Hundred Thoughts Of Sandip Goswami Poem by SANDIP GOSWAMI

Hundred thoughts of Sandip Goswami

1. Truth-Seekers
'Scientists and poets share one trait - bot truth.'

2. Moment's Ephemerality
'You weren't. You are. You won't be. So drink the now. Unmask yourself to yourself.'

3. Sole Accountability
'Answer to none but your mirror: 'Am I breathing flesh or human being? ''

4. Inner Sanctum
'Find the 'Other I' within - that's God/Allah/the Nameless.'

5. Relationship Algebra
'Detect motives in bonds. Never bond over motives.'

6. Social Litmus
'Society's inmate ≠ social. Society's lover = social.'

7. Patriotic Calculus
'Don't tally what your country gave. Tally what you gave it.'

8. India's Essence
'India isn't just soil - it's immortal human philosophy.'

9. True Equality
'Skin-deep equality fools. Soul-deep equality liberates.'

10. False Profit
'No parasite thrives by sickening its host. Lies ache more than truth's sting.'

11. Life's Ledger
'Life's no balance sheet - quit profit-loss accounting.'

12. Critique's Paradox
'In dark times, the most slandered become most followed.'

13. Speech Austerity
'Can't praise? At least don't poison. Criticism corrodes consciousness.'

14. Protest's Purity
'Protest selflessly. Self-interested rebels become tomorrow's tyrants.'

15. Change's Direction
'All want change. Ensure yours ascends, not falls.'

16. Oceanic Law
'Life's an ocean - give fully, receive fully.'

17. Unmasked Humanity
'Laugh when moved. Cry when pierced. Rage when provoked. Dance when joyous. This is the naked human.'

