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:17156@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260124T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260124T170000 DTSTAMP:20260124T035505Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2026-01-24/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-True Poetry-Miguel de Unamuno DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-True Poetry-Miguel de Unamuno An e xploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a differ ent short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturd ays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcom e to come twice a week or once in a while.\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\nThe reading for this session: Saturday\, January 24th\ nOnly the feeble resign themselves to final death and substitute some othe r desire for the longing for personal immortality. In the strong the zeal for perpetuity overrides the doubt of realizing it\, and their superabunda nce of life overflows upon the other side of death.\n[...]\nThe vanity of the passing world and love are the two fundamental and heart-penetrating n otes of true poetry. And they are two notes of which neither can be sounde d without causing the other to vibrate. The feeling of the vanity of the p assing world kindles love in us\, the only thing that triumphs over the va in and transitory\, the only thing that fills life again and eternalizes i t.\nAnd love\, above all when it struggles against destiny\, overwhelms us with the feeling of the vanity of this world of appearances and gives us a glimpse of another world\, in which destiny is overcome and liberty is l aw.\n—Miguel de Unamuno\, The sense of the tragic\n\n \;\n\n \;\ n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class 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 this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (S an Jose)\, Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by on-tap on mobil e phones: +16699009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but n ot in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIY T\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+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 secular--but it's worth descr ibing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look for in the read ings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to someth ing 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 v alues\,\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:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR