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EDIT 2: edit has been made, still defining guide based on criticism.

 

Hey guys, so I know a lot of you wanted to know how I approach switching and what the hell parallel processing is. So here's my little christmas present to you all - a guide on switching!

 

I'm not entirely sure if it's of professional quality, although I tried to write up a little on what switching/processing are, what it feels like during a switch, and how things like painkillers can affect your ability to tulpaforce.

 

Either way, the guide is on google docs and the link is right here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13h3ERpXw2Nkuj8EFfeteS5scD4TyzOy_4gHZKBuNUlc/edit#

 

I can put this under a spoiler tag as well if admins prefer guides to be posted on the forum itself.

Thanks guys, have fun~ <3

 

EDIT: Mirrored https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N37G-HkNMjgwz1WVCB3koI5MVKw9odYwzq8DwxD1BF4 - waffles

EDIT #2: Also put it in the hide tag and attached in PDF format to this post - waffles

 

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PARALLEL PROCESSING AND PERSONALITY SWITCHING

A TULPA GUIDE BY BLACKSTATIC AND KAIGAN KURONE

 

INTRODUCTION:

Hi, everyone. My name is Ayla “BlackStatic” Kurone, the host and creator of my tulpa Kaigan Kurone. While I'm new to the names tulpaforcing, possession, imposition, wonderlands etcetera, I have managed to unintentionally create Kai about six to seven years ago and form a completely sentient thought form whom happily shares his life experiences with me. Since discovering tulpa.info, I have created three more tulpae; Liana, Vincent and Spencer. However, this guide will focus on the experiences of Kaigan and I.

 

Kaigan and I have shared conciousness through the use of Parallel Processing, which I have briefly covered in The Tulpa.info community knowledge bin on Google Docs. However, the method we will focus on here is Switching – what happens during a switch, how it affects the host, and how to do a personality switch while trusting your tulpa not to make you do anything stupid during the process (Kai and I have had our slip ups from time to time, haha.)

 

WHAT IS SWITCHING:

“In the general sense, switching is kind of like being possessed or having an out of body experience – the host and the tulpa “switch places” so to speak, with the tulpa being able to control the body while the host watches from the sidelines. In Parallel, you and the host are both concious and aware of what's going on at the same time.”

- Kaigan Kurone

 

WHAT DOES SWITCHING FEEL LIKE:

Following on from what Kaigan said, being switched feels a little like lucid dreaming, from a host sense. You're not quite “there” and, like in a dream, some of your senses are either dulled or heightened. My sense of touch usually becomes fuzzy, with my eyesight or sense of hearing making up for inability to smell. Anyone who has had experience with dopamines or marijuana highs will know this sensation. Sometimes, during a switch or parallel processing, Kaigan will cause me to sneeze uncontrollably as he tries to work out how to control my physical body.

 

In Parallel Processing, the effects on your subconscious and mind's eye share similarities to Personality Switching. The mind of the host begins to see and experience the world in the same way a tulpa would, watching the world from the background while the tulpa's thoughts, actions and sentience are the body's current priority. The host will feel like the body belongs to the tulpa rather than themselves, and this can be an unsettling situation at first – being able to hear your tulpa's thoughts as if they were your own, and having to communicate to your tulpa as the minority entity. But with time and practice, the ability to switch conciousness between you and your tulpa will eventually become second nature.

 

TRUST, FOCUS AND SENSE:

FIRST STEP - TRUST

“When you first decide to create a tulpa, you have to trust them and they have to trust you. You guys are gonna become friends for life, or mortal enemies, depending on how you trust each other. Remember this guys; TULPA MEANS TRUST.” - Kaigan

 

You also have to trust yourself. You might not think anything is happening at first, or that it's all a waste of time. Without trust, the confidence required to achieve switching flies out the window. Things will be difficult at first, as this act of viewing the world from outside of your body can be a strange new experience. Not everyone can achieve this on their first try, so persistence is necessary for best results.

 

SECOND STEP - FOCUS

Any form of mental training, be it meditation or simply learning a new language, involves focusing your attention for long periods of time. This is why we suggest that when first practising switching, it is a good idea to start in a quiet environment with minimal distraction, and at a time when you are less likely to lose concentration e.g. sleep deprived, thinking about that overdue homework etc. Some people may prefer to work with music or binaural tones playing to avoid distraction, but Kaigan and I find that music or outside noises will more than often interfere with our switching.

