What are the limitations of a tulpa?

[deen]

I don't know how to phrase this correctly, but what would be the visual/hallucinatory limits to a tulpa? Say, you pick up a physical object and throw it to your tulpa. Would it look as though they'd caught it, only to have it actually fall to the ground? Or would your tulpa not even bother trying to catch it because they know they couldn't? Or if you pointed a camera at them, would you see them in the screen? Would it look "real?"

 

I don't have a tulpa of my own, so sorry if I sound uneducated. I just want to understand this a little better :) (also sorry if something like this has been asked before, I haven't been able to find answers to my specific questions).

[Drakaina]

I actually think these are really good questions. It's something I hadn't really given any thought to.

I haven't gotten imposition down yet so my answer is all supposition. Someone who can impose may give a different answer and they'd be the ones to listen to. Here's how I think it would work though.

 

I think for the most part, you'd continue to perceive the "real" (in quotes to humor the "what is real" philosophical puzzle) world. If you throw an object it will fall. I think at the most your tulpa may "catch" it and you'd see an imposed copy in their hands, but still see the original object hit the ground. I think because of our own built in reflexes, even if a tulpa doesn't mean to try and catch the object they would react, either flinching or moving out of the way, because that's hard wired into our basic instincts. Object flying at you -> move out of the way or defend.

 

With the seeing them on a screen bit, I imagine a tulpa would have the vampire effect. Meaning you wouldn't see them on film or photos. I suppose if you have a really good memory (or if the tulpa does and can impose themselves) you may be able to "see" them in a film of photo, but it seems unlikely to me.

[NoneFromHell]

From what I've gathered imposition can reach very high levels, but obviously it can't beat physics.

 

So for your first scenario: The object would simply go through your tulpa, but the reaction of your tulpa may differ. Maybe it tries to catch it, maybe it doesn't bother to. Maybe it evades the object, because it feels some feedback from it. (Like you would if someone throws stuff at you). Regulary tulpas won't be fully "solid", so you will still be able to process whatever is behind its appearance, even though it may be blacked out for you, because of the tulpa.

 

For your second scenario: With a very high level of imposition you would be able to see your tulpa through the camera (the photo would be empty, of course), in reflections, with shadows and everything. It would appear very real. However, getting everything right like this won't be possible without a lot of training and energy.