March 2025 - Monthly Archive

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

The Fountain

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Editorial: Brain Rot

Who enjoys living with pain? If we exclude people with masochistic tendencies, nobody. But there seems to be more to pain than what meets the eye. Brian Turk explains how pain is actually a blessing i... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

Fethullah Gulen

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Patience

Patience is a fundamental foundation upon which we rise and attain virtue. It is a victory of the willpower. Without patience, developing the soul and rising to the mysteries of the ego are unimaginab... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

Brian Turk

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Pain: A Blessing in Disguise

We are bombarded with hundreds, if not thousands, of “signals” in our day-to-day lives, such as phone notifications or TV ads. These signals are designed to draw our attention, but we are so used to t... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

Matt Alley

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What “Multitasking” Chips Away

Do the following sound familiar? Dad, I can follow the lesson video on my computer while playing on my phone. I am listening to you, honey! I just need to send this email. Yes, I totally agree! B... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

Zeynep Orhan

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Digital Detox

Introduction Do you remember when smartphones seemed like the greatest invention of our time and when social media promised to connect us all in ways never before possible? We embraced these technolo... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

Azra Ozturk

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Home Is Tucked Under the Smiling Sunflower Seeds

“Home.” It’s a word that is thrown so lightly around in our daily conversations yet always carries weight regardless of the circumstance. It’ll be the end of my text message to my mother letting her k... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

Bob Rich

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Heaven

Today is the monthly community market in my little town. Every month, we buy a bag of Granny Smith apples from the nice apple lady. Usually, my wife takes care of it, pulling a heavy bag of apples ho... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

M. Fethullah Gulen

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Halwa and Jalwa (Privacy and Company)

Literally meaning retreating to a place that is quiet and preferring solitude, halwa(t) is used by the Sufis to mean initiates removing themselves from people to dedicate all of their time to worshipp... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

Hakan Oztunc

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Witnessing the Solar Eclipse at Niagara Falls

Witnessing the solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024, at Niagara Falls was an unforgettable experience. Our school’s field trip, a chance for both my students and me to marvel at this extraordinary natural... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

Lyndsey Eksili

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Standing at Compassion’s Crossroads

“Our human compassion binds us, the one to the other—not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learned how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”– Nelson Mandela [1 read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

Numan Erciyes

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Plants Harvesting Light and the Color Green

We live in a world full of colors. Parrots, for instance, are a delight to watch with their vibrant feathers and charming appearance. each of the hundreds of parrot species is a wonderful work of art.... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

The Fountain

4961

Hardships That Are Blessings

The blessings of God sometimes come as a consequence of our deliberate actions, while at other times, they appear beyond our will—as blessings we are compelled to experience (jabr-i lutfi [1]). For ex... read more..

01 Mar

Issue 164 (Mar - Apr 2025)

The Fountain

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Science Square (Issue 164)

Obesity: a disease of the brain? Kullmann et al. A short-term, high-caloric diet has prolonged effects on brain insulin action in men. Nature Metabolism, February 2025. Obesity is a growing disease ... read more..