One can hardly find a person who would not want to have a friend. And no matter who he is. Maybe another person or some creature, the main thing is that he has the necessary character and good looks. I would also like this friend not to be shared with his parents, friends, studies, etc. Also, many people would not refuse to have a personal secretary who would always be nearby and, having access to their memory, reminded, prompted and presented the necessary idea, was an excellent partner for brainstorming.
But not many manage to find such an ideal in real life. That is why recently, some people are increasingly looking into their inner, virtual world, and do not try to solve problems by communicating with others.
One form of such a departure into non-existent reality is the creation of tulpa. Such a phenomenon is the strongest manifestation of an individual hallucination in its intensity. Moreover, the person creates it in his imagination so realistically that after some time he begins to claim that he perceives his tulpa and communicates closely with it.
What it is?
Tulpa is a kind of created by a person in his imagination, which is felt by him through the senses. This is a materialized embodiment of thought, an autonomous hallucination that can exist regardless of the consciousness of its creator.
Tulip was invented in ancient times. In Tibetan Buddhism, this hallucination meant a physical recreation of human thoughts. The result of this process was a certain entity that has its own characteristics, consciousness and even memories. It was the Tibetan Buddhists who called the imaginary creature tulip. Simply put, it is an ordinary hallucination, but only intentionally created by man. There is a tulpa in the mind of its master. At the same time, a person forces himself to believe that this object exists in reality.
The opinion of psychologists
At first glance, an unenlightened person does not understand how the creation of tulpa occurs, and whether such a phenomenon can take place in life. With the separation of hallucinations from consciousness, a split personality occurs. And in psychiatry, this phenomenon is called schizophrenia. Nevertheless, the creation of tulp many professionals do not see at all as a similar disorder. It can only be a prerequisite for the onset of schizophrenia. Further development of the disease is still possible. It becomes possible in situations where a person is unable to stop in time, stopping expanding the existing boundaries of his virtual world.
Fantasy and reality
The desire to find a tulp can be observed in childhood. By the age of 3, a small person has already fully formed that ideal image of a friend that he needs for communication and games. And if he cannot find one in reality? Then the baby easily invents it.
Thus, fictional characters appear (Carlson serves as a vivid example). This virtual friend may look like a person, a character from a fairy tale or cartoon, as well as a superhero. What features and habits will have a fictional friend, what will be his appearance - it all depends on the imagination of the child. In this case, a virtual friend can both constantly accompany the baby, and can only be an incoming partner, necessary for joint games. Also, it sometimes only exists in a certain place (in the children's room, in the country, etc.). Moreover, no one knows when he will come and when he will disappear.
A similar phenomenon takes place in the adult world. Recently various stories have become fashionable, telling about how people recreated their favorite anime characters and films, making their images material. Believing the credibility of such stories is quite difficult. Nevertheless, the very possibility of having a friend, albeit imaginary, but quite real, may well interest the reader who considers himself a lonely person. It turns out that it is enough to apply special techniques, and everyone can create in his head an independent being (tulpu), able to cognize and study our world. Of course, this process is quite laborious. It will take a lot of time to create a tulpa, maybe even six months, or even more. However, the result of such painstaking work can be not just an ideal friend, but even a partner beloved by a person.
Tulpa features
What happens to a virtual friend after creating it? Tulpa becomes a subject completely independent. A fictional friend is even capable of making decisions, and they will differ from the common sense of the person himself. Of course, the phenomenon is imaginary. Nevertheless, it is able to “mature” in a person to such an extent that he will begin to form his own opinion and those actions to which the one who created it will begin to push. The consequence of this will be a struggle in the minds of two opinions created about friends and relatives, as well as about the world.
Such a hallucination cannot occur immediately. In addition, in the initial stages of existence, it is not capable of exerting influence on all sensory organs. The formation of a fictional image in the human mind occurs at the subconscious level. And only when referring to it it will be possible to consider the created image, hear it, smell it and touch it. However, it is impossible to feel a fictional friend, because he is nothing more than a hallucination. Feeling this image, a person only experiences those or other feelings.
