"The Fountain" Magazine: Patience

• The Fountain is a bimonthly magazine published by Paramus Publishing Inc.
• It encourages critical thought and scientific inquiry across various topics.
• Topics include physical science, social science, ethics, education, literature, religion, and comparative studies.
• The editors reserve the right to edit and correct all articles while maintaining the article's essence.

Lead Article: Patience by M. Fethullah Gülen

• Patience is a fundamental foundation for virtue and a victory of willpower.
• Patience enables soul development and rising to the mysteries of the ego.
• Patience frees humans from bondage to the flesh and allows them to become angelic.
• Truth-seekers who have given their hearts to realms beyond are like Hercules, overcoming impossible paths.
• Patience is discerning the harmony in nature and aligning one's life accordingly.
• It means understanding the language of things and striving for dialogue.
• True success requires recognizing time's influence, transforming oneself to ascend to new dimensions.
• One must abide by nature's laws, lest nature breaks the legs and crushes the spirit of those who don't.
• Nature softens for those who recognize and give voice to its silent indignations.
• Impatience disrupts the order prevailing in existence.
• Existence is measured by patience, virtues/character defined in scriptures are embodied through patience etc.
• Patience is living all that is elevating, tolerating unexpected dilemmas.
• It's melting like a candle yet steadfastly remaining in one's place.

Medicine: Pain, A Blessing in Disguise by Brian Turk

• Pain is the body's alarm system, indicating distress in an organ.
• The brain prioritizes the affected organ by sending a specialized signal that we perceive as pain.
• Pain signals are transmitted through neurons in the spinal cord to the brain.
• There are two main types of nerve fibers: Type A (fast, sharp pain) and Type C (slow, dull pain).
• Reflexes form due to the short circuit reaction that causes the pain, and the muscle reaction.
• Experiencing pain can affect various aspects of life, prompting individuals to seek medical attention.
• Pain can tell the healthcare professional exactly what is wrong, similar to giving the user an accurate diagnosis.
• Headaches can signify stress and warn against potential danger.
• Abdominal pain can be sharp, achy, crampy, and signals distress of organs.
• Chest pain is a unique, severe sensation of impending doom, related to heart issues.

Psychology: What "Multitasking" Chips Away by Matt Alley

• "Multitasking" has become widespread even with evidence that the human brain cannot handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• What we call mutiltasking is really "task switching", which can cause dysfunction and impact life quality.
• Quality time with children and establishing eye contact in conversations are suffering due to multitasking.
• "Multitasking" causes stress, anxiety, and low concentration.
• "Multitasking" triggers chain reactions that can significantly harm the workplace climate and productivity.
• Task switching causes superfical communication lacking depth, erodes bonds of love and respect.
• Multitasking cause people to abandon quality control standards, which creates tensions among collegues.

Technology: Digital Detox by Zeynep Orhan

• Constant digital immersion, leads to declining thinking capabilties and focus related to "brain rot".
• Links exist between youth mental health issues and a hyperconnected world.
• We must explore the impacts of our digital dependence and address the mental health crisis impacting youth.
• We can discover means of shaking off digital chains and reclaim wellbeing in an increasingly connected world.
• "Brain rot," is a gradual deterioration of the ability to focus, think deeply and engage meaningfully with the world
• Mental decline leads to brain fog, reduced attention spans, and difficulty engaging with complex ideas.
• Teens spend less time friends in person, report less sleep, and the decline of close frienships can occur as a consequence.
• 2021 Facebook leak was released related to Metas awareness related to negative affects on teen mental health.
• Study on Stanaway bans found the removal of smart phones improving lives.
• We should promote how digital tools can be used intentionally for learning and meaningful interaction.
• "Mental renewal" or "shaking the mind" can restore mental clarity.
• This concept recognizes that minds tend to become cluttered, requiring mental maintenance and organization.
• We can make collective choices to transform the digital landscape.
• Comprehensive digital literacy programs are needed, that include critical thinking, content evaluation, and healthy usage habits.

Perspectives: "Home Is Tucked Under the Smiling Sunflower Seeds" by Azra Ozturk

• Home carries weight but is thrown around casually in daily life.
• For the author, that could be a library, when the first home means something different for everyone.
• The author's parents were constant learners and teachers, but the home was in the part of Baltimore blockaded.
• Student struggls can be hard to discuss but people had their faith.
• What matters is that we learn from each other and know tactical knowledge from each other/what we can foster in each others souls.
• Real home happened to the author in her Geometry class and learning about her country from news reports from her country/media.
• The author's conception of home had changed when heard of Soldiers blocking Istanbul bridges
• We build havens, homes to brothers and sisters, in the same building, and after long nights holding prayer, bakescales, conversations
• The author accepts love where it finds itself and connects people as close as neighbors piecing together the branches of pathways
• Land is critical, standing for your land can entail seeking justice for your people, knowing that you are never alone.

Moment for Reflection: Heaven by Bob Rich

• There is a monthly community market in my his little town.
• Walking and combining a little exercise with walking meditation, the Nowscape.
• Attention is allowed and encouraged to wander, but always with complete focus.
• Noted were the smooth rhythm of the muscles in my leg, the scent of lavendar, and hearing birdsong.
• Each worthwhile and deserving of respect even those selling junk.
• One is the little Old Croatian lady and the honesty box for payments.
• Each trip to the market is an hour spent in heaven.

Emerald Hills of the Heart. Privacy and Company by (Halwa and Jalwa)

• Halwa means retreating to a place to retreat, where Sufis remove themselves with God.
• The meaning of the above can involve restricting vision and focus to God.
• A fundamental is to purify your spirit, cleansing soul and have God as the only constant company.
• If there is no privacy there will be no love for the all beloved and the heart.
• One must not expect anything but his approval.
• Privacy can be narrowing its place where the initiates undergo willful suffering where they dont speak much or eat etc
• We must value God over things and make that the only place to be centered on.

Physics: Witnessing The Solar Eclipse at Niagara Falls by Hakan Oztunc

• The experience of witnessing the Solar eclipse at Niagara was unforgettable but only lasted three minutes.
• Some people consider the eclipse as a natural phenomenon due to worship, not a remarkable natural event.
• Solar Energy is billions of years old that is critical for Earth to exist.
• Discussed was how long it would take to reach the moon vs sun.
• The sun is key role and allows life on Earth providing Vitamin D which is crucial for humans to function.
• The eclipse was mere alignment of celestial bodies and an event explained by astronomy.
• For other it held deeper spiritual significance.

Biology: Standing at Compassions Crossroads by Lyndsey Eksili

• Today's society is a Vuca world because its volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambigious.
• Scrolling through social media can reveal desensitization, as where violence in media is a norm.
• Social media posts garner feeds back loops normalzing it where cruelty has now become very Polarized.
• Prolonged negativity suppresses the immune system and increase rish for all kinds of disorders.
• On one side comes a path where it is ok to mistreat, and one where there is peace.
• Bakhdi thought where if we connect to god we can connect back to the well being.
• Model a compassion or act and be active

Science: Plants Harvesting Light and the Color Green by Numan Erciyes

• Plants survive/grow through photosynthesis, glucose creates and converts that to Sunlight with co2.
• The Chlorophyll pigment of a plants makes plants appear to give the observer a green tint look.
• The Solar Spectrum reaches highest values in Green.
• Our eyes are created to see green. The most restful for our eyes.
• Green are regulators because it absorbs all light and its spectrum to optimize photosynthesis, depending on circumstances. Cameras are like our eyes.
• Green screens helps us to manipulate what we see and make productions more efficient and affordable.