Last few weeks its come to my attention that this seems to be a under developed area, in which the movement in Scotland isn't really involved in. (looking at the amount of threads on this part of the forum)
thus, with my situation I'm finding myself in for the foreseeable future, i will more than likely be moving back to the Western isles for a year at the least. so maybe this is a good time for me an a few others around the highlands area to get together an start organising. i would like to here from anyone in the area, to sample the numbers we have active an willing to start organising a group here.
wow 30 views and no replies is it something I said. anyway a heads up.
I'm moving back in the next week, if there is anyone interested on the isle of lewis in meeting to discuss moving forward with the movement up in the western isles. I would hate to have to go it alone.
i know there's at least one person but you haven't replied yet
cheers.
Hi There I am on Skye, and new to the movement!
Jackie xx
"I do not desire kingdom, heaven, paradise or even nirvana. I only desire the end of suffering of all beings upon this Earth." Ghandi
Hey Jackiepaper from skye welcome to the movement.
Glad to have you aboard.
If you require any assistance with anything give us a shout...
Zen...
Still waters run deep...!!!
We are all members of spaceship earth, lets fly this baby in the right direction.
Thank you Zen!
It's great to be here. Hoping to meet up with some of you soon, it's a bit lonesome here iykwim!
Do you know if you have any other members on Skye?
Cheers xxxx
Jackiepaper xx
"I do not desire kingdom, heaven, paradise or even nirvana. I only desire the end of suffering of all beings upon this Earth." Ghandi
Hi,
I'm not aware of any other members on Skye, but i will find out for sure for you.
It just means you'll have to work really hard making zeigeist popular in your neck of the woods so as you can start a chapter.
Just look at it as a challenge...
But in the meantime you have loads of zeitgeist friends on the mainland...
Still waters run deep...!!!
We are all members of spaceship earth, lets fly this baby in the right direction.
Hi Zen
Thanks for your reply!
Ok you've set me a challenge !
.. Just need the right way to approach people with it...
At work - the folks there just want to talk about general stuff / or moan about things but not think about solutions. Not sure about facebook, feel it is a bit like everyone is just wanting a jolly on there... & friends - i find it a heavy conversation to just bring up, Most of my friends have little kiddy-winks so are caught up in looking after them.. but many are 'hippy' types who moved up here for a reason (like me)! So I can guarantee many don't like the system as it is, but I don't know how much they worry about it.. (I have 3 kiddies and worry so much more about things now I have brought them into the world, so I am sure others worry too..)
I'm not very confident pushing views forward, I kind of shrivel up when on the spot and become non-sensical , but having said that, I think people (sometimes) listen to me, esp if i know my stuff.
I am *thinking* towards using Zeitgeist 3 as a tool, I think I wrote to you on the ZM Scotland wall, re showing the film at a venue, maybe making it a bit of an event and something different, of course defining the nature of the film well before-hand (many Skye folks are deeply religious so I'd have to check out any references to religion, just in case any of them came along).
However, before all that, it would be nice to meet up with some real live ZM people!
Do you have any meetings planned, either towards to Inverness or Glasgow / Edinburgh way?
Thanks in advance ,
Jackie
"I do not desire kingdom, heaven, paradise or even nirvana. I only desire the end of suffering of all beings upon this Earth." Ghandi
Hi again Jackie,
Glad you've accepted the challenge..
I understand what your saying with regards facebook, I felt the same it was my mate that created my profile, but since then I have used it mainly to promote the ZM & VP.
I post videos relating to these topics most days, so its a good way of spamming your friends with information, and you'd be surprised at the response.
If it helps why dont you burn some dvd's of the movies, and if your not too keen on handing them out, then just leave them in a popular area, cafe etc...
We have a complation dvd that you can download and burn.
The download can take a good few hours, so its best to kick it off in the evening and leave it downloading through the night. You can get the compilation from here:
http://www.hqcentral.co.uk/TZMScotland.iso.torrent
I also have a good few hundred leaflets, so if you want to hand them out or leave with the dvds then be my guest, I can post you some.
We had an information stall in Edinburgh on Sunday 10/10/10, and it was one of the best yet, so people are starting to wake up. We are planing another stall on the 30/10 in Glasgow.
Most people know that there is something wrong with the system and society, they just need a little nudge in the right direction.
We get deeply religious people coming to the information stalls and its par for the course i'm afraid, I wouldn't worry or spend too much time trying to convince them, as it could be time wasted, so concentrate on the people you feel are more open minded.
with religious people,
i take the approach, do you not think jesus would like every man woman and child to be fed, watered, clothed and sheltered. Then point out that this aint happening just now, also point out that what we are trying to achieve is a brotherhood of all people on the world not just the people with money. Also use the caring capacity of the earth as this aint happening either...Do you not think religion has tried to achieve these things, and failed...
If they still hit you with guff, then walk away, safe in the knowledge that you tried.
we are all in this together and if i can help in anyway, let me know.
If you email [email protected] your home address i will post you some leaflets to hand out.
have a great day...
Zen.....
Still waters run deep...!!!
We are all members of spaceship earth, lets fly this baby in the right direction.
Hi Zen
Thank you very much for your reply You have given me some good pointers in how to approach things.
I am downloading the torrent, it is coming down slowly! Also, I have asked my boss today for the weekend of the 30th Oct off from work (I work one day at the weekend), but she hasn't confirmed that its ok yet. I am hoping to arrange coming down.
I think the info stall would be interesting in that I would meet some of you guys as well as see how you present the movement to the public. Do you think it would be a good place to start?
I will e-mail you my address Zen v. shortly, that would be great to have some leaflets as long as you have some to spare!
Hope to speak soon
Jackie xx
"I do not desire kingdom, heaven, paradise or even nirvana. I only desire the end of suffering of all beings upon this Earth." Ghandi
It seems this chap lives on Skye.
I just heard a snippet of a UK radio interview with him. He makes some interesting observations, that are better explained here than any re-wording I might produce:
http://iainmcgilchrist.com/index.asp
http://iainmcgilchrist.com/brief_description.asp
http://iainmcgilchrist.com/comments.asp
This is a short video I found on YouTube. It seems a search will bring up others:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIqK_kAZrmo
"Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten." Cree Prophecy.
hey guys.
been afk for 3 months. heres an update on the highlands and islands chapter:
heres a link to the freshly made facebook page for the H&I.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Zeitgeist-Scotland-Highlands-Islands/171301319565700
wish to thank Zenmor for setting it up for us.
as you know jackie has said she wants to get a sub chapter going and i thought this might be a good time to get back on the band wagon. so im hoping to get something going up on the western isles, and im willing to help anyone in the area. so screenings in stornoway will hopefully be my thing.
i hope i can get russel on board in inverness as well be good to have things going there.
the H&I is a big area thats sparsly populated so and geographically taxing so this sub chapter i feel will need some patience though hopefully we can get the ball rolling soon and get some other places such as fort william involved.
anyway just wanted to update the facebook page.
and welcome jackie to the movement. cheers all.