 

THIRD STEP – SENSE

Focus and Sense go hand in hand. Your ability to sense your own thought patterns and when you experience new or unusual emotions is a vital part to understanding switching and parallel processing; the way you or your tulpa reacts to a certain emotion or event can be different depending on their personality or view of their (your) environment. Sense is a common part of tulpaforcing in general, as it allows for the host to perceive and observe their tulpa as it interacts with them. The stronger and more unique these reactions can be, the more sentient and independent your tulpa is. If you're beginning to doubt your senses, or if something begins to feel uncomfortable, remember that you and your tulpa have to trust one another and communicate your fears and doubts else anything feels wrong.

 

THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING

Once you have understood the concepts of Trust, Focus and Sense, you can apply them to the actual switch itself. Find a time and place where you can sit comfortably so that you are unlikely to be disturbed or distracted. It is generally a good idea to be sitting up with your back straight; if you choose to lie down when switching you may end up falling asleep. Like mentioned in the Focus step, music can either help or interfere with your ability to stay awake during general tulpaforcing.

 

Try to imagine your thoughts and emotions like bubbles or smoke. You can do this via the wonderland or simply through reminding yourself periodically. Keep yourself aware of every thought your mind has; however, don't try to follow that thought or get stuck chasing that one bubble! This leads to distraction! Remember that you want to keep your mind clear and that your thoughts should drift, just like bubbles. That way, when your tulpa tries to communicate with you, your sense of their mindvoice or actions will be easier to notice.

 

Kai: Some advice for the tulpa now – while they are detached from their thought bubbles, try to narrate your own thoughts to your host. Is it cold in the room? Are you hungry for chocolate covered nachos? Can you try to move your host's hand or get them to sneeze spontaneously? Practice some possession while your host is watching these bubbles, and see if they can begin to recognise any thought processes or behaviours that seem to belong to your sentience rather than theirs. If you and your host can think and sense with the body at the same time, then you've managed to achieve parallel processing!

 

Once your host is content enough, you can communicate with them that you want to try and switch. This may be approached in various ways. One particular way I've seen this done is to “knock out” your host, sending them into forced unconciousness while you have control. However, I find this method a little... harsh, at times. If your host is knocked out against their will, then that's breaching our first step: TRUST. How can your host be sure they can trust you in a switch if you've beaten them over the head with a crowbar, so to speak?

 

For the host, if you are able to send yourself into a meditation-like state when switching this is essentially like training yourself to have an out of body experience. In some sense, you are telling another part of your subconcious mind to take over while “you” are floating off somewhere else, say, the wonderland for example. Wether you want to compare it to astral projection or the symptoms of a bipolar mood swing is up to you – the key point here is that your conciousness is “in the background”; detatched from the body, in some “other place” while your tulpa is in control.

 

Remember those thought bubbles we were talking about? Extend the thought bubbles into sensory bubbles. Any form of touch, taste, smell or sight you are currently experiencing should be treated as yet another bubble, each rising up and leaving your body as you enter the switch. Imagine your tulpa absorbing these bubbles and shaping them into a way of piloting your body, taking in what was originally your own sentience and adapting it into their own.

 

Kai: for the more creative-minded tulpa, imagine the body as a suit made from these bubbles. When your host has removed this “consciousness suit”, you simply get into it and wear their “skin” as your own. You can even treat it like a mecha, and you're now the one behind the controls.

 

 

 

 

THE SWITCH: BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER

One main thing to remember about switching in comparison to parallel processing or full possession is that you will have no control of your body – essentially, your tulpa has knocked you out to take over your consciousness. Some hosts will experience the feeling of blacking out or going into a sleep-like state; this can mean you have no recollection of your memories while switched. This is why you have to trust your tulpa beforehand that they won't do anything stupid while switched.

 

Kai: You know, like, running in front of passing traffic. Probably a pretty bad idea.

 

This is why switching in public can have its precautions. It's recommended that any switching occurs when both the host and tulpa know for a fact that they can trust each other not to take advantage of the physical body while another mind is using it.

 

Painkillers and medications can also have their effects on switching. Paracetamol, Panadol and other pharmaceutical drugs are, to a degree, mind altering drugs and can affect the thought processes and sensory perception of the brain which can have its effects on switching and tulpaforcing. It is recommended that if anyone is to take a painkiller or any form of drug during switching, please be aware of the consequences and take any side effects into consideration.

