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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210306T160000
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URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sacred-text-reading-group-2021-03-06/
SUMMARY:Sacred Text Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Text Reading Group  \n\n\nA weekly online sacred text re
 ading group with Amy\n\nUsing a spiritual-practice approach\, in each sess
 ion we will explore a different brief scriptural text in depth. The aims o
 f the sessions are educational (learning something about the texts and tra
 ditions)\, spiritual/moral (discovering what the texts ask of us)\, and co
 mmunity-building (getting to know each other better). Amy will have a vers
 ion of the text available to share\; “bring” your own if you like. All
  are welcome\, as are your suggestions of future texts. About half our rea
 dings so far have been those suggested by group members.\n\n\nOn Saturday\
 , March 6\, our text will be this passage from The Varieties of Religious 
 Experience\, by William James:\n\nThe transition from tenseness\, self-res
 ponsibility\, and worry\, to equanimity\, receptivity\, and peace\, is the
  most wonderful of these shiftings of inner equilibrium\, ... and the chie
 f wonder of it is that it so often comes about\, not by doing\, but by sim
 ply relaxing and throwing the burden down. This abandonment of self-respon
 sibility ... is capable of entering into closest marriage with every specu
 lative creed. ... Of Saint Catherine of Genoa it is said that "she took co
 gnizance of things\, only as they were presented to her in succession\, mo
 ment by moment." To her holy soul\, "the divine moment was the present mom
 ent\, ... and when ... the duty that was involved in it was accomplished\,
  it was permitted to pass away as if it had never been\, and to give way t
 o the facts and duties of the moment which came after." Hinduism\, mind-cu
 re\, and theosophy all lay great emphasis upon this concentration of the c
 onsciousness upon the moment at hand.\n\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n 	Join this c
 lass from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/578882781\n 	Join this class
  using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 578 882 781\n 	Join this class by phone: 
 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 578 882 781\n 	Join this class by
  on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,578882781# US (San Jose)\n 	Phon
 ing in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.
 us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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CATEGORIES:Adult,Classes,Learning,Small Groups
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