Hello again!
It's been too long. Let's catch up.
So by studying the title of this post, I hope you can deduce that this weekend has been a diverse one. I discovered the classic comedy The Office. And although the USA version is looked upon with much snobbery by many people I have talked to my new found interest about (they usually preferred the English version) I found the American series far more entertaining. I felt like the characters were more fleshed out and more zany (+ dwight is such a lil gus he is way better than that dead looking guy in the English one- i think he even played a zombie in the Pirates of the Caribbean film??) and i found myself actually "loling", which is something that doesn't happen often when I am alone in my room curled up in my duvet.
Another discovery I made this weekend was the Buddhist philosopher Allan Watts. I don't know if I mentioned this before but I have been living as a Mahayana Buddhist for about 6 months. I've always been fascinated with eastern ideologies and culture having been brought up in an area with a large asian community (the Kingston/ Norbiton area has the largest Korean population outside of Korea) and decided to adopt the principles slowly into my life. I meditate every night I can and have abstained from eating any kind of meat products, although I am finding the phasing out of Alcohol and drugs a little tough :/ . Anyway, back to ya boi Allan. His videos very simply illustrate Buddhist practices and views and his brill analogies help me cut through the often un translatable texts and ideas. One that really stuck with me was an analogy explaining the ideology of reincarnation. Whilst when you are reincarnated you do become something else, your core being remains the same, much like a universities staff and faculty change regularly, the institution remains unchanged (genius!)
And now, I leave you with a mini album you can listen to for free on bandcamp - it's three songs by a band called ANAMAI and I am unsure how to class them in terms of genre. I'll put a link to some Allan Watts lectures as well, bcoz you're gr8.
Luv ya,
Z
xx
L I N K S
ANAMAI EP
Allan Watts Lecture on death and reincarnation
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