Tulpa.info - tulpa-questions

How do you do that?

You write while directing your thoughts towards them

2:34 PM

it's basically just narration but it may be useful for focus

2:35 PM

it's what my host did, since she liked to write anyway

ahh, alright. Thank you again

@Felight what do you write about though? Are you just putting your thoughts on paper?

Pretty much yeah

4:14 PM

Doesn't have to be anything specific

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Bleh

5:35 PM

This is so fucking sureal

5:35 PM

Like, I’m getting responses

Cool!

Congrats!!!

Right on. You see, you'll get there. Crazy as it is/sounds.

It sounds insane

6:14 PM

And it feels insane

6:15 PM

It’s all I have

6:15 PM

So far

...please take time to consider whether or not to make a tulpa (or make another tulpa) seriously. Making a tulpa is a decision that is far harder to reverse once one succeeds as compared to making the decision in the first place.

6:21 PM

There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking more time to ensure that you are certain in your decision.

6:22 PM

In the end, the more tulpas - the less time they get for interaction and similarly the less time you get for interacting with any of them (or the world, assuming you don't plan to forcibly prevent them from interacting with the rest of the world).

6:23 PM

The fact that some people have (or claim to have, depending on the person) more than a few tulpas does not mean it was necessarily a good decision for them to have made so many.

6:23 PM

There may be advantages to it, but there are also fairly clear downsides.

I, for one, have no intention on creating a second

I don't want to say never, but I don't plan on making more than just the one.

6:25 PM

It just sounds like way too much.

Honestly if I were to make another tulpa it would be the last tulpa I make.

6:26 PM

I only want to have 2 Tulpas at the moat and nothing more, anything more is just stressful. (edited)

Honestly, I just don’t want to be forced to split my attention like that

But to actually answer your question, I think 4 or maybe 5 is too many. 2 is comfortable, you can make 3 work, but 4 or 5 fully fleshed personalities all trying to live in only one body is just unsustainable, in my opinion.

Yeah

The obvious exception being if some tulpas are okay with not having front time or lots of attention.

^^

But there's no way for you to know if that's how they will feel before you make them, so.

Don’t do it

That’s why I only want 2 at most.

Lol

Hah. In other words, being inactive for larger periods of time.

Different people have different ways of handling their system. For some, such an amount can be sustainable. On the other hand, there are those who would struggle with any more than just 1.

And this is more personal/subjective, but I don't understand the appeal of a second tulpa.

6:29 PM

2 of the most common reasons are companionship and curiosity, both of which should be fulfilled by one alone.

Perhaps not "should", but "typically are", certainly.

Sometimes it is actually the tulpa that advocates for a second tulpa, they may want to have someone other than their host within their system they can interact with

Yeah, thanks.

6:30 PM

To that, I would say there are hundreds of people to interact with in the outside world if they want companionship.

Interaction within the system is different

Obviously. But at that point, there are already 2 of you in the system.

6:31 PM

Anyway, I won't advocate against making 3+ tulpas, so long as the proper thought and care is put into it.

You could use that argument to say that nobody should create someone else in their head to talk to if there are so many people to interact with in the outside world

Plus consent, and even enthusiasm from everyone in the system.

Yeah

I would not specifically advise against making additional tulpas just as I would not specifically advise against making a tulpa in the first place - but in either case, giving appropriate prior consideration and thought towards potential future results should be done.

As I said, yes, system interaction is different. As I also said, if there are 2 of you, you already have that. I don't think real world interaction is a substitute or even very comparable to system interaction.

6:34 PM

And I think the trouble brought on by having a 3rd is not worth the extra system interaction, to use these vague phrases.

6:34 PM

Assuming you all want equal time in the front once everyone's developed, everyone's time is cut way back.

6:35 PM

But, again, that's all subjective.

Simultaneously? Yes, at the cost of general mental capability.

6:37 PM

The brain is in fact limited.

As I have come to understand tulpas, one "thoughtform" naturally occupies the body's one consciousness, and they can use that consciousness to temporarily engage other thoughtforms. (edited)

Being able to experience the world and being able to filter it through one's unique perception are two different propositions - formulating responses adds another layer of complexity.

If I had a choice I would have stopped with one. As it is we are a system of 4 total. It does get confusing.(didn't know tulpa was a thing before I got my first, the others followed shortly after)

Ah, no. It can tire you out more quickly at first if you aren't used to it, I suppose. But, the brain does have literal limits to what it can do "simultaneously".

Not every tulpa/thoughtform/whatever word will be properly awake/active/thinking all the time.

6:39 PM

You have to make an effort to engage multiple, as I understand.

6:40 PM

So yes, theoretically they could all see and "experience" what the host is experiencing, if to a lesser degree and a limited amount of time.

6:40 PM

More certainly, your tulpas will probably remember everything you experienced. You share a brain, after all.

Mine always seem to be kicking around anymore. Not sure if I'm just more used to it or what.

@Smeer It would probably be more accurate to say "processing power" instead of "one consciousness." A tulpa themselves is a consciousness that "attaches" to the brain's pool of processing power in order to be aware and think

6:45 PM

But we might just have different understandings of the same terms

Yeah, we're just using different terms to describe the same thing.

So if I understand what you’re saying correctly

7:04 PM

Tulpas have unlimited read capability, but there is a limit to how much read/writing can be going on in a given system

Pretty much

Computer analogies make everything easier!

At least in this cotext

I do feel obligated to point out that "unlimited read capability" isn't quite accurate. It is certainly equal to the host's at maximum, as there is a finite limit to the quality of one's perception in general.

I mean, the read capability is limited by your decodeing capability

8:41 PM

Or encoding? i guess

8:42 PM

But yeah, not unlimited

decoding

Well you’re encoding the data from your senses into ‘brain processable’ information

is it normal to get tired when acknowledging or think about my tulpa

sorry for the delayed response @Deleted User , but i'v never experienced that

alright

@Deleted User also super delayed; but I would say yes if it’s still a new exercise for you and you’ve been doing it a lot and often. Mental strain is just as tiring; and sometimes more so than physical strain.