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June 13, 2022
Nutty Community (The Sonnet) | Handcrafted Humanity
Crazy am I, crazy are you,
When crazy together, we live anew.
Miserable am I, miserable are you,
When miserable together, I find joy in you.
Broken am I, broken are you,
When broken together, we are each other’s glue.
Insecure am I, insecure are you,
When insecure together, we find it all untrue.
Disfunctional am I, disfunctional are you,
When disfunctional together, we function well.
Fallen am I, fallen are you,
When we fall together, we’ll rise sure as hell.
Let us go against ourselves in defying self-centricity.
You be a nut, I’ll be a nut, let’s build a nutty community.
When crazy together, we live anew.
Miserable am I, miserable are you,
When miserable together, I find joy in you.
Broken am I, broken are you,
When broken together, we are each other’s glue.
Insecure am I, insecure are you,
When insecure together, we find it all untrue.
Disfunctional am I, disfunctional are you,
When disfunctional together, we function well.
Fallen am I, fallen are you,
When we fall together, we’ll rise sure as hell.
Let us go against ourselves in defying self-centricity.
You be a nut, I’ll be a nut, let’s build a nutty community.
Published on June 13, 2022 10:20
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June 8, 2022
Giants in Jeans Sonnet 65
Doomsday is not when the earth collapses,
Nor is it the contagion of a deadly virus.
Doomsday is when humans forget humanity,
As such all of us are doomsday descendants.
There is no such thing as fall of humanity,
For humankind never rose to civilization.
Our ancestors were savages with bow and arrow,
We are modern savages with nuclear ammunition.
Each of us are raised as an incarnate of doom,
Through our veins flow the germs of selfishness.
Everybody talks of peace without realizing,
The opposite of war is not peace, it’s unselfishness.
So stop worrying about the fall of civilization.
Live as human so that there actually is a civilization.
Nor is it the contagion of a deadly virus.
Doomsday is when humans forget humanity,
As such all of us are doomsday descendants.
There is no such thing as fall of humanity,
For humankind never rose to civilization.
Our ancestors were savages with bow and arrow,
We are modern savages with nuclear ammunition.
Each of us are raised as an incarnate of doom,
Through our veins flow the germs of selfishness.
Everybody talks of peace without realizing,
The opposite of war is not peace, it’s unselfishness.
So stop worrying about the fall of civilization.
Live as human so that there actually is a civilization.
Published on June 08, 2022 13:12
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acceptance, book-of-poems, civilization, civilized-beings, cultural-diversity, diverse, diversity-expert, equality, human-rights-activist, humanity, humanity-and-society, naskarism, prejudice, primitive-human-behavior, progress, social-studies, sociology, sonnet, systemic-racism
June 1, 2022
Ain’t Your Nigger (Sonnet to The Whites) | Bulldozer on Duty
Yes I am colored,
But I ain’t your nigger.
I am your way to oneness,
I am the humanitarian trigger.
I am the trigger for revolution,
Whenever there is oppression.
I am the trigger for reason,
Whenever there is dogmatization.
I am the trigger for ascension,
Whenever there is assumption.
I am the trigger for assimilation,
Whenever there is discrimination.
On our shackled shoulders America was built.
Yet how come we are still hated to the hilt!
But I ain’t your nigger.
I am your way to oneness,
I am the humanitarian trigger.
I am the trigger for revolution,
Whenever there is oppression.
I am the trigger for reason,
Whenever there is dogmatization.
I am the trigger for ascension,
Whenever there is assumption.
I am the trigger for assimilation,
Whenever there is discrimination.
On our shackled shoulders America was built.
Yet how come we are still hated to the hilt!
Published on June 01, 2022 16:08
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american, american-politics, black-history, black-lives-matter, black-lives-matter-poem, black-lives-matter-protests, blm-quotes, civil-rights-movement, discrimination, equality, land-of-liberty, land-of-the-free, slavery, social-justice-poetry, systemic-racism, white-supremacy
Real Third World (The Sonnet) | Bulldozer on Duty
Third world countries are not,
Those from Asia and Africa.
Some of the real third world countries,
Are our United States and Russia.
It is behavior that makes the person,
It is behavior that makes the nation.
Worth of a nation lies not in currency,
But in their sense of assimilation.
A civilized nation doesn’t say,
We are the greatest nation on earth.
Only the underdeveloped yells around,
We are the nation supreme, all others are dirt.
A first world country is born of first world citizens.
A citizen becomes first world by defying all divisions.
