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:17157@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260131T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260131T170000 DTSTAMP:20260125T232344Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2026-01-31/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Obstacles to Stillness-Geiman DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Obstacles to Stillness-Geiman 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 (1/31 at 4PM)\n\ nIt is quite easy not to involve oneself in the affairs of the world\; mis anthropes of all kinds do this day in and day out. But it is not at all ea sy to keep one’s distance from the affairs of the world when one sees th e ills of the world quite clearly but at the same time knows that one is n ot in a position to fix them. Here\, no less than in conjunction with the obstacles of anger and ill will\, patient forbearance and the disposition toward joy and thanksgiving in all things is the order of the day. In the end\, individuals must do whatever work needs to be done for themselves\, and no amount of assistance can substitute for that.\n--Shodhin K. Geiman\ , Obstacles to Stillness\, pp. 196-197.\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\nHow t o join:\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/9101 9857324\, passcode 227385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting I D: 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 (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 Ca lendar and click on a Wednesday session.\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to r esonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was former ly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, m ore 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 ch oose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of sup reme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the uni verse\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:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR