BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18411@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T130000 DTSTAMP:20260711T193730Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-wednesday-2-2026-07-15/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Roses-Aldous Huxley DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Roses-Aldous Huxley An exploratio n 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 to come twice a week or once in a while.\n\nThe reading for this session: Wednesd ay\, July 15\, 2926\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nRoses:\nThe flowers are easy to paint\,\nThe leaves difficult.\n\nShiki’s haiku (quoted in F. H. Blyth ’s translation) as cited in The Doors of Perception\, Aldous Huxley\n\n\ n\n\nThe participants over the years have found that the approach we take\ , and the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirers in which we rea d 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 conversation. Those who are frequently in t he group get to know each other very well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light ha nd\, 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 tur ns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/96865808923\, p asscode 227385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by one-tap on mobile phones: 6699006833\, \,96865808923#  (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the Bay Area?  Fin d your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Wednesdays. For the Zoom link for Saturday\, go to Calendar and click on a Saturday session.\n\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading +owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacr ed Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more 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 choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n feel m ore intensely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive or fe el 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