@nickcammarata @tr_babb badgered GPT about this for awhile, it made the observation that deer don't cling to material possessions... I wonder if the notion of ownership is relevant to tanha in dogs? also time and flow- a frightened deer reacts immediately, vs maybe tanha is more like where you've got a standing pattern of "go" vs "stop" tension- like when they size up a fence and landing zone and tasty vegetables before deciding to jump into the garden?
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Reply · Nov 15, 2023@nickcammarata what's the theory wrt animal consciousness & tanha?Reply · May 13, 2024@nickcammarata 🤔 i keep going back and forth on whether to do jhanas because the pleasure part doesn't particularly appeal, like cool ig in theory…Quote tweet · Dec 4, 2023and we say dogs are too dumb to have tanha? https://x.com/Black_Kettle/status/1731702108632584280Tweet · Dec 20, 2024if i'm thinking of consciousness per "Why is Anything Conscious?" perspective and taking the meditators word that tanha is a human condition that…