Renaming "Tulpa" (and other tulpa terminologies)

[Ganymede]

The only real term is tuba. We can use it to talk about tulpas in secret too! Like secret agents identifying each other: "What note does the tuba play?" "F sharp, but only when you force it too."

You can replace tulpa with tuba and it will still make sense:

 

"My tuba was in my dreams last night"

"My tuba became vocal yesterday"

"My tuba possessed me today"

"I can almost see my tuba!"

"I fucked my tuba"

"I have 15 tubas"

"My tuba is a pony"

 

Tuna, maybe?

[chaoticpix93]

Me in my slightly dyslexic mind will scan-read articles (I'm a college student, you either learn this or die...) and I keep reading tulpa as tulip because my brain only connects some of the letters together before moving on to the next word.

[Chalin]

I vote to keep it the same. The term "tulpa" has already been established as the name of this phenomenon throughout multiple forums, along with 4chan. changing it would simply create mass confusion

 

As far as the plural form of tulpa, I think that both "tulpas" and "tulpae" have been established as correct forms, and can be used interchangeably.

[Ashmo]

Honestly I don't think there is one true term. We can use anything we want as long as those whom we're talking to on the subject know the context in which we're speaking.

[Guest Anonymous]

EDIT: I edited the title, because this thread should have a wider focus than just "tulpa".

 

Since "tulpa" sounds like some New Age foot cleansing meditation thing, it's a little weird to call what we're doing "tulpa". There is also the issue of the fact that we stole the word and changed its meaning, so anyone from the outside looking at this would think of it being a magical being made by buddhists.

 

If we were to make up a brand new word for this, what would it be? It couldn't be thoughtform, since that is an English direct translation of tulpa. It couldn't be something like mindbuddy or brainfriend, because those echo imaginary friends, of which tulpas are a subset, but they are much, much more that traditional imaginary friends. It shouldn't be something occult sounding, as that has a similar negative connotation as the Buddhist and New Age stuff. It shouldn't be words like "headmate" or "daemon", because those are already in use by other communities, and what we use should be unique to us. It shouldn't be an already-established psychological word, because it'd be already in use (although I think that doing some prefix/root word/suffix work with psychologial words could yield a good word for this).

 

Of course, this whole thing is pretty much a non-issue, but it might be useful to come up with an alternate word for "tulpa".

 

This thing right here has a list of psych word parts. It'll probably prove to be useful

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Ideomorph and Psychomorph kind of act like Thoughtform, so those are ideas.

 

Sorry about the necroposting. This is a very old thread and a very old debate, but it is an interesting part of this forum's history now (yes, we are old enough to have a history). "Tulpa" seems to have won out overwhelmingly. What seems to be missing here is the understanding that older terms can find new context and new meanings. This happens all the time in English. In fact, I don't think many on the internet are associating the word "tulpa" with Buddhist mysticism and magic anymore. :-) Also, I think the concept of tulpas is far more wide spread than many on this forum are realizing. I am seeing it everywhere. There may not be that many tulpamancers, but the idea of "tulpa," as we view it, is becoming very recognized in the internet social circles.

 

As far as the plural form, I think that tulpas works fine and is easy. Easy makes it better.

[Deleted]

Why did you really feel the need to bump a thread from 2013-2014?

I really dont think it needed your opinion that much

[Guest Anonymous]

Why did you really feel the need to bump a thread from 2013-2014?

I really dont think it needed your opinion that much

 

I will be be necroposting a lot of topics so that newbies can see some of the older stuff. I don't think I need or care about your opinion on that much. Thanks Jake.

 

I have noticed the "senior members" seem to think the newer members don't have a good reason to discuss these old threads. I know you have seen it. But maybe many newer people have not.

 

I think it absolutely needed my opinion.

[Deleted]

 

I will be be necroposting a lot of topics so that newbies can see some of the older stuff.

 

Please dont do that. Its a very bad and disruptive idea.

 

Also these old threads dont need to be talked about any more. New members have nothing to add to it.

 

It did not need your opinion and to suggest it "absolutely needed" it is amazingly egotistical.

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I don't think I need or care about your opinion on that much.

 

 

Im sorry, I didnt realise it was your job to bury new threads under old ones so that newbies can comment on threads that the creators long stopped giving a shit about.

 

I see why there is a "We hate Mistgod" brigade now.

[Luminesce]

Jesus. I'm done playing peacemaker, you guys are hopeless.

 

Perhaps, Mistgod, it would be better to re-create older threads, linking to the original in the OP. The preferred use of either tulpas or tulpae is still "debated" (or rather, no one dares bring it up), so this thread is relevant. But this thread is also very old, and the prior 18 pages of discussion by people that aren't here anymore is a bit messy. So, if you feel like discussing it more (make sure to be very neutral about it because this debate is an ever-waiting timebomb) you should make a new thread in the same manner, and mention that you're reviving the original's discussion. That's general forum etiquette, I believe.

[Guest Anonymous]

I see why there is a "We hate Mistgod" brigade now.

 

Damn it.

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Please dont do that. Its a very bad and disruptive idea.

 

Also these old threads dont need to be talked about any more. New members have nothing to add to it.

 

It did not need your opinion and to suggest it "absolutely needed" it is amazingly egotistical.

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Im sorry, I didnt realise it was your job to bury new threads under old ones so that newbies can comment on threads that the creators long stopped giving a shit about.

 

 

I am sorry. I took your response to mean something like this...

 

"Newbies can't talk about that because senior members already have. Oh btw, senior members don't participate anymore except to lurk and tell newer people they can't comment and debate on old stuff. Shut the forum down, everyone just fucking go home. It's all been covered already and nobody cares anymore. The opinions of newer people do not matter."

 

Now I know why few of you are writing anything new and many are just leaving the forum. Maybe there just isn't that much to talk about with tulpamancy? I pretty much learned the basic ideas behind it in a few hours myself, so I guess I can understand that.

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Jesus. I'm done playing peacemaker, you guys are hopeless.

 

Perhaps, Mistgod, it would be better to re-create older threads, linking to the original in the OP. The preferred use of either tulpas or tulpae is still "debated" (or rather, no one dares bring it up), so this thread is relevant. But this thread is also very old, and the prior 18 pages of discussion by people that aren't here anymore is a bit messy. So, if you feel like discussing it more (make sure to be very neutral about it because this debate is an ever-waiting timebomb) you should make a new thread in the same manner, and mention that you're reviving the original's discussion. That's general forum etiquette, I believe.

 

Thank you Lumi. I will do what you are suggesting in the future maybe. If I try at all. I am concerned that I am going to get stuff like this "That has already been discussed so many times now! We don't want to read that! We don't want new members talking about that." I want to try, but I will get discouraged by that quickly. I realized this was an old topic and overly tired. It was probably a poor first choice of "necroposting." I am getting frustrated.