Abhijit Naskar's Blog - Posts Tagged "helping"
The Purifying Sonnet
What the world needs is a helper,
Bold, brave and unbending.
What the world needs is a fire,
Daring, determined and unflinching.
What the world needs is a heartlifter,
Radical, revolutionary and rejuvenating.
What the world needs is a river,
Persistent, ceaseless and lifegiving.
What the world needs is a martyr,
Liberated, majestic and undying.
What the world needs is a flower,
Unconditioned, naïve and beautifying.
The world of today still lives in gutter.
It is our duty to be the purifier.
Bold, brave and unbending.
What the world needs is a fire,
Daring, determined and unflinching.
What the world needs is a heartlifter,
Radical, revolutionary and rejuvenating.
What the world needs is a river,
Persistent, ceaseless and lifegiving.
What the world needs is a martyr,
Liberated, majestic and undying.
What the world needs is a flower,
Unconditioned, naïve and beautifying.
The world of today still lives in gutter.
It is our duty to be the purifier.
Published on February 15, 2021 13:38
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Tags:
activist, corruption, discrimination, helping, humanitarian, poem, progress, revolution, social-justice, sonnet
Giants in Jeans Sonnet 54
It is human nature to shed tears in agony,
But taking pain to wipe another's tear is humanity.
It's human nature to be sad at the loss of something,
But giving up all to lift another is humanity.
It is human nature to reply harm with more harm,
But to stand unbending without violence is humanity.
It is human nature to reply argument with argument,
But knowing when to lose an argument is humanity.
It is human nature to win by dragging others down,
But defying competition to live a purpose is humanity.
It is human nature to blame disparity on politicians,
But to step up ensuring equity in one's area is humanity.
Just because it’s human nature, doesn't make it civilized.
We shall be civilized when we are no longer hypnotized.
But taking pain to wipe another's tear is humanity.
It's human nature to be sad at the loss of something,
But giving up all to lift another is humanity.
It is human nature to reply harm with more harm,
But to stand unbending without violence is humanity.
It is human nature to reply argument with argument,
But knowing when to lose an argument is humanity.
It is human nature to win by dragging others down,
But defying competition to live a purpose is humanity.
It is human nature to blame disparity on politicians,
But to step up ensuring equity in one's area is humanity.
Just because it’s human nature, doesn't make it civilized.
We shall be civilized when we are no longer hypnotized.
Published on November 23, 2021 07:30
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Tags:
altruism, book-of-poems, helping, helping-others, human-nature, human-rights, humanism, humanist-poetry, humanitarian, humanity, kindness, naskareans, pearls-of-wisdom, poems, political-science, politics, sacrifice, selfless, social-studies, social-work, social-worker, sociology, sonnet, sorrow
Sonnet of Holy Water | Handcrafted Humanity
A new day starts with a new you,
And I ain't talkin' about born again nonsense.
A bigot baptized a thousand times is still a bigot,
A human helping another is Christ himself.
There is no second coming, there’s no reincarnation,
Except when we go from selfishness to kindness.
We are the messiahs and saviors of our people,
Nobody's gonna fall from the sky to lift the helpless.
The liquor store sells you the same divinity,
That the holy store sells you for even higher price.
We'll be born again when we abolish such divinity,
By baptizing the soil of society with our sacrifice.
The tears of joy someone sheds because of you,
Are the only holy water to build the world anew.
And I ain't talkin' about born again nonsense.
A bigot baptized a thousand times is still a bigot,
A human helping another is Christ himself.
There is no second coming, there’s no reincarnation,
Except when we go from selfishness to kindness.
We are the messiahs and saviors of our people,
Nobody's gonna fall from the sky to lift the helpless.
The liquor store sells you the same divinity,
That the holy store sells you for even higher price.
We'll be born again when we abolish such divinity,
By baptizing the soil of society with our sacrifice.
The tears of joy someone sheds because of you,
Are the only holy water to build the world anew.
Published on December 26, 2021 01:54
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Tags:
accountability, baptism, christ, christening, compassion, divine-self, divinity, enlightenment, fundamentalism, goodness, helping, helping-others, holiness, holy-water, humanist-poetry, humanitarian, humanitarianism, humanity, messiah, nondualism, nonduality, philosophy-of-religion, poems, reincarnation, religious, religious-harmony, savior, second-coming, self-obsessed, self-obsession, selfishness, selfless-service, service-of-humanity, social-issues, sonnet, spirituality, theology
Sonnet of Holy Water | Handcrafted Humanity
A new day starts with a new you,
And I ain't talkin' about born again nonsense.
A bigot baptized a thousand times is still a bigot,
A human helping another is Christ himself.
There is no second coming, there’s no reincarnation,
Except when we go from selfishness to kindness.
We are the messiahs and saviors of our people,
Nobody's gonna fall from the sky to lift the helpless.
The liquor store sells you the same divinity,
That the holy store sells you for even higher price.
We'll be born again when we abolish such divinity,
By baptizing the soil of society with our sacrifice.
The tears of joy someone sheds because of you,
Are the only holy water to build the world anew.
And I ain't talkin' about born again nonsense.
A bigot baptized a thousand times is still a bigot,
A human helping another is Christ himself.
There is no second coming, there’s no reincarnation,
Except when we go from selfishness to kindness.
