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:16852@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250607T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250607T170000 DTSTAMP:20250607T173144Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-2-2025-06-07/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday) DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday) An exploration of ideas\, feelings \, and our life experiences\, using a different short reading as our sprin gboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays\, 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 years have found that the approa ch we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirers in w hich we read and converse\, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a session only an hour long \, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Those who are freq uently in the group get to know each other very well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and calling on whoever's Z oom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members\, who al so take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\nThe reading for this session:\n\n\nIn most traditions\, faith [is] not about belief b ut about practice. Religion is not about accepting twenty impossible propo sitions before breakfast\, but about doing things that change you. It is a moral aesthetic\, an ethical alchemy. If you behave in a certain way\, yo u will be transformed. The myths and laws of religion are not true because they conform to some metaphysical\, scientific\, or historical reality bu t because they are life enhancing. They tell you how human nature function s\, but you will not discover their truth unless you apply these myths and doctrines to your own life and put them into practice. The myths of the h ero\, for example\, are not meant to give us historical information about Prometheus or Achilles--or for that matter\, about Jesus or the Buddha. Th eir purpose is to compel us to act in such a way that we bring out our own heroic potential.\n—Karen Armstrong\, The Spiral Staircase\, p. 270.\n& nbsp\;\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 Zo om app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 912 8 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by on-tap o n mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\ , but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ab L8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For the Wednesday Zoom li nk\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.\n\nQuestions? Dr op an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This ac tivity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading-- for one thing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it's wort h describing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look for in t he readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other bei ngs or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives wit h our values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authen tically ourselves.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09 /Resonant-Reading.png CATEGORIES:Adult,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR