Yes, that is how you do it. But there is a whole lot more nuance and technicality involved that can be gone into which is being skipped over. That said, I don't think your guide is bad for the fact that it doesn't go into those details.
3:43 AM
I instead think that the assumption that these guides are all you need is flawed and limiting when it comes to the ability for the community to grow its base of knowledge(edited)
I think most on the GAT would probably agree that Fede's guide probably shouldn't be approved, though we haven't sorted out the details for removing approved guides
"Creation guides are how to create a tulpa - not raise them." -- Look man if you can't see the problem straight from the horses mouth then nothing further I say is going to matter
So the foundation of your complaints centers around the fact that you dislike guides that do not tell the reader/viewer how they should raise and support a tulpa?
I believe the idea is that without proper context people will do things which are potentially dangerous without understanding what they are doing. Imagine you told someone they could repair a CRT monitor by opening it up and moving some wires around. This might result in them electrocuting themselves.
I don't necessarily think this worry is founded, because we don't really have evidence that you need a huge amount of context in order to safely make a tulpa. I tend to believe that the risk is more inherent to the person, and that it cannot be warned away or safely practiced if you do not have the right state of mind in the first place.
@Reguile I guarantee I could find countless videos about CRT repair on Youtube, or just text guides on some forum. I doubt most of them have lengthy discussions about the consequences and pre-requisites of doing that. It's up to the viewer to take responsibility for his or her own actions.
But the analogy is not necessarily equivalent to tulpa, I mean to use that analogy more to make the point then to say that making a tulpa is like fixing a CRT monitor
And @Deleted User your continued slander of me and disrespect for guides that I've spent a lot of time on isn't earning you any favors as far as my opinion. You're a petulant child who, when challenged to find anything wrong with the content and material presented to you, instead whines about the presenter himself and the (inferior) predecessors off of which that material was based and refined.
3:51 AM
A better guide does not introduce anything new and revolutionary. This community has been around for years and has figured out what works and what doesn't. Refinement and clarification is the logical progression.
Well if that's what you've decided on, I doubt I can change your mind. You got one thing right - I do not respect your guides indeed. Respect is earned, and I really don't think your guides rise to the occasion.
I asked you to provide specific, reasoned, and justified criticism, and you've decided not to. Instead, you've proven why I should ignore the complaints of someone who cannot provide reasonable discussion. So thanks for that, I guess. Feel free to post specific criticisms at any time, and I'll respond to them accordingly.
If you'd like to see what well-thought-out and professional critical analysis looks like, please take a look at what the GAT has already posted on the forums.
3:56 AM
Because "lol ur videos suck and ur drawings suck and u shouldnt be making guides shorter than my arbitrary requirements" earns exactly as much consideration as it deserves.
I did say your videos suck, but that's not my criticism. That's my conclusion. And your sketches are pretty objectively low production value, but that's not the part that concerns me. Also, your guide isn't flawed because it's short. It's flawed because it's surface-level, it doesn't discuss any views alternate to your own, it doesn't encourage the viewer to build disciplined habits, etc.
And no, it's not "regurgitated facts". The topics of the videos were carefully planned (with the exception of the last one, which I added after I felt it was needed) and are based on data I've collected myself.
4:00 AM
When I tell the viewers that visualization and form can be important, that's not based on arbitrary feelings.
4:00 AM
When I tell them to avoid unnecessary complications, there's a reason.
4:01 AM
When I specifically avoid including certain common topics of past guides, it's for a reason.
I'd say meditation is probably encouraged because it puts your mind in a state where it's more receptive to the sorts of changes it needs to make to form a tulpa
At the end of the day, what guide someone uses matters little, so long as the primary points get across. But by cutting the fat and leaving the meat, that makes things easier and more accessible.
Meditation is intense focus. Your breathing is just one thing you can focus on to get into a trance. A tulpa form is another thing you can focus on for this...(edited)
Anyway, I have one last essay to do for this semester and it's due in two hours. @Deleted User erroneous assumptions are how disinformation spreads, and why past guides sometimes failed to provide solid insights.
Assumptions that personal experiences correlate to broader patterns are faulty because they do not account for how your perception can distort reality.
I've experimentally told several newbies to refrain from meditation after they were initially interested in it, and saw no significant difference in difficulty or modes of response compared to others(edited)
I have the feeling the reason meditation isn't working as quickly for some people is because they are more focused on the meditation, their wonderland, or their boredom rather than their Tulpa, but that's just a thought.
btw @A long kiss goodnight Got a time estimate on when you can give me feedback on my guides? Just have stuff going on so if it's tomorrow I might not be able to respond in full
I should be either almost done or mostly done with the review by tomorrow, if not then Thursday. Cat and I were not feeling well earlier and I wanted to make sure our review wasn't unnecessarily harsh due to issues you had nothing to do with.
@salad if you can make a post with your back-up links, I might be able to merge it with your guide, however you won't be able to embed them all I don't think.
