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:17164@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260321T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260321T170000 DTSTAMP:20260314T213353Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2026-03-21/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-States of Mind-Murdoch DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-States of Mind-Murdoch An explorat ion of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different sho rt 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 to co me twice a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the years hav e found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate comm unity 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 se ssion only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversat ion. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very wel l 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 readings* come from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try th at role.\n\nThe reading for this session: Saturday\, March 21\nReligion no rmally emphasizes states of mind as well as actions\, and regards states o f mind as the genetic background of action: pureness of heart\, meekness o f spirit. Religion provides devices for the purification of states of mind . The believer feels that he needs\, and can receive\, extra help. “Not I\, but Christ.” The real existence of such help is often used as an arg ument for the truth of religious doctrines. Of course prayer and sacrament s may be “misused” by the believer as mere instruments of consolation. But\, whatever one thinks of its theological context\, it does seem that prayer can actually induce a better quality of consciousness and provide a n energy for good action which would not otherwise be available. Modern ps ychology here supports the ordinary person’s\, or ordinary believer’s\ , instinctive sense of the importance of his states of mind and the availa bility of supplementary energy.\n--Iris Murdoch\, from The Sovereignty of Good (1967).\n\n \;\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from your W eb browser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324\, passcode 227385\n Join this c lass using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by p hone: 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 Jos e)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: htt ps://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+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n&n bsp\;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That pr oved misleading--for one thing\, more often than not our sources are secul ar--but it's worth describing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we st ill look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to :\n\n connect to something of supreme importance to us\n feel more conne cted to other beings or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n al ign 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:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR