Freedom Of Mind Quotes

“Covered by the web of disturbing emotions,
One is a sentient being.
Freed from disturbing emotions,
One is called a buddha.
– Nagarjuna”
― Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Lamp of Mahamudra

“Life without liberty, is a life not lived, and life without truth, is a life not understood.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Monk Meets World

“You can hardly realize the essence of my ideas, if you try to comprehend them in terms of what your society has taught you. To understand me, you must first be free, and start off in an investigative journey with me, like a naïve newborn with no preconceived idea about anything whatsoever.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Saint of The Sapiens

“Outward assumption is a reflection of inward corruption.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism

“I don't advocate for collectivism, for I am the collective - I don't preach religion, for I am religion - and I am no materialist, for I am the matter and I am the spirit.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

“Abandon the ceremonies and become an Awakened Soul – a soul that sees no color but the color of joy – no religion but the religion of love – no language but the language of compassion. Become compassionate my friend – become brave my friend! That is true religion. There is nothing else.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Krishna Cancer

“We create our own chains with which we bind ourselves and then we keep yelling as raving lunatics, why are we not free?”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mission Reality

“If you are thinking of becoming a monk, in the conventional sense of the term, then let me tell you this, don’t waste your life force in being a hobo with a fancy uniform - put it to some good use instead.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Monk Meets World

“Life is freedom, freedom is life.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Stand free and stand human, and the whole world will stand by you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, See No Gender

“Salutation (The Sonnet)

My salutation to you O Human,
One who has broken the ties of creed.
The light was always within you,
Destroying the dogmas you set it free.
When your heart is labeled,
The world stays hypnotized in darkness.
The moment you rip them to pieces,
Tides of light awaken all synapses.
All separation is born of labels,
Tear those labels and there'll be light.
Once there is oneness in heart,
Oneness of humanity will manifest alright.
Emancipation lies in losing the I in Us,
Once you do, you will wake up the universe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, No Foreigner Only Family

“Freedom is not the purpose, it's the path.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism

“Assumption is corruption, correction is ascension.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism

“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 12

Here are some words born of narrowness,
Activist, woke, religious, atheist,
Socialist, communist, capitalist, conservative,
Intellectual, intelligent, classy, elitist,
Educated, learned, well-versed, sound-mind,
Traditional, old-fashioned, spiritual, altruistic,
Empiricist, Existentialist, rationalist, freethinker,
Godly, compassionate, selfless and mystic.
I refuse to be defined by any of them,
None of them can explain my true sentiment.
I may advocate for the good within each of them,
But I refuse to give any of them exclusive endorsement.
All these words are too puny to define my identity.
My name is human, my heart contains entire humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World

“Only service can free the self, not happiness, not intellect, not fame and fortune.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work

“When U takes preference over I, indoctrination becomes undoctrination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“Obedient to none, oppressive to none. That's the human way.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Can’t Handle Freedom (The Sonnet)

Whole human is the first human,
All else are but wannabe.
Designation human says it all,
Yet why do you chase terminology!
Even when you broke free from religion,
You could not handle that utter freedom!
Like a rightful new descendant of divisionists,
You chained the word "human" with an "ism".
It is like you can't handle being free,
You have to stay enslaved by one ism or another.
They used to keep the world apart with religions,
Today the same is done by new-age dividers.
Human, human, human - that is all we ever are.
Not humanist, not socialist, just carers of each other.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“I want you to hold my hand not because you are forced to, but because you want to.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“Expand, expand, and expand again,
There is no end to expansion.
And never ever let your love for me
stifle your rightful progression.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Be love and be light -
watch the fall of worldly fright.
Be free and be responsible -
watch the society take its flight.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“You won't find me nowhere,
not until you learn to look,
not with eyes of cults and caves,
but with the eyes of destiny's cook.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Esperanza Impossible Sonnet 2

Truth is the pandemic,
Truth is the terror.
My truth versus your truth,
Your truth versus another.
We speak of truth as if it's a constant,
We chase it as antidote to our insecurity.
Most of our truths bring not understanding,
We cook up truth to fan our self-centricity.
Truth, in truth, is the opposite of stagnation,
Contraction repels all hope for understanding.
Truth is not a fixed point, but an act in motion,
Truth is the courageous act of a mind expanding.
Hence, to seek security one must not seek truth.
To seek truth, with security you must cut all truce.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“It's one thing to believe in someone,
and another to believe in what they stand for.
Believe if you must, not in me,
but in what I stand for.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Verb Over Noun (The Sonnet)

I do the best of my writing,
When I don't feel like a writer.
I create the best of my philosophy,
When I don't feel like a philosopher.
I write the best of my poetry,
When I don't deem myself a poet.
I publish the best of my science,
Walking just a pilgrim of knowledge.
Labels we hold dear often hold us captive,
So do not take the acronym for the act.
Designations can't contain the designated,
Move past the noun and let the verb enact.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Labels we hold dear often hold us captive.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Life is a matter of shared liberty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Kainat Calling (The Sonnet)

I'll take your leave now,
Kainat is calling -
Ain't gonna stay amidst
your narrowness no more.
You conquered moon,
you'll conquer mars,
yet what's the point,
when your heart is
still beastly sore!
Break your sleep, o drowsy doofus,
Wake up to the auspicious joyville!
Where love and light are supreme law,
Wake up to that valley of joy and zeal!
Everyday is Christmas there,
Everyday is Ramadan and Juneteenth.
Stay in your archaic muck if you like,
I gotta go now, Kainat calling!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“A cup is just crockery
till there is coffee in it.
A head is just a skull
till there's a mind in it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Second hand mind is antithesis of mind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee