Prove It!

If you have made it this far, then you should at least have a basic idea of what a tulpa is (a sentient being that shares your brain, but is not you, that you create; it is completely safe to have a tulpa, etc.). What you're wanting now is most likely proof. Cold, hard, factual proof that you can really do this, that I'm not crazy--and, for that matter, that no one else who does this is . . . you want scientific evidence, you want specific fields of study, you want everything in the world that can point out that all this is real.

The truth is, I can't give you any of that. Wait! Keep reading. :)

I've heard people compare tulpamancing to lucid dreaming before, probably because they both come from Tibetan Buddhism and are both misunderstood by the general public. Furthermore, I'm going to go so far as to say that most people have had a "lower form" of a tulpa (i.e., an imaginary friend) at at least one point in their lives, and everyone in the world, regardless of whether they remember it or not, has had a lucid dream. Both tulpamancing and lucid dreaming can connect you straight to your subconscious in one way or another, and in fact many tulpamancers practice lucid dreaming. That being said, however, it isn't fair to compare tulpas to lucidity as far as proving that they're real goes, because lucid dreaming has been proven, while tulpas have not. In other words, don't listen to anyone who tries to say that tulpas can't be proven because the creators are a bunch of lucid dreaming weirdos.

Because tulpas have not been proven, I have to ask you to open your mind a bit, no matter how skeptical you might be. I can understand the struggle of being a skeptic completely, but don't be so narrow-minded. Forget tulpamancing for a moment--being narrow-minded isn't good, period. So.

Take a deep breath. Try not to concentrate on how weird the thought of a tulpa is to you, or how you think I'm just trolling, or whatever else is running through your head. Instead, try to remember that, even now, science does not know everything that goes on in the world. Indeed, science doesn't even know everything about the human brain . . . in fact, there's a great deal about the human brain that science just doesn't understand. Right about now you should be considering this fact; you know it's true. Is it not possible, then, that tulpas simply have yet to be proven, rather than they cannot be?

"Well," you might say, "then why haven't they been proven?"

Of course, scientists have not heard about every little thing in the world--I mean, they're human, too! So, since they haven't heard about everything . . . well, to put it simply, why would they research something they've never heard of? People who have tulpas make up a remarkably small population compared to the people who call for research in areas such as marine biology, astronomy, zoology, and so on.

What am I trying to get at? To be blunt, most people haven't even heard of tulpas, and if they have then usually it's the creepypasta bull crap (not that I'm knocking creepypasta . . . well, okay, I might be a bit). With so few people aware of the reality of tulpas, why would there be any research on it?

So no, I can't direct you to any official research links. Which is, of course, why I've asked that you be so open-minded.

I would now like to point a finger at community.tulpa.info, which is hands down the largest community (both online and off) for tulpas and creators that exists today. We're talking well over a hundred people that have joined and have made tulpas, or are in the process of making tulpas. Now, let's be logical here: do you really think that that many people would spend that much time--we're talking years here--bull crapping? If you answered "yes" to that question, then you're only fooling yourself.

Most people, even during the creation process, remain skeptical of the existence of tulpas. It's perfectly normal. However, once they start hearing and feeling their tulpa, and seeing them, and when things start happening in your wonderland that you know you didn't do . . . only so many things can happen and you still try to deny their existence.

When I first started creating James, I was a bit on the fence. I insisted that I knew he was real, and a large part of me believed it, but there was still that small part that was unsure. After three days' time I felt him--and, by the way, that feeling was probably the most peaceful, happy feeling I've ever felt--and I knew at that time that he was definitely real.

My story is similar to so many others'. One guy talked about how he first heard his tulpa in the shower and knew that he couldn't deny her existence any longer, and another one said that he felt his tulpa "disappear" for a day and, when he went to his wonderland, everything was different--because she had changed it. Things like this pop up all the time in the tulpa community, and if you ever decide to create one the same might happen to you.

Yes, tulpas are real. I'm one of the many that know this because I've experienced it in person. You can believe me, or you can not believe me, but that doesn't change the truth.