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“Naskargen (Sonnet 3000) It all started with a promise - Liberty is my religion, Humans are my God; what took to paper as a penniless dream, ignited the planet with culture of integration. Journey of civilization begins with one person rejecting an outdated tradition, evolution of apes to human begins with one person disposing of their flag in a museum. Divinity of the past was based in sky-fiction, divinity of the present must be rooted in life; science of the robots revolves around metal, science of the humans must center around mind. Faith fixated on no prophecy, no propaganda, I entrust my promise upon you, my promise, my rebellion, my madness - if there is not a single Naskar in sight, be the Naskar of your generation.”

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Book:Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth
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“Every Day is Naskar Day (Sonnet 2861) I don't do this day and that day, I don't need to, you do, you live your life the year round indifferent to atrocity, then on specific dates you pretend you care, whereas my entire life is black history month, islamic science month, indigenous philosophy month, asian theology month, valentine's day, Mother's Day, Woman's Day, Earth Day, Palestine Month, all at once. I rarely write date specific texts, because every day is Naskar Day, and every Naskar Day is everybody's day.”

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Book:Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth
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“Stateless Sonnet Some dreams are too big for a town, Some dreams are too big for a city. My dream was too big for one country, So I stood up and engulfed humanity. I am too alive to be bound by ideology, I am too human to be bound by border. Too civilized to pledge flagly allegiance, I am the ultimate geopolitical defector. In poetry I am sufi, In philosophy I am advaitin. In duty I am scientist, In existence I am human. I am a civilized human being, I don't exist to impress governments. I'm a being with heart, brain 'n backbone, I'm the stateless force of world upliftment.”

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Book:Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
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“The Illiterate (A Sonnet) I am poetry, I am the poet. I am literature, Yet I am illiterate. Illiterate am I of intellect, Illiterate am I of rituals. My literacy comes from the soil, My literacy makes the world equal. Drunkard am I, absurd am I, All I know is but love's insanity, Past all Cross and MC squared, Love is the only cosmic literacy. Be literate of books and brain, But more so of the dormant light. Literacy of letters earns you living, Literacy of love earns you a life.”

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Book:Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One
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“Lock-n-Key (The Sonnet) I am the lock, You are the key. Sight of your smile, showers me with glee. I got no need for church-n-mosque, Got no need for God or Jehovah. These are for those seeking security, Upon love's face unfolds my Mecca. Yesterday I was a sensible infant, I studied scripture seeking holiness. Today I am a grownass nutter, Only godly gift is love's holy mess. Bibles are expendable, Altars are expendable. Till love takes preference, God itself is expendable.”

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Book:Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations
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“Society prospers on the shoulders of those who feel one with the society - who feel responsible for society. No responsibility, no society. No oneness, no society. Some people may label this simple sense of social responsibility, as socialism, some may label it as humanism, and some others may label it as humanitarianism. But you know what I call it - I call it plain, ordinary humanity - a common realization that relies on the definition of no pompous ism whatsoever. Some say the socialist way is better, others say the capitalist way is better, I say, learn to be a human first, then whatever way you choose, will produce prosperity. Let us embrace the benefits of capitalism, let us embrace the morality of socialism, let us embrace the good from each and every ideology without being a mindless slave to any of them. Stethoscopes don’t treat patients, doctors do. Likewise, ideologies don't bring prosperity on their own, humans do - we do, you and I, hand in hand - shoulder to shoulder - living, breathing, acting together - beyond differences, beyond argumentation, beyond our petty squabbles of labels and language.”

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Book:Girl Over God: The Novel
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“No matter my rational outlook of the universe as a scientist, I have great admiration for pastors who actively encourage their parishioners to look outside the christian tradition and garner a whole perspective of life. I feel a hearty closeness to these people of faith, which I cannot put in words. And believe you me, the number of such progressive faithworkers is increasing by leaps and bounds, which only reinforces my dream of a unified planet.”

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Book:Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
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“By The Time I'm Finished (Sonnet 2601) Belief matters less where people matter more. Time matters less when life matters more. Scientific truth changes with data, spiritual truth changes with era, cultural truth changes with civilization, but to unite, empathize, love and lift across fractures, is the one absolute virtue. By the time I'm finished with science, science would be more service centered than religion. By the time I'm finished with religion, religion would be more allergic to superstition and prejudice than science.”

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Book:With Love From A Blue Rock
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“Bringing a candle to a neighbor's home who had their power cut off, is far holier than lighting a thousand candles in the church. If you bring electricity to a marginalized community with a simple solar power kit, it's a far greater scientific achievement than the gargantuan glories of the LHC. There is no greater scientific achievement than simple science solving big problems. There is no greater holiness than trading in the bible for a simple act of kindness.”

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Book:Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience
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“Many Minds, Many Lanes (Sonnet) Poetry is a way of life, and nobody knows the way better than those lost. And when poetry meets science, there is nothing more magically potent than that. Science is a way of sight, and nobody walks it better than the undoctrinated. Religion is a way of light, and nobody lives it better than the undivided. End of rigidity is the beginning of religion, end of division is the beginning of divinity. To acknowledge prejudice is the awakening of reason, which is the bedrock of curiosity. Truth of good is truth of God - there is nothing higher, more divine. To me faith, science, poetry, all same, many lanes to lift our one humankind.”

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Book:Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
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