Kabilugan ng buwan

"Para kang buwan ngayon gabi: maliwanag, maganda, bilugan, malayo dahil nasa kalangitan, ngunit malapit dahil nasa isip at puso ko." -- Joel Duque

Evolution

"If evolution has any lesson to offer, then it is to always move forward. Onwards, to victory!"-- Joel Duque

Eksamen

Hindi na ako magfefacebook at poker hanggang matapos ang mga eksamen magpakailanman. Top 1, asan na yung top 1? Wag kang mangangako kung hindi mo paninindigan!

Kung hindi

"Kung hindi ka magiging akin, hindi ako magiging sa iba habambuhay. Lilisan ako at pilit lilimutin ang Pilipinas, ang aking lupang tinubuan." -- Joel Duque

Unity

"If one is stuck with duality, then one cannot be truly free, for in truth, there only lies unity." -- Joel Duque

Constant self-improvement

"Contentment and constant self-improvement need not be mutually exclusive. I improve further because of gratitude and compassion." — Joel Duque

Boom

Nagpasabog ako ng bomba kanina sa commed trans...Hindi ko lang talaga makayanan na ang tinatago ko...=p

Owe children

"I owe my children their father and my choice of their mother." -- Joel Duque

CPCs

I think yesterday during surgery lecture was the 2nd time we passed attendance sheets. I think the 1st one was during surgery CPC. During the 1st one you gave me the sheet, this time I returned the favor. Our alignment was also diagonal! Today was the clinical pathology CPC. I think it is almost 2 CPCs apart. These coincidences make me fall for you more and more each day.

Control

"Control becomes unnecessary whenever the truth is understood." -- Joel Duque

Wanting

"Wanting implies lack. Simply being is a truth one should live by; it is the key to freedom." -- Joel Duque

Deadlines

"Deadlines are good; they tell us that we are alive." -- Joel Duque

Studying

"Studying is a virtue; it certainly must be a virtue!" -- Joel Duque

I do

"Whether or not I do, there is pain. It is best that I do something, anything. There is only one true moment and it is this moment!" -- Joel Duque

People change

"People don't change overnight; they change instantaneously." -- Joel Duque

Vegetable love

"You are like a plain, steamed vegetable...You can be naturally, spontaneously sweet!" -- Joel Duque

Let me be

"If I am happy, let me be. If I am sad, let me be. Let me have this vow of consciousness." -- Joel Duque

Conscious choice

"Love is a conscious choice to be happy." -- Joel Duque

Tunay na lalaki

"Higit na mahalaga kay sa pagiging tunay na lalaki ay ang pagiging tunay na tao." -- Joel Duque

Quick nap

"A quick nap dilutes one's unreasonable sadness." -- Joel Duque

Body

"If we give the body the respect it deserves, then it would cooperate." -- Joel Duque

Growth

"Growth always has a trade-off." -- Joel Duque

Utu-uto

"Ang matalinong naniniwala sa bobo ay mas masahol pa sa sira ulo." -- Joel Duque

Truth and knowledge

"There are those who die without knowing the Truth, die knowing It, those who live on, and those who apply their knowledge." -- Joel Duque

Love and reason

"The greatest love is without reason but not unreasonable." -- Joel Duque

Love and lust

"Love is full of suffering. Lust is devoid of it." -- Joel Duque

No dilemmas

"There are no dilemmas, only win-win decisions." -- Joel Duque

Eat my own words

"Sometimes, I have to eat my own words. Sometimes, they are delicious and nutritive." -- Joel Duque

Pain credits

"Each day, we are given a certain number of pain credits. It all depends on us how we spend them or whether we spend them at all. And if we push ourselves to our limits everyday, then we gain the bonus of small daily incremental pain credits which eventually make large payoffs." -- Joel Duque

Beautiful

Mama, you are beautiful! Thank you for giving me life and sustaining me these past few years. I wish you were still alive today...Sadly for me, that is not part of God's plan. I hope you are happy wherever you are. There is only one way to ensure this and that is through love. I am in love right now; as a matter-of-fact, I am ready to offer all that I am. I believe that I have a profound understanding of the workings of the universe which will definitely guide any relationship that I enter. Mama, please give me your blessings. I deeply and truly believe that you are still able to...For consciousness is energy, and thus cannot ever be destroyed. Nevertheless, I am sure that you'd approve of her too. Papa and Ate Nadia are supporting me in their own ways and talks with me. This past few months have been magical and mystical, beginning with my hospitalization at school before the 4th exam week. How should I say it? It has been laden with realizations. From before the time you died in the start of my summer vacation in 2009, this is the only time that I have been really, genuinely happy. I want to talk to you someday...And pay back the Power Hug you gave me just before you passed away. For now, I guess this blog of mine would have to suffice. I love you!

Without and within

"Love changes two worlds--the world without and the world within." -- Joel Duque

Understanding

"Understanding marks the beginning of the end of suffering." -- Joel Duque

Most common sense

"To love is the most common sense which appears to be paradoxical." -- Joel Duque

Alchemy

"Alchemy is more than turning external things into gold; it turns inwards." -- Joel Duque

Prepuce

"Prepuce: If you don't know me, please leave me alone!" -- Joel Duque

No shortcuts

"There are different tiers of knowledge. One suffers whenever one skips some learning." -- Joel Duque

Existence

"There is no cause or effect; there is only existence." -- Joel Duque

Here and now

"I am basically on my own until I get you to be with me in the here and now." -- Joel Duque

To the lady from another century

"I traveled centuries just to be with you again. It's great to know you're here too!" -- Joel Duque

Pagsusulit

"Kung isa akong pagsusulit at matalino ka naman, sasagutin mo ba ako?" -- Joel Duque

Tae

"Ang pag-ibig parang tae, dapat nilalabas!" -- Joel Duque

Pain

"I am so happy and grateful for everything, including being really disappointed. The pain that I feel means that I am improving!" -- Joel Duque

Karma

"Thinking of karma means you are thinking too much; just let go. The Infinite knows your heart's desire, and this will see you through!" -- Joel Duque

Beside the point

"Given a certain point, all others are, at best, beside the point." -- Joel Duque