We are the messiahs and saviors of our people,
Nobody's gonna fall from the sky to lift the helpless.
The liquor store sells you the same divinity,
That the holy store sells you for even higher price.
We'll be born again when we abolish such divinity,
By baptizing the soil of society with our sacrifice.
The tears of joy someone sheds because of you,
Are the only holy water to build the world anew.
Published on December 26, 2021 01:56
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Tags:
accountability, baptism, christ, christening, compassion, divine-self, divinity, enlightenment, fundamentalism, goodness, helping, helping-others, holiness, holy-water, humanist-poetry, humanitarian, humanitarianism, humanity, messiah, nondualism, nonduality, philosophy-of-religion, poems, reincarnation, religious, religious-harmony, savior, second-coming, self-obsessed, self-obsession, selfishness, selfless-service, service-of-humanity, social-issues, sonnet, spirituality, theology
Law of Sacrifice (The Sonnet) | Şehit Sevda Society
The more you give life,
The more you'll have life.
The more you give light,
The more you'll have light.
The more the I gets lost in others,
The more you'll end all bigoted strife.
The more you take pain for those around,
The more you'll know the joy of life.
Worst of all superstitions is selfishness,
It keeps an animal from becoming human.
Let the mind be cleansed of all self,
So our heart becomes a mirror for every person.
Reject all selfishness that makes you cold and blind.
Sacrifice is the law behind all love and light.
The more you'll have life.
The more you give light,
The more you'll have light.
The more the I gets lost in others,
The more you'll end all bigoted strife.
The more you take pain for those around,
The more you'll know the joy of life.
Worst of all superstitions is selfishness,
It keeps an animal from becoming human.
Let the mind be cleansed of all self,
So our heart becomes a mirror for every person.
Reject all selfishness that makes you cold and blind.
Sacrifice is the law behind all love and light.
Published on January 08, 2022 06:08
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Tags:
altruism, be-the-change, compassion, goodness, helping, helping-others, helping-people, humanist-poetry, humanitarian, kindness, lend-a-hand, naskar-sonnet, poemshumanity, sacrifice, selfless-service, selflessness, service-of-humanity, serving-humanity, social-justice, social-reformer, social-work
Practical Mindfulness (The Sonnet) | Corazon Calamidad
When someone’s world is crumbling down,
Reach out to lend a shoulder not analysis.
If the world had more carers and sharers,
We wouldn’t need the services of therapists.
Most humans are raised to be selfish robots,
Then they spend their life on a therapist’s sofa.
When someone’s going through a period of grief,
Only the mindless comments, ‘have you tried yoga!’
For the human mind to be whole and healthy,
You gotta empty it of all the unhealthy junk.
And there is no greater junk on the face of earth,
Than the traditions that make us self-centric drunk.
Elimination of coldness is the highest of all wisdom.
Treat the common cold, and you’ll treat all descension.
Reach out to lend a shoulder not analysis.
If the world had more carers and sharers,
We wouldn’t need the services of therapists.
Most humans are raised to be selfish robots,
Then they spend their life on a therapist’s sofa.
When someone’s going through a period of grief,
Only the mindless comments, ‘have you tried yoga!’
For the human mind to be whole and healthy,
You gotta empty it of all the unhealthy junk.
And there is no greater junk on the face of earth,
Than the traditions that make us self-centric drunk.
Elimination of coldness is the highest of all wisdom.
Treat the common cold, and you’ll treat all descension.
Published on October 27, 2022 09:51
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Tags:
compassion, empathy, enlightenment, goodness, goodwill, helping, humanist-poem, humanitarian-poem, humanitarianism, indifference, kindness, meditation, mental-breakdown, oneness, psychology, psychotherapy, service-of-humanity, spiritual-poem, spiritual-poetry, wholeness
Lives to Serve Before I Sleep (The Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | The Humanitarian Dictator
Lives to serve before I sleep,
Service is my salvation.
Wounds to heal before I sleep,
Selfless joy brings illumination.
There are times people need help,
there are times they need motivation.
Keep your mouth absolutely shut,
if you cannot make the distinction.
Bridges to build before I sleep,
Walls are too savage a burden.
Tears to wipe before I sleep,
In human smile lies human heaven.
Chains to hack before I sleep,
Chains hack humanity to pieces.
Peace to plant before I sleep,
Come join me, let’s grow a forest!
Service is my salvation.
Wounds to heal before I sleep,
Selfless joy brings illumination.
There are times people need help,
there are times they need motivation.
Keep your mouth absolutely shut,
if you cannot make the distinction.
Bridges to build before I sleep,
Walls are too savage a burden.
Tears to wipe before I sleep,
In human smile lies human heaven.
Chains to hack before I sleep,
Chains hack humanity to pieces.
Peace to plant before I sleep,
Come join me, let’s grow a forest!
Published on October 27, 2024 07:28
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Tags:
acceptance, bigotry, charity, civil-rights, compassion, discrimination, diversity, divinity, empathy, equality, global-harmony, healer, heaven, help, helping, helping-others, helping-people, humanist, humanitarian, inclusion, inclusive, kindness, lend-a-hand, motivation, multiculturalism, oneness, peace-activist, peacemaker, prejudice, selfless, selfless-service, service-of-humanity, smile, social-work, social-worker, theology, world-peace