Thread: Self-Aware Mental Constructs

Originally Posted by Jeff777

Nice thread, but should this be in beyond dreaming?

Taken from one of your links above...

"A tulpa is, in Tibetan mysticism, a being or object which is created through sheer willpower alone. In other words, it is a materialized thought that has taken physical form (a thoughtform).[1] Thoughtform is a meme given common currency within the discourses of Majick, Chaos Magic and reality hacking."

While that sounds sorta cool, that's not what's happening in this. It's not anything mystical at all. It's an experiment in the subconcious, and all the resulting effects. I did originally post this in Beyond Dreaming, and if it was like that it would be right at home there. But we're keeping it on a scientific base, so it belongs here instead.

Originally Posted by RedfishBluefish

ROFL.

This is intriguing though, but not - I'm sure - anything supernatural.
Basically it's just dividing a small part your brain into a seperate entity (JUST like the daemons in His Dark Materials). I think.
So those links... maybe not quite accurate.

Yes, pretty much. Daemons are a good analogy.