Self-Aware Mental Constructs

[Lseadragon]

http://mentalconstructs.blogspot.com/ The link explains, but you'll have questions. Please ask them here, as it will help me make an FAQ to post there. To simplify the idea, it's simply to create a kind of independent life-form using only your thoughts. Yeah, I'm not explaining much here. But if you don't want to click that link, ask any number of questions, and I'll answer them all. I'm just the kind of person who always plays black in chess - reactive.

[dragonoverlord]

I read an e book atleast a bit of it, the chapter was about this voice companian that he got from astral projection related things that gave him logical and spookily true advice. this sounds alot like it but my problem with this is, he never really got to explain it yet. When are they going to update the blog so we can learn how to make "mental" companions? I understand abit about it from reading the blog but not how to do it! The blog is really interesting and worth the read though,ill come back later and see if its updated. Edit. oh ya i read about this in a book. Onother name for self aware mental constructs is :thought forms" check this out:http://www.themystica.com/mystica/ar...m_and_use.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughtform Anyway im so surprised there haven't been more posts this is a very intriguing subject indeed.

[Lseadragon]

this sounds alot like it but my problem with this is, he never really got to explain it yet. When are they going to update the blog so we can learn how to make "mental" companions? Well, we've only just started. You want to know what exactly you're dealing with here. But expect it very soon indeed.

[dragonoverlord]

great i look forward to the rest, good luck!

[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."

[Merlock]

"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." Reality hacking? Morpheus approves.

[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.

[Lseadragon]

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. 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.

[Xaqaria]

I've had a deep interest in Dissociative Identity Disorder (commonly known as multiple personalities) and have racked my brain about ways to induce this intentionally. If you have verifiable results I'd like to see them/try out your methods. (I posted a comment saying basically the same thing on the blog).

[Lseadragon]

I've had a deep interest in Dissociative Identity Disorder (commonly known as multiple personalities) and have racked my brain about ways to induce this intentionally. If you have verifiable results I'd like to see them/try out your methods. (I posted a comment saying basically the same thing on the blog). Perhaps you can be a test subject.... Independent verification from someone I've never heard of would be nice.

[Xaqaria]

Perhaps you can be a test subject.... Independent verification from someone I've never heard of would be nice. I look forward to it. Send me a message whenever you're ready.

[Shaman]

Magnificent concept, you're definitely on to something. Keep me updated, and play me in chess

[Bonsay]

When I wake up, walk around half asleep, I still have some sort of hypnagogic hallucinations. I once found myself talking to somebody else inside my head. It was still strong and I actually heard the voice as if it was real. Although when I ended the sentence I snapped back to reality and woke up enough, which made the voice disappear.

[dragonoverlord]

I'm so impatient, how muh longer till you update the blog!!!???

[Lseadragon]

I'm so impatient, how muh longer till you update the blog!!!??? While I just did, I doubt it's in the way you'd like. We feel sorta weird shouting methods if nobody is listening. But we have a draft of that post when the time comes for it. And as it says in the new post, if you want something in it, just plainly ask for it. I'm no good at deciphering people's comments.

[dragonoverlord]

While I just did, I doubt it's in the way you'd like. We feel sorta weird shouting methods if nobody is listening. But we have a draft of that post when the time comes for it. And as it says in the new post, if you want something in it, just plainly ask for it. I'm no good at deciphering people's comments. Plz Private message me a copy of the draft copy.

[Captain Sleepalot]

I've had a deep interest in Dissociative Identity Disorder (commonly known as multiple personalities) and have racked my brain about ways to induce this intentionally. Hmm...is there a reason that you are interested in trying to create this state intentionally? I don't know if it is such a good idea to try to give yourself a mental illness.

[Cyclic13]

Hmm...is there a reason that you are interested in trying to create this state intentionally? I don't know if it is such a good idea to try to give yourself a mental illness. In order for one to be mentally ill, implies one must have been mentally well to begin with... However, simply being born into this paradoxical world means you are far from well from the get-go. There's no need to fear contracting something we already have. We are all mentally ill... some just have different degrees of the illness...

[Lseadragon]

Hmm...is there a reason that you are interested in trying to create this state intentionally? I don't know if it is such a good idea to try to give yourself a mental illness. That is a fair point to voice. But it's not something that will stay with you if you don't want it, unlike an illness. And indeed it may be risky. We're finding out...