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:17204@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T130000 DTSTAMP:20260117T170210Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-wednesday-2026-01-21/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Dazzled by God-Hugo DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Dazzled by God-Hugo 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 participants over the years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate commun ity of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the r eading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a sess ion only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversatio n. 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 friends.\n\ n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and c alling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from g roup members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\nThe reading for this session: Wednesday\, January 21st\n\nHe wa s there alone\, communing with himself\, peaceful\, adoring\, comparing th e serenity of his heart with the serenity of the ether\, moved amid the da rkness by the visible splendor of the constellations and the invisible spl endor of God\, opening his heart to the thoughts which fall from the Unkno wn. At such moments\, while he offered his heart at the hour when nocturna l flowers offer their perfume\, illuminated like a lamp amid the starry ni ght\, as he poured himself out in ecstasy in the midst of the universal ra diance of creation\, he could not have told himself\, probably\, what was passing in his spirit\; he felt something take its flight from him\, and s omething descend into him. Mysterious exchange of the abysses of the soul with the abysses of the universe!\nHe thought of the grandeur and presence of God\; of the future eternity\, that strange mystery\; of the eternity past\, a mystery still more strange\; of all the infinities\, which pierce d their way into all his senses\, beneath his eyes\; and\, without seeking to comprehend the incomprehensible\, he gazed upon it. He did not study G od\; he was dazzled by him. He considered those magnificent conjunctions o f atoms\, which communicate aspects to matter\, reveal forces by verifying them\, create individualities in unity\, proportions in extent\, the innu merable in the infinite\, and\, through light\, produce beauty. These conj unctions are formed and dissolved incessantly\; hence life and death.\n— Victor Hugo from Les Miserables about Bishop Myriel\n\n\n \;\n\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 U S (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by one-tap on mo bile phones: 6699006833\,\,96865808923#  (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but n ot in the Bay Area?  Find 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 "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it's worth descr ibing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look for in the read ings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to someth ing 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 v alues\,\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:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR