BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16499@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T170000 DTSTAMP:20241031T190725Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-2-2024-11-09/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The method of nature-Emerson DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The method of nature-Emerson An ex ploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a differe nt short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturda ys\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come twice a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the yea rs have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionat e community of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, wit h a session only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the con versation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other ve ry well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among fri ends.\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the ch at and calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* com e from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\nThe reading for the Saturday\, 11/9 session:\n\n\nThe m ethod of nature: who could ever analyze it? That rushing stream will not s top to be observed. We can never surprise nature in a corner\, never find the end of a thread\, never tell where to set the first stone. The bird ha stens to lay her egg. The egg hastens to be a bird. [Nature’s] smoothnes s is the smoothness of the pitch of a cataract. Its permanence is a perpet ual inchoation.\n\nBy Ralph Waldo Emerson\, from "The Method of Nature" (1 841)\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https:/ /zoom.us/j/91019857324\, passcode 227385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8 clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For the Wednesday Zoom link \, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This acti vity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--fo r one thing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it's worth describing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to s omething of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other being s or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authenti cally ourselves.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09 /Resonant-Reading.png CATEGORIES:Adult,Classes,Learning,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR