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:18413@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260729T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260729T130000 DTSTAMP:20260725T190812Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-wednesday-2-2026-07-29/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Once the Soul was Perfect-Malick DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Once the Soul was Perfect-Malick An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a di fferent short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Sa turdays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are we lcome to come twice a week or once in a while.\n\n\n\n\nThe reading for th is session: Wednesday\, July 29th\nOnce the soul was perfect and had wings and could soar into heaven where only creatures with wings can be. But th e soul lost its wings and fell to earth\, and there it took an earthly bod y. \n\nAnd now\, while it lives in this body\, no outward sign of wings c an be seen. Yet the roots of its wings are still there\, and the nature of wings is to try to raise the earthbound body and soul with it into heave n. When we see a beautiful woman\, or a man\, the\, the soul remembers th e beauty it used to know in heaven\, and\, when the soul remembers that be auty\, can we not imagine how its wings will try to start to grow again an d the wings begin to sprout\, and that makes the soul want to fly\, but it cannot yet\, it is still too weak\, so the man keeps staring up into the sky like a young bird. He has lost all interest in the world around him\, so people say he is mad.\n\n—Charles Laughton\, from The Phaedrus\, By P lato\, quoting Socrates\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 read and converse\, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a session on ly an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Tho se who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well this w ay\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\n\nF acilitators 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 m embers\, who also take turns 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\, passcode 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 m obile phones: 6699006833\,\,96865808923#  (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the Bay Area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIY T\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 "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for on e thing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it's worth desc ribing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look for in the rea dings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to somet hing 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 values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authenticall y 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