Unearthed Connection

10. Time is not a constant; time is relative to different observers. The only constant in the Universe is the speed of light which means no matter how fast you are travelling the speed of light will remain the same although time will slow down.

9. Time can be described as a dimension and along with the other three dimensions we are aware of (up/down, left/right and forward/backward) forms a four dimensional 'space-time'.

8. Time always moves forward yet many theoretical physicists believe that backwards time travel could be possible.

7. Gravity can warp space-time making time slow down the stronger the gravitational force. Experiments with atomic clocks show the higher above sea level they are (and therefore under less gravitational influence) the faster they run (although the difference is very small).

6. As the speed of light is the only constant in the Universe no matter how fast you travel, light will always seem to be the same speed, this is because time will slow down. A journey at close to the speed of light may seem like a few seconds for a traveler but to an observer it would have taken thousands of years.

5. Time has not always existed. Time started with the big bang and will end if the Universe does.

4. Time can be perceived differently by our brains depending on our activities. A boring day will 'drag' on whilst if we are enjoying ourselves time will seem to 'fly', this phenomenon is referred to as 'temporal illusion' by psychologists.

3. Time appears to accelerate the older we get. Some (including Stephen Hawking) suggest the reason for this is that when we are ten years old a year is a tenth of our whole life and seems a long time, yet for a sixty-year-old a year is just a 60th of their life and therefore perceived as a shorter period.

2. Some modern atomic clocks are so accurate they can lose less than a second in 400 million years.

1. A universal time scale has been developed called UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) which is based on the time told by atomic clocks but compensates for the minute slowing of the Earth's rotation (caused by the gravity of the Moon) by adding Leap Seconds every year to prevent day from creeping into night (albeit in a millennia or two).

Every action results in a reaction.. Sometimes it's what we expect.. Sometimes, it hits us late.. like a bolt from the sky..

Could it be that we are all a product of the actions and reactions that happen all around us.. 

It takes a man of great courage to question their past. It takes an even greater man to realize that moving on is the best action to take..

Some day I wish to achieve that greatness.. Some day I wish to not question my past and move on..

Hope.. It's the best action we can take..

I'm still waiting for a reaction..

- Qasim Riaz

Fire burns the flesh. Water soothes it. The air we breath nourishes us. It is the nature of being.

Elements: the root of it all.
If it weren't for these elements we would manifest our own desitiny.

No more need for air, water, fire. We would be self sustained if we had no dependencies on these elements.

If men, jinn, angels, demons are all created of elements then what makes anything divine. Is it incorrect to assume that God himself is a being created of an element? Surely reason alone would not be able to solve this puzzle.

God to me, might be a form of energy. An energy that has the power to create, to destroy, to be or not to be. Men of greater understanding have not been able to bring light to what God is. Yet they believe in Him and I believe as well.

This eternal force that give us all hope and the energy to carry on exists. It's definitions vary.

So, I did the un-thinkable yesterday. I decided to venture out into the city alone. It's been a while since I've actually felt the ease to go out and just start talking to random people and enjoy being alive.

It's a welcome change to see so many peolpe so friendly in town. For reasons that I won't mention here I had lost much hope in people. Our experiences teach us and leave markings in our brains about how reality is. But the fact of the matter is reality is relative.

My reality was marred by the judgements and obnoxious relations I held on to for love and support. I'm glad I'm past that.

In time, we all find our own little universes to fill with love and hope.

- Qsm Rz