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src/.gitignore

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-*.epub
+*.epub
+*.mobi

src/SUMMARY.md

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   - [Thought Relocation](./psiqss-thought-relocation.md)
   - [schlondark on Narration](./schlondark-narration.md)
 - [Communication](./communication.md)
+  - [JD’s Guide to Visualization](./jdbar-visualization.md)
+  - [Tulpa Visualization Guide](./tulpa-visualization-guide.md)
   - [Proxying](./proxy.md)
   - [Am I Parroting?](./am-i-parroting.md)
   - [Overcoming Parrotnoia](./parrotnoia.md)
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 - [Parapsychological](./parapsychological.md)
   - [Metaphysical Creation](./cable-creation.md)
   - [Ness' Guide on Astral Projection](./ness-astral-projection.md)
+  - [Aksel's Tree Method](./aksels-tree-method.md)
 - [Historical Guides](./historical.md)
   - [FAQ man's Creation Guide](./faqman-creation.md)
   - [FAQ man's Final Post](./faqman-final-post.md)
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   - [Irish's Creation Guide](./irish-creation.md)
   - [Percieved Dangers of Making a Tulpa](./faqman-dangers.md)
   - [Oguigui & Koomer Possession Starter Guide](./oguigui-starter.md)
+  - [Fuliam's guide on how to switch](./fuliam-switching.md)
 - [Other Tips](./other_tips.md)
   - [Internal Meetings to Bring Harmonic Synergy](./internal-meetings-to-bring-harmonic-synergy.md)
   - [Tulpaforcing from the Heart](./tulpaforcing-from-the-heart.md)

src/aksels-tree-method.md

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+## Aksel's Tree Method
+
+And various other tidbits
+
+### Intro
+
+Of the many answers to how and why tulpas work and how to go about creating reinforcing a tulpa. After much contemplation and not a few questions from friends and relatives I think I have come to my answer to these questions. How I happened to do it without training and how I continue to do it in the same manner.
+
+This guide will cover topics like how and why “walk-ins” occur, as well as why some people without any measurable ability can be more prone to proliferation in tulpamancy. These are opinions based off of personal observations and many are not vetted to my knowledge by any-other persons.
+
+I have two methods I use to “create” and reinforce tulpas. I don't believe one creates a Tulpa, more on that later though. One method that over-arcs is what I term the Tree method. I also use what I call “burning an ember.”
+
+### Methods
+
+The Tree method is a loose system of explanations and practices. First let me explain why “Tree.” I have been fascinated with the old-English term treo or treow. The term is the root for both the words tree and true. Possibly for the word three as well since the root for three is \*trei.
+
+A tree is made of a single stem that binds the roots to the branches. Truth is a thing with one stem holding its many roots to its varied branches. Both systems have those three things in common.
+
+How does this relate to tulpas? Each person is made of a body and brain. The nerves and neurons of which are like the roots of the tree. The mind stems from these roots with the unconscious or subconscious being the trunk of the tree. Finally the buds, branches, leafs, and fruits of a tree relate to all of the conscious effects that a mind can give forth.
+
+Now for the method. It is about affecting the the roots and stem to allow the branches to bud and grow. In an actual tree this system is cyclic, with the roots feeding the branches with material and water while the branches collect light and carbon-dioxide and turn it into sugar for the whole tree.
+
+A good prerequisite is to have a healthy body if you can. Doing everything to get proper meals and exercise. Both healthy and different foods to give your body the right materials to produce Choline, a neural-chemical that slowly releases dopamine in the brain over a long period. Alongside diet you should have a healthy workout or yoga/stretching routine to release hormones in the body with varied effect like releasing dopamine into the brain and increasing trust. This will help you to already be in a relaxed and calm mood. 
+
+To affect the unconscious part of the mind we must first have a conscious part. We all have a conscious part so this was an easy step right? It might help to be familiar with where the conscious begins and ends. This can be worked on through meditation. Mindfulness seemed to be the best starting point for me. Mindfulness is a process of becoming relaxed and aware of your surroundings and self without attributing emotions to observations. There are many places on-line that teach mindfulness so I will trust you can easily find one that suits you. Although the practice can be very simple and can take as little as a few minutes to practice.
+
+Once you have become aware of where your branches end and where the trunk begins then you must send energy down the trunk to the roots. A helpful model I use I call burning an ember. Many guides actually describe something similar and it is apparent to me that many already do this in a different way but garnering similar results. However for now let us continue under the assumption of the tree.
+
+To send energy down to the roots you must first only be in the trunk. You have let go that you are branches. You have dug down deeply. (I apologize to those with attention deficit disorders because this will probably not work for you. If that is the case then burning an ember would be your best option in this guide.) This should feel like you aren't you or really anyone but at the time you are more you than you ever have been. It will to the most mindful feel like you could be anyone you want to be if you would just reach out and bud. However, we need to keep in mind our roots at this time. From the trunk you should be able to reach down to your extremities. It isn't really like reaching down though. It is more like being that extremity. It is useful to exercise the mind in this way because it more fully allows the trunk to utilizes the faculties of the body. This utilization becomes important because when you branch out in new ways you want all of your branches to be able to use the entire system.
+
+Now that you have stretched your perception of what the trunk is go ahead and bud out. It is helpful to understand what kinds of buds you can have and what they will do. This might take some preemptive study. One helpful model of what you are as a trunk is the MBTI. The MBTI is a type indicator of personality. It describes how your personality functions and why sometimes that function can vary. The truth is that no one person is one type. We have all of the types and more in us already but we have grown a branch so to say of one personality for so long that we don't utilize the rest of them. So study maybe this type indicator or maybe which ever type you feel you need to have to explain personality for you.
+
+Decide then on the type of bud to grow. It is useful to keep in mind personality and how it will be utilized by the branch to be. As well as any other desired attributes like self-image which so greatly affects how we act. Burning an ember helps even in this stage. It allows you to unconsciously decide these things and expectation of how they will be used. The next stage is very like to parroting. If you have read guides on that you will understand. You must reach out and bud. This can be done without really meditating so much. You must think like the bud, talk like the bud and act like the bud. If you have knowledge on how to think, speak, and act that way then this can with effort be done. The bud was so easy to form you didn't realize it probably. Over time it will strengthen and grow into a sturdy branch... practice makes perfect. 
+
+This whole process happens quickly. It happens nearly immediately. The real trick comes in persistance and realizing that it has happened. Learning to hear yourself. Buds will be quieter and weaker than branches but the longer a bud is there the stronger it will get. You don't even need to practice because a bud will utilize smoldering if you expect it to. 
+
+### Burning an ember
+
+**aka Smoldering**
+
+Burning an ember is a method for sending information to the unconscious parts of the mind. The mind is a place of symbols and expectations. If you expect something will happen in the mind then it will happen. To affect your expectation in the unconscious, which is where I have observed they must be affected, you must use symbols.
+
+A burning ember is my symbol for any random expectation but it can be what ever symbol is needed for whatever expectation you are trying to change or add. It clings and vibrates, it smolders.
+
+Have you ever been told to not think of an elephant? You probably are thinking of one right now to any of a varying degree. An ember is like an elephant. When you tell your subconscious not to think of a topic or even if you tell it to think of a topic it will. It sends this information all throughout the brain trying to affect as much of it as it can for any and all responses. It becomes and all-consuming brain thought. To do this, imagine the symbol of the thing. It can actually be an imagined ember but it also could be however nebulous you want or need it to be. Hold the thought and look of it in your mind while thinking of the message or expectation you need to go unconscious. In your mind push it down. Deep into the place that feels the deepest to you. I push embers down into my solar plexus but it isn't uncommon for others to have some other center. Send it to your center by focusing for a few minutes with intense concentration on the action of sending it, the imagery and feel of it.
+
+The most important part next is to actively try not to think of this now. Over the course of a few minutes. Whenever you think you have done so you should automatically realize that you aren't thinking of it, at which point if you are doing it right you will think of the ember again. If it does resurface you should then repeat pushing the ember down. Do this a few time until you get bored. Getting bored and moving on is the natural and right thing to do. Now, go do whatever else. It should either become an immediate expectation or if you are more stubborn it could take several sessions.
+
+### Tidbits
+The rest of the Tree method is “automatic.” This is why in my opinion that walk-ins can occur. We don't realize it but we are burning so many embers already, people more prone to an auto-burn most likely tend to have walk-ins. 
+
+The “roots” do their thing beyond your ability to discern and push up expectations to the trunk and then the branches bare the fruit of it.
+
+A bit about expectations. We are taught so often that things take time. This has reached our cores by the time we are old enough to tulpamance and so we expect it to take a long time to create a tulpa or to switch or impose in any way a tulpa. The truth is that all of these things are automatic. That is why some people form tulpas naturally and some people are schizophrenic. It takes zero time. But we come to expect it will time and effort. As you reinforce you also change your expectation that you really can make and have a tulpa and so you do. It is much easier to just change you expectations, faster too.
+
+The science of this thing is beyond me. Humans are just this way. We all make tulpas automatically and instantly. Part of the art of this is realizing you can do it and changing what you believe is possible.
+
+Another note, branches can branch. Some people have tulpas that shape-shift and personality shift. This is really just one branch branching. Every branch can further branch. Even the branch that the “host” is can branch. This would be akin to those who utilize “masks.” Tulpas themselves are already so much like a mask that this is pretty unnecessary but doubtlessly happens. This could probably explain certain personality disorders though which is also beyond me.
+
+---
+
+Please leave comments with critique and opinions. I am open-minded even if I am stubborn. Also this is just my opinion of how things work. It isn't science or knowledge based. It is just the conclusion of how it works for me and how it might work for yourself. Try it, for more than a day, and then comeback and comment.

src/build.sh

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   schlondark-narration.md
 
 communication.md
+  jdbar-visualization.md
+  tulpa-visualization-guide.md
   proxy.md
   am-i-parroting.md
   parrotnoia.md
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   irish-creation.md
   faqman-dangers.md
   oguigui-starter.md
+  fuliam-switching.md
 
 other_tips.md
   internal-meetings-to-bring-harmonic-synergy.md
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   alyssa-list-things-to-do.md
 '
 
-pandoc -o tulpanomicon-hack.epub --epub-chapter-level=2 title.md $FILES
+pandoc -o tulpanomicon.epub --epub-chapter-level=2 title.md $FILES
+kindlegen tulpanomicon.epub
 mkdir -p ../book
-cp -vrf tulpanomicon-hack.epub ../book/tulpanomicon.epub
+cp -vrf tulpanomicon.mobi ../book/
+cp -vrf tulpanomicon.epub ../book/
 cd .. && mdbook build
 

src/communication.md

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 # Communication
+
+This section has guides focusing on various methods of communication. This 
+includes visualization, proxying and a few thoughts on "parrotnoia".

src/ebook.md

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 ## eBook Edition
 
-Download the eBook edition of this website [here](/tulpanomicon-hack.epub). This will refer to the most up-to-date copy of this book. 
+The following is the eBook edition of the tulpanomicon. 
+
+- [ePub(iBooks)](./tulpanomicon.epub)
+- [Kindle](./tulpanomicon.mobi)

src/fuliam-switching.md

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+## Fuliam's guide on how to switch
+
+Hi, my name is Fuliam and I will be writing this guide here for you today. Now let me first jump in by saying each section will be labeled for your convenience, so if you want to skip past all this stuff, go ahead I won't be offended. But I highly suggest reading it, because I will be discussing a few things in depth here, including what does or doesn't work, with that said, let us begin.
+
+### PREWORD
+
+Firstly let me say that I suggest having a tulpa, you can switch out of your body without one, but you will not have anyone able to control it. Secondly I suggest getting your tulpa, at the very least, vocal first. Also if you already know how to possess that is a huge plus.
+
+Important thing here: Your tulpa needs parallel processing, which basically means, it can think on it's own.
+
+### Definitions
+
+In this guide I am going to be using a few terms some of you may be unfamiliar with, so I will be defining them here. If you are confused by a word and I have not listed it here, by all means ask what it means, this is for all of you.
+
+Switching: When the host trades places with the tulpa. The host goes to a tulpalike state and tulpa controls the body. It sounds similar to possession, but is not.
+
+Reverse Imposition: This means taking away your senses. This is the most difficult step of the switching process. You will be mentally focusing on each of your senses of your body in turn, and completely letting go of them and only feeling you wonderland senses. AKA Mentally Forced Sensory Deprivation.
+
+I'll add more as needed.
+
+### Basic Overview of Steps
+
+1. Relax and get into forcing state
+2. Begin to make a form for yourself in wonderland
+3. Import yourself into that form
+4. Begin reverse imposition process
+5. Adopt wonderland sense
+6. Complete reverse imposition
+7. Tulpa goes into your body.
+
+In this part I will be describing in detail and explaining steps 1-3
+
+### Step 1
+
+Relax and get into Forcing state.
+
+Step 1 should be relatively simple it is also the most crucial. Get into whatever position you normally force in and make sure you will not be interrupted. If you do get interrupted it will obviously break your concentration. One of the key things in this whole process is concentrating on the task alone. When in your wonderland, or whatever method you use to force, make sure that your Tulpa is ready. Also I forgot to mention something earlier, make sure your Tulpa WANTS to switch. If your Tulpa does not want to switch obviously enough it will not help.
+
+### Step 2
+
+Begin to make a form for yourself in wonderland.
+
+The majority of people will find it easier to complete step three, and the following steps if they first have a representation of themselves in wonderland. I begin with a blue floating sphere which I then reshape into usually a wolf. You can choose any shape or form you wish, but I suggest starting with a human shape. It is one that we are all familiar with, and it is how we are accustomed to seeing ourselves usually. I've found as of recent, it is even easier just to keep the form as an orb, and use that. You can change it after you have switched.
+
+But again, you may choose any form you wish, just make sure you see that it's not just a random empty body, it is in fact you.
+
+### Step 3
+
+Import yourself into that form
+
+If you have not finished step 2 I suggest you finish it before moving on, it is even more difficult than normal to continue without first doing step 2, but it is possible (Not recommended).
+
+Once you have chosen and visualized your new form in wonderland start to breathe in deeply, and then breathe out deeply, get truly relaxed. And then imagine yourself, your essence as water, and your body containing all of that water. Now feel that water slowly drain from you, slowly, into your wonderland form, as completely as you can. 
+
+What you are doing is importing yourself, ignore everything you can in the real world, and only pay attention to the wonderland, this is another especially important thing to remember. Focus on wonderland, and try to ignore everything else.
+
+Part 3 is planned on being the last part, it is also the most complicated, and takes the longest. No normal person can do it all in one try, so I have broken it down into as many steps as possible for you all to grasp.
+
+Please do keep in mind, that steps 4-6 all kind of happen at once, so I will be referring them all as one step.
+
+### Steps 4, 5, and 6
+
+Now that we are in wonderland and we have a form for us to focus on, it is time for the most important step of all, what I call reverse imposition. Which is essentially, shutting your body of from real world senses. This step cannot be skipped. There is no consistent way that I know off for the Tulpa to do the work either.
+
+We will start with your sense of taste, think of your favorite food, think about the taste, tangy, or sweet, or whatever it is. Keep your entire mind on that taste, and know that right now that food is touching your tongue, you can taste it. Once you taste it, you are halfway there. Next, get a small piece of flavorful candy or something else small. Put it in your mouth and suck/ chew on it, until you taste it (this is in the real world by the way, like actually eat something). Now go into your wonderland and again focus on your favorite food, and keep it up until you can no longer taste the thing in your mouth and instead taste your favorite food.
+
+If you have done this, and gotten the results, congratulations you have conquered your sense of taste.
+
+Next we shall work on your sense of hearing, make sure you are in a quiet place to begin. Think of a catchy little jingle, or song you like. Make sure you know it by heart, it has to be so stuck in your head that you can sing it aloud without the music playing in the background. Now go to wonderland and think of speakers blaring that jingle, or song all over your wonderland. Try and keep it up until you can actually hear your music in wonderland. Now comes the next part of this sense, get some headphones, and play soft music, (Music, not tones). I don't really care what kind of music it is, in fact it's best if you have a variety of music, then go back to wonderland and concentrate on the song you chose earlier until you can't hear the real life song, but can only hear the wonderland song. If you did that, good your almost there, one step remains for hearing. think of birds chirping, and other random noises or sounds, and keep practicing the techniques listed above until if you think of a noise you know, you can hear it in wonderland as clearly as in real.
