Interfaith Quotes

“Awakening to faith is not a one-time event, but a continuously unfolding reality. The journey of faith is not a race, but a marathon of love that each person walks at a different pace.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Any person who, with all the sincerity of heart, is in search for God, on land or in the sea, is worthy of respect.”
― Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, The Religion of God

“No Other, But One
(Naskaristana 2503)

Some say tawhid,
some say advaita,
some say ubuntu,
some say divinidad.

Tawhid doesn't mean
all other gods are false,
tawhid means it's all one god.

Divinity doesn't mean
mortal must submit to divine,
divinity means mortal and divine are one.

Divinity done properly dissolves the self,
poetry done passionately dissolves the self,
neuroscience done honestly dissolves the self.

Shallow theology fights science,
deep theology becomes it.
Shallow science fights spirituality,
deep science becomes it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Some say tawhid,
some say advaita,
some say ubuntu,
some say divinidad.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“I am the warfare (A Very Naskar Sonnet, 2698)
My brain is the planet's largest organic
manufacturing plant of multiculturalism,
so don't, I beg you, don't trigger me too much,

because once the hate crosses my threshold,
I won't hate you back, instead, I will inject
your language, your culture into my bloodstream,
and pour out literature at such a vast scale,
that before you know it, your offspring will
be studying my canon as their native heritage -

my human-centric divinity will be their divinity,
my life-centric culture will be their culture,
my service-centric science will be their science,
my earth-centric existence will be their existence.

I am the warfare, and the rewriting of civilization
started decades ago, when I made slave
out of the most tyrant language on earth.
Show me love, I'll respond with a quiet smile -
throw me hate, I'll metabolize it and rewrite your history.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Your offspring will be studying my canon as their native heritage – my human-centric divinity will be their divinity, my life-centric culture will be their culture, my service-centric science will be their science, my earth-centric existence will be their existence.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“My brain is the planet’s largest organic manufacturing plant of multiculturalism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Diary of Dervish Advaitam
(Naskaristana 2738)

The other day I was reminiscing,
which was the first inhumanity
that lit the fuse of my life,
and I think I figured it out -

it was probably Islamophobia, which turned
my life into a living rebuttal to every
form of dehumanization disguised as heritage -

perhaps that was when the dervish took root,
even though on paper I wasn't a muslim -
papers identify monkeys, not the human spirit;

a dervish is no longer a muslim,
just like an advaitin is not a hindu,
and a christly person is not a christian -
religion of a dervish is love,
religion of an advaitin is oneness,
religion of a christ is kindness.

Quietly an advaitin became dervish,
and emerged Dervish Advaitam,
with languages of the world as master power,
and sciences of the mind as master plan.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“The meaning of science is service, the meaning of faith is service, the meaning of office is service, if you forget this simple truth, your bible, koran, vedas - creation, evolution, constitution, all are useless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Some say tawhid,
some say advaita,
some say ubuntu,
some say divinidad.

Divinity done properly dissolves the self,
poetry done passionately dissolves the self,
neuroscience done honestly dissolves the self.

Shallow theology fights science,
deep theology becomes it.
Shallow science fights spirituality,
deep science becomes it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“My territory is planet earth - humanity, my civilization.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“If you cannot distinguish religion from fundamentalism, if you cannot distinguish spirituality from superstition, if you cannot distinguish science from insensitivity, if you cannot distinguish psychology from manipulation, do not call yourself human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Divine by deed, not by decree,
courier of culture, not nationality -
loud enemy of the nationalist state,
with no dogcollar of brainless loyalty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I burnt my reputation to the ground, so I could stand as an undomesticated beacon, doesn't matter if no one comes to my aid, I have no desire to be worshipped by gibbons.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“My school is existence, not existentialism. No ism is sufficient, my home is integration.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“A dervish is no longer a muslim,
just like an advaitin is not a hindu,
and a christly person is not a christian -
religion of a dervish is love,
religion of an advaitin is oneness,
religion of a christ is kindness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Call it Neuroscience, call it theology,
call it Sufism, sociology, or Advaita -
I am the ocean that permeates all rivers,
call it sonnet or call it Naskaristana.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“A holy person doesn't check religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Faith doesn't become divine until you breathe oneness into it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“The balm doesn't check religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yabancı Yarim: Sessizliği Dinle, Kâinati Duyacaksın

“Medicine doesn't require faith test.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Medicine Doesn't Require Faith Test
(Naskaristana 2504)

More and more I've grown distant
of the term "philosophy",
as I'm nearing my final sleep it feels,
philosophy is just a kid brother to theology.

But my theology has no relation to scripture,
my theology is just human acting at full voltage.
Ibn Arabi, Adi Shankara, Meister Eckhert, it's all one.
Mevlana, Naskar, Aquinas, all are one sentience.

All paths are valid, only prejudice is invalid;
no matter the river, we're all headed to the sea.
Dual, nondual, all are human construct -
beyond ritual and reason ignites divine sanity.

Rain doesn't check bank balance,
soil doesn't require DNA test -
breath doesn't ask for proof of residence,
medicine doesn't require faith test.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Rain doesn't check bank balance,
soil doesn't require DNA test -
breath doesn't ask for proof of residence,
medicine doesn't require faith test.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“My theology has no relation to scripture, my theology is just human acting at full voltage.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Ibn Arabi, Adi Shankara, Meister Eckhert, it's all one. Mevlana, Naskar, Aquinas, all are one sentience.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Dual, nondual, all are human construct - beyond ritual and reason ignites divine sanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“All paths are valid, only prejudice is invalid.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Marham na mazhab dekhe,
marham na dekhe mulk,
la medicina no ve la fe,
my existence is the proof.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“The culture I carry is integration, the tradition I carry is tolerance, the religion I carry is reformation - armed with a hundred billion nerve cells, here I stand Human, My Nation, Earthistan!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“There is no place for borders in consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot