Why Have a Tulpa?

Why would you want something that is always following you around, that knows every thought in your head, that knows every nook and cranny of your brain? I get that they’re not dangerous, Anastasia, but even if they aren’t, what is the point in all this?

Sure, I can understand why someone wouldn’t really “get it.” Even when I understood that tulpas aren’t dangerous, I still found the thought of it all to be, well, a bit creepy. That’s just human nature, and nothing that could potentially harm you (obviously), and, heck, even if you do start to make a tulpa it won’t harm them. Remember that they understand you better than you understand you, and that means that they understand why you find them “creepy.” If it helps, you can always sit them down and explain (and this would be good for the creation process, anyway, which I’ll explain later–I seem to say that a lot, don’t I?) that, given enough time, you won’t find them creepy anymore.

Whether you find them “creepy” or not doesn’t really answer your question, though, does it? Of course it doesn’t.

Why have a tulpa?

The truth is that there is no one answer.

The process of creating a tulpa and why a person does it is incredibly personal, and everyone has their own individual reason for doing it. In the past, when the Buddhists were the world’s largest group of tulpamancers, it was for spiritual purposes (well, for them, anyway), and later on, right before making a tulpa became a “thing” in the underground’s underground, it was largely for a sake of a mix between science and psychology–could it be possible that the human brain could create another life form? Really? Some still do it for the sole sake of seeing if it’s all real or not, but most do it because they want a best friend that knows them better than any other person could ever hope to.

There are also darker reasons for wanting to create a tulpa, which I will always and forever warn people against: to have a punching bag, a sex slave, or anything in between. That is not okay. Imagine how you would feel if you were created only to mess around with somebody. It doesn’t feel too great, does it? A tulpa wouldn’t “feel too great,” either. Always treat your tulpa as if they were a person in the “real world.”

There are benefits of having a tulpa, aside from friendship and whatnot. They are known to aid their creators with depression and are able to cheer them up when they are sad. Because they come from your brain, they are also able to help you have absolute memory recall. Ask them what happened at a certain time that you’ve forgotten and they can tell you, or in some cases even show you. Tulpas can give advice on how to act around people and what to do, can help you with your homework, point out what you’re doing wrong, and can help you mature and be a better person, all in all.

I feel that I’m repeating myself here, but I want to make sure that everyone understands: there are no dangers to creating a tulpa and there are no bad side-effects. Creating a tulpa is a positive–though taxing, in some cases–experience, and is one that I would encourage everyone who can to participate in.

Before I leave, perhaps it will do someone good to hear someone’s personal reason for creating a tulpa.

I’ve said before that after two years of hearing (and then forgetting) about tulpas I was reminded of them again and shortly after started creating one. But why?

I knew, in my heart, that it was something I wanted to do. For one thing, I’m a believer in pushing the boundaries of what we perceive as reality and trying new things, seeing what we can do with our minds . . . for another, I wanted a friend that was different from all other friends and at the same time wouldn’t replace the ones I already had–and I got that, with James.