Insights!: 2025

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Multi Religionism

What is better?

Knowing one language

Being Bilingual

Being Multilingual

What is better?

Having one treatment modality

Having two treatment modalities

Having multiple treatment modalities

What is better?

Having access to one country

Having access to two countries

Having access to multiple countries

What is better?

Having one person on the earth?

Having two persons on the earth?

Having multiple persons on the earth?

Can we say that:

Everything has pros and cons

Everything has strengths and flaws

What is good for one can be bad for the other

What is easy for one can be difficult for the other

What is good to follow for one can be hard to follow for another

What is easy to have faith in for one can be difficult for another

Can we say that everything can have two sides?

Then,

Can we say that all religions can have something good and something not so good?

Then,

Can we say that following many religions and grasping the pros from all is better than following just one or two?

In such a scenario, can we say that orthodoxy to one can never be good?

Can we agree that harming someone physically or mentally is not good?

Can we agree that Non-Violence is the most productive way to live and build a society globally?

Can we agree that if we imbibe the goodness and healthy habits and ethics from all religions and not condemn any, it will be beneficial for one and all?

Can we say that having absolute freedom for anyone to adopt any faith or many faiths would be good?

Can we say that if we follow Humanism, and be true humans and use our emotions and follow all the good preaching from all religions and follow the religion of medicine to stay and keep everyone healthy, it would be good?

Can we agree that following the simple rules as mentioned below may bring peace and harmony:

* Do no harm to anyone

* Try to make it easy for others without making it hard for self

* Live and let live

* Do not interfere with anyone's free will

* Let everyone follow their chosen faith or faiths and adapt to their chosen lifestyle

* Do not force any clothing or dressing style on anyone, male or female

* People should be able to wear what they want. Anything, everything, or nothing.

Regardless of faith, women should have equal rights as men in all religions and should have the freedom to wear, walk, and behave freely regardless of the religion.

The most advanced culture has men who protect their women’s free will and men who have self-control instead of the power to control their women.

Can we say that what we expect from others should first be expected from ourselves?

Monogamy is good for raising families.

However, if anyone believes in polygamy, then can we agree that that someone should allow polygamy to that someone’s partner too?

People should be able to eat what they want and honor others’ choices too.

People should adapt healthy habits from all faiths.

Mindfulness, physical exercises, fresh fruits and vegetables, and plant-based diets and lean white meats are better than sugars, carbohydrates, red meat, and shellfish.

Can we follow evidence-based modern medical science as a religion instead of following eminence-based rules when it comes to health and lifestyle?

Can we say that we don’t need leaders in any religion?

Can we say we can lead our own faith in whichever way we want?

And if we agree, can we answer as mentioned below when asked what’s our religion?

- We are Humans and follow Humanism, and Humanism is multireligionism that adapts the best from all faiths, respects all faiths, and respectfully avoids any harmful practices from any faith.

And if you agree that this could be beneficial in any way, can I ask for your support to please share this thought forward in an attempt to make the world more beautiful, more peaceful, and more livable?

Thank you 🙏

Dr. Jaya Sonkar MD MPH

06.29.2025

Sunday, June 15, 2025

Love is Endless

Love is Endless!

For the parents who lost their children

For the children who lost their parents

For the siblings who lost their siblings

For the spouses who lost their spouses

For the friends who lost their friends

For anyone who lost anyone

The loss is always there

The grief is always there

The memories are always there

So is the love...

