A Grain of Salt Shariq AliValueversity After a sweaty cricket match on a hot day, a long walk, or an intense workout, we often return home feeling extremely thirsty. We quickly drink water, yet sometimes the weakness, dizziness, or fatigue… Read More »A Grain of Salt

Time, Destiny, and Free Will: Are We Truly Free? Shariq AliValueversity Late at night, a reader sits alone in his room, reading a book.Every page of that book has already been written. The beginning exists, and so does the ending.… Read More »Time, Destiny, and Free Will: Are We Truly Free?

Consciousness: A Profound Mystery Shariq AliValueversity Pause for a moment… and look within. This experience you are having—these thoughts, these feelings—who is it that understands and “knows” all of this? Who are you? Are you the one who thinks and… Read More »Consciousness: A Profound Mystery

Where is time? Outside… or within us? Shariq AliValueversity Try a simple experiment…Close your eyes and attempt to feel the “now.” That moment—this very moment—in which you are reading the words of this piece… where does it actually exist?Is time… Read More »Where is time? Outside… or within us?

The Important and the Unimportant in Everyday Life Shariq AliValueversity You may be driving perfectly well when suddenly someone honks, overtakes you, and stares as if you’ve made a serious mistake. At a gathering, a relative might make a negative… Read More »The Important and the Unimportant in Everyday Life