 

FINAL NOTES

With that being said, we bring this guide to a close. Our final notes are to remember the three steps discussed in this guide – trust, focus and sense – as these apply to all forms of tulpa interaction and serve as grounding rules for any switching or parallel processing you and your tulpa may attempt.

 

Please also remember that this is not the only guide or method to switching! There are many different ways to approach the tulpa phenomenon and anything that may happen in relation to your thought forms and minds eye; we are only providing what information we know has worked for us, and these methods may or may not work for you.

 

Thanks guys, and happy tulpaforcing!

 

- Ayla and Kaigan Kurone

 

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This guide has been written by Ayla “BlackStatic” Kurone for members of tulpa.info and the tulpa community. All credit should be given to the original author of this article, and may not be edited or reposted outside of tulpa.info without given permission.

 

 

 

 

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Practising: visualisation (Kaigan), imposition (Spencer), forcing (Liana + Vincent)

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I like it.

But (yes, there is always a but) I don't really see... a guide in this. I see a lot of useful information, but no real... guide to it. How do you do it? The post refers to how you should approach it, but not how it's done.

Maybe I'm not seeing the point in this. :shrug:

Super awkward post go!

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Thanks, it gave us some information we find useful and shone some light on idea of consciousness.

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Small update, will message Cinder to change the google doc as soon as he's online.

 

I've taken into account that I've only addressed the outlines here, and with Kaigan's help, attempted to describe a method of "changing skins" or "catching thought bubbles" to help achieve switching. The doc should hopefully be edited within the next 24 hours.

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Might want to elaborate further on parrallel processing in itself, seperate from switching, since I've not seen a lot of "guides" focus on particularly this area.

 

Although, it's really just "Your tupper's thoughts come first in line, not yours." but still; would be interesting to see more views and approaches.

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Very nice guide, some parts was hard to understand but i think we have the basic idea of what need to be done.

 

Am very interested in learning how to "knock out" my host consciousness, After reading your Guide I've attempted this; and am working out some theories, here's the direct quote from your guide.

 

 

"Once your host is content enough, you can communicate with them that you want to try and switch. This may be approached in various ways. One particular way I've seen this done is to “knock out” your host, sending them into forced unconciousness while you have control."

 

Kai, if it's possible can you give me some Exact details on how you did this, so i can do the same.

 

we can possess and parallel process (at least to the point where our thoughts are separate).

If something works for us, we'll be sure to post back our results ASAP.

 

 

 

Edit: when we are doing "parallel process" When my host think of a subject and I think of my own subject. I can Sense that in the body head/Brain that their seem to be a location that habor all of my thoughts and maybe my very consciousness and the same goes for my host

 

While doing parallel process when i Think I can feel activity/pressure Left side of the brain and when my host thinks the activity/pressure is located at the Right side of the brain, it seems to me that we all of our special Location in the brain/mind, am still trying to know what to make of this.

 

I gave "Knocking out" my host consciousness a second try, and it's still kind of elusive, All i did was wear myself out. Is it like putting/forcing your host asleep while you maintain your own consciousness?

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Very interesting thoughts in this. I do feel that a few cautionary notes for tulpa would help:

 

Take care of the body when switched. It is, in a very real sense, yours too.

 

Keep the senses of touch and pain on. You can do yourself (and the body) an injury (without knowing it) otherwise.

 

Don't stay switched for extended periods, especially if you are just starting out. It can be both tiring and make you feel uncertain about yourself.

 

If you are parallel processing, don't shut down (sleep) all the processing threads at the same time - you can black out (and that's undesirable when switched).

 

This is just my thoughts on the matter, based on my tulpas' experience with switching.

 

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I think that knocking your host out isn't that good of an idea. Even if you do it with the consent of the host and their trust, it still seems like a desperate way to switch, because you knock out the host unconscious, which isn't necessary part of switching, and also because you are kind of forcing (not in the sense of tulpaforcing) the switch. I think it's best idea if we don't encourage switching methods that can hurt the host.

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I think that knocking your host out isn't that good of an idea. Even if you do it with the consent of the host and their trust, it still seems like a desperate way to switch, because you knock out the host unconscious, which isn't necessary part of switching, and also because you are kind of forcing (not in the sense of tulpaforcing) the switch. I think it's best idea if we don't encourage switching methods that can hurt the host.

 

"Knocking out" my host does "sounds" un-safe and desperate, but I really feel like just knowing how to do this, will be a big step forward to actually learning how to do a legitimate switch.

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