Those from Asia and Africa.
Some of the real third world countries,
Are our United States and Russia.
It is behavior that makes the person,
It is behavior that makes the nation.
Worth of a nation lies not in currency,
But in their sense of assimilation.
A civilized nation doesn’t say,
We are the greatest nation on earth.
Only the underdeveloped yells around,
We are the nation supreme, all others are dirt.
A first world country is born of first world citizens.
A citizen becomes first world by defying all divisions.
Published on June 01, 2022 14:24
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accountable, black-lives-matter, civic-duty, civics, civil-rights-movement, dignity, diversity-expert, equality, geopolitics, global-harmony, human-rights, humanism, humanist, humanitarian-poetry, humanitarian-scientist, life-lessons, naskarism, nation-building, national-transformation, nationalist-fundamentalism, peace-activist, political-science, politics, revolution, social-justice, social-justice-poem, social-responsibility, social-science, social-studies, third-world, third-world-countries, underdeveloped-countries
Combine without Condescension (The Sonnet) | Bulldozer on Duty
When all combine without condescension,
We shall witness God’s face.
Then we shall realize beyond all doubt,
God has never been a person but a state.
A state of mind where division disappears,
That is what godliness means.
A state of sight where separation withers,
That is what holiness means.
This state is beyond beliefs and doctrines,
It is the sacred valley of life beyond life.
There is no life so long as we are divided,
Life united is life brought to life.
There is no God, only heart nonsectarian.
In that heart, You, I, the Father, the Son, all are one.
We shall witness God’s face.
Then we shall realize beyond all doubt,
God has never been a person but a state.
A state of mind where division disappears,
That is what godliness means.
A state of sight where separation withers,
That is what holiness means.
This state is beyond beliefs and doctrines,
It is the sacred valley of life beyond life.
There is no life so long as we are divided,
Life united is life brought to life.
There is no God, only heart nonsectarian.
In that heart, You, I, the Father, the Son, all are one.
Published on June 01, 2022 08:35
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advaita, beliefs, divine-poetry, dogmatism, enlightenment, equality, faith, godliness, holiness, holy-poem, human-rights-activist, humanitarian-peace, humanitarianism, indoctrination, naskareans, nondual-philosophy, nondualism, nonduality, nonsectarianism, oneness, rational-thinking, religious-harmony, segregation, spiritual-poem, spiritual-poems, systemic-racism, theological-poetry, unity, world-peace
May 31, 2022
Giants in Jeans Sonnet 97
Age doesn’t make you wise, curiosity does.
Intellect doesn’t make you curious, growth does.
Experience doesn’t make you grow, expansion does.
Travel doesn’t make you expand, self-correction does.
Cynicism doesn’t help correction, awareness does.
Books don’t make you aware, accountability does.
Law cannot make you accountable, humanity does.
Appearance doesn’t make you human, acceptance does.
Wokeness doesn’t make you accepting, character does.
Clothes don’t make character, conduct does.
Etiquettes don’t define conduct, goodness does.
Tradition doesn’t make you good, oneness does.
Oneness is the mother of all civilized behavior.
Without oneness we’re ever headed for disaster.
Intellect doesn’t make you curious, growth does.
Experience doesn’t make you grow, expansion does.
Travel doesn’t make you expand, self-correction does.
Cynicism doesn’t help correction, awareness does.
Books don’t make you aware, accountability does.
Law cannot make you accountable, humanity does.
Appearance doesn’t make you human, acceptance does.
Wokeness doesn’t make you accepting, character does.
Clothes don’t make character, conduct does.
Etiquettes don’t define conduct, goodness does.
Tradition doesn’t make you good, oneness does.
Oneness is the mother of all civilized behavior.
Without oneness we’re ever headed for disaster.
Published on May 31, 2022 09:03
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acceptance, accountability, awareness, book-of-poems, character-building, character-development, clothes, curiosit, curiosity, experience, explorer, exploringm, growing-up, human-rights-activist, humanist-poem, humanitarian-poem, humanitarianism, humanity, intellect, learning, life-lessons, mindfulness, naskar-sonnets, naskarism, oneness, personal-development, pursuit-of-knowledge, science-poem, self-correction, self-growth, self-realization, sonnet, traditions, travelling, wisdom
May 30, 2022
My Russia My Responsibility (The Sonnet) | Handbook of Hatebusting
Moya Rossiya, moya lyubov, I am sorry,
That the world has turned its back on us.
