Kiahdaj's Absolute Guide to Tulpas

[Kiahdaj]

English Version:

http://goo.gl/HEfER

 

French Version:

http://goo.gl/lZO4jD

 

Italian Version:

http://goo.gl/GCZmOX

 

Russian Version:

http://goo.gl/wdF4ad

 

Printer-Friendly Version:

http://goo.gl/rKAVOR

 

.epub (for eReaders)

http://goo.gl/MTQn4N

 

.mobi (also for eReaders)

http://goo.gl/3Ma5Gt

 

 

English Changelog:

 

July 12th, 2013:

 

• Revised some paragraphs
• Added "Why Not to Create a tulpa"
• Added "Emotional Responses"
• Added "Head Pressure"
• Added "Creating a Tulpa of an Existing Character, or person"
• Added "Switching"
• Added "Forcing Should not be a chore"

September 21st, 2013:

• Corrected grammar errors
• Revised some sections
• Added "Your Tulpa Should be a Tulpa First, and a Form Second"

August 7th, 2016:

• Corrected errors and added slight clarifications throughout

August 9th, 2017:

• Pointed link for Oguigi's & Koomer's possession guide to Wayback archive.

November 15th, 2020:

• Made it look less disgusting
• Also removed the table of contents at the top, because apparently Google docs has that built-in now.

 

 

French Changelog:

 

July 27th, 2013:

 

• Added

July 29th, 2013:

• Added permanent link

September 8th, 2013:

• Updated (see notes in "French Version:")
• Changed link

November 20th, 2013

• Updated

 

 

Italian Changelog:

 

August 12th, 2013:

 

• Added

August 18th, 2013:

• Changed Link

September 12th, 2013:

• Updated

 

 

Russian Changelog:

 

December 19th, 2013

 

• Added

 

 

French Version:

dragonclaw has kindly taken much time to translate this entire guide into French. Currently, this version contains all sections that can be found in the original English version, but lacks the revisions done to other sections in the past.

 

Italian Version:

This version, translated by the user "dreamy" (you'll always be noobdreamer to me) should currently be up-to-date, besides the most recent English update.

 

Russian Version:

This version of the guide was recently translated by the user Leopold, of his own accord. Much thanks to him for the hard work.

 

 

For all the non-English versions of the guide, note the date of creation in comparison to the latest update of the English version. I will not tell you every time one of the versions is not completely up to date. You can figure that out yourself. If it was not up-to-date when it was posted, I will let you know as I did the French version.

 

For those of you who want to translate this guide:

Don't.

At least not yet. I should have made serious note of this earlier, but I intend to do some major revisions to this guide, such that any translation done now would be severely outdated by the time I'm finished.

On top of that, there is also a possibility that this guide may be taken down altogether.

 

 

As always, let me know what you think, and if there are any sections you'd like to see added.

 

It's worth noting that I still plan to reword/revise some of the paragraphs. I feel like I didn't get my point across as eloquently as possible. But until then, make do with my rough-draft wording.

Edited November 16, 2020 by Kiahdaj

[Sands]

Maybe people like it because it's not completely retarded. N-not saying that it isn't retarded at all, baka...

[Flexionsensor]

I adore this one. It answers all of my questions. The fact that it actually shows some effort put into it is one thing which I'd say is a plus...

[Kiahdaj]

Maybe people like it because it's not completely retarded. N-not saying that it isn't retarded at all, baka...

 

B-baka...

[Guest Anonymous]

Google docs just decided to make a new file out of the edits I made, so here's the updated link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yPztbNU1jKWtb89CnEzBal_0T4QPQ3A4f8j269dPV2o/edit

I tested it and this one is perfectly editable, so this should be the definitive one.

 

I'm almost done with translating the guide itself, only things missing are imposition, possession and conclusion.

Unfortunately school starts tomorrow, and I don't know how much free time I'll have, so if somebody would volunteer to translate the links in the guide that would be very appreciated. (you can send them to noobdreamer@gmail.com, and don't forget to tell me who you are or else I won't be able to credit you :P)

If not the guide shouldn't take any longer than mid september in the worst case, probably less.

[Kiahdaj]

French Version updated, but lacks previous revision.

[dragonclaw]

Ehm... Sorry to ask (maybe it's just tiredness, maybe not), but what do you mean exactly by :

lacks previous revision

 

Previous revision ? Which one is it ? The one from the July 12th ?

I've checked, and I think I can tell everything is translated in the version uploaded yet. (september 2013 version, see on the first page of it).

 

So, as I said, maybe I'm just derping on the wrong thing, but could you just tell me what you mean ? ^^

[Kiahdaj]

From what it appears, you added all of the updated sections, but, and you may not have noticed--I revised a few paragraphs. Nothing major.

[Yori]

Huh, I had no idea you were working on a guide Kiahdaj.

 

I skimmed over it and it seems pretty solid. In fact, I kinda wish I had this guide when I first started. You did a nice job making this guide as broad as possible; it includes pretty much everything a beginner would need to know.

 

There is one thing I feel that this guide needs, though. It needs a section or a disclaimer that asks the reader to think about the consequences of making a tulpa. Most people don't seem to realize that creating a tulpa is a life-long commitment. They don't think for the long-term. That's when you end up with dissipations, attention starvation, and negativity in tulpa-host relationships. Not to mention hoards of accidental tulpa, or tulpas thrown in stasis because the hosts can't handle them. Potential hosts need to know that there are consequences for their actions, and that they need to take the process seriously. It doesn't help that the vast majority of new users are in their teens, and most teenagers just don't think about these things. This section would be a big help and I believe it's vital for success. I would add it around the "Why should I create a Tulpa?" or before the conclusion.

