What Buddhism is interested in is degrasping, it’s a letting
go, it’s a releasing of this tight clutch on to things which actually is life denying.’
Blackmore. ‘I certainly think of Adam, whom I love deeply, as a
biological machine. He’s a sixty-something-year-old man, somewhat overweight with high blood
pressure, he could die at any moment. I do actively remind myself that that could happen. I mustn’t
assume he’s going to be around with me for the next twenty to thirty years. I would love him to be, so
if he dies I will be devastated, I will cope. None of that changes.’
go, it’s a releasing of this tight clutch on to things which actually is life denying.’
Blackmore. ‘I certainly think of Adam, whom I love deeply, as a
biological machine. He’s a sixty-something-year-old man, somewhat overweight with high blood
pressure, he could die at any moment. I do actively remind myself that that could happen. I mustn’t
assume he’s going to be around with me for the next twenty to thirty years. I would love him to be, so
if he dies I will be devastated, I will cope. None of that changes.’
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