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The Alter-Ego and the Tulpa


Are Alter-Egos and Tulpas the same damn thing?  

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  1. 1. Are Alter-Egos and Tulpas the same damn thing?

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I was browsing the area of 4chan known as /r9k/ today. The people who frequent this bellowing section of the website mainly revel in self-pity while wondering and shouting to the heavens 'why on earth do I not have a gf'. I believed it would be appropriate to enlighten them in order to medicate their problems.

 

"Why haven't you gotten a Tulpa yet, /r9k/?

 

You could get your dream gf in a few months work!", I posted.

 

After a few inquisitive questions by the posters of Robot9001, an anon said outright that he did not want to make a Tulpa because he had already dealed with alter-egos in the past. This is what he said.

 

"Somehow I managed to focus on and eventually split off a part of my mind. I ended up making two. One was basically one dimensional self hatred and made my life a living hell. The other was basically the nagging voice in the back of my head that wanted me to do right.

 

The first one, well, basically hated me to an almost funny extent. It wasn't funny at the time, though, as he was always pushing a suicide angle in the middle of me being depressed. I could converse with him, but everything came back to him belittling, berating, and despising me with a furious, burning passion. I eventually grew a pair, stood up to him, and commanded him away.

 

The second one wasn't as one dimensional, having a bit of a personality to him. He was genuinely helpful and nice. He was great for introspection, able to say the things I wouldn't even admit to myself. He was pretty adamant about getting messages across, though, and would borderline torment me with dreams or nightmares until he got a message through to me. I appreciate it in retrospect, but it was pretty hellish watching me tear my own eyes and heart out while taking a pretty normal nap. I eventually didn't need him anymore and he faded away.

 

I don't trust my mind terribly much."

 

The reason why I am posting this experience to you guys is that I want to know the general consensus concerning whether or not alter-egos like the one's described by the /r9k/ user differ from actual Tulpas. Keep in mind this man sectioned out certain areas of his mind.

 

"An interesting thing to note, though, is that I literally split off parts of my mind. I didn't hate myself for as long as the evil one did. The other one basically kept his original function as the nagging voice in my head, but with a personality."

"...And there's someone in my head, but it's not me."

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"Why haven't you gotten a Tulpa yet, /r9k/?

 

You could get your dream gf in a few months work!", I posted.

 

I don't think that's the best way to introduce people to tulpas...

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My belief is that there're several different "species" of thoughtforms: tulpae, daemons, soulbonds, "guardian angels," etc. These alter-egos sound like just another species.

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I don't think that's the best way to introduce people to tulpas...

 

Perhaps not the general public, but we're dealing with the types of people where certain things only catch their attention. The things that they crave in their fantasies. The most prominent one being a girlfriend. I, personally, wanted to see my fellow robot be happy, and by introducing Tulpas into their life, I'm sure they would become that.

"...And there's someone in my head, but it's not me."

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Perhaps not the general public, but we're dealing with the types of people where certain things only catch their attention. The things that they crave in their fantasies. The most prominent one being a girlfriend. I, personally, wanted to see my fellow robot be happy, and by introducing Tulpas into their life, I'm sure they would become that.

 

Maybe you're right, just make sure you don't give them the idea that tulpas are sex dolls or something like that.

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Maybe you're right, just make sure you don't give them the idea that tulpas are sex dolls or something like that.

 

The question wasn't asked, and the thread died a while ago. I wish I said that Tulpas aren't sexual objects. They're always saying "I just want a pure virgin gf".

 

Should I make another thread?

"...And there's someone in my head, but it's not me."

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Yeah, they're the same thing. Daemons, alter egos, DID, MPD, .... yeah. They're the same.

 

Back your opinion up. How are they essentially the same thing? I don't have any feel to your reasoning.

"...And there's someone in my head, but it's not me."

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Yeah, they're the same thing. Daemons, alter egos, DID, MPD, .... yeah. They're the same.

 

I agree that they might be similar to alter egos and deamons, but I think DID is a bit far fetched.

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