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I've been wanting to create a pony tulpa ever since I heard of tulpas 2-3 days ago. I want to make one so badly, it almost hurts. But I want to make sure I do it the right way, and not halfass it up.

 

1) I've done some research, and from what I remember, I don't have to use any guidelines for my tulpa to know I want a pony, right? I do want a pony, although I guess I could always settle for a human female (but I have much higher expectations for human appearance), or maybe a wolf, or even an equine that isn't MLP related, but still based off a mythological creature like a pegasus or unicorn. One thing is for sure, I don't want to force her to be something she isn't comfortable with, which is why I'm hesitant to put any expectations on her. I'll even accept my tulpa if it turns out to be a male, although in that case, I would definitely want him to be a pony then, because I can barely relate at all with human males.

 

tl;dr Will my tulpa most likely be pleasing to me even if I set no guidelines?

 

2) If I have no guidelines, how do I go about forcing it into existance, since I would know nothing about it's form, gender, personality, etc?

 

3) Is it possible to instantly stop development of a tulpa for a period of time? Like let's say I start forcing close to when I go to sleep. Could I just stop it like a switch before going to sleep, so my dreams don't interfere with the tulpa building process?

 

4) Why don't tulpas like impure thoughts? I read that sexual urges are pretty scary to them. Just in case, I have deleted all my r34 stuff off my computer, and I am working on resisting looking at such images in the future.

 

5) Are most tulpas tolerant of their hosts drinking and eating stuff that's not good for them? Like soda, or chips? Not that I plan on eating my way into diabetes, especially since I'll be living for two. But it's hard to give up junk food cold turkey. Maybe having a tulpa will give me the willpower to kick the junk food habit for good though.

 

6) Do most tulpas like to RP as themselves? For example, I go to mlpforums and they have RP boards there. Would it be possible that my pony tulpa (if he/she decides to be a pony) would like to RP as him/herself? Or would that be an insult to the tulpa, like I was implying that they were fictional or something? I have never RP'ed before, because I don't really see a point (although I enjoy reading fanfiction), but maybe by utilizing the RP boards with my tulpa, it would be a great way to bond with my tulpa.

 

7) Can a tulpa's traits rub off on the host? For example, I'm pretty impulsive, and can be mature, but at times I can be immature, even brash. If I made a tulpa that was mature and calm most of the time, would that tulpa's maturity and calmness rub off on me to a point where I find myself being mature and calm more often?

 

8) Can tulpas be disgusted by their host's bodies? Or by their bodily functions?

 

9) I've read stories how people would visualize items that they own, and make a copy appear in their tulpa's world. Like one person visualized his DS and Pokemon game that had a complete save file, and his tulpa really enjoyed it. Is that actually possible? And should I visualize any furniture, bookshelves, etc? Or should I make a basic wonderland and let the tulpa adjust it to his/her liking (unless he/she wants me to help)

Will list tulpas when I get things sorted out in my head.

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1) Don't make a form they're not comfortable with, and they won't make a form you're not comfortable with. On a somewhat related note, I've heard speculation that a tulpa will sorta match up with your subconscious ideals.

 

2) You can start out with a ball of energy and work your way up. All they need is attention, and thought going towards them to force them into existence.

 

3) If you don't want them entering your dreams, then just tell them that. But, I mean. While they're not sentient you can probably do that but, when they do finally become sentient they could be learning and forcing themselves into existence on their own time. ( I'm not entirely sure wht you mean by this question. )

 

4) They do? Huh. Well, someone forgot to inform my tuppers about this because they want to see my porn. Well, the other just wants sax. What you believe their reaction to be on something, becomes true.

 

5) If you make it so they don't like you getting un-healthy, then it will be so. Your belief as to whether or not a tulpa is or isn't something plays a huge role in this.

 

6) It's important you treat him/her as a completely separate being. So, identifying her with a pony from the show could have consequences. Also, she/he would tell you if they wanted to because to RP, I'd imagine you'd need a vocal tulpa.

 

7) If you believe it will/can. I had this problem, I was associating everything my tuppers did was somehow related to me on a subconscious level. After looking into it, I found that this isn't the case. Through personal experience, I find it's better and probably correct to think of them as separate beings completely.

 

8) My tupper hates when I fart. It depends on the tupper's personality and what you believe her opinion to be on it.

 

9) You don't necessarily need a wonderland at all. It could work as symbolism for them, it could help them discover more about your world, but I haven't done this method at all really. I have a wonderland, but I didn't put my physical world into it.

 

Take everything you read with a grain of salt, me boi. I could be right/wrong with a few these due to misunderstanding you, or lack of knowledge on my part. Hope I halped a bit, bby.

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Moved to Questions and Answers.

 

1. You can make your tulpa whatever form/gender you want, considering you seem to be fine with the possibility that they will want to be something different. There is no need to worry.

 

2. You can view it as an abstract consciousness. Consciousness itself does not have gender or form. Just talk to it as a being that understands.

 

3. I wouldn't say there's any way to ensure that nothing that you don't do deliberately will affect your tulpa. That said, I wouldn't worry about it, either. Especially not about your dreams developing your tulpa, or anything.

 

4. This is not an accurate statement. Some tulpas are uncomfortable around such things, just as some people are. After all, tulpas are just like you and me

allegedly

. They will all have their own likes and dislikes, as well as their own comfort zones. I don't think there's any need to get rid of pornography in anticipation of a tulpa. After all, even if they aren't into it, they don't have to look at it. Or watch you look at it.

 

5. Unless you're making a physical trainer tulpa, or a health freak, it won't likely make much more of a deal out of it than any friend would. That said, if you have grotesquely unhealthy eating habits, they might not be too happy about it, considering it is their body, too.

 

6. Would they enjoy it? Maybe. Would they find it insulting? Maybe. There's no way any of us can know how your tulpa will feel about it, and there is not any such consensus among tulpas. You'll have to wait and see--as with a lot of things with your tulpa.

 

7. A tulpa's traits can rub off on you in the same way any of your friend's traits and speaking patterns may rub off on you. The only difference is that you spend a lot more time with your tulpa (I would think).

 

8. Certainly. Humans are pretty gross. That doesn't mean they have to be around when you vomit or go to the bathroom, though. And they obviously don't have to be attracted to your body.

 

9. Sure. It's your imagination--you can do whatever you want. If you want, you can furnish the wonderland for your tulpa, or they can do it themselves.

"If this can be avoided, it should. If it can't, then it would be better if it could be. If it happened and you're thinking back to it, try and think back further. Try not to avoid it with your mind. If any of this is possible, it may be helpful. If not, it won't be."

 

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1) Don't make a form they're not comfortable with, and they won't make a form you're not comfortable with. On a somewhat related note, I've heard speculation that a tulpa will sorta match up with your subconscious ideals.

 

2) You can start out with a ball of energy and work your way up. All they need is attention, and thought going towards them to force them into existence.

 

3) If you don't want them entering your dreams, then just tell them that. But, I mean. While they're not sentient you can probably do that but, when they do finally become sentient they could be learning and forcing themselves into existence on their own time. ( I'm not entirely sure wht you mean by this question. )

 

4) They do? Huh. Well, someone forgot to inform my tuppers about this because they want to see my porn. Well, one does the other just wants sax. What you believe their reaction to be on something, becomes true.

 

5) If you make it so they don't like you getting un-healthy, then it will be so. Your belief as to whether or not a tulpa is or isn't something plays a huge role in this.

 

6) It's important you treat him/her as a completely separate being. So, identifying her with a pony from the show could have consequences. Also, she/he would tell you if they wanted to because to RP, I'd imagine you'd need a vocal tulpa.

 

7) If you believe it will/can. I had this problem, I was associating everything my tuppers did was somehow related to me on a subconscious level. After looking into it, I found that this isn't the case. Through personal experience, I find it's better and probably correct to think of them as separate being completely.

 

8) My tupper hates when I fart. It depends on the tupper's personality and what you believe her opinion to be on it.

 

9) You don't necessarily need a wonderland at all. It could work as symbolism for them, it could help them discover more about your world, but I haven't done this method at all really. I have a wonderland, but I didn't put my physical world into it.

 

Take everything you read with a grain of salt, me boi. I could be right/wrong with a few these due to misunderstanding you, or lack of knowledge on my part. Hope I halped a bit, bby.

 

What I mean by my third question is that I read that it's not good to do forcing sessions when tired, because then, the host's dreams can end up influencing the tulpa's development in a bad way. Like if I have a nightmare, the tulpa could end up developing some traits that I really don't want. Since emotions are a huge factor in developing a tulpa.

Will list tulpas when I get things sorted out in my head.

