(OLD) Tulpa Do/Don't List

[Lacquer]

Did your wonderland concerns get addressed well enough? I didn't see you mention it after the OP in this thread.

[ThatOneWeirdGuy]

Did your wonderland concerns get addressed well enough? I didn't see you mention it after the OP in this thread.

 

Looked through your links, but I still don't know how to make a wonderland.

[IBreakGames]

A wonderland is basically just a setting in your mind. Like, it's just where things happen in your mind. Everything my tulpa and I do in my mind mostly takes place inside a version of my house inside my head. Imagine a field with tall grass under the orange sunset in the distance on a warm summer evening. That could be somebody's wonderland. Just pick a setting.

[Vaugard]

You just use your mind's eye. Imagine the sort of place you want your wonderland to be, and picture it in your head. Progressively add more to the detail, as if you're forcing a place rather than a tulpa. Memorize what it looks like, its layout, where everything is. It can be as simple or complex as you want. You can even start with a real place you know well- your bedroom, a classroom, a workplace, a mausoleum, etc.

[ThatOneWeirdGuy]

So would I start with my wonderland first, visualizing it in my head until I can see it perfectly, then visualize my tulpa in it after?

[Lacquer]

Creating a wonderland isn't something that requires a process, at least not any more than you would want to put into it. I once made a wonderland that was a floating island covered in grass with a tree on it. It took me all of five seconds to think of it. Later (in a separate wonderland months after I had "shut down" the other one), I designed this massive complex of several buildings each with their own purpose and teleporting doors and a weird waiting room as an in-between place where I'd go to before entering the real wonderland and there was a fountain and a path with gravel and I could go on. Both are totally valid ways of making a wonderland. Hell, you could start off with something like that first one and let it organically morph into the second one.

 

Whatever works for you. For some, a wonderland can be a thing in and of itself, while for others it just serves as a consistent backdrop for making your tulpa. This isn't a process you should rush, so I'd say go for it. Perfect visualization is very difficult for one to achieve, so don't expect it to work like that. A wonderland can be something you use to practice visualization, due to all the different senses you can use simultaneously. For example, the island I described earlier could allow me to feel the blades of grass on my feet, smell it in the air, hear it rustle as I walk on it, and of course see it. A lot of tulpa things are stuff you feel your way through to find what works best for you, and the wonderland is no exception.

[ThatOneWeirdGuy]

Creating a wonderland isn't something that requires a process, at least not any more than you would want to put into it. I once made a wonderland that was a floating island covered in grass with a tree on it. It took me all of five seconds to think of it.

 

You make it sound like you can go "I want my wonderland to be THIS!" And "POOF!" you can visualize and see it in your mind.

 

I decided to make my wonderland an Island, with tall grass everywhere except for a gravel path that leads to the center of the island, which had a tall palm tree. (Sorry, I kinda stole your idea.)

 

But I tried visualizing it for about 30 minuets last night and 30 minuets this morning, but all I see is blackness. I tried imagining walking on the path, tried "felling the wind", tried to 'hear the gravel" under my feat as I "walked". But I didn't see/hear/feel ANYTHING at all.

 

Then I tried just visualizing my tulpa for about the same time (eyes closed AND eyes open), but still: nothing.

 

How on earth do you guys see anything? What am I doing wrong? Why can't I see stuff like you guys can?

[NoneFromHell]

 

You make it sound like you can go "I want my wonderland to be THIS!" And "POOF!" you can visualize and see it in your mind.

 

I decided to make my wonderland an Island, with tall grass everywhere except for a gravel path that leads to the center of the island, which had a tall palm tree. (Sorry, I kinda stole your idea.)

 

But I tried visualizing it for about 30 minuets last night and 30 minuets this morning, but all I see is blackness. I tried imagining walking on the path, tried "felling the wind", tried to 'hear the gravel" under my feat as I "walked". But I didn't see/hear/feel ANYTHING at all.

 

Then I tried just visualizing my tulpa for about the same time (eyes closed AND eyes open), but still: nothing.

 

How on earth do you guys see anything? What am I doing wrong? Why can't I see stuff like you guys can?

 

Do you know how to daydream, or have you ever tried something similiar? Regulary it isn't that hard, but occasionally some people have real problems with visualising things. Probably you need simply a lot more training about this. Maybe start with some easy tasks to get started with it. Like, you could stare at your room, or a thing in your room like a pencil or something similiar. Try to remember everything about it as good as you can. After you've done this for a while close your eyes and simply try to recall in your mind how it looked. Maybe you will need some time for that.

You can open and close your eyes during the process a few times if you wish.

 

The next step would be to alter the recalled memory, the echo of the image you remember. You could try to imagine the pen with a different color, or in a different size or something like that. Maybe make your room look brighter or darker. Just little things until you get comfortable with recalling and changing things. Afterwards you could start to imagine things more freely, like in a dream.

[ThatOneWeirdGuy]

Like, you could stare at your room, or a thing in your room like a pencil or something similiar. Try to remember everything about it as good as you can. After you've done this for a while close your eyes and simply try to recall in your mind how it looked.

 

Been trying for a while with a red crayon, but still... all I see is the back of my eyelids. Maybe I'm expecting to much. How is it supposed to look? Should I be seeing a clear image of a red crayon when I close my eyes?

 

I was looking at "JD’s Guide to Visualization"(https://community.tulpa.info/thread-visualization-jd-s-guide-to-visualization), but I don't under stand what my "mind's eye" is.

 

I'm really starting to worry that maybe all of this stuff is impossible for me to do.

[IBreakGames]

You're going to see the back of your eyelids. Imposition is where you have hallucinations. Remember the details of the crayon. Picture it in your mind. Imagine it floating in space or something. Visualisation is all in your mind, your sensory organs don't perceive anything. Think about your favorite song. Ever get a song stuck in your head? Ever do something stupid and you keep playing back the events in your head over and over again?