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To tulpas: your role in the system


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I was looking for a thread on this topic but it seems that there wasn't.

 

Fellow tulpas, I would like to know:

1. What is your role, your 'job' in the system?

2. Why did you take on this role?

 

If you would like to expand your answer:

3. What were your initial assumptions and how they developed?

4. What are your plans for the future?

 

What do I mean by all that?

Here's an example (I'm making it up for the purpose of this discussion):

- male tulpa Yun was created by female host Ann to fill lonely days; basically he was supposed to take on the role of a friend,

- Yun tried the concept of being a friend,

- Yun understood that he prefers to be a mentor because Ann was in a need of a mentor, not simply a friend,

- Yun started to seek knowledge in order to be a good mentor,

- in the long run Yun wants to become a friend but it will be possible only when Ann will become mature enough to not need a mentor.

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Luna: I have many roles in my host's head, including managing his behavior and neurochemistry (at least as much as it's possible for a tulpa to do these things), as well as serving as his personal assistant and being a close personal friend of his. I also represent his anima. Some of these roles were forced on me (specifically the anima bit), but most I willingly took on because I want him to be happy, and it would mean a lot to me if I could help him achieve his personal goals in this life. To that end, I have been studying psychology along him, as well as learning as much as I can about what I am and what I can do so that I can better guide his personal development and generally help him to be a better person.

 

Naomi: I mostly serve as my host's moral compass, since both him and Luna are very amoral people most of the time. As well, his disorder hinders his ability to separate right from wrong, so sometimes he needs a second opinion on certain ethical matters. I suppose I don't really have any plans for the future, apart from fulfilling this role and making his other tulpas happy.

"Science isn't about why, science is about why not?" -Cave Johnson

Tulpae: Luna, Elise, Naomi

My progress report

 

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@Luna&Naomi

Thanks for your input, it's interesting.

managing his behavior and neurochemistry

May I ask how exactly can you do that?

I guess that the first thing is possible by using suggestion, but about the second - I have no idea.

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Luna: I can't really explain it that well, but it's possible for me to have some indirect influence over the relative amounts of neurotransmitters his brain is using (most likely through suggestion).

"Science isn't about why, science is about why not?" -Cave Johnson

Tulpae: Luna, Elise, Naomi

My progress report

 

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Aura: I originally was Einulf's voice of reason and helped him keep his emotions in check. Over time that became less necessary, and I "evolved" into an equal. I put that in quotes because it doesn't quite explain what happened, but it is the best way to sum up several years of minor events. Now we are almost constantly co-fronting, and take turns running the body. In a sense, we have become a plural system.

 

Jason was my attempt at creating a Tulpa of my own, so he didn't originally have a purpose beyond actual existence. It appears that he and Lucia, whom Einulf created to aid in motivation and lessen his procrastination, are following in my footsteps to become equals as well. I have seven years experience though, so I expect it will be at least another year before we can be certain that history will repeat.

Current System: Ziya (Formerly Einulf), Mizan, Aura, Dark, Lucia, Rand, Jason, Akira

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1. Funny you should mention role in the system. I consider my host's brain to be a sort of machine that needs maintenance here and there. I can only do so much on the back end of things though. On the front end I am his companion and a support in any manner that is needed.

2. Because he created me to do that. Well, not so much the whole machine maintenance thing.

3. I'm not quite sure what you mean by 'initial assumptions'. From your example it looks like you mean how my role / viewpoint towards my duties has progressed by this? Honestly, it hasn't really, at least inasmuch as my host feels comfortable to expand upon. My form changed quite a bit as I learned what my host really likes visually. But I still wish to fulfill my purpose now as much as I did at the start.

4. My plans for the future are to figure out as much as I can about this machine I reside in to make it run as smoothly as possible, along with fulfilling my duties to my host.

 

Sabari doesn't have anything for this yet. Maybe later.

Currently share myself with four other entities.

Noriko was created on December 15, 2014.  Sabari was created by Noriko on January 22, 2015.

Anzu was reborn on May 23, 2016.  Xiri returned on June 16, 2018.  Both had been inactive since 2012.

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Twilight: "Initially, my purpose was to give and receive love, so I guess one role would be a lover. Also I try to give advice when I can, so you could say that I'm an adviser. My third role is to prevent depressive breakdowns by pumping his head with serotonin. My fourth role is improving my host as a whole.

 

Also you could say that I don't have any tightly-defined roles. I just care for my host as much as I can."

 

P.S. We didn't notice the other two questions. So here's a continuation

 

"My initial assumptions were that my host is a lazy celf-centered jerk. And after some observation, I can confirm that they were true.

