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Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

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31 December 2012 | The Fountain | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

This year marks a delightful turn of a new era for The Fountain. Two decades have past since the release of our first issue, and just like in day one, The Fountain is filled with as much vigor and hope to continue to overflow for many more decades to come. Twenty years may not sound long enough fo…

The Heart

31 December 2012 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

Love is like Solomon, Borne aloft on the heart, its throne.[1] The heart is humanity’s most essential feature and its greatest treasure. It is the expression of our spiritual existence, the source of our feelings and beliefs, and the pathway to our soul’s ultimate depths. Those who walk on t…

Fasting in Abrahamic Faiths

31 December 2012 | Joseph Clay | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

“O you who believe! Prescribed for you is the Fast, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may deserve God’s protection and attain piety.”1 Fasting is an ancient practice whose purpose and benefit span across the three Abrahamic faiths. It is mentioned in the Bible, Qur’an, and…

Meet Molecular Motors: The Cargo Transporters in the Microcosm

31 December 2012 | Ali Fethi Toprak | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

They are tiny, and there are billions of them inside you. Tiny machines, one thousand times thinner than a hair strand but strong enough to carry all kinds of material within your cells. Yes, there is a complex army of tiny machines inside your body performing an amazing array of functions while…

Ability or Disability: An Unforgettable Experience at a Specialist School

31 December 2012 | Rukiye Nesibe Yuksel | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

Every human is precious with a special quality, and there are quite many of them at specialist schools. It is just a matter of being able to see that potential within every person, and be appreciative of When I was requested to complete one of my practical teaching experiences at a specialist…

Revitalization that Comes with Change

31 December 2012 | Harun Emre Berk | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

What is the reason behind the calamities and disasters that take place in our world? Why do people have to struggle with illnesses and many other hardships during their lives? How can the All-Merciful God allow harm to be inflicted upon people and other living beings? We are living in an amazing…

Future of Computer Technology

31 December 2012 | Halil I. Demir | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

It was only a decade ago that a phenomenon called the “Internet” came along and changed the way we communicated, did business and conducted our lives. Now, computer technology has become an essential and significant part of our daily lives. But how did it all start and where is it heading? I e…

The Lotus Effect: A Manifestation of Divine Purity

31 December 2012 | Bill Sayoran | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

The lotus, a radiant and graceful aquatic plant with a magnificent ability to repel dirt, has been the inspiration behind a range of self-cleaning and dirt-repelling technologies. Now a registered trademark, the “Lotus Effect” promises a future filled with objects that rarely, if ever, need washi…

Helping Hands

31 December 2012 | Sevim Karabulut | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

With half the world living on less than $2.50 per day and with 46.2 million people in the United States living below the poverty line, poverty is a growing concern. The United States is known all over the world to be a very powerful and rich country. It is not just American people who believe…

Touched by a Small Kindness

31 December 2012 | Mirkena Ozer | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

When a professor of Turkish language and literature is met by Turkish hospitality during a short stopover, she realizes how much the world is in need of small I was sitting at my desk, listening to professor Adalet’s lecture on Turkish morphology. It’s was my third year in the undergraduate pr…

The Mysteries of the Fundamental Physical Dimensions

31 December 2012 | Ali Sebetci | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

“The most beautiful system [the universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.” (Isaac Newton) The Newtonian physics, quantum mechanics, and the theory of relativity took the modern community to the boundary of the two realms of physical and metaphysical e…

Responses to Conflict in Individualistic and Collectivistic Societies

31 December 2012 | Osman Senkaya | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

Cultural differences have a potential to trigger conflicts at all levels, and the response each society gives to these conflicts depend on what they hold most dear as a foundational norm: independent existence of individuals or social interdependence. This calls for awareness in differences and d…

The Cell Phone-Brain Cancer Controversy

31 December 2012 | Jason Newfoundland | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

In recent years, people have been divided by conflicting studies about the risk of cancer posed by cell phone radiation. Does the current conflicting research eradicate or support the cell phone-cancer controversy? Cell phone use has shown a dramatic increase in the world during the 1990s. The…

Moderation as a Way to Address Prejudice

31 December 2012 | Taufik Mohammad | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

Of all the faculties and senses that man is endowed with, moderation is one of the most essential virtues. Moderation concerns all people within society, and can become an unattainable virtue unless all members of society have gained a sufficient level of straightforwardness in their thoughts and…

Can Black Holes Cause an Apocalypse?

31 December 2012 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

The world may not have ended on December 21, 2012, but that does not mean it won’t end at all. So what will be the force that will disperse this robust system of ours, rendering all forces including gravity obsolete, and forcing the sun and planets out of their orbits? The universe contains bi…

The Source of Love

31 December 2012 | Musa Ilhan | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

Love... Man and the universe was created because of love and it can only be understood through love... Love is a part of every being and a power which can resist and overcome every force... Love is what elevates the souls which absorb it and prepares it for the journey to eternity... of the dra…

Little Professor Syndrome

31 December 2012 | Safiye Arslan | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

Autism—and its milder cousin Asperger’s—affects 1 in 150 children across the US. Speculation goes that people like Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare and Ibn al-Haytham had this so-called “little professors” syndrome. Our hearts are broken today” said the Pr…

Basira and Firasa

31 December 2012 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

Literally meaning perception, intelligence, discretion, evidence, and witness, insight (basira) is defined as having an eye of the heart open, deep perception, an ability to see consequences at the beginning of an act, or foresight. Insight acquires a different, deeper dimension among Sufis. It is…

Rise Up

31 December 2012 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

Rise up, valiant one, stop sleeping! Rise up, because my heart is lamenting… During the days having passed without you, I went back over the yesterdays, Grieving all the while, and saddened Since you had deserted your country. O my valiant one, appear now! Appear, for we are depressed. Our…

The Nature Of The Self

31 December 2012 | Hikmet Isik | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

The ego1 is basically what we call the essence of human nature with qualities that are prone for goodness and evil. God Almighty has placed both good and evil feelings and emotions in our nature. In this respect, we can be both angelic and devilish. Just as we can gain a spirituality that can surpa…

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