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  1. "make your vision bob up and down slightly as you walk" it's not real until you have shaky cam Joking aside, I feel this could highly benefit from expanding on it more. Adding more steps in increasing detail, primarily. ... that's really all I have to say. Approved.
  2. The guide itself said possession is a requirement. I don't think it's wrong at all either. Switching and possession are similar phenomenon. Either way, your tulpa is the one moving. The only thing switching involves is a headmate yeeting themselves out. And even disregarding all of that, possession is movement. You have to be qble to move to switch in.
  3. So from the first paragraph you say the technique is "easy" yet also drop a good ol' "It took me five years" and a "few seemingly master this" on the reader. Is it easy or a rare and difficult thing? Pick one. Or, you should explain why so many have difficulties with it and why it's actually easy and people overthink it, or something. Give a reason that your guide will make it easy. So, here, you give it from the host's perspective, which is nice. However, these are all from a negative view: what is not happening. You give nothing in the way of "the tulpa is possessing, reacting, and eating cookies" or whatever. You only detail a lack of experience which could be mildly confusing. It certainly confused me the first time reading it. This is a psychological forum and a primarily psychological community. This is a given, delete it. Possession should be first in your list of prerequisites, as it's the only real prerequisite. Also, the link for tulpaforce doesn't work for me, and I'm not reading a 164 page book to learn to meditate. You should perhaps clarify how these skills are not requirements but can help the process. And since unfortunately for you, I'm on the GAT team, I'm going to have to tell you to remove parallel processing, because parallel processing has been given a definition for something that is impossible outside of rare anomalies. Neurologically speaking, it is impossible to do all the things those pushing parallel processing claim to be able to. You can't think two things at once, especially not in detail. However, if you give a definition to parallel processing that is not total bogus and you introduce parallel processing with that definition, I can let it slide. Additionally, in this section, you tell the person to trust their tulpa twice. Back-to-back, no less. One is the bullet point, and the other is the conclusion to prerequisites. Also, why are they called prerequisites if only 25% of them are actually required? Perhaps a name change for the section is appropriate. Also, I know you suggested they read a 164 page book on how to meditate, but nobody has time to dig through that. Perhaps at least give some basic instruction in how to meditate and what a meditative focus is? You're talking to a group of people who aren't into mysticism and religious practice, catch them up a little in reading instead of requiring such difficulty to get into your content. Uhh first, himself* Them is plural. I suppose that's nitpicking though Second, what does this even mean? Possession isn't some mental struggle, right? Like, maybe it's just me, but I don't have cerebral palsy so moving comes pretty naturally. Tulpas are able to use the bodies just as effectively as their host, so what more than possessing needs to be done? Also, what am I pulling myself out of? At this point I should already be dissociated, correct? The issue with the next paragraph is that a lot of words mean nothing. Slow down what, exactly? Backpace isn't a word. The general message of "take it slow and communicate worries" is good but you need more clarity in those two nitpicks or to just remove them entirely. Reeee, subconscious. But, seriously, the subconscious doesn't exist. The only place you'll see it in a psych book is a section dedicated to discussing Freud. Plus, movement is rarely an unconscious action anyway. They may unintentionally bumble into the front however, which the future bits actually tackle well. I will say "It's a hell of a habit" comes off strangely with the previously established tone. Aside from the minor nitpicks, I do like this paragraph. This just... confuses me. Why are you saying this? Um. Can you be "inside" reality? I mean, you're never really outside it. Whatever, this just sounds weird. Perhaps "take of your life for you" instead? In general I think you should use the word "reality" less in general and try to find some synonyms. Overall I think this can be a good switching guide. Like Yuki's Possession guide but more in depth. Still, major issues abound so for now I can't approve this Edit: Also give a backup link and a perhaps a synopsis link in accordance to our new guide guidelines. I'm too lazy to properly hyperlink it at this moment so here's the link https://community.tulpa.info/thread-the-gat-s-guide-guidelines