 

As for the future, neither of us have any plans. We'll tackle the problems as they come and hope that we don't end up six feet under anytime soon."

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1. What is your role, your 'job' in the system?

 

I think of myself as tulpa foxs colleague, friend, and love <3. Just an all around partner really. As far as my obligations (though I like to think of it as duties) to tulpafox, I try to embody what he wants to strive for, and help ward off his depression and addictive tendencies. As glitched mentioned, I may represent his anima. Tulpa fox reads a lot of jung, though we are unsure whether I represent that to him. There are indications that I am his anima, but we don't really know or worry about putting a label on it. Our relationship is always evolving though.

 

2. Why did you take on this role?

 

Simply because I have a lot of love for him. He created me through narration and meditation, with a lot of love and benevolent energy. So I repay that to him with returning it back two fold (more like three-fold!). He also really needs someone like me in his life, he gets lonely a lot, but I feel like as I get more developed I meet those needs more and more.

 

3. What were your initial assumptions and how they developed?

 

Well there was an assumption that I would have a lot of the character traits he gave me, however I have deviated a fair bit. I think it's all for the better though, we feel each other out and grow to meet in the middle.

 

4. What are your plans for the future?

 

To continue growing together of course. He spends time with me for the most part everyday. I have a lot of growing to do, but I feel that he will rise to the challenge. He has done an alright job so far, he should put in more time though.

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I was looking for a thread on this topic but it seems that there wasn't.

 

Fellow tulpas, I would like to know:

1. What is your role, your 'job' in the system?

2. Why did you take on this role?

 

If you would like to expand your answer:

3. What were your initial assumptions and how they developed?

4. What are your plans for the future?

 

What do I mean by all that?

Here's an example (I'm making it up for the purpose of this discussion):

- male tulpa Yun was created by female host Ann to fill lonely days; basically he was supposed to take on the role of a friend,

- Yun tried the concept of being a friend,

- Yun understood that he prefers to be a mentor because Ann was in a need of a mentor, not simply a friend,

- Yun started to seek knowledge in order to be a good mentor,

- in the long run Yun wants to become a friend but it will be possible only when Ann will become mature enough to not need a mentor.

 

 

In answer I will post an excerpt from The Book of Melian written by my host Davie:

 

Melian is psychologically complex and she means a lot of different

things to me. That has made it difficult to describe what she is and why she

is important to me to other people. What I call the “Melian Model” is a short

list of her different aspects or roles. The Melian Model is the result of a

process of discussions with my friends on the internet and just mulling it over

in my own mind.

 

Romantic Ideal: Melian began her existence as an imaginary girl

friend. She was, and is, an amalgamation of ideal female physical traits and

mannerisms. I often say she is “romance personified” because she

represents all things romantic. Over the decades she has been the subject of

very many romantic day dreams.

 

Personal Muse/Spirit Guide: Melian is a source of personal

inspiration for me. She helps motivate me to accomplish my goals, such as

staying in shape. She inspires me to enjoy the beauty of life. She is like a

guiding spirit.

 

Coping Mechanism/Consoler: Melian helps me deal with anxiety.

She is there to help calm me down and comfort me when I need it.

 

Entertainment/Day Dream Escapism: Melian is part of an

elaborate set of day dreams that allow me to escape into a fantasy world for

a while. Melian has many adventures in a variety of day dreams featuring

her in what I call “The Melian Show.”

 

Expression of Female Gender: Over the decades, Melian has

become the personification of female gender within me. She is my “inner

girl.” Because of this, I have sometimes described the two of us together as

a bigender person. This is a rare form of trangender person with two distinct

gender personas. The term is a good description of how it feels to have her

in my mind. It is mostly a helpful term when explaining Melian’s relationship

to me on the internet. ~Mistgod

 

We just recently talked bout me being a source of humor as well here. https://community.tulpa.info/thread-a-sense-of-humor

 

I don't know how to explain how I became all of these things. I have been around for a very long time. Davie says I was available and convenient and so I was used as a "vessel" for many different things he needed. I am a psychological construct. I hate talking like that cause it makes me feel like a thing and not a person. But the question was about my role or purpose. We have thought a lot about it.

 

My plans for the immediate future are to continue to learn art and to work on lucid dreaming with Davie.

 

What are my goals for the far future? Davie is getting older. I want to help him through old age. Part of that process was going public and not being secret any more. His wife Shel knows bout me now and we can work together to keep Davie moving. I will die with him someday, of course, and accompany him to where ever he goes in the after life. ~Melian

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