BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18422@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260930T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260930T130000 DTSTAMP:20260924T140132Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-wednesday-2-2026-09-30/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Doublethink-Orwell DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Doublethink-Orwell An exploration 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: Wednesda y\, September 30\n\n\nWinston sank his arms to his sides and slowly refill ed his lungs with air. His mind slid away into the labyrinthine world of d oublethink. To know and not to know\, to be conscious of complete truthful ness while telling carefully constructed lies\, to hold simultaneously two opinions which canceled out\, knowing them to be contradictory and believ ing in both of them\, to use logic against logic\, to repudiate morality w hile laying claim to it\, to believe that democracy was impossible and tha t the Party was the guardian of democracy\, to forget whatever it was nece ssary to forget\, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment whe n it was needed\, and then promptly to forget it again\, and above all\, t o apply the same process to the process itself—that was the ultimate sub tlety: consciously to induce unconsciousness\, and then\, once again\, to become unconscious of the act of hypnosis you had just performed. Even to understand the word “doublethink” involved the use of doublethink.\n ―George Orwell\, 1984\nThe participants over the years have found that t he approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community of inqui rers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the reading itsel f. 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 the group get to know each other very well this way\, a nd those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\n\nFacilit ators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and calling on wh oever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members \, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\n\n How 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 (Sa n 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?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\nT his is the Zoom link for Wednesdays. For the Zoom link for Saturday\, go t o 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 f ormerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thin g\, 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 o f supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to th e universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives with our values \,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authentically ours elves.\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