 

Accidental tulpas? Anything from this sounds like it would be on purpose. Are you referring to tulpas made on accident without someone even knowing tulpas are a topic in the world? Hm...

---

I disagree that a reason for not making a tulpa would be that someone's own personality, etc, is changing, or that that even stops when you're not a teenager anymore. If you're experiencing and living, parts of you can change, so that person should say no one should risk creating one. Also, I think this is already known but if someone doesn't think it's feeling and more like a program, the 'sentient being' warning won't mean anything to them. I myself am having a hard time thinking that they are actually feeling... can we create a 'soul' just by imagining its there, and whether we think up a personality or not? I think there would be more to it, but I don't know. I'm not sure where my own feeling comes from.

 

And then, the whole "sickening" thing... honestly, just how equal are they to a person? It should be sickening to oneself that they'd even trap someone in their body if they consider them full people - I certainly wouldn't want my consciousness stuck in you, with sometimes only ONE person who can even interact with me fully.

 

And remember that some people don't see it as they "might" not be alive...some people see it as not possible through us, and more like making a programmed psi ball. Those who think we have no consciousness separate from our bodies don't even believe that tulpa are energy forms like psi balls at all - just imaginary friends, like the ones that "died" when you were a kid, but with more signs that they are there.

 

Are there any cases of tulpas disappearing on their own when the person doesn't pay attention or stops believing they are there, I wonder? That's a good question... and if the tulpa's personality can change just because you wanted to change it. If it's true that they go just because your body died, they certainly can't be real consciousness, imo. For people that think we don't have one outside of our bodies, then tulpa truly are just imaginary friends and not actual people, I guess.

 

And then the whole not turning out as you like thing, ouch, that's like getting a random friend stuck to your hip.

 

Also.. tulpa as sex mates... o.O... and pony ones? Actual ponies, or human personalities stuck in pony bodies? -shudders-

---

Interesting "Switching" section. Indeed, if it worked, they would have all of your responsibilities. I say, if they truly want to, then it's fine, even if they were originally your responsibilities.

---

Ooo, also, the whole escaping life thing is harsh. I wouldn't want to do it, but it's incorrect that everything in one's life is one's own doing.. that goes against the very definition of life. You're being affected by everyone and everything else around you, and can't take good responsibility nor bad responsibility for EVERYTHING - good or bad - that happens to you. There are some people out there that didn't do a thing to be where they are, for instance, and others who had things they have to deal with now literally done to them, as literally done to as switching with a tulpa- to say otherwise would be victim blaming.

 

If someone wants to escape their life (not by switching with tulpa), whether it be in books, suicide, etc, that's not 'pathetic.' Sometimes it's perfectly understandable.. it's one thing to say one should keep on livin', it's another to say it's pathetic not to want to no matter what happens, in fact, it's random. There's no basis for it except random condescension.

[Kiahdaj]

And remember that some people don't see it as they "might" not be alive...

I know some people don't see it as "might" not be alive--but those people are ignorant.

It's completely ridiculous to assume that the way you view a matter is in fact the way it is, with no other possibilities. It matters not if they think tulpas aren't separate consciousnesses--either way, the possibility is still there. Hence "might".

 

If it's true that they go just because your body died, they certainly can't be real consciousness, imo. For people that think we don't have one outside of our bodies, then tulpa truly are just imaginary friends and not actual people, I guess.

But that's assuming that there is any life after death. Notice this is a community based around the psychological (so somewhat "scientific") aspect of the phenomenon. Life after death is not a scientific matter.

Besides, I've not seen anyone who believes tulpas are as you and I, but believe that we live on after death, yet they don't.

 

Also.. tulpa as sex mates... o.O... and pony ones? Actual ponies, or human personalities stuck in pony bodies? -shudders-

They're teenagers--what do you expect?

 

Ooo, also, the whole escaping life thing is harsh. I wouldn't want to do it, but it's incorrect that everything in one's life is one's own doing.. that goes against the very definition of life. You're being affected by everyone and everything else around you, and can't take good responsibility nor bad responsibility for EVERYTHING - good or bad - that happens to you. There are some people out there that didn't do a thing to be where they are, for instance, and others who had things they have to deal with now literally done to them, as literally done to as switching with a tulpa- to say otherwise would be victim blaming.

But you alone are solely responsible for how you perceive and interpret the world around you. To perceive the world as harsh and threatening, sad and depressing, or happy and joyful, is entirely up to you. No one can force you to feel one way, or another. If you are unhappy, it is your own doing.

 

If someone wants to escape their life (not by switching with tulpa), whether it be in books, suicide, etc, that's not 'pathetic.'

And not once did I claim such things were.

 

Sometimes it's perfectly understandable.. it's one thing to say one should keep on livin', it's another to say it's pathetic not to want to no matter what happens, in fact, it's random. There's no basis for it except random condescension.

Neither did I say this.

I am all for suicide.

 

It is unfortunate that all this is what you took from that section.

[Guest Anonymous]

Guide itself is now completely translated, though I didn't run it through a spell-checker, because I wasn't able to set it to italian and was too lazy to deal with it for more than 5 minutes, nor did I proof read it.

 

The links to the guides however are still untranslated.

 

Anyway, a big HURRAY! for the first complete italian guide on tulpas.