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:16858@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T170000 DTSTAMP:20250719T145709Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-2-2025-07-19/ 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: Saturday (7/19 at 4PM)\nDuke Wen of Zhu divined by the turtle shell to determine if he should move his capital to the city of Yi. The historian who conducted the divination replied\, “The move will bene fit the people but not their ruler.”\n\nThe ruler of Zhu said\, “If it benefits the people\, it benefits me. Heaven gave birth to the people and set up a ruler in order to benefit them. If the people enjoy the benefit\ , I am bound to share in it.”\n\nThose around the ruler said\, “If by taking warning from the divination you can prolong your destiny\, why not do so?”\n\nThe ruler replied\, “My destiny lies in nourishing the peop le. Whether death comes to me early or late is merely a matter of time. If the people will benefit thereby\, then nothing could be more auspicious t han to move the capital.”\n\nIn the end he moved the capital to Yi. In t he fifth month Duke Wen of Zhu died.\nThe noble person remarks: He underst ood the meaning of destiny.\n\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 clas s 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 (S an Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number : https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Saturdays. Fo r the Wednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday se ssion.\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n \n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." T hat proved misleading--for 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 something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive \n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n b e more fully and authentically 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