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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210515T160000
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URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sacred-text-reading-group-2021-05-15/
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\nOur text for
  Saturday\, May 15 is this passage by Iris Murdoch\, from her essay "On 'G
 od' and 'Good'" (The Sovereignty of Good [1970]\, page 59):\n\n\n\nThe chi
 ef enemy of excellence in morality (and also in art) is personal fantasy: 
 the tissue of self-aggrandizing and consoling wishes and dreams which prev
 ents one from seeing what is there outside one. Rilke said of Cézanne tha
 t he did not paint 'I like it'\, he painted 'There it is.' This is not eas
 y\, and requires\, in art or morals\, a discipline. One might say here tha
 t art is an excellent analogy of morals ... We cease to be in order to att
 end to the existence of something else\, a natural object\, a person in ne
 ed. We can see in mediocre art\, where perhaps it is even more clearly see
 n than in mediocre conduct\, the intrusion of fantasy\, the assertion of s
 elf\, the dimming of any reflection of the real world.\n\n\n\n\nHow to joi
 n:\n\n 	Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/578882781
 \n 	Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 578 882 781\n 	Join th
 is 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 	Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local num
 ber: 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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