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Dr. Charles Townes, a physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for helping to invent the laser, added another and most unusual prize to a lifelong storehouse of honors yesterday. In a news conference at the United Nations, he was announced as the winner of the $1.5 million Templeton Prize, awarded annually for progress or research in > spiritual matters. Dr. Townes, 89, a longtime professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has long argued that those old antagonists science and religion are more alike than different and are destined to merge.
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The Symbols of Our Age Seminar

was held on March 5th, 2000, at the Murwillumbah Civic Centre in the Tweed Valley of Northern New South Wales.

It was attended by over three hundred people throughout the day and was judged to have been an overwhelming success, not only for the level of attendance, but also for the quality and scope of the speakers and the enthusiastic input of all who participated.

The speakers were:

1. Franz Jacobsen; a Brisbane Engineer, who delivered a half hour lecture entitled, Patterns in Nature. Franz introduced the audience to the Golden Proportion, the Fibbonacci series of numbers and spirals, and showed through his visuals how they are favoured by nature in the design of everything from pinecones to galaxies. He also briefly introduced the geometry of Fractals and the marvelous variety of natural forms which they generate.

2. Robert Pope; Director of the Science-Art Research Centre of Australia Inc, who also spoke for half an hour and revealed how the arts and the sciences, originally inseperable in ancienct Greece; at the origin of Western civilisation, had become separated over the subsequent two thousand years, due mainly to the 'banning' of its teaching by the Christian Church. He spoke of the Science for Ethical Ends, and how important it is for humanity

to modernise this concept so as to avert the social and environmental disasters that we currently face.

3. Arthur C. Clarke, in an hour long video presentation entitled 'Colours of Infinity', which covered the subject of fractal geometry in much greater detail, and with great visual impact.

The afternoon session involved the input of the attending audience, who were asked to come up with ideas for new symbols to guide humanity into the 21st Century. The concepts covered were, wellbeing, sustainability, unity, culture, democracy and morality. These were based on the idea of 'caring'; for ourselves; for our environment; for our fellows; for our society; for our government etc. Each concept was introduced by speakers, who outlined what it meant to them, which was followed by suggestions for key words which it would be appropriate to symbolise, and whoever could think of a shape came forward to draw it. The final symbols were selected by popular vote and were recorded with accompanying text, to be used by the artists who intended to participate in the Symbols of Our Age Art Exhibition, to be opened on Friday 31st March, at 6pm, by Mrs Margot Anthony.

Overall, it was a day of learning, fun and lively participation for all. There was hardly a person who was not inspired and enthused, and one could not help but feel involved in the spirit of the quest for a better world with which the seminar was infused.

Wellbeing

The Symbol for Wellbeing shows a human figure with outstretched limbs showing exuberance and openess to free-flowing energy. The four lines indicate the interconnectedness of all the aspects of self and include the physical, emotional, spiritual and environmental levels of being.


Sustainability

This shape symbolising Sustainability shows the nurturing, caring aspect of humanity towards its environment. Two hands supporting and cradling the Earth show the importance of humanity's eternal reverence and respect for its planetary environment. As a mother holding a child, such care is an investment in our future. The arrows indicate the cyclic nature of reality, with which we must remain in tune if we are to survive.


Unity

Unity, this symbol shows synchronicity and interconnectedness. One heart, one mind, one spirit, in tune with all elements, reaching out and embracing diversity within and outside of ourselves.


Culture

Culture was deemed to include all humanity's language, customs, creations and all symbolic expressions which define who we are. This symbol shows the flow of spiritual consciousness, from the past, through the present, becoming our gift to the future.


Democracy

This symbol for Democracy depicts equilibrium and balance between all people. The base upon which society stands shows that Democracy must rest upon the principles of physics and natural law, providing for true justice, direction and balance.


Morality

Morality: this symbol shows the eye of knowledge and understanding being supported by humanity. Only by understanding the total reality, can one be in harmony with life, thus allowing for right reason and right action, to express one's conscience

Today, the real has become
the new avant-garde.