18. Naked Emperor
'See a naked king? Say so. Let him clothe himself.'

19. Social Culpability
'A lost society breeds lost leaders, teachers, doctors. Who birthed this society? '

20. Money's Place
'Earn to live. Don't live to earn.'

21. True Greatness
'Great minds don't just create art - they become great humans. That's the masterpiece.'

22. Envy's Duty
'If you envy success, mourn its sorrows too - only then does envy earn rights.'

23. Consumerist Fossils
'Shopping turns humans to dinosaurs, our age to Jurassic.'

24. Legacy's Core
'Leave children values, not vaults. Uncorrupted values outlive gold.'

25. Universal Religion
'Humanity is the only true faith - all scriptures whisper this.'

26. Honor's Returns
'Honor wisdom → become wise. Honor wealth → become fooled. Honor poverty → become immortal.'

27. Respect's Economy
'Receivers of respect are blessed. Givers of respect are divine.'

28. Pleasure's Quarantine
'Keep material joys private. Don't epidemic society with your toxins.'

29. Petty Minds
'Small minds can't conceive great deeds. Noble acts require noble vessels.'

30. Evil's Paradox
'Even demons respect saints. But demons disgust all - even fellow demons.'

31. Wickedness Exposed
'The wicked wear their nature - an open secret.'

32. Ganges' Lesson
'The river belongs to all. The pot's water is mine alone.'

33. Masked Existence
'How many masks before you forget your face? '

34. Trust's Sin
'Losing faith is sin. Trusting betrayers is mortal sin.'

35. Parental Hypocrisy
'Don't turn others' children to cattle while fattening your own.'

36. Expanded Parenthood
'See all children as yours - then your child becomes human. You become Father.'

37. Teaching's Summit
'Teaching isn't livelihood - it's the ascent to guruhood.'

38. Half-Education
'Semi-literates harm society more than illiterates.'

39. Illiteracy's Shame
'An unlettered person shames not himself but his society's architecture.'

40. Child Labor
'Child workers vanish not through ads but awakened conscience.'

41. Dehumanization
'The opposite of 'human' isn't 'beast' anymore - it's 'bomb.' Human bombs are this logic's fruit.'

42. Parental Legacy
'Rotten seeds can't grow virtuous trees.'

43. Elders' Worth
'Old ones are society's treasure - home them, don't warehouse them. Then walls become hearths.'

44. Family's Atomization
'Joint families → Nuclear families → Atomic fragments. Modern man: 'Only-Me' species.'

45. Religious Exploitation
'Religion humanizes. Religious traders communalize.'

46. Trust's Mortality
'Broken trust, like dead childhood, never resurrects.'

47. Unnatural Love
'More loving than mother? Witch. More caring than father? Dinosaur.'

48. Nature's Dialogue
'Gaze at sky - it gazes back. Listen to river - it speaks. Love humans - they'll love.'

49. Theater's Power
'Actors are society's silent teachers - their seats in history's hall are reserved.'

50. Ultimate Creator
'Molders of true humans are worshipped as gods.'

51. Recognizing True Value
'Discovering goodness takes time. True connoisseurs are rare.'

52. Self-Realization
'Stop wandering aimlessly - go to the connoisseur. Then you'll know if you're glass or diamond.'

53. Editor's Dharma
'An editor's quest isn't to become supreme, but universally beloved.'

54. Journalist's Duty
'A journalist's religion: shaping public opinion for truth. Pure humanism.'

55. Religious Paradox
'When religion becomes sacrifice to man's beastliness, is animal slaughter not irreligious? '

56. True Worship
'Who accepts a dark-skinned bride/daughter-in-law, achieves true grace in Kali worship.'

57. Nature's Gift
'One tree benefits more than millions of humans. Trees are truer family.'

58. Friendship's Hierarchy
'Father's friends are fatherly; mother's friends motherly; your friends soulmates. Harmony lies in wholeness.'

59. National Consciousness
'Nations rise through collective pride - then echoes 'One nation, one land, one spirit.''

60. Divine Residence
'God dwells not in hollow religiosity but in our conscience - His true throne.'

61. The Atheist's Truth
'No true atheists exist - latent faith lives in all. A real atheist equals God.'

62. Sacred Vision
'Genuine faith purifies. The pure see divinity everywhere.'

63. Degree vs Wisdom
'Today we worship degree-holders. Degrees measure heat, not light. True scholars are light-sources.'

64. Need of the Age
'We need not intellectuals, but truly wise humans.'

65. Reading's Alchemy
'Books grant knowledge → knowledge purifies → purity inspires noble acts. Without reading, greatness is hard.'

66. Little Magazines
'No ordinary issues - every little magazine is a special rebirth edition.'

67. Artist's Journey
'True artists perceive soul through soul, finding liberation's path.'

68. Erotic Poetry
'Only poets who transcend physicality to spiritualize eros may write erotic verse.'

69. Indian Womanhood
'Indian women still embody millennia-old cultural treasures - their humanism shines in arts.'

70. Musical Mystery
'Listeners watch singers, singers watch tabla players - therein lies the secret.'

71. Readers' Gift
'One devoted reader oxygenates poetry more than thousand versifiers.'

72. Divine Response
'When commoners weep, God stays silent. When poets weep, God unleashes apocalypse.'

73. Social Crisis
'When farmers swap sickles for swords, workers hammers for bombs - inequality peaks.'

74. Ideological Warning
'All ideologies are noble - until ideologues turn schemers.'

75. Modern Ideologues
'Today's ideologues? Dhritarashtra's identical twins.' [Mahabharata reference]

76. True Revolution
'No bloody revolution transforms society. Only revolution of consciousness does.'

77. Politics Degraded
'Ancient era: politics as king of ethics → Medieval: king's ethics as politics → Today: politics of power-grabbing.'

78. Power's Cost
'In leaders' power struggles, the poor pay most.'

79. Isms & Demons
'Monarchy → Autocracy → Capitalism → Socialism → Democracy - all breed Tamasic [dark] tantrics who master human sacrifice.'

80. Literary Geography
'Kolkata: city of poetry. Nadia: poets' homeland.'

81. Modern Humanity
'Those with dignity & sense are human. Now, those with money & threats hold power.'

82. True Suicide
'Killing body is homicide. Killing conscience, humanity, values - that's real suicide.'

83. Neutrality Dead
''Neutral' has lost meaning. Stand for truth - forge yourself.'

84. Child Divinity
'God lives in children - they claim Him freely. The unselfconscious find Him.'

85. Public Servants
'Those spending public funds shouldn't unionize. Such unions exploit citizens.'

86. Democratic Failure
'India's democracy falters not from illiteracy - educated voters choose party over character.'

87. Alcoholism
'Unlimited drinking reveals: some have money but no peace.'

88. Addiction Epidemic
'Alcoholism is pandemic. Soon, alcoholic parents may breed only alcoholic children.'

89. Smoking Truth
'Keep smoking - don't quit. One day it'll bid you goodbye itself.'[Ironical]

90. Beauty's Ripple
'Transform yourself → family transforms → society → nation → world. Begin with self.'

91. Leadership Flaw
'If leaders stand out in crowds, the movement weakens.'

92. Annual Retreat
'Leave home at least 7 days yearly - your mind will rejuvenate.'

93. Giving's Math
'Charity reduces money but increases worth. Worth outweighs wealth.'

94. Three Gains
'Hide windfalls. Share earnings. You'll receive more.'

95. Art's Paradox
'Artists chasing markets get trapped. Art vanishes.'

96. Solitary Joy
'If none smile at you, smile alone. Nature will join.'

97. Ownership Truth
'You can give what's 'mine.' What's 'ours' must be earned.'

98. Timeless Writing
'Only writings showing paths to growth endure. Pathfinders must walk the path first.'

99. Dawn Awaits
'The sun will rise - its enlightened rays will illuminate all.'

100. Final Mandate
'Dream - the dreamless aren't alive.'