book on thoughtforms-COMPLETED

[tulpamancer31]

http://pastebin.com/2zPMXCCr

http://www.amazon.com/adventures-brainmancing-getting-funky-brain-ebook/dp/B0151EWLC4

http://www.lulu.com/shop/mark-murkve/adventures-in-brainmancing/paperback/product-22455510.html

also check out my upcoming sequal to adventures in brainmancing here: http://pastebin.com/E6XyEfFa

[NoneFromHell]

Your book is a bit short, like very short for a book. I didn't read the whole thing, just took a short browsing of it. But a few things seem to be a bit rushed, or missing explanation. For example in your Chapter about possession, you say that switching is basically a full body possession. I searched the whole document for the word possession, and the only other time you mention it is like in chapter 5 or something, a lot sooner. You don't seem to explain it here either, you just say that some of your tulpa seems to have a easier time doing it. I feel the structure of your book is a bit lacking aswell. You start with the historical review of your experience, and explain some major things after pretty much everything, and the explanations are pretty loose aswell. Someone with no knowledge about it will probably get pretty lost.

 

In my honest opinion: This is lacking effort, and quality in everything regarding explanations. I would feel pretty scammed if i had paid money for the read. Please take this as constructive criticism. I know it isn't easy to structure a book like this, and fill it with a lot of content, but you should keep in mind what people are expecting from a book, especially when they're not familiar with the subject.

 

Edit: Oh, and I'm unsure how i should feel about your quotes at the end of the book. They seem barely related, but it's a question of taste i think.

[Guest Anonymous]

Hey this is pretty neat that you have self published your own books. I like that you even made a cover page.

 

What I have learned from watching other successful self published authors (who actually sold copies on the market) is that you want to be ready to use your fan base to seek critical feedback and then be willing to edit, rewrite, get more feedback, edit rewrite, get more feedback and then more editing and more rewriting. A book is rarely finished in its first draft or even its first publishable edition. Later editions sometimes only slightly resemble the first edition.

 

I have written one "book" and I am working on a second. However,my stuff certainly isn't ready to be published for sale. I doubt anyone would want to buy the Book of Melian for one thing and for the other it is probably full of copyright infringements when it comes to quoting or referencing other works. It would need extensive editing and rewriting and revising if I were to try to sell it.

 

I instantly related to you when I read this "However after some seemingly outrageous claims and inappropriate behavior, I was banned from both #redditulpas and #tulpa, leaving me with only #tulpa.info, #supermarioworld and #tulpa.lounge to chat and update my followers on my stories. I had also made a small infamous reputation for myself on IRC and was quickly viewed as the laughing stock by the majority of the population."

 

I want you to know right now, even if I disagree with something you write, I will never laugh at you. Well, I sometimes do poke playful fun at my friends, as they do to me, but I would never mock you in cruelty and have open disdain for you just because you are different and enthusiastic.

 

I like Chapter Two how you lay out the history of how each thoughtform came to you. The book is obviously written for a very specific audience, those very familiar with tulpamancy, the IRC, and sites such as Tulpa Info. For a wider audience you will have to add a lot of background information and explanation.

 

I would say you have a good start, but it needs a lot of polishing and work. Don't let that opinion discourage you from writing. Every serious writer I know does a lot of re-editing of their work and seeks out critical evaluation, some of which can be brutally honest.

 

I will try to finish reading more later. :-)

[Crescendo]

Okay Mark, I'm not trying to insult you or anything, but I'm pretty sure what you experienced had nothing to do with tulpas. Nothing. Two of my closest friends are diagnosed schizophrenics and literally everything you wrote sounds like something they would tell me during an psychotic episode. No wonder you've been diagnosed with a schizophreniform disorder.

 

Again, not trying to insult you - I'm actually kinda worried. What you're experiencing isn't healthy at all, it seems to be a psychotic episode. Being abused by demon-thoughtforms until you're trying to commit suicide has - again - nothing to do with tulpas or other "healthy" thoughtforms. Please, go see a doctor. You sound like you need help, even if you don't feel like it or your thoughtforms are telling you something different. But this disorder can be treated.

 

Maybe think about it this way: Once you're actually stable, you could create a real tulpa! A tulpa that'll love and support you, instead of abuse and harass you.

 

I wish you the best of luck and please, stay safe.

[Guest Anonymous]

Holy crap! I only skimmed-read the first two chapters and didn't get to the stuff Crescendo is referring to apparently.

[IBreakGames]

I was always interested to see what your book was about, and I have the desire to write a book myself, but I'm with Crescendo on this one. This does not seem much like tulpamancey at all. I know that there are lots of people who have thoughtforms that come and go, but that doesn't really make them tulpas. This just doesn't seem like a tulpa-like experience. There are parts of the book that go really out there without much merit or explanation. I don't know. The experiences you've listed really do, as Crescendo stated, sound like schizophrenic ramblings. Some of it seems like you don't have a lot of touch with reality, at least the reality that most people experience. I know that what we're saying is harsh, but be mindful that we aren't saying these things to offend you.