The Canvas Above
The sky above you is a canvas on which many different scenes are painted. You open your eyes to a breathtaking sunrise and rest as the sun sets, casting its beautiful colors on the sky, resulting in a magnificent sunset. On some days, fluffy clumps of clouds adorn the sky, and on other days there is only gray sky leading to rainfall. On a cloud-clear day, far away from city lights, you would see sparkling jewels in the night sky. All of this happens in what we call the s
Your Home in the Universe
Look up! You might recognize your home. Your home and mine, in this beautiful, expanding universe, is the Milky Way Galaxy (MWG). From Earth, we see it only as a band of light stretching across the horizon. To understand why, imagine spending your entire life in a room, and never leaving it. Would you know how your house looks like? No. The same applies to the MWG. However, thanks to the abilities of the human brain which led to the advancement in astronomical technology
Oh, to be a Fish
Close your eyes and imagine a dark blue sky with a pinch of light far away, colorful species of the marine underworld, and beautiful coral reefs. This is what a fish’s view is like for the most part. Oh, to be a fish. Fish can live in all aquatic habitats, rocky shores, coral reefs, kelp forests, rivers and streams, lakes, and ponds, under ice, in the deep sea, and in other environments of fresh, salt, and brackish water. For balance and movement, fish use their fins.
Wishing Upon A Shooting Star
They say make a wish when you see a shooting star, and it shall be granted. The truth is, those shooting stars are chunks of larger space rocks that burn up upon entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Scientifically, they are known as meteors. Their parent bodies could be meteoroids (rocks), which are smaller fragments of asteroids, or comets (icy bodies mixed with some rocks and dust). When meteors do not completely burn, they survive and make their way to land on Earth a
See you at the Peak
While waiting in the queue to check-in my luggage at the airline counter, I heard a young boy say “Burj Khalifa is not the tallest building- it’s Mount Everest!”. Although his expression was true, Burj Khalifa is a man-made tower while Mount Everest is a divine gift. Did you know that Mount Everest was not known to the western world until 1852? Did you know that it is about 60 million years old? Let’s look at Mount Everest from the 5D approach. Mount Everest was
Salutations to the Moon
On some days, I disappear, on other days I am in my brightest phase. On yet other days, I am smiling upside down, and sometimes I look thin, faint, and curved. I am your natural satellite! The moon! Yes, humans make artificial satellites, but I was made by an All-Wise creator who knew how much humans on the miraculous blue dot would need me. The moon, the Earth's companion, is made of rock and metal —just like the Earth and the other rocky planets ( Mercury, Ve
A Universe in You
On a moonless night, look up, and tell me what you see. The bejeweled sky with stars must have intrigued you to learn how it came to be, and who made it the way it is. Well, all stars were born in a "stars nursery" in space known as a Nebula . And believe it or not, you are in fact made of stardust! Let us now understand Nebulae using a 5D Thinking perspective. Nebulae are made of dust and gases—mostly hydrogen and helium. Although the dust and gases are spread o
Pitter-Patter
While sipping your hot cocoa on a cold winter evening, or enjoying a piece of fruit on a tropical island, you hear a tapping on the window, which then becomes a pitter-patter sound. You move towards the window, draw aside the curtains, and observe those beautiful raindrops greeting you with a smile in droplet from. Without rain, water mediums would dry out, fertile land would wither, plants would die, and ultimately humans too, ending life on Earth. To further understand
The Sun as a Sign
Believe it or not, we depend on a star to live. The Sun, the closest star to us, is placed at a distance where if changed by merely 1%, life on Earth would end. Due to its perfectly placed position in space and with respect to the Earth, we are able to live and thrive. For deeper understanding and appreciation, let us have a five-dimensional reflection on the sun: Our Sun is a yellow dwarf star, a hot ball of glowing gases at the heart of our Solar System. It is m