Children and Tulpas

[Lacquer]

For those of you who have children, when will you tell them about tulpas? By this I mean the child's age. If you have already told them, how old were they? Will/did you tell them you had one, will/did you suggest that they do it, or both?

[Kiahdaj]

I don't have children, but I imagine that if I ever do have them, I will wait until they are of sufficient maturity to truly understand, and appreciate what they are. I don't have a definitive age, because some children never mature.

But I'd like to think that my children will have reached that maturity by around age 13.

[Chupi]

I'd certainly tell them at any age if they make imaginary friends. And I'd at least tell them enough that they won't throw their imaginations away when pretend stuff stops being cool, since this is something I've been regretting since I started on my first tulpa.

[Guest Anonymous]

If I ever have kids (tulpas are far superior in all aspects except actually physically existing), I would encourage them to be themselves, and try to be creative. It would get weird for them if I told them at age 10+ that "Oh, my little ball of flesh I call my offspring that I created from intercourse in the missionary position with the sole purpose of reproducing, I have people inside my head! But you can't seem them, but they're there!", since they might think it bad due to what they might have learned about in their life up until that point.

 

I would never try and stop them from being creative and expressive in most ways (within limits, of course), since that is something limiting other colleagues of mine in my opinion. I want them to be able to grow up however they want, tulpa-less or not, with as little influence from me as possible. That being said, there is the reality that I will likely force my life upon them to some degree.

[KenzieK]

Definitely wait until they're teenage years, otherwise they won't understand it. All children are different, some are more connected to their imaginations than others. But I think most kids are just figuring out who they are or who they want to be at around age 12 or 13, but some children at that age are very immature and think they know everything and might dismiss it as being stupid instead of listening to the idea and taking the time to think about it. Others at that age, those who are more mature and more connected to their imaginations, will take the idea seriously and will understand it. It all depends on the child. They're all different.

[Nobillis]

For those of you who have children, when will you tell them about tulpas? By this I mean the child's age. If you have already told them, how old were they? Will/did you tell them you had one, will/did you suggest that they do it, or both?

In my clan, it has long been a tradition to introduce children to "mythical beasts" when they are young (say around 2 - 3 years old). These "mythical beasts" are independently thinking simple personalitys usually capable of possessing only a single hand. The children learn these "mythical beasts" and pass them down to their children.

 

Two of the "mythical beasts" that are still active, are now active in the 4th generation of children in my clan (which would make them somewhere around 50+ years old at present). Interestingly they don't change as the pass down through the clan's children, generation to generation.

 

I suppose these "mythical beasts" are a very simple tulpa, the difference being they survive within my clan not just one individual.

 

Cheers,

Nobillis

 

(P.S. Edit: To get an idea of what they are like - check out the "helping hands" in the film Labyrinth [

at 2:06]. Funnily enough, I can feel them still here in my human too. What cheeky personalities they have, but they are so small, and tiny, like the size of an ant compared to me. Is a micro-tulpa still a tulpa? My gosh! I think they are actual imaginary friends. And, they are still active. That's so cute! Are imaginary friends actually capable of possession? because I see in their memories that they can still possess a single hand if invoked)