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What I mean by my third question is that I read that it's not good to do forcing sessions when tired, because then, the host's dreams can end up influencing the tulpa's development in a bad way. Like if I have a nightmare, the tulpa could end up developing some traits that I really don't want. Since emotions are a huge factor in developing a tulpa.

 

This used to be a concern, but it is now generally believed that that kind of thing doesn't happen. So, like most things in this process: don't worry.

"If this can be avoided, it should. If it can't, then it would be better if it could be. If it happened and you're thinking back to it, try and think back further. Try not to avoid it with your mind. If any of this is possible, it may be helpful. If not, it won't be."

 

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What I mean by my third question is that I read that it's not good to do forcing sessions when tired, because then, the host's dreams can end up influencing the tulpa's development in a bad way. Like if I have a nightmare, the tulpa could end up developing some traits that I really don't want. Since emotions are a huge factor in developing a tulpa.

 

What you read was probably from the era when unfounded claims were being flung about left and right. That sort of nonsense will only happen if one fully believes in bogus claims inspired by creepypastas and perpetuated by twelve year olds. Even then, I can almost guarantee that it won't happen. I've fallen asleep talking with my tulpa countless times, and she's reported no adverse effects from it whatsoever.

 

Edit: Damn, ninja'd.

"You've got to believe to achieve." -Hank Hill

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1) There's a general consensus that a tulpas form will generally match up with the true desires of the subconscious should you not force an immediate form. Do not push your tulpa in to a form he/she is not comfortable with. A form is just a form, not the tulpa itself.

 

2) Attention is the key factor, especially in the beginning. Many find it easier to create a ball of light or something similar to represent their tulpa as they narrate to it. Talk to it as you would any other being, teach it about yourself.

 

3) I've heard of this, but the only negativity that's come to me from falling asleep while forcing is the annoyance of my tulpa. Really, you could just ask the tulpa not to go looking in to your dreams if you don't want it to.

 

4) Err, never knew that they didn't like impure thoughts. A tulpa will likely accept you for you. Don't have much else to say because I didn't even know this.

 

5) As said above, if you want it to dislike your eating of unhealthy foods, it likely will. Same goes for if you want it to not have much of an opinion on the matter, it likely won't. It's all in the belief.

 

6) Well, this depends on the tulpa. Not all of them think the exact same way. Of course, if the tulpa takes the form of a pony from the show due to your forcing of the form, it can lead to certain identity issues down the road. Ensure that the tulpa knows it is a separate individual.

 

7) Completely possible, some find it happens, others don't. The tulpa is a part of you after all. If you want the traits to rub off on you, they have a better chance of doing so.

 

8) I don't see why not, depends on the tulpa. My tulpa isn't fond of burping, though.

 

9) A wonderland is unnecessary, it's just symbolism. I have a wonderland, though, as said by Butterologist, I did not put my physical world in to it. What you've said is possible, however, and I often give my tulpa full books to read and games to play.

 

Best of luck on your future endeavors.

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Thanks for all the help everyone. I will make sure to start forcing some time tonight, first with a ball, then I'll see what happens from there. One thing though. What if the tulpa deviates, and I end up assuming it's just my mind wandering and not staying on track? I could just roll with the changes, but what if the changes weren't initiated by the tulpa, but rather by my wandering thoughts?

Will list tulpas when I get things sorted out in my head.

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The only way I could see wandering thoughts being a factor that could actually alter a tulpa in some way is if the host kept focusing that nonsensical thoughts at times could become dangerous. I've had a lot of moments where my mind seemed to wander, but just training to get back on track makes it easier to stay focused. It depends on what you want to consider "wandering" thoughts, especially if you add in things that may pass by as you're sleeping, or suggestions from mantras, or hypnosis somehow affect your tulpa. But these may be changes that both of you would want overall, not necessarily ones that can damage you both.

 

I'd say that the more you concentrate along with your tulpa, those wandering thoughts that may seem like they're changing them may be just transient, and not really permanent. And there's not really anything permanent and unchanging when it comes to tulpas, in my opinion.

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I just got a huge headache, when trying to force, so I guess it's working so far. Although I've had a slight headache all day, so not sure. Gonna keep trying, since it feels I'm making progress.

 

Although I'm still not sure whether I want a female motherly/sisterly unicorn/earth pony or a male pegasus that represents the dormant side of me that stands strong when faced with adversity.

Will list tulpas when I get things sorted out in my head.

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