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The Fountain Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

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Editorial (Deep Peace)

08 July 2018 | The Fountain | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

For many of us, honey is only a great spread over our bread at breakfast, especially with fresh cream. We also know it is a very healthy food as a general knowledge. Dr. Ozturk explains in this issue that honey is much more than a delicious syrup on our table. Miraculously produced as a very comple…

Poisoning of Spirit - Fethullah Gulen

Poisoning of Spirit

08 July 2018 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

The spirit constitutes human's deepest otherworldly aspect, which is open to the heavenly realms. It is like a mysterious wing that helps one remain human while also extending to the realms further beyond this one. Realizing the peak of one’s human potential is a divine grace promised when that win…

The Lymphatic System

The Lymphatic System

08 July 2018 | Omer Yildiz | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

The word vessel generally makes one think of blood vessels, and the word blood brings to mind the color red. Yet there exists another system of vessels carrying white fluid and undertaking awesome functions at least as important as those of blood vessels. This system is employed for a number of ver…

Interview with Johnston McMaster and Simon Robinson on the practice of real dialogue.

“Real Dialogue Is Practice-Centered”

08 July 2018 | The Fountain | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

Recently, we had the pleasure of having a thoughtful conversation with two great thinkers and writers from the United Kingdom. A senior researcher and educator with the Ethical and Shared Remembering Programme 1912-1922, Dr. McMaster directed an Education for Reconciliation Programme with the Irish…

Insects at the Extremes

08 July 2018 | Atif Yorulmaz | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

We classify each living thing by the different and similar features they possess. Through such classifications, we understand that all things are created for a purpose. They help us to read the book of nature laid before us. Many species of animals belonging to groups such as one-celled organisms…

Purifying the Heart and Developing the Intellect

Purifying the Heart and Developing the Intellect

08 July 2018 | Momina Naveed | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

In Arabic, dua literally means to call out for help. In Islam, it refers to the personal calling of the believer to his Lord.[1] This is to be distinguished from the formal prayers (salah) that are prescribed for Muslims five times a day. Unlike salah, dua is not compulsory in Islam, in the legal s…

Prime Numbers And Their Mysterious Role In Nature And Our Lives

Prime Numbers

08 July 2018 | Ali Kaya | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

My favorite number is 7. It’s a beautiful number and, most importantly, it is a prime number. I emphasize it being prime because I am fascinated by prime numbers. A prime number is a positive number that is only divisible by 1 and itself. Math teachers emphasize teaching prime numbers because prime…

Surur (Rejoicing)

Surur (Rejoicing)

08 July 2018 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

Meaning joy and delight, surur (rejoicing) is a kind of contentment that embraces a person from both within and without. Even though every conscience feels it differently, what is common in the rejoicing felt by everyone of those who rejoice is that breezes of intimacy come from the true Friend at…

The Fountain

The Fountain

08 July 2018 | Mat Hritz | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

I had been considered a lot of things in my life but for the first time in my 100 years, I was a time traveler. I walked out on the moonlit deck behind the house with an envelope nearly as old as I was. It was still crisp and white thanks to the plastic sleeve it had been kept in all these years. I…

The Customized Temperature Regulator

The Customized Temperature Regulator

08 July 2018 | Numan Erciyes | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

Thermostats are devices that keep temperature at the desired level. They are used in refrigerators, dishwashers, electric ovens, water heaters, washing machines, and central heating. Without a properly functioning thermostat, the devices or machines are likely to break down. Did you know that ther…

Honey As A Therapeutic Agent

Honey As A Therapeutic Agent

08 July 2018 | Ferhat Ozturk | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

In 67 BCE, the magnificent Roman army, which was led by Pompey the Great, marched through the green mountains and blue shores of the Black Sea, chasing King Mithridates of Pontus and his Persian army. Once the Romans reached the highlands of Trabzon, now part of northeastern Turkey, they found pots…

Deep Peace as the Emerging Alternative

Deep Peace as the Emerging Alternative

08 July 2018 | Jon Pahl | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

In the early decades of the twenty-first century, strong-men like Okonkwo, the tragic character in Nigerian author Chinua Achebe’s classic novel Things Fall Apart, appear to rule the world. From Russia to Turkey, from North Korea to the United States, men driven by fear and a need to demonstrate t…

Our understanding of servanthood to God

08 July 2018 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

Question: In his work, Gulistan, Sheikh Sadi states: “Be soil, so that you grow roses; nothing other than soil can grow roses.” What meanings does this aphorism suggest pertaining to our understanding of servanthood to God? Answer: If we first look at the literal meaning of this aphorism, we can s…

Even brief maternal deprivation can cause brain dysfunction in adulthood

Science Square (Issue 123)

08 July 2018 | The Fountain | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

Scientists build synthetic embryos without eggs or sperm Rivron NC et al. Blastocyst-like structures generated solely from stem cells. Nature, May 2018. A new study reported the production of “synthetic embryos” without egg or sperm. The research team combined two types of stem cells from mice i…

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