UnbornTao

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/watch-kanzi-the-bonobo-pretend-to-have-a-tea-party/

Just be careful not to mistake them for what is true - which we all do all the time.

Got it.

It is the impulse and drive themselves, prior to any willful action. You are breathing now.

@Cred Also, are you using AI to write your posts? If so, ease up on that and disclose it when you do. Just a heads-up.

Thanks. And what was that like? Were you able to experience having no language at all - no self-talk, no symbolism, no reference, and so on? Did you experience the genesis of this invention? It's a difficult meditation, partly because we will try to use some form of language to get us out of language. We shouldn't forget that language can also take the form of images, sounds, and so on. Imagination, for example, seems to be largely language-based, which is the main thing we'll do when we try to answer that question with our minds.

Sort of - but it's probably not what you think. Remember how people couldn't really tell with Teal Swan either? There's a thread on it. The religion part referred to a joke I made with @cardozzo elsewhere.

I'm the one with the tambourine.

@Human Mint Good believer. Well said.

One of our religion's main tenets. Well done.

For some reason, I want to watch The Land Before Time again - or Littlefoot, whatever it's called. I think I watched it as a kid, and it left a strong impression on me, if I recall. Might have been the series.

Well, you wouldn't receive that very well either, would you? And again, I don't know where this sort of antagonistic relationship to survival comes from. Again, it's your life. To think that one is somehow "above" survival is delusion.

Okay. It's more about focusing on one's own ignorance and unconsciousness. But I think I understand the sentiment.