Hello! Sick of trudging all the way to the Eastside? This is a group for people in the NoPo/Overlook/Killingsworth/PCC/St.Johns area. We will meet primarily around close-in North Portland and close-in NW. Although the group will focus more on books, we can also have discussions on just about anything! The North ("NoPo") is a great area that is often overlooked from the rest of Portland.  Traditionally thought of as sort of a grungy area of town, the "fifth quarter of Portland" is actually is a m …

A study group for the curious. Lets share our knowledge. Get together for beginner to advanced. Lets get to know Albert Einstein. A study group on Science & Physics. A study group on Einstein's "Unified Field Theory." A group to look at & discuss the universe.

This is a group to make peace with others and develop our peacemaking skills through reading and dialoguing about 1) our various worldviews, and 2) peacemaking and nonviolence. This group is not about convincing others or coercing them into your (or my) worldview, but it is about learning to dialogue empathically with people who don't share all the specifics of your worldview. It is also about having a chance to share your own worldview with others who are listening empathically. One must not fi …

"A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge." ...Carl Sagan What is this group all about? It is about exploring 'spirituality' (meditation, life's big questions, etc.) without the belief in god(s) nor the supernatural.  Is it possible to be "spiritual" while also rejecting everything supern …