#tulpamancy system

Good morning plurals with OSDD, DID, P-DID and UDD.

Good morning to plurals with another disorder that affects your plurality.

Good morning to plurals without a disorder that affects your plurality.

Good morning to plurals who enjoy being plural.

Good morning to plurals who would rather be singlets.

Good morning to plurals who just found out they are plural.

Good morning to plurals who have known for a while.

Good morning to plurals who just became plural.

Good morning to people who became plural on accident.

Good morning to plurals who became plural on purpose.

Good morning to purposeful plurals who view it as a sort of transition.

Good morning to accidental plurals who prefer it this way.

Due to us being busy, we are unable to stay active and post often. Thus, we will be going on hiatus. We will update this post when we are back!

Yes, I'm calling them scumbags, even though I know there are certainly well-meaning people who just want to do the right thing, but then there are the scumbags who will not hesitate to witch-hunt and harass people, our time on Tumblr has made that abundantly clear. People who make Plurality spaces unsafe for people like my systemmates and I who don't have the thick hide to deal with being demonized and harassed. People literally trying to divide a community because they don't like a word.

Not only have these kinds of people made Tumblr unsafe for Tulpamancy systems, but it's fucking pointless. Seeing people legitimately think that harassing just a few blogs on Tumblr is going to change the mind of the broader community is just absurd. One, like I said, most Tulpamancy blogs dipped because of the harassment (not just this recent drama, but just by sysmeds in general), and two, the vast majority of the community never congregated on Tumblr to begin with.

God, it just makes me miss when there were all these tulpa development blogs and you just see cool moments like, "My tulpa talked for the first time!" or, "My tulpa changed their form, here's some cute art of it!" Maybe when we have more time, I'll make posts about these blogs. Oh my god, I actually thought of content for this blog for once. Thanks, brain.

Anyway, I apologize for any Tulpamancy system who want to make a blog on here, but are scared of harassment. You're (regrettably) better off just keeping to sites like Tulpa.info for documenting progress.

This is the opinion of a Tibetan Buddhist who is quoted as being a "student of the words of Sogyal Rinpoche, student of Avalokitesvara, student of Kṣitigarbha," and a student of their own emanation (tulpa), Dharma Yokeyodasampa.

On May 11, 2022, this thread on Reddit was opened as an AMA for any member of r/Tulpas to ask questions regarding the Tibetan Buddhist practice of emanation.

The Buddhist (who did not give their own name or pronouns) has answered a couple questions regarding the use of the word "tulpa" as the tulpamancy/tulpa system community uses it. Screenshots of questions and answers with transcripts to follow. Emphasis added by myself for clarity, however, the quotes themselves remain unchanged.

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How do you feel about this community, and by extension, other plural communities?

Answer: I have understood the western Tulpamancy culture for awhile, I’ve been on the old forums but I haven’t really interacted much with the community. I don’t view it negatively, as long as you live your life and treat all sentient beings with kindness, including your tulpa, I don’t see an issue.

How does your emanation/tulpa compare to the headmates of this community? Do you treat them differently in any way? How would you describe your relationship?

Answer: I believe the main difference between Dharma Yokeyodasampa and others, is his vows. He is an ascetic, by choice, and chooses to spend most of his time in my company or meditating in our mental space, which is the likeness of a monastery. He doesn’t indulge much in my world, other than discussing day to day troubles. He is like any other person I would guess, though he is deeply rooted in his spiritual practice, with most of the day up to 8 hours spent in meditation and repetition. Our relationship is like that of brothers, though we consider the other one his Teacher. Much can be learned from both our experiences, and much can be learned of ourselves by discussing ourselves.

How do you feel about this community using the term "tulpa"?

Answer: considering that, from what I understand, tulpa in the western sense is a different culture than that of Tibetan or other shared origin, I don’t see a specific claim to the word. I don’t mind it. It’s fascinating how such a concept has travelled and deviated from its original sources and grew into a practice distinct in culture and community.

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Considering the Buddhist in question had been in these circles for a long period of time before finally announcing themselves, they obviously have a good background of knowledge on the tulpamancy community as a whole. They do not see the community negatively. Their specific quote saying, "[the concept of tulpamancy] has travelled and deviated from its original sources and grew into a practice distinct in culture and community" suggests to me that they (and, by extension, more than likely other Tibetan Buddhists) see the key differences between Buddhist Emanations and Western Tulpamancy.

This distinction also becomes clear in the quote, "tulpa in the western sense is a different culture than that of Tibetan or other shared origin," so one can conclude we are not even pretending to practice the same emanation as Buddhists.

[TRANSCRIPT

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In my personal understanding, not all tulpa are Bodhisattva or other enlightened beings. I believe western tulpas are incomplete variations or effects derived from Deity Yogic practices. That is to say, visualizing and maintaining a practice of meditating on -and with- the Buddhas/chosen deity or enlightened being, is meant to achieve an end goal such as purification, and realization of the true state of bliss.

While western tulpa seem to be made as companions with a secular division.

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This further places a distinction between Buddhist and western tulpa; Buddhist tulpa are created with a specific end goal in mind, whereas western tulpa are usually non-spiritual companions.

In conclusion, and to summarize:

Western tulpamancy and the practice of Tibetan Buddhist emanation are similar in basic method and name, but that is where the similarities stop

Western tulpa tend to be secular (non-religious) and psychological, in contrast with Tibetan Buddhist tulpa

Tibetan Buddhist tulpa are made with a specific end goal of enlightenment and/or purification, whereas Western tulpa are usually created with the intent of being companions

Tulpa simply means "an emanation" in this context and is a broad term

Y’all need to stop harassing someone and straight up telling them to k*ll themselves, that you hope they become traumatized, telling them they’re mentally ill/armchair diagnosing them with munchausens…

This all makes those saying/doing these things ableist.

Suibaiting is ableist. Hoping someone becomes traumatized is ableist. Telling someone they need to get mental help for no good reason is ableist. Armchair diagnosis without consent is ableist.

Stop posting in endo-positive tags, and stop violating DNIs of endogenic systems and getting mad when they respond to you. Stop violating your own damn DNI. A DNI goes both ways.

Sincerely, the very pissed-off and disgruntled host of a traumagenic, disordered system.

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This blog is run by host and tulpa pair Aster and Rylas. The system has traumagenic origins and a few created members.