)

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Verse 18.5 revisited on 08-January-2022

Pristine, singular, absolute awareness
Restricted to mind-body consciousness 
Is subjected to the power of maya illusion
Believing itself to be mind-body, a delusion
This dilemma being merely a hypnotic trance
From which we awake, when erect is our stance
Invoking inner polarity of both senses and thought
By resting in tranquil stillness, no longer fear fraught
Whereupon baton of our awareness reclaimed by soul
Infuses in us bliss vibrancy making us a seamless whole
Consciousness expands encasing the entire universe
Being our innate Self, so we’ve no need to rehearse 
Our soul, within form, as indivisible God-essence
Purifies mind-body vessel in full luminescence 
With the clear recognition that God alone is
Imbibing the rapturous magnetic bliss fizz
Partaking of here now, both the worlds 
As light of truth is within us unfurled
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Sutra 18 from The Holy Science

“Emancipation (Kaivalya) is obtained when one realises the oneness of this Self with the universal Self, the Supreme Reality.”
~ extract from ‘The Holy Science’


from jiva, Atma to Paramatma
our ego, the Self and God absolute
this is the pathless path we need to cross
attained in stillness, if heart’s resolute

thought cessation exhumes fear and desire
starved of attention, our ego then dies
we then behold our Self as living light
where seeking ends, each heartbeat a sunrise

yet beyond Self is Brahman absolute
luminous darkness containing the all
God is the substratum of existence
the consciousness within which we stand tall

body-mind alone is caged in space-time
whilst transcendent Self mirrors God’s heartbeat
we all dwell in God and He dwells in us
recognising the truth, we feel complete
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Gyan Karma Bhakti Self

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    To.             Do.          We
   Find.         meet.       dive in
  Learn.        Lesson.    constant 
.Explore.     Fearless.   surrender 
Be aware.    & awake.  conscious 
Welcome.     Actions    irradiance
Problems.     solution.  Is resting
Activate.       follows.    in reality
.Enquiry.       deeds.      nesting 
   Xplore.         seek.       supra
   Meet.           find.        Real
    Self.           Self.         Self
     IN.           IN.             IN
..GYAN ——  KARMA —- BHAKTI
   Standing on common ground 
   There many a exploring ways
    no creation no manifestation 
       screen is the substratum
         Witness of Projections
                 Of the very
                      SELF
Form: Concrete

Premium Member Clear sight

Depending upon words as symbols employed,
we may label the absolute Self as God,
the substratum of existence unalloyed,
recognised in staid silence when heart has thawed,
that pristine presence, no longer by thoughts toyed,
dissolves all opposites, giving love our nod.
Everything that exists, is but God’s heartbeat,
mirrored as bliss heat that makes us feel complete.

In meditation space and time disappear,
where all that exists is the Self as God’s flame,
renewing itself in itself without fear,
Absolute Self motionless, always the same,
highly dense bright darkness and as we draw near,
we see the ultimate truth in life’s end game.
Obtaining clear sight, the mind of our heart knows,
that we are all in the boat God Himself rows.


Premium Member Ulladu Narpadu verse 11

On waking from sleep, no dream forms remain,
since they were but a mental projection,
so the cause of bondage is our thought chain,
caused by ego, deserving rejection.

Self is the substratum of existence,
so with focus fixed on this truth alone,
resting thoughts caused by ego’s insistence,
breath by breath our consciousness we so hone.

Dissolving all opposites in the heart,
befriending silence, invoking God’s grace,
recognising that no soul stands apart,
our steps towards truth, we slowly retrace.

As the dreamer wherefrom all worlds arose,
we’re the light of Self, in blissful repose.
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Sutra 22 from The Holy Science

All fulfilments of his nature attained, man is not merely a reflector of divine light but becomes actively united with Spirit. This state is Kaivalya, Oneness.
~ extract from ‘The Holy Science’


Jesus said, ‘My Father and I are one’,
signalling that with ego vaporised,
aligned with God’s will, He shines like the sun,
substratum of existence realised.

Awareness held like a flicker-free flame,
heart tranquil, nonjudgmental eye single,
with enactment of God’s will, our sole aim,
we delight as bliss pheromones mingle.

Tweaking this lucid dream, as of God’s will,
there being no sense of separation,
love’s peace dove perches on heart’s window sill,
enlivening God’s cosmic vibration.

God’s energy is love and is expressed,
by childlike souls who are by His grace blessed.
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Who am I

Through waking, dreaming, deep sleep, death and swoon,
being wave forms on the ocean’s surface,
as is waxing and waning of the moon,
the substratum of existence is grace.

God’s grace is invoked when our mind is still,
purified heart free from fear and desire,
whence yoked with God’s will, voids within us fill,
ego consigned to the funeral fire.

Made in God’s image, we are living light,
one without a second, outside space-time,
recognised upon garnering clear sight,
when we’re lost in love betwixt bliss beat’s chime.

We are not the body, we are not this ~
We are existence, consciousness and bliss
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Aham Brahmasmi - I Am That

when ego truly dissolves
with no phoenix like resurrection
presence is still but the world revolves
seen then as but a thought form projection

not one with but rather as the energy field
as the very substratum of all existence
truth of God unmanifest is revealed 
from Whom there is no distance 

luminous darkness of high density 
motionless consciousness as the all
potent power hum of infinite immensity
within itself creates worlds as a bliss squall

we as a spark of God are in fact the whole
limitation arises from flawed perception
save exhuming ego there is no goal
duality is a matrix of deception

we are God’s self-existent light
fragrance of love is our effulgence 
bliss our nature that we frolic in delight
as bliss dew drops on all nodes condense
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Sea of Roses

Written: February 12, 2025 for Ink Empress Poetry Contest

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In the tumultuous twilight of 
my  wimpy seascape
I twist in torment
wandering through 
wondrous woods, 
awash with vibrant vistas and fragrant foliage. 
My katabatic soul yearns for a soothing balm,
as the earth reverberates with abyssal emotions.
Beneath the intricate embroidery of my substratum,
bleeding bold hues into celestial heights, 
wrestling with the wondrous warmth 
of love within this sanctuary.

I mourn the delicate flesh 
that once pulsed within me,
paying heartfelt tribute 
to the soul that has departed.
Coexisting collectively for five decades 
snowflakes silently settle, while the serene sea, 
cradles a speechless seagull
and solitary seashells.  
Radiant roses intertwine with rugged thorns, 
alongside sandy shores and shimmering seas—each 
glance at majestic palms 
revealing beauty in its complexity.

My soul swirls in a simmering 
cauldron of desires,
colliding with constellations and 
luminous orbs as dusk settles.
I cradle the cardinal grief as 
a potent elixir, meticulously 
concocted by the cosmos. 
Through thick fogs and dusky dimness, 
I shape my treasured dreams 
into the breathing bounds, 
aspiring to mend the mighty 
fissures in life's lofty ledges 
with clarity and compassion.
The wretched waves wail.

In a sea of weeping roses, 
I drift like a whisper carried by the wind, 
extravagant in harmony with hazy waves
where storms of panic are in the bosom of hollow shade

I yearn to be North Star on the horizon
that shuns showing the ostentatious apex of lucent love
Will the twists of time still tether our tenderness?
My spirit is similar to a blossom bound in the biting breeze.
Seeks shelter in the celestial shadows as it soars.
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