You can provide contradictory resources. I'd like to see them too. To be honest, one survey is not something really reliable. I just wanted to show what seem to be true according to most reliable source I know of. It might be good idea to repeat the survey.
6:30 AM
Seeming to have your own opinions and thoughts doesn't mean you really have them. Tulpas give us impression of independent agency, it's the fact. But them being really sentient or "parallel consciousnesses" is an interpretation that could be right or wrong.
I'm definitely not trying to say you should stop loving your tulpa. Regardless of being different consciousnesses, metaphysical things, imaginary friends showing independent agency or alternate identities, tulpas are our friends.
Why don't you believe in God then? Isn't it similar choice, to believe what you want to be true and not care about getting more knowledge about how things work?
We shouldn't just believe what we want to be true and impose it on others. I'm not trying to sway you, lol. I'm just saying you should realize that what you have is more of faith than knowledge. It doesn't mean you are wrong, of course.
Because some people are not content with pseudoscience this community is doing. That's why. At least admit that you are not following scientific method and your interpretation of your experiences are not proven. You could be wrong. I could be wrong. We could be right. But we don't know if we are.
And do you need blind faith to make a tulpa? I don't think so. You can have a tulpa, you can love your tulpa, you can develop them to at least alternate identity without getting rid of the doubt.
Not really. It is ok to believe your tulpa is a person. Person is not well defined word, it's up to you if you classify something as a person. And based on your tulpa showing independent agency, it seems to be OK
I believe understanding the nature of your existence is import as far as making sure you're building a fulfilling life from within the boundaries of your nature.
10:40 AM
I used to have beliefs that were objectively false, but my plans and goals were centered on the truth assumption in these beliefs. The sensation of coming to the realization that they were wrong (extremely hard to even begin doing due to confirmation bias) and adapting myself around these newfound limitations was absolutely among the most personally difficult and painful things I've had to go through. I would not wish this on another, which is why I don't think it's wrong to try and challenge and build a person's (host or tulpa) understanding of the real nature of this practice.
10:42 AM
Misaligned beliefs can even lead to egocide/dissipation/extreme denial and actual negative experiences that can be confabulated subconsciously to maintain whatever illusions are necessary without having to do the work that functional people normally do in their development and progress.
10:43 AM
Or a host just gets disinterested and forgets about allowing tulpas to do anything or occupy any conscious frame of mind
10:45 AM
I was lucky that I was able to form goals and strategies in response to what I discovered about myself. I was also lucky that my host was kind and forgiving and generous enough to give me enough of his time to act out these goals. When these aren't guarantees, I become worried for the time spent by newcomers engaging in the practice without a strong desire for understanding. That's all. I at least have to try to talk about it, I'm not going to attempt any forceful conversion of strategy.
This is pretty late, but in response to "why don't you believe in god then?" Is a pretty shitty point
5:12 PM
Tulpas are a very real experience to a lot of people. It's not "it would be so cool to have a tulpa, so I'm just going to believe I have one"
5:13 PM
I don't mean to speak for other people, but according to the account of several people in this community, tulpas act like other people. There is something substantial to it.
5:13 PM
Like you later said, you don't need faith to have a tulpa.
