Butterfly

"I was a caterpillar. I am a cocoon. I will be a butterfly!" -- Joel Duque

Dugo ng Tao

Magtanim tayo
Kahit na alam nating ito'y di biro
Diligan natin ang lupa
Diligan ng dugo ng tao
Masakit man ito
Tiyak na yayabong ang binhi
Wala ng iba pang makapapalit
Sa dugo ng tao
Pataba ng lupang tigang
Nawa'y pawiin mo
Ang uhaw na lupa
Uhaw ng 'sang milenyo
Huhugasan mo
Ang madungis na lupa
Dungis na dili ba't tayo rin
Ang may gawa
Ihanda mo na ang balisong
Ihanda mo na ang kalis
Igapos niyo na
Igapos na ako
Siguradong ako'y magpupumiglas
Susubuking makawala
Ako ay sasaksakin
Ako ay aalimurahin
At dudustahin
Ngunit 'di ako kikibo
Sapagkat sa aking pagkaunawa
Ako ay manghihina
Ngunit ito ay 'di pa rin sapat
Ako ay papaslangin niyo man din
Dumaan lang ako
'Di ako alam kung napansin
Anupaman ako'y babalik
Paulit-ulit akong babalik
Magkikita tayong muli
Ano ba ang silbi ng lahat ng ito
Sino ba ako at sino kayo
Ako ay natigilan
'Di ko alam kung ang sagot
Babalik na lamang ako
'Pag ako'y lumaki na
At muli kong babagtasin
Ang gubat na masukal
Hanggang sa ating muli
Sa ating muling pagkikita
Magsimula tayo sa ritwal
Magsimula tayo sa aking dugo
Handa na 'kong
Gitlan ng hininga

Self-love

"If the entire universe is the Self, what is there not to love? Tell me." -- Joel Duque

Breaks

"Too many breaks leaves many things undone." -- Joel Duque

Cure the world

"Know thyself and the be your best orthopsychiatrist. Curing oneself enables a physician to cure the world." -- Joel Duque

Velocity

"Velocity = Direction + Speed. Direction will get you somewhere; speed will get you there on time." -- Joel Duque

Tao

"Ang sarap maging tao, ang sarap-sarap maging tao! Ang sarap maging hayop, ang sarap-sarap maging hayop! Ang sarap maging hayop, ang sarap-sarap magpakahayop! Ang sarap maging tao, ang sarap-sarap magpakatao!" -- Joel Duque

Back to my blog

Naiinis na ako sa FaceBook, inaatake nila ang 'pagkatao ko'...I know this feeling of what's out there is but a reflection of what's inside...I just want to study now and see the realization of the Venus Project and spread awareness of the Natural Mind Project...Shit, gusto ko na talaga siya...I think I am thinking too much about such feeling...I have a life to live, you know, the life of a human being named Joel Duque...I am a currently a 3rd year medical student...I have to start acting like one right now...I beg to disagree, I have to start acting like a real physician NOW!

Terraforming

"If everything is a function of the environment, then we should control it as much as possible for optimization. The less randomization there is, the less the room for error." -- Joel Duque

Release

"There would come a time when I would have to give up everything, including myself, my whole being; that's why I am starting now!" -- Joel Duque

Hyperdrive

"Let's go together into hyperdrive...side by side, holding hands...attacking the root cause of the problem. The progression of this species depends on us; we came here, in this particular spacetime, for a reason. Let's remember and get moving!" -- Joel Duque

Population sizes

"Population sizes should not be reduced to simple arithmetic for they are the primary indicator of the stable and unstable equilibrium of the species." -- Joel Duque

Dakilang Pag-ibig!

Dakilang Pag-ibig!
'Tila 'Ka'y sadyang laspag na
'Bat ganoon ang mga tagalupa
Maya't maya'y ang sa 'Yo'y paggamit
Kahit 'di nila Ikaw nababatid?

