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:16486@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T130000 DTSTAMP:20250517T170703Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-2025-05-21/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Authentic Self-Okri DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Authentic Self-Okri An exploratio n of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short reading as our springboard 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 approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate commun ity of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the r eading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a sess ion only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversatio n. Those who are frequently 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 c alling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from g roup members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\nThe reading for this session:\n\n\nWhat if by sheer repetition w e become the person we most often pretend to be? Does that mean there is n o authentic self? Are we made of habits\, compressed by time\, like layere d rocks?\n–Ben Okri\, The Age of Magic (novel)\n \;\n\nHow to join:\ n\n\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/96865808 923\, passcode 227385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 9 68 6580 8923\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeti ng ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by one-tap on mobile phones: 66990 06833\,\,96865808923#  (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the Bay Area ?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zo om link for Wednesdays. For the Zoom link for Saturday\, go to Calendar an d click on a Saturday session.\n\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant- reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly calle d "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more ofte n than not our sources are secular--but it's worth describing the qualitie s 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 imp ortance 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 perceiv e or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authentically 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:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR