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:17137@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250913T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250913T170000 DTSTAMP:20250831T225502Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2025-09-13/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Spring Scene-Du Fu DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Spring Scene-Du Fu An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short r eading 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 t wice a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the years have fo und that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate communit y of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the rea ding itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a sessio n only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well th is 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 cal ling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from gro up members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that r ole.\n\nThe reading for this session: Saturday (9/6 at 4PM)\n\nThe text is the Chinese poet Du Fu's "Spring scene"\nThe nation is broken\, the mount ains and rivers remain.\nThe city turns to spring\, grass and trees grow t hick.\nFeeling the moment\, blossoms shed tears.\nFearing the separation\, birds startle my heart.\nThe beacons have burnt for three months.\nA lett er from home is worth ten-thousand pieces of gold.\nMy white hair thins fr om scratching.\nAnd can't hold a cap or pin.\n\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324\, passcod e 227385\n Join this 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\,\,9 1019857324# 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 the Wednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+o wner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often than no t our sources are secular--but it's worth describing the qualities of a sa cred text\, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any r eading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme importance t o us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n feel mor e 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:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR