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:16853@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250614T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250614T170000 DTSTAMP:20250614T223137Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-2-2025-06-14/ 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\nSaturday (6/14 at 4PM)\n\nJohn Cowper Powys said\, "We have no reason for denying to the world of plants a certain slow\, di m\, vague\, large\, leisurely semi-consciousness." He may not be right\, b ut I like his adjectives. The patch of bluets in the grass may not be long on brains\, but it might be\, at least in a very small way\, awake. I sus pect that the real moral thinkers end up\, wherever they may start\, in bo tany. We know nothing for certain\, but we seem to see that the world turn s upon growing\, growing towards growing\, and growing green and clean.\n\ n\n—Annie Dillard\, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek\, pp.113-114.\n\n \;\n\n  \;\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: http s://zoom.us/j/91019857324\, passcode 227385\n Join this class using the Z oom app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 91 28 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/a bL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For the Wednesday Zoom l ink\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.\n\nQuestions? D rop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This a ctivity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading- -for one thing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it's wor th 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 t o something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other be ings or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives wi th our values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authe ntically 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