What are dreams?

Whenever I think of dreams, a well-known character of literature “Sheikh Chilli” comes to my imagination who was himself a dream from head to toe. Certainly, he would be a source of entertainment for many of us but personally, I am very much impressed by his character. Although he was in the habit of seeing dreams with open eyes, yet he opens the world of action for his readers. He goes to the market with a basket of eggs on his head and thinks about future plans. This is not mere entertainment but a very strong desire to do something marvelous and astonishing in life.

Seeing dreams in life is a compulsory thing for all of us because they produce a stir in us to do something great. These act as a road map for us to follow. The unique ideas in every field are a dream at the very outset. The immortal works of arts, literature, architecture, and engineering were ambiguous dreams in the minds of their creators. Alexander Fleming was working in his laboratory when a fungus dropped in the culture plate, the organisms in the plate died at once. The inspiration that struck his mind bestowed a strange gift to mankind was surly a fulfillment of a dream which he had seen in the labyrinths of his brain very long ago.

Freud is of the view that dreams are in fact our thoughts, desires and longings, which remained unfulfilled, and we in our dreams, like a good poet, see our own created world. When our conscious mind sleeps, unconscious mind awakes and the depressed and broken desires take their entity and we see them, as we wanted to see in our real life. The dreams are pleasant as well as nightmares. It is our inner fear that remains sitting anywhere in our unconsciousness and apparently, we totally forget about it.

Why should we study history?

The details of works of the great people, important events and occurrences, the rise and fall of nations, the information about prophets, saints, reformers, warriors and great generals of the past, all add up to make history. If a person in some family gets high rank in learning, becomes a great scientist or earns fame as brave solider, the other members of the family, consciously or unconsciously, try to follow him. No matter whether Peron lives in present or is a tale of past. Whenever he is recalled, he comes before us as a fact, as an example to be followed. We inspire our children giving examples of his achievements in life. Actually, we are impressed by history. This is one of the sole aims to study history. 

No nation can achieve its glory and a respectable place a in the world unless being well aware of its existing history. The progress, prosperity and power of affecting world’s politics need a complete awareness about past. Individuals, as well as nations, if plan to correct the state and condition of their present deteriorating plight, they must look into their past mistakes, blunders, and follies. If Pakistan’s young generation do not know about the causes and reasons of separation of West Pakistan, how they will be able to save the rest of their country. Pakistan’s attaining nuclear power is the result of this thinking. China’s wonderful progress is the outcome of their acquaintance with their history. The nations who did not learn from history became a lesson for the others. The leading politicians must have good knowledge about the world history. They have to steer the nation through thick and thin, they have to make decisions pertaining to the destiny of the nation. They have to be well aware of the mistakes of the past to acquire a respectable and glorious place among the world community. The generals, whether it is war or peace, must remain in close connection with history, so that they might be able to do the best in the light of past, in their current circumstances. The great figures not only affect their own era but the ages after them. An individual can have an excellent chance to extract the tips to uplift his life, to get the nobleness of mind, to have a good character.

Books are our best friends

In the ancient times when man initially learnt how to live and the wheel of civilization started moving, he needed to save this information and memories somewhere. Perhaps it was the time when he too realized the necessity of writing. Man started knowing the art of writing gradually like everything else when he felt the need. I am not going to discuss the history of writing and compiling books. I just plan to highlight that the relationship of book and human being is as old as human civilization.

The affiliation of man with books remains strong in all the ages of civilizations. I have an audacity to say that the development and transformation of culture and civilization was only possible when man gathered his knowledge in the form of books and preserved it for the next generation. Man had been learning from his experiences through centuries and was able to establish the different branches of knowledge. In the beginning, he wrote his information, which was the result of his experiments, on pages and these were joined together afterwards. Books always remained the major source of learning and knowledge. After Johann Gutenberg’s invention of printing press, there came a tremendous revolution in the field of book publishing and it was established as an industry.       

Books stood shoulder to shoulder to man in his way to progress and prosperity. Great scholars, intellectuals, reformers, scientists and men of learning remain very close to books. They not only benefited themselves but also contributed a lot to their coming generations. The glamour’s progress of today, the ease and facility in every sphere of life is the result of books written by great people.

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever..

Let me begin with the saying of the Prophet of Arabia (PBUPH) “, God is the most beautiful and He loves beauty”. Perhaps, God has created this universe on this very rule. The best creation of God is human being and He has bestowed the gift of aesthetic sense to man. It is the instinct of man that he always loves symmetry, order and discipline around him. He does not like things at sixes and sevens the trillions of years have passed since man is trying to enhance the beauty of this word, but he has not gone a single step ahead the ancient beauty of Nature. Because nature is created by God and its beauty has an immortal effect in it.

Man, like God, loves beauty. He has tried to make this word beautiful. In this attempt, he has created ‘wonders’ in the world. These wonders of the world are unique in design, texture and splendor. Who does not praise Taj Mahal? It is a love monument by a Mughal Emperor. The tourists from all over the word come and enjoy its beauty. It does not offer heaps of silver or gold to its visitors but satisfies their sense of beauty. Pyramids of Egypt tell the story of centuries ago. They have tied both history and geography plainly in them. The visitors get no material benefits from them but they take their prints deep in to their hearts. They offer delights to their eyes. Their sophistication gives a kind of pleasure to them. Niagara falls attract the people to its heavenly scenes. The falling of silvery water splashes and the water drops make a man acquaint with the goddess of nature. People spent millions of dollars only to have some glimpse of the beautiful objects. There is no trade, no brokers, no money, no jewels but one cannot deny the treasure of beauty and charms of these places. These pretty things open the window to the soul of man and fill him with insight, reason and wisdom.