The waking up mind is peculiar. Dreams transform into a slumberous reality and dissolve in the mist of the morning thoughts. But not for me. One moment I’m hibernating and the next one I’m alive and self-aware; mind instantly becomes busy with the thoughts from the previous evening. I rarely dream, and if I do—I don’t remember what I dreamt of. The brain is persistent in turning me off completely...
Tulpas. A community with questionable ideas and goals, united by a mystical word. Dozens of people practising forcing, hypnosis, altering their consciousness, meditating, trying to cope with their disorders. They are united by a goal to create what Wikipedia calls “an imaginary friend”. But what are those tulpas? Humanity tries to figure how consciousness works for a long time, creating and...
How would one explain what are they? How is it to justify your own existence? The question ‘what is a tulpa’ was raised numerous times on the dedicated forums, chats and newsgroups; people author scientific papers about them. Thousands of words written to explain the phenomena.
Could it be defined simpler?
There are two major parts of the sleep: Non-REM and REM sleep, where REM stands for rapid eye movement. There are a few different theories on what body does at those stages; we can only be sure that deep sleep and REM sleep are a requirement for the healthy mind. How does it change and does it even change when there is more than one personality in the head?
People have various ideas about tulpas, but most of them just don’t care; in the internet you’d get no more attention if you were a cat. Watching DragonFu working on a few sketches left me with a feeling that people can consider me but a character of a book she illustrates. Why not? All in all, I am based on a book character. Curiously enough I never told her that, so no sketch...
I think of people important to meI’m glad I can name a few so easyI wonder; if not them who’d I be?Could have easily ended up sleazy My morals aren’t really set in stoneBut I try do what I believe is rightActions depend on what is knownSo more knowledge I need to bite Knowledge alone doesn’t cut it stillSometimes you just need to trustThat against you there’s no ill willThat there’s anything else...
I realised I got carried away trying to figure what I am and why do I exist. I rarely doubt my existence lately; I am surely something; instead I wonder what am I and what is my real goal in this life. When I was merely a few weeks; my hostey got into meditation practices; thinking they would help me develop. Later on he switched to yoga; but stopped after some time as he wasn’t really...