But can you really blame them when,
We accepted a terrorist as a leader of ours!
Awake, arise, my brave comrades,
Drink deep from the valor of Volga.
I say, enough with apathy, for it is high time,
To sanitize our land against all domestic virus.
We let a terrorist loose on our neighbors,
And all that bloodshed is on our hands.
Even now if we don’t mend our horrific error,
One savage will turn our world into a wasteland.
Mnogo te obicham, for you are still my home.
To humanize our home is the duty of none but our own.
“Моя Россия Моя Ответственность
(Сонет Гражданских Прав)
Моя Россия, моя любовь, мне жаль,
Что мир стал нашим врагом.
Но разве можно их винить!
Мы сделали террориста нашим лидером.
Пробудитесь, встаньте, товарищи мои,
Вдохновляйтесь доблестью Волги!
Хватит этой апатии, пришло время вытеснить,
Домашний вирус и продезинфицировать нашу нацию.
Мы выпустили террориста на наших соседей,
Кто ответит за это кровопролитие – мы, кто еще!
Даже сейчас, если мы не исправим нашу ошибку,
Одна первобытная обезьяна уничтожит нашу планету.
Моя Россия моя ответственность, это золотой закон.
Хватит завоеваний! Пришло время быть человеком.”
That the world has turned its back on us.
But can you really blame them when,
We accepted a terrorist as a leader of ours!
Awake, arise, my brave comrades,
Drink deep from the valor of Volga.
I say, enough with apathy, for it is high time,
To sanitize our land against all domestic virus.
We let a terrorist loose on our neighbors,
And all that bloodshed is on our hands.
Even now if we don’t mend our horrific error,
One savage will turn our world into a wasteland.
Mnogo te obicham, for you are still my home.
To humanize our home is the duty of none but our own.
“Моя Россия Моя Ответственность
(Сонет Гражданских Прав)
Моя Россия, моя любовь, мне жаль,
Что мир стал нашим врагом.
Но разве можно их винить!
Мы сделали террориста нашим лидером.
Пробудитесь, встаньте, товарищи мои,
Вдохновляйтесь доблестью Волги!
Хватит этой апатии, пришло время вытеснить,
Домашний вирус и продезинфицировать нашу нацию.
Мы выпустили террориста на наших соседей,
Кто ответит за это кровопролитие – мы, кто еще!
Даже сейчас, если мы не исправим нашу ошибку,
Одна первобытная обезьяна уничтожит нашу планету.
Моя Россия моя ответственность, это золотой закон.
Хватит завоеваний! Пришло время быть человеком.”
Published on May 30, 2022 15:42
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russia-ukraine-war, russian-civil-society, russian-civil-war, slava-ukraini, гражданское-общество, движение-за-гражданские-права, демократия, диктатура, права-человека, правозащитник, российский-правозащитник, русская-демократия, русская-литература, русская-поэзия, слава-украине, социальная-справедливость
May 29, 2022
Expansion or Extinction | Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
Identity is selfishness, heritage is selfishness, culture is selfishness, that is, the way these constructs have been sustained in society all this time.
All this time things have been going on like this – my identity versus all others – my heritage versus all others – my culture versus all others. And such behavior has only fostered a paradigm of division.
This must change – from division to unison. And how will it happen? We gotta perform a complete overhaul of notions of identity, heritage and culture. We gotta turn each of them from a prison into a path. In simple terms, we gotta humanize them all – we gotta make them more about people than anything else – more about the people of the present and future than those of the past.
We gotta make them about life, not habits, beliefs and rituals. One may wonder, aren’t habits, beliefs and rituals also life!
No they ain’t – they are part of life, a microscopic part at that, but not life itself. So first and foremost, feel, think and walk past habits, beliefs and rituals, of your ancestors as well as your own.
Expansion, expansion, expansion – only way forward is expansion. If you are afraid that your ancestors would be offended at your expansion, then let me tell you this. It’s better to have no ancestor than to have one offended at your expansion.
All our ancestors made this mistake. They were all against expansion. Make not the same mistake my friend. Expand yourself, and encourage the children towards further expansion. Encourage them to surpass you, instead of sentencing them to the prison of your own beliefs and notions.
Without expansion there ain’t gonna be no earth left, that is, one fit for human existence. And to be honest, the day is not far when planet earth will be absolutely unfit for human existence, both psychologically and physically.
All this time things have been going on like this – my identity versus all others – my heritage versus all others – my culture versus all others. And such behavior has only fostered a paradigm of division.