Determine the character
What should be a guided hallucination that will soon become your imaginary friend? First of all, she will need to give certain character traits. Its creation should be addressed at the first stage. To do this, a person will need to take a notebook or a diary and, having thought carefully, describe the nature of tulpa. What will be a virtual friend? On a leaflet, you must list all of its key features. This can be, for example, a wonderful sense of humor, erudition, courage, etc. Such a list in the future can be constantly updated. However, it is not recommended to change the key character traits of fictional characters. Moreover, all of their creators of tulpa will need to know by heart. The notes made on a piece of paper are quite an important point. After all, this stage will clearly outline your desires.
Anyone who wants to see their virtual friend docile and faithful, to give him such character traits is also possible. The main thing then is to remember all of them well.
Form
How to create a tulip? The instructions for the implementation of this process say that a person needs to pay close attention to the image of a future friend. If possible, it is best to depict his portrait on paper. The one who does not know how to draw should describe the appearance of a material hallucination in a notebook with words. Be that as it may, a person needs to ensure that he, having closed his eyes, can always see a clear image of a virtual friend in front of him.
However, when creating a tulpa, this may not be necessary. The image can not be invented, and choose from existing ones. So, judging by the reviews that created the tulip, most of them do it. In this case, it is enough to stock up on video materials, photographs and pictures of the selected character. In addition, this image is recommended to be constantly kept in mind.
What types of tulpa exist? An imaginary friend can be any person, animal, animate and inanimate object, phenomenon, alien creature, in general, anything.
At the stage of creating the image, you will need to choose a name for the tulpa. What should it be? Yes, absolutely any. Moreover, after some time, when a virtual friend is getting stronger, a person with him can at any time change this initial name.
In the explanations on how to create a tulp, it is indicated that immediately after creating the image you need to start mentally talking with him. At the initial stage, you will have to come up with answers for your virtual friend that should fully correspond to the character traits indicated in the notebook.
After some time, the tulpa itself will begin to talk with its creator. Moreover, a person who hears answers to his questions will be able to surprise the opinion expressed by his virtual friend. It should also be borne in mind that creating an image of a person who exists in reality can lead to the fact that tulpa independently copies his character traits.
Fantasy world
How to create a tulip? At the next stage of this fascinating process, you will need to acquire a virtual world. You can create it using one of the most common types of meditation and simple self-hypnosis. In this process, there is nothing that an ordinary person could not master. Its main task is to learn how to get into the virtual world, and then return from it back to reality. In this case, a classical scheme can be used. It represents the imagination of a ladder along which you need to slowly go down, more and more relaxing on each of its steps. This will allow you to immerse yourself in a trance. Before the last step of the stairs you need to imagine a door. Opening it, a person finds himself in his virtual world. In addition to this method, anyone can come up with for himself and any other.
How to call a tulp? The virtual world in which an imaginary friend lives gradually becomes a part of the reality of its creator. This will allow at any time and without any difficulty to meet with a fictitious image and have full control over the situation. However, some people still prefer their tulpa to be in the real world. Well, this is also quite possible. To do this, you will need to go through several more steps. Although it is quite possible not to achieve this and not to release the tulip to freedom, stopping at the success achieved.
Visualization
This stage is the most difficult. Man will have to convince his brain that his virtual friend really exists. To visualize the tulpa, you will need to start talking with emptiness, referring to an imaginary image. For example, to comment on watching a movie or to consult, ask and tell while performing a work. After that, you have to come up with the answers of the tulpa, which should correspond to its nature, and then think over them. Over time, if a person does everything right, then he will certainly begin to receive “feedback”. At first it will be ordinary emotions. They will begin to come for no reason, suddenly dousing with a wave of interest or approval. How to hear a tulip? She will make herself felt. A little later, a voice will appear in the visualization process. The creator of the tulpa will begin to hear the phrases she utters.
This stage can be completed simultaneously with the previous one. In this case, the emotional response of the tulpa can be obtained with its image in the imaginary world.
