BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18467@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260801T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260801T170000 DTSTAMP:20260725T165410Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2-2026-08-01/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday) - Self as a process-Olendzki DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday) - Self as a process-Olendzki 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. All are wide open and you are welcome to come weekly or once in a while.\nThe reading for this session: Saturday\, August 1\, 2026\n\n\n\n Of all the nouns we use to disguise the hollowness of the human condition\ , none is more influential than “myself.” It consists of a collage of still images—name\, gender\, nationality\, profession\, enthusiasms\, re lationships—which are renovated from time to time\, but otherwise are ea ch a relic from one particular experience or another. The defining teachin g of the Buddhist tradition\, that of non-self\, is merely pointing out th e limitations of this reflexive view we hold of ourselves. It’s not that the self does not exist\, but that it is as cobbled together and transien t as everything else. … Self is a process. Self is a verb.\n--Andrew Ole ndzki (2010)\, Unlimiting Mind\, p. 131.\n\n\nThe participants over the ye ars have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectiona te 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\, wi th a session only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the co nversation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other v ery well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among fr iends.\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the c hat and calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* co me from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\n\n \;\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from y our Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324\, passcode 227385\n Join t his 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 (Sa n 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. For the Wednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday ses sion.\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." Th at 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 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,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR