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:20260714T043256Z 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 expl oration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays \, 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\nOf 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 st ill images—name\, gender\, nationality\, profession\, enthusiasms\, rela tionships—which are renovated from time to time\, but otherwise are each a relic from one particular experience or another. The defining teaching of the Buddhist tradition\, that of non-self\, is merely pointing out the limitations of this reflexive view we hold of ourselves. It’s not that t he self does not exist\, but that it is as cobbled together and transient as everything else. … Self is a process. Self is a verb.\n--Andrew Olend zki (2010)\, Unlimiting Mind\, p. 131.\n\n\nThe participants over the year s have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important a s 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 conv ersation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other ver y well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among frie nds.\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the cha t and calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to t ry that role.\n\n\n \;\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from you r Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324\, passcode 227385\n Join thi s class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class b y phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join th is 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/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For t he Wednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday sessi on.\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." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often than not our sources are se cular--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 co nnected 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 m ore 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