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:18473@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260912T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260912T170000 DTSTAMP:20260828T234219Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2-2026-09-12/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Happiness-Tarrant DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Happiness-Tarrant An exploration o f ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short re ading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays\, 4-5. A ll are wide open and you are welcome to come weekly or once in a while.\nT he reading for this session: Saturday September 12\n\n\n\nIf you are used to living in a small room and suddenly discover a wide meadow\, you might feel unsafe. Everyone thinks that they want happiness\, but they might not . They might rather keep their stories about who they are and about what i s impossible. Happiness is not an add-on to what you already are\; it requ ires you to become a different person from the one who set off seeking it. \n\nJohn Tarrant (2004). Bring Me the Rhinoceros\n\n\nThe participants ove r the years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, af fectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as i mportant 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 t o the conversation. 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 calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for read ings* come 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 clas s 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 th is 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 (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 Saturd ays. For the Wednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wedne sday session.\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa .org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Read ing." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often than not our sour ces 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 tha t helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme importance to us\n fe el more connected to other beings or to the universe\n feel more intensel y alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive or feel more deep ly\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