kirbymaster1 May 16, 2016 Share May 16, 2016 Is it wrong to create a tulpa for selfish purposes? And will creating one because your social life is painful be mentally scarring to yourself/myself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vos May 16, 2016 Share May 16, 2016 Here are some threads that might help you out: Thoughts on tulpa creation? Good reasons to create a tulpa? Ethics with regard to tulpa creation. reasons for tulpa and creation methodology And there are certainly more that cover this topic, so doing a few searches here and there will land you with some more useful information. Even if you make a tulpa for a selfish reason, and some would argue that all reasons are selfish, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's bad to do so. If anything, creating one when you have a "painful" social life would be beneficial because you have someone to share your thoughts with, but tulpas shouldn't be used as an alternative for normal relationships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hierophant May 16, 2016 Share May 16, 2016 It depends on what those purposes are. I wouldn't recommend creating a tulpa as a sex slave. And creating a tulpa because your social life is painful is an iffy proposition at best - for all you know, your tulpa will be just as antisocial as you are and won't be very good company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaya May 16, 2016 Share May 16, 2016 Ultimately, almost every reason you could ever have for consciously creating a tulpa could be considered selfish. So no, in my opinion, as long as you don't emotionally or physically abuse your tulpa in any way, shape, or form, "selfish" reasons are just fine. Simply wanting a friend is a "selfish" reason. No, creating a tulpa because of your sociability or lack thereof will not be scarring, so long as you sustain "healthy multiplicity". Escapism isn't that healthy (wanting to abandon the "normal" reality in favor of your own created one), foregoing human interaction isn't healthy, and if Tulpamancy gets in the way of your day to day life in big ways, it isn't healthy. I have little of a social life, but that's because I'm heavily introverted, and to be honest, can't stand being around many other physical people. But that doesn't mean I willingly draw away from society, I'm pursuing a medical degree, I have an SO, and I don't completely shy away from human interaction. EDIT: Damn, I just got double ninja'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbymaster1 May 18, 2016 Author Share May 18, 2016 Thanks for all your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metatron May 19, 2016 Share May 19, 2016 It depends on the purposes, and also what you consider "wrong", in a much more vague, ethical sense. As a general rule of thumb, Golden Rule tends to apply quite well to tulpa matters, though being your head and all it is still entirely up to you to implement and carry out, for better or for worse. I imagine that the links above give a much less cursory overview of a deeply complex matter, so I will leave it to them to answer more fully. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." -Marcus Aurelius “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” -Neil Gaiman "The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried." -Stephen McCranie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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