  4. Yes, it is utterly picky Luminesce. That doesn't mean these details are holding back it's approval. They are little things that can still be improved, therefore we should recommend the improvement. Anyways, on a second read You only actually touch on "drawing your attention away from... the real world" briefly. Also, I'm going to say this again. You give a summary of the technique. Then you give another, more detailed summary. Then you give the full method. Like I said originally, it reads like some increasingly verbose meme. Like this You could probably entirely remove either The Process in Short or Summary of the Visualization Skill in it's entirety with little issue. I know the "Think about slowing down" thing has been noted to death. But what am I slowing down? My thoughts? Activity? Breathing? All of that? How do I do that? I will warn you before finishing this section that it may come off as rather repetitive if you describe the leaf/cup section in as great of detail as the tree. You may want to put the same amount of effort into the leaf/cup and be more brief with the tree. I spoke mainly in response to this for the idea of taking something piecemeal. Perhaps combine this with the horse suggestion. EDIT: Also, you should at least put the GDoc in the OP with a note that it's more updated
  5. So your first three paragraphs have a strange issue. The first two are very academic sounding while the third is very personal. It creates an odd shift. Additionally, all three of the first paragraphs are your introduction and could probably be rewritten to contain all the information you want to put out out there in less words. It's not a huge issue, really it's the tone shift that's important. Your fourth paragraph could stand to be part of the introduction too, as it's a literally summary of what technique you're going to use. The fifth paragraph is also clunky coming off the fourth. This whole submission so far reads like an over-explained meme. You gradually build up in more detail for what someone needs to do for this guide... kinda like the guide itself. "think about slowing down" doesn't really tell me anything. Also "A form of relaxation breathing" is awkward sounding. Better describing how to get relaxed would help this section. Though, even just saying "Calm down, get comfortable, and breathe slowly" would be simpler and communicate what you want better. As a counterpoint, I personally did something very similar for making Annabell's form, though I went even more ham by lightly studying anatomy to make sure she was anatomically correct for a female (no way to make myself not sound like a perv there). I would maybe change this to approaching a tulpa's form piecemeal. Start with their hair. Then think about the shape of their head. What about the eyes? things like that I'll approve once changes are made.
  6. I think my issue with this is the aimlessness of it. Posting the simple technique is fine but it's useless if someone can't learn the intent of it. It's fine to even say that you shouldn't read the full thing and perform the exercise first and use the explanation later as a reflection tool. Reading Lucilyn's comment on this actually helped out more. It told me the sort of focus I can expect and then trying it out myself I could understand why the sort of state could help focus. Such information should be in the OP. So, what does this focus do over typical meditation to help with tulpamancy practices? If you can't answer this, I can't approve it.
  7. I would be hesitant to claim a dream experience has any bearing on reality unless you were somehow lucid and so was your tulpa. However, two weeks is certainly a possible time to hear your tulpa, so keep it up.
  8. I feel this comes close to a lot of good things but doesn't quite hit the mark. Just enough that I couldn't approve it yet. First off, I think you should re-purpose your "How it works" section into a proper introduction. Try to trim out unnecessary repetition and just unneeded sections of it too, make it cleaner and more succinct. These are minor suggestions, won't stop your approval, but they're little things that will push this from "approved" to something that people might share. Now, to get more specific, you don't really instruct someone how to "block" their thoughts. You also don't really give a good explanation of what they're doing. I suppose the message is obvious, you want all thought to stop and for the participant to relax. Perhaps you should word it as "clearing out your mind." Essentially you've written a meditation guide as a basis to listen for your tulpa. Additionally, I don't think the issue you're addressing is weak thoughts. Thoughts can't really be stronger than one or another. Neurons are either firing or they're not. I think the issue is that tulpas are not as used to thinking. There's also an issue of hosts being able to be patient and listen for their tulpa, which this guide directly addresses by telling them to stop thinking and let responses happen and trust it is their tulpa. I feel I meandered a bit. If anything is confusing, ask me to clarify. For now I'll say this will be suited for Tips and Tricks once approved.
  9. Approved for resources, already gave you my thoughts on Discord
  10. As for the first video, I gave you my opinion that it's one of the best introductions someone could receive into tulpamancy a long time ago. I'm not a huge fan of perpetuating the idea that tulpas may fail to share memories. Tulpas should, logically speaking, be able to utilize memory in the same fashion as their host. However, this is a very minor gripe and even I have to concede that there are some potential reasons for tulpas to have strange limitations and difficulties early on that I won'd extrapolate on. The second video strikes me as somewhat less of a guide or more of a pick-me-up/ motivational video for those struggling. Pretty inconsequential to this overall, it'd be a nice thing to send to someone who needs it though and I'm glad it exists for those it will help. My biggest gripe about the third video is saved by the text surrounding it, namely the note at the end. It would have been nice to see that somehow woven into the script itself. Alas, this is a really minor nitpick. Fourth video: AUDIO QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. WOO. Good video overall. No gripes. Fifth video: Why is it so quiet? Disapproved. Joking aside, this hits basically all the points it needs to, though I've already railed you for giving any credence to headpressures, as I feel they are due to other phenomenon related to tulpamancy. This is honestly the only major negative of this entire guide series. Overall, the simplicity, medium, and speed of these are all in your favor. The visuals are also used effectively, creating some light comedy but also emphasizing moments similar to what bolding text may do. I especially got a laugh when reading the description of Shrek as "cute." So, approved for guides.
  11. So we already posted this in tulpa.info's discord, however I feel it's appropriate to post this here. A lot of people in this community want art. After all, having a visual thing to point at and say this is me/ my tulpa is a really cool thing. Naturally, this means artists in this community are sought after, because some of us can't draw a convincing curve to save our lives. However, connecting to artists is sometimes a bit of a daunting task. Sometimes artists are pricier than you can afford, there aren't that many of them in any given server usually, sometimes you find someone affordable but they have a style you don't like. More unfortunately, people exit this community and their art goes with them. So, I made a discord community. Discord allows me to fix alot of these problems, as I can create a hub of sorts where artists can advertise themselves and you can peruse their works, see their prices, know what they can and cannot draw, etc. It also allows users to put out "bounties" for art they need. This allows an easier way for people to connect to artists. So, here's the invite link if you're curious about joining. Thank you. Tulpa Art Market
  12. I also feel the need to add this, because I didn't express it well enough, I don't think He presents all these inhibitors to forcing, but then ignores them all. If someone has ADHD, then how do they get longer forcing sessions? What about meandering thoughts? Tiredness? These are legitimate obstacles that simply trying to add more time won't fix. I don't become less tired and able to force longer just because I try to force longer. Even adding something like "forcing immediately after waking, when one is not tired, will help with problems related to dozing off during forcing sessions" just as an example.
  13. Already on seeing this is 10 pages, I feel the title is going to be somewhat ironic. This is so abstract as to be useless. What does it mean to solidify the structure of a system? If it's something to do with what's already been said in the paragraph, you're safer removing this section. by paragraph 5 I've noted one redundancy. You don't need to s-p-e-l-l o-u-t a point you've made every time it's related to what you're talking about. You've made your point it takes time, don't repeat the whole thing. The clause at the beginning here comes off as so arrogant, probably because it's written in first person. You're better off without it though. You've already said this And this. ... and this. And these three are all in the same paragraph. Minor nitpick, there's no distinction between mental and emotional disorders. There are mood disorders, however. That aside, this entire paragraph fails to really bring anything to the table to prove that somehow having more tulpas will enhance the stress and symptoms placed upon a host. Certainly, anxiety and stress related disorders brought into this community can be expressed through how someone struggles creating and relating to their tulpa, but it's anecdotal to say it enhances those problems and even more so to say it's a direct result from system size. For now, I think diving 3 pages deep is enough to point out some of the flaws in this.
  14. jean, did you know that you'll get better at sewing if you do more sewing than you did each previous day? Sure, Abvieon provides practical advice on how to build a habit, but it's not directly addressing alot of the issues he's brought up. He's presenting that a quantity of time will help fix the problems he mentioned and neglects to mention anything that could be seen as quality time spent.
  15. Ask and ye shall receive... eventually. My main issue with this is that it's so basic and doesn't really answer alot of the difficulties that even you present in your opening. I could summarize this entire half page tip into one sentence: "Slowly increase how much time you put into your forcing sessions." It isn't bad advice, but it's woefully incomplete. It's not JUST time that gets someone into the "flow." If it were just time, Enny would have a super saiyan god super saiyan tulpa. You need to give advice on how to fill that time for this to be complete. You mention tiredness, lack of focus, and running out of topics. Address those, or remove them from your introduction.
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