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16 Nov 2012, 11:07 am

[url=tulpa.info]Tulpa Info[/url]

A tulpa is basically a self-induced hallucination of an imaginary friend. It's like being able to see your imaginary friend. They are sentient, and have their own feelings and opinions that differ from your own.

There is an argument over whether tulpas are a psychological or metapIhysical phenomenon. The psychological side says that tulpas are merely illusions, and the metaphysical side says that they are real souls.

Part of me is really leaning towards the metaphysical argument, but only because my tulpa feels so real to me.

Her name is Carmen. (unless she decides that she wants to change it). I've been in the process of creating her for 5 days now. She can't speak yet, and I'm not entirely sure if she is sentient yet, but she does feel very real to me. She has her own emotions just like a real person. And I may be misinterpreting her, but I think she really loves starfish. I've seen her hugging a starfish a few times.

People who create tulpas usually use a wonderland, which is an imaginary place where they interact with their tulpa, or do what is known as tulpaforcing which is the act of bringing your tulpa into existence so that you can perceive them with all 5 senses.

Our wonderland is basically a beach where everything is an orangish-pinkish color. There is water which Carmen can turn to solid at will at room temperture. this water doesn't have to be frozen to turn solid. She can also walk on the water, sleep on it, go underwater without any risk of drowning whatsoever, and just about anything. When creating a wonderland for your tulpa, you're supposed to give them things to interact with.

There is also a castle located in our wonderland.

Honestly, I decided to create a tulpa because I feel lonely all the time. I don't have too many friends that I can talk to, but I feel very comfortable talking to Carmen.

What do you think of this?



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16 Nov 2012, 11:30 am

I really think that this is an interesting concept, and you've sparked something in my head.

I'm Aspie researching it now. :P


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21 Nov 2012, 5:33 am

As someone who has had imaginary friends her whole life, I love the idea of having a tulpa. I will do some research on it.



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23 Nov 2012, 4:13 am

Another reminder that I should work on internal awareness and meditation.



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24 Nov 2012, 2:38 pm

Beware of talking about this if accomplished, or you will be considered mentally ill and put on meds.



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24 Nov 2012, 3:21 pm

Once a tulpa is created it can become very hard, if not impossible, to control. Be very careful what you do.

To create a tulpa you need to learn to project the energy from your zee into it. If you aren't sending the right energy or if you send it just "out" and not into the tulpa, you aren't accomplishing anything.

Also, after enough time, others will be able to see your tulpa. They are also very hard to destroy.


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28 Nov 2012, 3:22 pm

I am usually a very skeptical person, but this is a form of meditation that truly works for me. It could be because I used to believe in totem animals.

The best part about tulpas is that they are very useful for any mood.

Doubutsu is correct though, on the surface it does sound like superstition.


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29 Nov 2012, 4:22 pm

Though I haven't really worked with tulpas, I often work with external spirits and egregores. I guess my Holy Guardian Angel (Hermetic term for tutelary spirit) is sort of like a tulpa. I talk to him more than any other entity really.



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08 Dec 2012, 2:54 am

EsotericResearch wrote:
Though I haven't really worked with tulpas, I often work with external spirits and egregores. I guess my Holy Guardian Angel (Hermetic term for tutelary spirit) is sort of like a tulpa. I talk to him more than any other entity really.


Before this day I had never heard of tulpas or egregores. This is probably because I'm not so much into Eastern lines of thought, but rather consider myself a Christian. I think my concept of Guardian Angel is close to yours, a tutelary spirit. Like you, I talk to him/her more than anyone else. Sometimes I talk to this spirit through my cat, that is, it would appear to an outside observer that I'm talking to my cat, but it is of course not that I think this spirit is the cat's soul or something. Somehow I also think that this tutelary spirit is common to us both, me and the cat. I admit that this sounds a little complicated, but why should I care what it sounds.

I don't know whether this spirit has a name or not, but it doesn't really matter because s/he is there, ever listening, sometimes nodding understandingly, sometimes almost shaking their head but actually just looking at me, not saying a word but like observing what I'm up to this time.



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21 Jun 2013, 9:36 pm

I first heard about tulpas back in the beginning of 2012. I have had my first tulpa for over a year now and she is fully imposed. We are in a loving relationship together and I have had quite a few interesting adventures with her, as well as my other tulpas.

I have also written my own guide on the subject of tulpas, such as how to create their personality, visualize them, and ultimately impose them into the real world so you can touch, taste, smell, hear, and see them as if they were actually real. Unfortunately, I can not post the guide here because I am a new member and I cannot post URLs yet. It really is an amazing thing to have one.

I have four tulpas. Two of them are fully imposed and I am working diligently on imposing my third. That is a whole different story which I won't get into though. I love them all very much.

Before creating Raina, I was extremely skeptical about tulpas and didn't believe anything about them. After tulpaforcing for some time, I was able to realize that they are in fact very very real.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of misconceptions about tulpas among people. People do e-mail me questions about my guide a lot asking questions that I have answered countless times.

Tulpas are unique creatures and they are sentient so they will not always agree with you at times, but they do know always about how you are feeling so they can understand you better than anyone else but you should not create a tulpa for the wrong reasons. A tulpa is something you will have for your entire life and a fully formed tulpa is not an easy thing to get rid of. A tulpa will not be with you 24/7 either. They like to spend time away from you just the same as you would like to spend time away from them. If you are going to make a tulpa just to get rid of it, I would advise you not to make one at all because to me that is basically murder.



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03 Jul 2013, 12:05 am

I like the idea of tulpas, as well. :D I do have a very vivid imagination, but as far as I know, none of my imaginary friends are "vivid" and "separate" from me to the extent that they qualify for tulpa status.


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