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:17163@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T170000 DTSTAMP:20260305T153435Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2026-03-14/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Enmity shapes us-Armstrong DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Enmity shapes us-Armstrong 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\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome t o come twice a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate 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\, with a session only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conve rsation. 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 frien ds.\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 readings* come from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to tr y that role.\n\nThe reading for this session: Saturday\, March 14\, 2026\n Enmity shapes our consciousness and identity. The people we hate haunt us\ ; they inhabit our minds in a negative way as we brood in a deviant form o f meditation on their bad qualities. The enemy thus becomes our twin\, a s hadow self whom we come to resemble. Like Yaakov\, nations may also feel d eep antagonism toward people they have wronged\, and the enemy may become so central to national consciousness and identity that he becomes a second self. If we want to achieve reconciliation not only do we have to struggl e with the enemy\, but we also have to wrestle with ourselves.\nKaren Arms trong (2010)\, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life\, pp. 175-176.\n\n&nbs p\;\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 U S (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by on-tap on m obile phones: +16699009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, b ut not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8c lvIYT\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 activ ity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it's worth d escribing 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 so mething 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 o ur values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authentic ally 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