According to this year’s list, the topic for March is Becoming.
Most of the articles I found on the metaphysical or philosophical meaning of becoming were heavy tomes, and I did not find anything useful for our discussion on the UUA website.
The most straightforward definition was on Wikipedia:
“Becoming (philosophy):
The ontology of becoming:
According to tradition, Heraclitus wrote a treatise about nature named “Περὶ φύσεως” (“Perì phýseōs”), “About Nature,” in which appears the famous aphorism πάντα ῥεῖ (panta rhei) translated literally as “the whole flows [as a river],” or figuratively as “everything flows, nothing stands still.” The concept of “becoming” in philosophy is connected with two others: movement and evolution, as becoming assumes a “changing to” and a “moving toward.” Becoming is the process or state of change and coming about in time and space. ”
Hopefully this will be enough to lead us to a discussion about our individual experience or understanding of “becoming”.
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September: Deep Listening
October: Healing
November: Stillness
December: Imagination
January: Beloved Community
February: Commitment
March: Becoming
April: Story
May: Play
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