When Fear Steers the Soul: Navigating Life Beyond Imagined Dangers
One evening, as the last light of dusk faded over the Grand Canyon, I found myself in the…
Fear
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Editorial: Between Fear and Hope
Two themes stand out in this issue of The Fountain. The first is from the topic of this…
A Fear in My Heart
There’s a fear in my heart A vision on my mind, That someday I’d be lost. Walking down…
Facing Oneself – 3
(Circle3: On the touchy implorations by Imam Zeynel Abidin, continued) Together with all of the fears and worries…
Facing Oneself-2
The Example of the First Circle around the Prophet and Those Who Followed Them (continuing from the previous…
The Ride of My Life
When you ride a rollercoaster for the first time you feel a surge of emotions that grab, terrify,…
In the Eye
It was 3:45 pm. I was sitting crossed-legged with twenty other seven-year olds under a wall of flat…
Being on the Way: A Bouquet of Thoughts on the Path to the Divine
If these guides happen to be the experienced, knowledgeable, and conscientious masters of that field, then, without any…
Micro Expressions: The Truth Is in the Face
Have you ever seen someone who, for a split second, looked happy when they weren’t supposed to? What…
Qabd and Bast (Contraction and Openness)
Qabd (contraction) and bast (openness), emotions felt by almost everyone during their lives, relate especially to those who…
Sustainable Curiosity: How to Invigorate Curiosity for Scientific Literacy
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning”William A. Ward When I visited my family last time,…
Inbisat (Expansion)
Literally meaning growing larger and deeper, spreading and expanding, Sufis use inbisat to signify the relaxing of one’s…
The Optimizing Man
In 1881, F. Edgeworth defines the first principle of economics such that every agent is motivated only by…
Two Assurances and Two Fears
Question: It is narrated in a Prophetic saying that God said the following: “I will not give my…
Believers as They Stand Before God
The believer is one who believes and trusts, one with prospects for a secure future who is trustworthy…