I saw the consultant today in the hospital. I had blood tests on Monday, after a query on sarcoidosis or worse after a long-lasting cough. I had a battery of tests, and more blood tests. The long and short of it is that I have asthma; the first in my family. They are also still querying whether I have asymptomatic sarcoidosis (95%). I need to return in May for further tests to rule out anything else (5%). Meanwhile, I have a preventative and a reliever inhaler for the asthma.
I read an interesting post today comparing an aspect of Charles Darwin’s theory, and Buddhism. It looks at altruism and compassion for all living beings, not just human beings. It quotes from Paul Ekman’s website, from Darwin, on how we feel sympathy for “lower animals”. Paul Ekman has also said that he read the quote to the Dalai Lama. He was surprised by the phrase “towards all sentient beings” in Darwin’s book. This is the compassion shown by a bodhisattva – a Buddhist saint.
You can read the post here.
And I saw a salient video from here, which I include below.
(Finally, I may not be able to post diary entries for the next week or two. The same goes for updating the notes.)