Dakilang Pag-ibig!
Salamat sa 'Yo
Salamat sa 'Yong talinghaga
Salamat sa 'Yong handog
Salamat sa 'ming kapwa

Dakilang Pag-ibig!
Nawa'y patnubayan Mo kami
Bigyan kami ng talas ng isip
Upang aming maabot
Ang rurok ng 'Yong hiwaga

Vision

"The best way to know a person is not by taking off clothes but by closing one's eyes." -- Joel Duque

Religious freedom

"I am neither a theist nor an atheist. I would have been a theist if not for atheism. I would have been an atheist if not for metaphysics. So what am I? I am free." -- Joel Duque

Going? Gone!

"Think not of going to where you want to go for you're already there--at the speed of thought!" -- Joel Duque

Playing the game

"All other games lost their significance their ever since I started playing your game." -- Joel Duque

Monster killings

Why do we kill monsters? Is it because they are different? Is it because they are only part of a game? Is it because we have the ability to kill them? What if we were misinformed? What if they are really the same as us, just in another form? Have we not entertained the idea of them having the same emotions, aspirations, dreams, values, and consciousness? What if games are not simply games? After all, our brain can not distinguish reality from fantasy. We are clearly the victims of our own killings, even in this arena of monster games.

Ecstasy

"Ecstasy is much better than peace; the former deals with positive, creative energy while the latter is just neutral." -- Joel Duque

No basis

"It is most unfortunate to have dismissed as difficult something which one has not even tried." -- Joel Duque

Perversion

"Perversion is a perverted word which ostracizes the freethinkers and nonconformists." -- Joel Duque

Hibla ng pinya

"Walang tatalo sa matalas na dila kundi ang pagkain ng magaspang na hibla ng pinya." -- Joel Duque

Battleground

"Social engineering at the individual level lies at the heart of societal transformation. The self is the genuine battleground." -- Joel Duque

Miss 503

Hi, Miss 503. 'Yun 'yung bago mong name. Well, at least dito sa blog ko. Thanks sa merienda kaninang Surg CPC. Nabusog naman ako; ang sarap...Sana gumanda, tumalino, at sumaya ka pa araw-araw. After mamatay ng nanay ko, ngayon lang ako ginaganahang mag-aral uli ng mabuti...Nakakainspire ka kasi.

Corruption

"Power does not corrupt; the perception of division does." -- Joel Duque

Flux

"There is no such thing as net gain or loss; there is only flux." -- Joel Duque

Nice to meet you

"Meetings and journeys are complementary. The end of one starts the other." -- Joel Duque

Blasphemy

"Blasphemy is not claiming that one is God. It is rather claiming that you are the only one." -- Joel Duque

Crush...

''Kaw, Joel, sinong crush mo?' Sabi ko, "Torpe ako e." Gusto ko talagang sabihin, "Crush ko yung classmate natin...Kaya lang kasection niyo." Secret muna. Kaya lang, I wonder kung mabukas uli yung topic...I would divulge the information with the same group of people next time the topic arrives ha. I really wonder why I am so embarrassed of admitting what I generally want. In this case, maybe I know it would definitely reach her, haha. Pero okey lang naman kung sakali...Cute naman siya. I wonder if this girl from the other section already has a boyfriend. Miss, pwede ba akong mag-apply? I mean kahit na friends lang tayo okey na sa akin...Sulyap nga lang merienda na. Penge na nga ng cell number mo. :)

Subliminal sabotage

"Subliminal messages are being used to give us the perception of inadequacy. They usurp our birthright of free will by fooling us into systematically desensitizing the threshold of our arousal by increasing the amount of stimuli that we deliver through the things which we associate with pleasure. And so we want more and more of these things which we really neither need nor want. If left unabated, then we become lifeless and apathetic machines, bereft of compassion. And then what? We wonder why our world is full of sham and drudgery and deny having any responsibility for our current state. We have been given at least a life but what we do with it? We rape ourselves everytime have unconscious thoughts or do unconscious acts and compromise what we truly are--consciousness." -- Joel Duque

Help yourself

"Help yourself help yourself help yourself ad infinitum." -- Joel Duque

Binge eating

"Food is not the solution to the sadness of one who is not hungry." -- Joel Duque