We need to stop asking IF tulpas are sentient, and start asking HOW they are sentient

[WalrusRider]

I have lurked these forums for a while for advice in tulpa creation. I did not intend to register, but I can't resist threads like these. Here is my take on things:

 

It is not possible to know whether or not a tulpa is sentient. It's not even possible to know with certainty whether or not other people are sentient. If a tulpa is capable of intelligent and creative responses then my default assumption is that they are driven by sentience, just as my default assumption is that other people are sentient. The question how is my tulpa sentient is a much more interesting one, because the answer delves into the nature of mind itself. I take the idealist position that mind is fundamental and not a function of matter. Under this view, a tulpa could be seen as a dissociated alter in mind - no different than us.

[tulpa001]

The idea that the mind is fundamental and not a function of mater is an anti-physicalism philosophical idea. However, the idea that a tulpa is a dissociated alter in the mind is an idea out of physicalist science.

[Tasuke1993]

I do not think dream beings with demonstrated personalities are common. Often times they are shades, repeating and echoing your thoughts from earlier in the day. Or, they have backstories of being intelligent, but don't demonstrate it. Like an author of a low quality book creating a supergenius or gifted character, but unable to demonstrate it to the audience. Or they are puppets of the dreamer. Extensions of the dreamer doing things the dreamer is thinking about, whether or not the dreamer wants the character to do them or not.

 

I think, if you can rule out all these behaviour, in the event you have character like entities in your dreams in the first place, then they would essentially be tulpas.

 

What about a time than you feel someone near you, like for example, something is grabing your hand or embrasing you in a dream, but you can't see or hear him, only feel the touch? Or than you feel the urge to help someone near you to stand up, by stretching out your hand into the fin air feeling as if your'e pulling someone out of the pit, but your'e eyes don't see anyone they show you as if your'e just standing alone. Could it be a tulpa,custodian, or even another human being who is also sleeping during that time or is it just my imagination?

[tulpa001]

I'd say all the senses are on equal footing. Some tulpas are audio only. Some are visual only. The manner in which a person is sensed is far less important than their ability to demonstrate intelligence.