+
+If you followed the above steps and gotten the results described, congratulations you conquered hearing. Good news is you are 2/5's of the way there, bad news is it only gets more difficult from here on out.
+
+Next sense is smell. Once again go into wonderland and think of a smell you know very well, it can't be the smell you are smelling in real life right now. So for example I know the smell of Incense very well, so I imagine that and think of it until I can smell it. You can pick whatever scent you'd like and do the same as the other steps, focus on that scent until it overpowers you sense of smell, and you can't smell anything else. Next get something with a strong scent and put it next to you, make sure you can smell it, and then focus on your thought up scent until the real life scent disappears.
+
+Good job you've conquered smell, more than half way there.
+
+Sight comes next, this is why I suggested getting imposition down first, but it's not a requirement. I prefer to stare at one very small object like a single lone period, and not move my eyes from that spot, at all, try not to blink. Keep staring, and when you get bored, stare at it some more, you know when you're ready when your sight starts to get a bit blurry around the sides, and strange things start happening to your sense of sight. Now think of your wonderland, do not close your eyes this time, think of your wonderland and essentially see your wonderland, now I know what your thinking. "But Fuliam, what if my wonderland is too big to fit in the room." Ah excellent question inquisitive friends. The answer is quite simple. Imposition is bringing something into this world, you shouldn't be focusing on bringing your wonderland into the world. You should only be focusing on your wonderland and seeing it replace the world. Yes it is very complicated and takes a long time, but if you master this skill, you will be able to hallucinate anything you can think of if you want to.
+
+Ok, that one is significantly harder than the last three, but if you did it, great job. 
+
+If you are reading this, than you should have mastered all 4 things described above, because now it is time for the last sense. The sense of touch. Have you ever had a ache, or really bad pain? Most of us have, I want you to dig through those memories and think of one pain or ache you remember particularly well. Now that you have it in mind, remember, what did that pain feel like, exactly where was it, etc. Basically, make a phantom of this pain in your body, make it shadow out your normal feelings there. If you did it right, it should hurt you, the reason I had you do this is simple. The body remembers pain better than it does pleasure generally. Now think of the most pleasurable moment you've ever had, think of it, until your entire body can feel it. Good job, now continue doing this and go into your wonderland, think nothing of your physical body, only the body here in wonderland, wonderland is your new home, and there is no more physical body for you, take a jog around wonderland, feel the slight burning in your legs, and your heart pounding harder, feel the air go in and out of your lungs. Now grab a knife and make a small cut on your finger, if it hurts, congratulations you've done it. Do not on any circumstances focus back on your body, this will make you have to repeat this step.
+
+Congratulations, you have conquered the five sense, do not try and do it all in a single sitting, it is almost suicidal using that much effort at once.
+
+Now there is one more thing you need to do before your Tulpa can do step 7, You need to combine all the things you have learned at once. My method for doing this is going into wonderland and draining myself into the form, and thinking only of my wonderland senses, then when I am ready to switch, I see small lines tethering my wonderland body to my real body, with a sharp exhale, I cut all of these lines, thus leaving my body without a conscious mind. 
+
+This is only my method, an easier way for you may be to one at a time focus on the senses like you learned here, until all of them are under your control, then visualize you taking a knife and cutting the strings between your physical and wonderland forms.
+
+### Step 7
+
+This step is done IMMEDIATELY after all the other steps are done, your Tulpa will essentially enter the void left in your mind caused by you leaving your body, and your Tulpa will now be in control. Pretty simple step.
+
+Once you are ready to end the switch, basically have your tulpa kind of walk out of the body, while you refocus on your Physical bodies senses. When you get back from a siwtch you might feel disoriented, this is normal.
+
+---
+
+If you have followed all the steps listed above, and mastered them all, congratulations you are now capable of switching. It is a thing very few are able to do. There is good reason to that. It is one of the most difficult things you can do, period, not only with a Tulpa but one of the most difficult things in general. I cannot guarantee that you will be able to switch by reading this guide, but I can tell you this guide will send you on the right way, and with enough effort you can learn how to switch.
+
+I have to leave you a little reminder though, this is not something to be tried by the weak of heart or will. It is not something you pick up and learn in an afternoon, it is something very difficult, that few ever master, but if you think that you can do it, then go out and do it. 
+
+I am always looking for your feedback and experiences. Good luck. If you would like a specific guide on anything else, ask me in IRC.
+
+From [here](http://community.tulpa.info/thread-switching-guide-on-how-to-switch)