The love is always there

The love is both sided

It travels through the boundaries

Of Life and Death

It's like the light that's received from the stars millions of miles away

Sometimes it's visible

Sometimes we need special lens

And sometimes we just need

An imagintion and perception

Sooner or later, it always happens

We learn to perceive

We learn to believe

We learn to cope

We learn to hope

We learn to live

We learn to give

We learn what's there

We learn what's here

We learn about death

We learn about faith

After all, aren't we alive

When we are asleep

Aren't we alive

When a part of the body is not

Aren't we receptive

When senses are shut

Aren't we awakened

To start a new day

Could it be

That life is a chapter

And the book is endless

Could it be

That after the end

A new chapter begins

Could it be

That the end is only

A beginning of new beginnings

For the parents who lost their children

For the children who lost their parents

For the siblings who lost their siblings

For the spouses who lost their spouses

For the friends who lost their friends

For anyone who lost anyone

We can only do what we can

While we are limited with our bodily presence

But our minds can do

What is unlimited

We can reach places

We can believe the endless

We can have faith in the impossible

We can love selflessly and endlessly

Selfless love is the key to the eternal calm

We can selflessly shower

The love and blessings

On those who ever were

On those who will not be

On those who are around

On those who we surround!

Because,

Love is Selfless

Love is Endless

With lots of deep thoughts

Yours truly,

Dr. Jaya Sonkar MD MPH

6.15.25

Saturday, June 14, 2025

I found myself

I saw the mirror many times

But today, I saw myself

I saw my eyes

I saw my tears

I saw my smiles

I saw my fears

I saw my cries

I saw my cheers

I saw the mirror many times

But today, I felt myself

I felt the kind

I felt the unkind

I felt the easy

I felt the tough

I felt the soft

I felt the rough

I felt the joy

I felt the sorrow

I felt the cotton

I felt the rock

I felt the pleasant

I felt the anger

I saw the mirror many times

But today, I met with myself

Who am I?

I am not just my eyes

I am not just my ears

I am not just my lips

I am not just my hair

I am not just my skin

I have a deeper inside

I am not just a body

I have a beautiful mind

I am not perfect

I have my flaws

I have my moments

Of fire and ice

I have the strength

I have the weakness

I saw the mirror many times

But today, I found myself

I had my nightmares

I had my dreams

I had my failures

I had my success

I had my losses

I had my wins

I lost some on the way

I found some on the way

But most importantly

I saw a new me

I found me on the way

Metamorphosized

Determined

To continue to grow

Continue to evolve

I saw the mirror many times,

But today, I found growth

I found realization

That growth comes with all

Positives or negatives

Thicks or Thins

Growth comes with

Anything and everything

I saw the mirror many times

But today, I thanked it

For showing the me

Beyond me

Because

I found myself

Dr. Jaya Sonkar MD MPH

6.14.25

Monday, June 9, 2025

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

Filth is in the eyes of the perpetrator

Dreams are in the mind of an achiever

Fear is in the mind of a failure

Faith is in the heart of a believer

Doubt is in the heart of a traitor

Wealth is in the richness of actions

Penury is in the poverty of forbearance

Victory is in the bravery

Defeat is in the cowardice

Stability is in the calm

Turmoil is in the chaos

Love is in the selflessness

Hatred is in the selfishness

Grace is in the eyes of the beholder

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

Dr. Jaya Sonkar

6.9.2025

The Grandeur – What Does It Tell Us?

The Grandeur – What Does It Tell Us?

When something is grand, it doesn't need to demonstrate its grandeur anymore.
It just has it — and it doesn't care about having it.

Because it is simply grand, and there is nothing to prove, no one to impress.
It just stands tall in its own glory.

Be it the Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower, or any grand structure.
Be it an ocean, a canyon, a mountain, or the sky.
And be it any accomplished person.

There are no words needed and no actions done.
They are just there.

Look at a tall waterfall — Niagara, Yosemite, or any other.
It keeps on running the show as long as it can.
As long as it has life, it will show the power of water falling from a height.

It will continually create the thundering sound.
It doesn't care about the time of day, the presence or absence of an audience, or anything else.

It just keeps on going.
It doesn't care if it is being compared with any other waterfall or any other grand structure.
It just does what it is supposed to — and it does it really well, unaffected.

Isn't it a miracle to be alive?
Life itself is grand, and every life should treat itself with the grand respect it deserves.

Without caring to impress anyone.
Without concern for praise or criticism.

A life should just do its job — which is to LIVE, fully and unstoppably, until it stops.
Unaffected by anything or anyone.

And that’s the Empire State of Mind.

By Dr. Jaya Sonkar, MD, MPH

6.9.2025