Last night I had a video chat with a couple of other actualists. Not only was it enjoyable and fun, it seems I had the same experience as Vineeto during it:
“I remember clearly one day sitting in a circle of 5 friends, utterly relaxed despite the fact that I had never met one of them in person, and I noticed that I had no personal agenda whatsoever, no plan to stir the conversation into a particular direction, nothing to emphasize or hide, no self-centredness or favouritism, no shame, shyness, embarrassment, no power or drive – I was just being myself as I was. I sat in this group, as one of many, and my sole interest was that everyone present (including me as one of those present) enjoyed themselves/ obtained the maximum benefit from our meeting.” The Actual Freedom Trust Mail Out - Subscriber 05
As a result, I have suggested meeting on a regular basis, possibly inviting more participants. Yes, yet again I am suggesting get togethers (video optional)
As we are spread all over the globe time differences can make things tricky but we’ve always managed before.
If anyone is interested in participating please leave details here – time zone and most likely days/times to join in.
I should add that given my current diagnosis and chemo treatment I may not be able to participate at very short notice (others could of course continue). Also the condition I experienced during last nights conversation may not happen readily, if at all.
The “me as one of those present” was very important and confirmed to me that it was the real McCoy and not the ‘group leader’ attempting to lead. Both participants know me well enough to know if I attempt to do this and one is an expert
I’m interested and I’m in the PST timezone. I think if we had a routine time with one or two ‘moderators/hosts’ then that’d let people plan for it better. People could stop by as their schedule permits.
And by moderator I simply mean someone willing to run or host a room on a regular / consistent basis - - which honestly may be too much to expect.
I’m familiar with Discord, but it might be better/simpler for most to use Meet or Zoom. The meeting hosted by @geoffrey on Zoom went technically very well, access was straightforward with no logins, etc.
Looking good. Here is a spreadsheet showing time zones of those who might be interested. Feel free to play but not with formulas please - yellow background only. About 2100 gmt looks about best though probably rules you out Andrew. We can set up another one to include you. Or did you want to have a one to one?
Right, because it also depends on exactly where you are (and when) in the Eastern Time Zone. Maybe this helps:
EDT stands for “Eastern Daylight Time” and it’s the time that is used in some parts of North America during the spring and the summer. In contrast, EST is the abbreviation of “Eastern Standard Time”, and North Americans live in accordance with it in the fall and the winter.
Both EDT and EST refer to the Eastern Time Zone that covers a number of American states, as well as Ontario, Quebec, and Nunavut of Canada. From the first Sunday of November until the second Sunday of March, all these locations follow EST. And on the second Sunday of March, the clocks are switched to EDT.
