For the avoidance of doubt, the gathering on 19 January 2025 was the last gathering for reverence of the fellowship known as Didymus (Unitarians in Ringwood).
"Do not cry because it has ended. Smile because it happened."
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We part from our dear reader with the words by Stephen Lingwood, setting out one version of the Unitarian message of good news:
"A Unitarian faith based on paradise would diagnose the problem of human experience as primarily ignorance, somnolence, alienation, and disconnection.
"Yet the good news is that we already live in paradise. It is within us and all around us. We only need to awaken to its reality and begin to live connected to this felt sense of beauty and love. The message would be 'We live in a paradise, but the problem is that we don't see it, and so we abuse it. Open your eyes and see it!'
"The image of banishment from paradise, alienation from a state of joy and connection to God, to nature, to one another, seems like a resonant existential problem, particularly in our contemporary culture."
Stephen Lingwood, Seeking Paradise – A Unitarian Mission for Our Times
