833.
Wala Nang Pang-Basic Needs
Nung ako ay tanggalin
Sa CapSU noong 2016
Basic Needs ipinagkait sa'tin
Pambili ng pagkain wala na
Makakain ay pandukha
Sa parents parehong nganga
Pambili ng kasuotan wala na
Maisusuot ay puro luma
Sa parents nalang umaasa
Pambili ng tirahan wala na
Matitirahan ay pangmaralita
Sa parents parin nakikitira
Nang sa CapSU alisin ako
Wala na po
Na Pang-Basic Needs tayo!
-11/06/2022
(Dumarao)
*My Losing CapSU
506.
Learn Basic Math
Learn Basic Math! Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide Numbers
Be they Whole, Decimals or Integers
Let us also apply the 4 Operations
To numbers less than 1 whole we call Fractions
In number sets, there are LCD & LCM
Find the GCD & GCF of them
Get the Ratio, Proportion & Percentage
Master the Metric System like a great sage
In every civilization, numbers have meanings
Have something to do with life & happenings!
-09/03/2016
(Dumarao)
*GEN Poems
(“Ascending Triptych” aka “Shape Shifter”, 2011, original oil)
If it exists it has a function.
What is the function becomes the question,
Along with why and how it evolved.
Consciousness is simply our experience of the world
And this applies to whoever we are
Plant or animal, insect or human.
Consciousness is thus a given
For living things having experience
Even though self-consciousness
May be extremely rare and unique
And rightly prized
Although wrongly attributed to Man alone.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
The egg of course
And that egg, the cosmic egg, we all arose from
Could have simply been consciousness.
Or it could have been what was born
From that egg, the light released after
“Let there be light!”
Which means there was something before
Consciousness.
Something primary to creation
A creator, of pure awareness perhaps,
Who needed creation
To become conscious.
(5/20/26)
Humans possess basic instinct,
quite distinct to feel hunger
and to survive, sprouting feelings
of love, compassion, greed, malice
also to produce offsprings
as descendants to carry humanity.
If I could read your book
I would have but a taste
Of the thrills you had in life,
And to live in desire
With passions burning bright.
(“Citadel of Light Merit Badge”, 2016, original pen and ink)
Greed is good because it is our natural desire
To have more of what we want and like;
It is the desire that drives us to acquire.
Sure, it may seem excessive and often is,
An insatiable desire to have it all,
And yet as any child with an ice-cream knows,
That lust for more is soon satiated
Making room for the next desire to take hold
Driving us forward to reach our goal.
What we strive for is an ever changing value
From comfort to pleasure to self-realization
It is our destiny to discover.
(1/10/26)
BTC (Basic Transaction Cumulation)
A Conceptual Relationship Readiness Theory
Discovered & Conceptualized by:
Er. Haider Khan
(Real Name: Mohammad Shafi Khan)
Author | Thinker | Kashmir
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Introduction
BTC (Basic Transaction Cumulation) is a newly conceptualized idea that explains emotional readiness before entering a new relationship or marriage, especially after a long-term breakup.
Just as banks review transaction history before approving a new account, BTC studies the emotional transaction record of a person before they begin a new emotional commitment.
This concept was discovered and defined by Er. Haider Khan (Mohammad Shafi Khan) as a way to understand why some relationships succeed quickly while others fail despite strong feelings.
Who
desires
to ascend?
There is no one
within distinct from
existence, or let’s say,
universal consciousness.
Recognise we’re not body-mind
but rather spirit that in-dwells form.
With this preamble we may then shift,
silencing mind, melding with heart,
soul’s firm focus flicker-free,
befriending the vast void,
empty of concepts,
thus allowing
divine grace
to touch
us.
basic instincts ^
hunger survival ~
urge to reproduce
I am your basic product in demand
I am on the market shelf discounted
50% off, marked down as special
I am on the bridge between the shifts
I am a shopping spree gone wrong
Jumping off the ledge into the river cold
Time stands still regardless of the consequence
Prices tumble but never fall
I am now drifting into savings
At landing I become the values earned
Coupons have no equal
Back on dry land I come alive
I come in 12 packs egg-less empty
In cartons at the grocery stores I hide
Behind the sales lost packaging
I am on sale at any price
I am the market value stamped
I am checked out at all cost
I am lost at a cost transcendent
You've a ring, I've an earring
Together we've a little thing
That we both share, onyx wear
Worn without too much fanfare
I see yours and you see mine
It's something that I know you like
And if you do, I do too
Whatever brings me close to you
thoughts not on pause
feral flaws show
the cause desire
Basic baby basic,
as anyone can assess;
Subdued since sunset;
I intend to instigate.
Care to not be careful?
I'm stuck in survival
Feeling so primal
All I do is eat and sleep
My life's in a spiral
Cause my chemistry is tidal
And it's pulling me into the deep
All my days are so idle
Like someone turned down the dial
All I hear is the floorboards creak
Will our souls be recycled
After we finish life's trails?
I guess that's a secret we're cursed to keep
What's an inch to a mile?
Or a story without a title?
A beautiful view never looked so steep
All I hear's my racing vitals
Will this breath be my final?
I almost forgot about my appointment next week
The humidity was doing a good job of keeping pace with the temperature. Until around 10 AM when the thermometer pushed its way past 100. That’s when 176 frightened kids and a few old hippies staggered out of the crowded cattle trucks. “Alright you maggots, RUN,” voices screamed from beneath wide brimmed Smokey Bear hats. So, we ran…and ran, duffle bags slung over our shoulders. Hours passed before we finally came to attention under the blistering Missouri sun. All the while, the bears circled. Sniffing the air and grunting. “Don’t show them any fear,” one of the old hippies whispered, “they pray on the weak.”
Like nature intends
Survival of the fittest
Do not show weakness
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