Could doing some mirror-gazing help in visualization/imposition?.

[FoxDraws]

What it says on the tin, if you don't know what I mean, I plan to use mirror-gazing to help (Although I investigated the phenomenon searching "MIrror-gazing hallucinations" and "Strange-Face illusion") is to stare at one's reflection in the dark while thinking of a tulpa and talking with them.

Has anybody here tried out this method?, is this some tulpa speedrunning trick or am I embarking on a fool's errand?.

[Luminesce]

Shaping your own silhouette in the dark could help train imposition, it's nothing special though, just a thing you could do

Using an actual mannequin would probably work better in the same way, but obviously harder to access

 

Training imposition at the same time as initial development (as it sounds like you're doing) could be a little hard, nothing wrong with it by the end but you don't have the benefit of your tulpa's strong presence in helping practice imposition. 

 

(I'd recommend visualizing & talking to them in your own mind as core development, but there's always a small chance someone could have aphantasia and/or anendophasia, which would just leave you with the feeling of their presence and whatever form of thought/feeling communication you're still capable of - whatever's natural to you - but would make using more IRL methods like talking out loud/training imposition early make more sense)

[mattx]

Might be unrelated, but this sort of training is what made Koomer (a tulpamancer from a bygone era) go haywire and hallucinate harmful entities (at least, according to what he told me privately a number of years back).

Per se it might not be a terrible idea if your mental state's okay - but for visualization I'd recommend sticking to simpler methods like just meditating and practicing visualization like that.

[The Incans]

We always make our Tulpa bodies changelings this way we can start them off as we visualise them to help with visualisation and then as they become more sentient they will naturally develop and start adjusting the form in which they come to us.

 

Looking at pictures on google together or playing video games with a character creation option can be useful too pick a game that has not only human characters in. If you prefer phone apps..there’s free apps where you can just design a character..once you shown them it and how it works they may start to show you what they want to look like.  

 

We find video games helpful because that way you know you are both seeing the same thing ..ie the games world as shown on your device/screen…once your Tulpa can send you images of what they are seeing then you can just sit/lie down …sending each other images or showing them images from online.. eg maybe you show them a pic of a fantasy world as you imagine your inner world to look like…. say for example you imagine castles high on mountains ...they may send back a different image of where they are living inside.  ..you might suddenly get a pic of a forest with them sitting on a log, maybe with others with them..maybe the others are not human. ..it maybe so different you are thinking. "wait that’s not how I was thinking my inner world would look like”…but its a sign from them it’s either how the inner world actually is or maybe how they’d like it to be ..showing they’ve reached a stage they have their own desires. 

 

Again maps of open world video games can help as they often have different biomes ..eg a desert area, a woodland area, an area near the sea etc letting your Tulpa influence you character and play can show you what they like better. 

 

Encourage role play and they will learn they can become anything temporarily so will explore and have fun with it..eventually they will maybe settle on one or two favourite forms for the most part but their personality has usually developed also by then so regardless of what form they are you will know it is them. 

 

As you become more experienced you will find you instantly know what are your Tulpa’s thoughts and desires and what are yours. 

Edited August 14, 2025 by The Incans