Moving tulpa into existing reality
This stage is a continuation of the previous one. A person needs to constantly practice, move into the virtual world and communicate there with tulpa. The result is an increasing response of an imaginary friend in the existing reality, and then its visualization.
The advantages of creating a virtual friend
After the first stage of its creation, tulpa will firmly enter the human world. She will become an integral part of his daily routine. Gradually, the character of a virtual friend will begin to become more and more independent. The existence of man himself will begin to undergo changes. A new friend will make him look at his and life and his environment from the side.
Having a tulp, a person begins to rethink his problems. He will never again feel abandoned and alone. He will become better and will look at his life in a completely different way. But you should always remember that tulpa is just a figment of the imagination, a material hallucination, and it simply does not exist in the real world. It is very difficult for anyone who plunges into the world of dreams to get out of there. And this should always be remembered, because fantasy will never become a reality.
Determining the owner of a fictional image
How to find out who has the tulpa? It is easy enough for close and dear people to determine this, because any person performs certain functions based on their vital role. As a son, he, for example, can clean the room or take out the trash. Nothing outwardly will change in the future. As an employee, this person will not cease to continue to fulfill the duties assigned to him. However, at the same time, in his behavior, others begin to notice some oddities. Such a person, for example, becomes closed. He listens more to ambient sounds and to himself. Gradually, the appearance of a certain image in his subconscious becomes more and more obvious. He begins to talk with his fictional friend, although from the outside it looks like a mumble under his breath.
Long work on creating a fictional image leads to the fact that a person begins to feel it, holding out his hand and touching. Of course, such behavior cannot leave others indifferent. They cannot understand that a person in this case communicates with his virtual friend and enjoys it.
This is the danger of tulpa. A person needs to stop on time. His further work on the creation and improvement of his virtual friend leads to such consequences for which the individual will have to bear responsibility.
Unlike schizophrenia
Mental illness is understood as a condition when a person is not able to fully live and care for themselves. This cannot be said about the state in which tulpa is present. Man, having created a material hallucination for himself, continues, as before, to communicate with others and conduct his daily affairs.
In the event of a split personality, people do not remember where they were at certain periods of time and what they did. The same person who has a tulpa created in the subconscious mind does not observe this. He remembers everything, but at the same time he is more comfortable in communicating with a virtual friend.
Thus, tulp cannot be attributed to signs of schizophrenia. This is a hallucination that people cause, and then remove from their subconscious. Schizophrenia is not able to be caused independently. And man cannot at all remove it from the subconscious by the effort of his will.
In the early stages of creating tulpas, people are well aware of where fantasy takes place and where reality exists. In the course of mental pathologies, this line is erased. And this is the main danger of virtual friends.
Creating tulpa through the eyes of specialists
What do psychologists say about virtual images, which in ancient times began to be created by Tibetan monks? They note that tulpa is not formed by people overnight. To do this, each person has to make incredible efforts. The latter allow you to train his senses. And for this, setting a clear goal and perseverance is necessary. One who seeks to create an image-hallucination has both.
After the necessary training and the successful creation of an image, a person begins to communicate with him. At the initial stage, he does not expect any reactions from his virtual friend. He only imagines the tulip to which the information is addressed. At such a moment, the fictional image begins to separate from the psyche. After that, one of the parts of the subconscious mind takes a certain form, which is why an even greater split occurs in the human mind.
After the acquisition of autonomy by tulpa, the game begins with the sensations that are involved in its perception. From this moment, according to psychologists, a person undergoes significant changes. His fictional material hallucination begins to have a direct effect on the organs of perception.
Getting rid of the tulpa
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Sometimes a person decides to create a tulpa because of a lack of communication and experience. This is inherent in particularly vulnerable adults. They come up with a virtual friend who leads a hectic life in the real world.
Only after finding out the true reason for the creation of tulpa, can a specialist help his patient. He does this using a wide variety of methods, namely:
- hypnosis
- art therapy;
- psychoanalysis.