UnbornTao

There does not seem to be anything we're more willing to deceive ourselves about than love as a fantasy. But go ahead. Just don't confuse your proclivities and wishful thinking for the truth.

Even better, then. I'll have to look into that. @Judy2 There's also the option of Substack, which coincidentally just added recipe embeds in beta version. Adding this channel as an example:

As far as I know, there are popular "faceless" cooking channels, some of which are likely profitable. It depends on your purpose and goals. Since you said you enjoy cooking, what do you have to lose? You can start casually, just sharing your passion, and once you start developing an audience, you could begin thinking like an entrepreneur or businesswoman who wants to monetize it. You could use an AI voice, or better yet, your own voiceovers to guide viewers through the recipes and other content. Regarding the money aspect, I personally don't know. It's not a guarantee, but it's definitely doable. You're probably already familiar with a few channels, Instagram accounts, and people who make money in this industry in one way or another. Doable doesn't mean easy, but it is definitely possible. It doesn't have to be complicated at the beginning. If you want, you can just create an Instagram account now, pick a recipe, and post a video about it. Step by step. Learn as you go.

For your consideration:

Short video this time:

By all means, go ahead and start one! It sounds like it is something you really want to do, so why overthink it? It's relatively easy to set up a blog using tools like WordPress, and it will help expand your comfort zone, even if you take small steps each day. It depends on how you want to go about it. I'd get a domain name via Namecheap, host it on DreamHost or a similar hosting site, install WordPress, choose a template you like, and post your first video on YouTube. Get it out there as soon as possible, knowing that your first videos aren't going to be technically excellent. Nobody's are at the beginning. Over time, your skills will improve, and the very act of learning as you go is worth it.

Watched that recently. Petit cochon.

- an AI philosopher.

Chill.

Every belief is, essentially.

I guess I've never thought about it. Interesting distinction. Will have to work on it.

What is Johnny Sins doing here?

It is also the case that truth, as a pursuit, is most likely a fantasy for most people, if they even think to care about it in the first place. More often than not, it is "the Truth," ohhhh - that is, the promise of a better experience, some adopted belief they are looking to verify, or something along those lines. A crucial point is that the truth is already assumed to be known: it is this (God, Love, matter, nothing, this and that). This enormous assumption is precisely what fuels the search from the start. It is a form of bias with a "spiritual" twist. Essentially, it is the pursuit of a belief. In my experience, people rarely tell the truth - or care about it at all. They may do so when it is attributed meaning, value, use, or worth; when it is seen as something that can do something for me. "People see what they want to see, and what they want to see never has anything to do with the truth." - Roberto Bolaño

That can be true when it comes to certain forms of programming, but belief doesn't exist objectively or on its own, except as a mental activity held by you. Seeing it as a belief is the first step. The deeply buried ones are seen by us as intrinsic aspects of reality, so they're trickier to unearth. A good (and challenging) practice to take up is to identify each and every belief you hold and drop them all, aside from the functional ones. But seeing something as a belief and not as a reality tends to immediately undermine our certainty in it.

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.

I'm the one with the tambourine.