Sarbmeet Kanwal gave an awe inspiring presentation on The Night Sky:Living Inside the Cosmic Story to MCWRET Board on June 18th 2020. The recording is attached which includes the talk, slides, meditation and questions and answers.
Not included in the recording and worth giving thought to are the dialogue questions: What feelings do you experience when you gaze at the Night Sky? Can you describe a time in your life when you felt most connected to the cosmic creation all around us? How does the new science-based creation story fit, if at all, into the beliefs/doctrines or your faith/religion? Do you think incorporating the cosmic narrative into each belief system could help reveal more commonality between our varied traditions and thus bring the world closer together?
About Sarbmeet:
After retiring from a long and rewarding career, doing research and engineering at Bell Labs, Dr. Sarbmeet Kanwal now teaches Astronomy and Quantum Physics at Brookdale Community College. He actively promotes STEM education by mentoring students on their science projects, volunteering at science fairs and helping with after-school science programs. Sarbmeet regularly speaks to adult groups interested in learning about the latest developments in cosmology and quantum physics. His board membership at the Monmouth Center has allowed him to express his community activism through helping found MOSAIC, a very successful and award-winning program that helps build bridges between various faiths through mutual education and cooperative charity work. His latest interest is in starting a civil discourse project to heal the growing ideological divide in our country., for which he helped obtain a $6000 grant from a charitable institution called Islamic Relief USA.
