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Wow, Aww and Hmmm

Its back, the sunshine and I am glad.  So glad, that I could not stay in today after my lovely lunch gent had gone off on his smiley, merry way, that is after we had devoured champagne,  marinated seabass, haricot verts and the best mashed potato he has ever had in his whole darned life (smoothes down chefette’s apron with pride) and ultimately, quite frankly, devoured  each other ;)   Alright, I am just showing off now,with my mash,  but I do love it when someone enjoys themselves here, I really do.

I had heaps of things to do here and elsewhere,  but instead decided to play hooky and go and play outside afterwards.  Not far from me  is what looks like a pagoda, about half a mile away, near to Chelsea Bridge.  I only saw it before whilst in a car a few times and kept thinking that I must investigate it.  So I did.  Today.  I walked there and discovered it was Battersea Park, just over the bridge and it was wonderful.  The pagoda in question is The London Peace Pagoda and it is truly beautiful. Quite lovely.

I spent around 6 weeks in Thailand and Singapore a few years ago and visited a lot of Budhist temples,  an awful lot. I was fed, watered and smiled at  :)

It reminded me of that time, this pagoda;  beautiful golden buddha statues, immaculately kept, and, as always, very peaceful.  I have a lot of time for Budhists, even though I dont have much time for organised religion.  Oh I am not a Budhist by the way but I do know a little about it.  Ive read a fair bit about all sorts of spiritual and religious matters. I have studied the New and Old Testament and the Quaran.  I can tell you a fair a bit about Mormonism too, and have even read Mein Kampf;  not strictly a religion, I know,  but it still led to a doctrine. I like to understand what makes people tick you see.

Buddhism is more of a philosophy than a religion though.  Beautiful, gentle people they are, I liked them a lot.   Did you know that no war or violence of any sort has been actioned in the name of Buddhism?  Ever.  They certainly practice what they preach. That has to be admired.

The pagoda and also a mile of the park was constructed and dedicated to, and by,  some prominent figures in the Budhist world.  I am sorry but I cant remember the names (I was travelling light and didnt take a pen) which pretty much throws out my next commentary; which is the fact that people feel the need to leave a legacy to the world.  Thats a nice one, the pagoda and mile long jogging track too, although I did not partake of the jogging aspect, a leisurely stroll was more than enough on a hot day like today, but I very much enjoyed it

How nice to leave that for other people to enjoy, dont you think?  I once had a habit of leaving books I had read, finished with, in all sorts of places so that others could enjoy them.  I still take all my magazines to the GP’s surgery but that, I think is more to do with disliking waste than a need to be remembered in future :)

I think I would like to leave something beautiful behind though, a legacy, something for people to enjoy, something like the pagoda, I shall have to think. I do have a plaque with my name on, somewhere in Pakistan, its a sanctuary for bears who were rescued after being made to fight, horribly, horribly cruel.  Anyway, I helped fund that. Thats not enough though. Its not enough to just rescue things, it would be good to have something that enriches or makes people happy. Like I said, I will have to think.

The need to leave something behind, well thats not new, lots of people do this by having children;  and it is I think, what Sebastian Horsley was thinking when he wrote his book (which I have not read, by the way) but I did re-book my seat for the theatre and saw the play recently.

My overwhelming reaction to the play was sadness.  Real sadness, when you actually get to hear about this guy’s life.   He came from a wealthy family but oh so dysfunctional.  The play made reference to his parents constantly and their lack of basic parental care,  and I did read that his mother was present on the first night, along with Sebsatian.  I can only say that it must have been a raw experience for both of them to watch it.  Its not for me to judge or make assumptions about anyone or anything, but I cant even begin to imagine what demons you would have to conquer after experiencing your life played out on stage like that.  I had heard that Sebastian had given up drugs some time ago, but he died of a drug overdose the other day -  I hope that this play didnt open up unbearable wounds for him. I certainly found it painful to watch.  There were some excellent one liners, some poignant, some very funny.  I really wish I had met him.  Its at the Soho Theatre if you want to see it.

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