This must change – from division to unison. And how will it happen? We gotta perform a complete overhaul of notions of identity, heritage and culture. We gotta turn each of them from a prison into a path. In simple terms, we gotta humanize them all – we gotta make them more about people than anything else – more about the people of the present and future than those of the past.
We gotta make them about life, not habits, beliefs and rituals. One may wonder, aren’t habits, beliefs and rituals also life!
No they ain’t – they are part of life, a microscopic part at that, but not life itself. So first and foremost, feel, think and walk past habits, beliefs and rituals, of your ancestors as well as your own.
Expansion, expansion, expansion – only way forward is expansion. If you are afraid that your ancestors would be offended at your expansion, then let me tell you this. It’s better to have no ancestor than to have one offended at your expansion.
All our ancestors made this mistake. They were all against expansion. Make not the same mistake my friend. Expand yourself, and encourage the children towards further expansion. Encourage them to surpass you, instead of sentencing them to the prison of your own beliefs and notions.
Without expansion there ain’t gonna be no earth left, that is, one fit for human existence. And to be honest, the day is not far when planet earth will be absolutely unfit for human existence, both psychologically and physically.
Published on May 29, 2022 13:39
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advaita, assimilation, cultural-heritage, diversity-and-inclusion, equality, goodness, human-rights-activist, humanist, humanitarian-scientist, intercultural-communication, love-and-kindness, nonsectarianism, one-humanity, oneness, prejudice-intolerance-diversity, religious-harmony, systemic-racism, toleration, universal-acceptance
Tools and Fools (The Sonnet) | Making Britain Civilized
I am a scientist but,
I don’t care about science.
I am a monk but,
I don’t care about enlightenment.
I am a philosopher but,
I don’t care about philosophy.
I am a theologian but,
I don’t care about theology.
I may use a lot of tools,
But that’s what they are – tools.
They are meant to serve society,
Not look down on people as fools.
When the tool rules, user turns a tool.
Human above all else – lo the supreme rule.
I don’t care about science.
I am a monk but,
I don’t care about enlightenment.
I am a philosopher but,
I don’t care about philosophy.
I am a theologian but,
I don’t care about theology.
I may use a lot of tools,
But that’s what they are – tools.
They are meant to serve society,
Not look down on people as fools.
When the tool rules, user turns a tool.
Human above all else – lo the supreme rule.
Published on May 29, 2022 13:30
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be-kind, compassion, enlightenment, goodness, humanism, humanist-poem, humanist-poetry, humanitarian, humanitarian-scientist, life-of-service, monk, naskarism, philosophy, philosophy-of-science, scientific-poem, service-of-humanity, spiritual-poetry, spirituality, theology
Rightful King (The Sonnet) | Making Britain Civilized
The rightful king is one who dissolves the kingdom.
The rightful politician is one who dissolves the party.
The rightful ruler is one who wants only to serve.
The rightful citizen is always steadfast in accountability.
Long live the Queen and Heil Hitler are one and the same,
For both are sign of absolute allegiance without question.
Allegiance to king and country keeps a land uncivilized,
Allegiance to ideology and tradition destroys all ascension.
Let there be no king and queen, let there be no kingdom,
Let there be no party and let there be no authoritarianism.
The force that builds a world doesn’t come from bloodline,
For character is beyond the grasp of our puny sectarianism.
In a civilized society we are all king, we are all policymaker.
The world advances when we advance as its fervent keeper.
The rightful politician is one who dissolves the party.
The rightful ruler is one who wants only to serve.
The rightful citizen is always steadfast in accountability.
Long live the Queen and Heil Hitler are one and the same,
For both are sign of absolute allegiance without question.
Allegiance to king and country keeps a land uncivilized,
Allegiance to ideology and tradition destroys all ascension.
Let there be no king and queen, let there be no kingdom,
Let there be no party and let there be no authoritarianism.
The force that builds a world doesn’t come from bloodline,
For character is beyond the grasp of our puny sectarianism.
In a civilized society we are all king, we are all policymaker.
The world advances when we advance as its fervent keeper.
Published on May 29, 2022 09:29
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accountability, braveheart, civic-duty, civics, civilized, democracy, democratic-society, humanist-poetry, humanitarian-poem, humanity, leadership, monarchy, nonsectarianism, one-humanity, policy, policy-making, policymaking, political-poetry, political-science, politics, ruler, servant-leaders, service-of-humanity, social-responsibility, social-work, tyranny