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+# JD’s Guide to Visualization
+
+Many people come into tulpamancy with different levels of visualization. It’s common for more artistic and imaginative people, as well as those with the tendency to daydream, to be able to visualize very well. However, some people find that they are very bad at visualizing, or even unable to visualize at all. The goal of this guide is to figure out your skill level of visualization, and to show you how to advance from there.
+
+![I know what I should be seeing, but I can't see it](./jd-vis-1.png)
+
+If you are experiencing this level of visualization, the most likely problem is that you are expecting to see your tulpa with your eyes, or see her image on the back of your eyelids. However, this is not the case. Visualization takes place in the mind's eye, that is in an area separate from the stream of data from the eyes to the brain. You'll want to focus on adjusting your attention away from your physical eyes, and instead to your mind's eye. You naturally use your mind’s eye all the time, especially for keeping your surrounding environment in mind. For example, observe this setup of cubes.
+
+![](./jd-vis-cubes.png)
+
+When counting how many cubes there are in this arrangement, you will probably not only count the cubes you can see with your physical eyes, but also the hidden cubes you can see with your mind’s eye (which in this case acts as a sort of mental x-ray vision). There are 19 visible cubes, and 12 hidden cubes.
+
+![I can see a fuzzy form](./jd-vis-2.png)
+
+At this level of visualization, you are looking through your mind's eye, but you've yet to achieve any sort of definition or significant color in your attempts to visualize. Getting beyond this stage is mainly sheer practice. One visualization exercise you could try is my very slight modification of [Rasznir’s number visualization guide](https://community.tulpa.info/thread-visualization-tulpa-visualization-guide). This exercise involves visualizing a canvas in your mind, and asking your tulpa to draw numbers on each page of the canvas, starting from zero and going up to 100 with each step. Try to maintain visualizing your tulpa writing each number in detail, without losing focus. If you lose focus, start again from zero. I suggest that your tulpa writes these numbers in different colors as well, and that you try to name the color your tulpa used. If correct, move on to the next number. If wrong, start over. The point is for your tulpa to test how accurately you are visualizing color.
+
+![I can see fuzzy blocks of color](./jd-vis-3.png)
+
+At this stage, you've got a foothold but your visualizations are still hazy like a dream you don't really remember well. To get beyond this stage of visualization, you'll want to focus on several different things. For one, you need to start practicing including smaller details in your visualization. Start by scanning your tulpa from head to toe, sequentially zooming closer on smaller areas as if your tulpa was being viewed in Google Maps. Additionally, you'll want to increase your ability to know the exact pose and form of your tulpa. Fuzziness can indicate uncertainty in your visualization, and turning the mind's uncertainties into concrete notions will help decrease the fuzziness as time goes on. To practice this ability, try playing a shape-based puzzle game such as Tetris for an hour or more every day. Eventually your mind will become good at knowing the exact shape of the puzzlefield, which in turn can be applied to your tulpa, reducing fuzziness.
+
+![I can see the whole form, but not the smaller details](./jd-vis-4.png)
+
+At this stage you are competent enough to impose if you’d like, but to really make your tulpa realistic you will need to learn to refine your visualization abilities. One exercise you can try for getting beyond this stage is by going on Google Maps. Start at any location in satellite view, but zoomed out to a point where you can’t actually discern any individual buildings. Spend some time remembering the details of this overhead view. Once you can visualize it in your head well, zoom in a little bit and start to observe the smaller parts that you could not see before. Scan over the area and visualize these as well. Once you can do that, zoom in another iteration and repeat. Go as far as you like remembering details. The goal is to see if you can mentally reconstruct the map in your mind and zoom in and out at will. This exercise can seem a little daunting, so start with small areas and try only zooming in once or twice. After getting good at this, your mind should be capable of visualizing small details in the bigger picture. Additionally you must spend time going over your tulpa’s form and becoming familiar with the smaller details, just as you have done with the maps.
+
+![I can see the smaller details, but struggle to see the whole thing](./jd-vis-5.png)
+
+This is a problem that isn’t as common, where you can see the details of your tulpa, but trying to look at the full form is difficult, often appearing as a collage of details rather than a unified body. The simplest way to work around this problem is to visualize your tulpa from various distances. Visualize your tulpa very far away from you, to the point where she looks like a whole body rather than fragmented details. Ask her to walk towards you until you begin to struggle to see her wholly again. At that point, you’ll have found your threshold for full-body visualization. To stretch this threshold, you’ll simply have to spend some time visualizing your tulpa up-and-down at that distance until the collage effect starts to decrease. Sheer practice is the easiest way I’ve found of mitigating this problem.
+
+![I can see the form, but it seems dark/transparent](./jd-vis-6.png)
+
+You’re nearly a visualization pro, the last step is tearing down the mind barrier that gives your visualizations an uncanny dark or transparent quality. Growing past this stage will have you fully prepared for imposition. While simple visualization practice over time will resolve this problem, it can also be solved through meditation and some general realizations about how you see things. Your physical eyes send visual data to your brain, and your brain makes an image out of it. In essence, you see everything with your brain, not necessarily your eyes. Your visualizations are similar, in that they are interpreted by your brain. You must convince yourself that there is literally no difference between what you can see with your eyes, and what you can visualize, as the end result is entirely constructed in your brain. Your mental image of the world is entirely subject to your conscious will. Every physical object you can see is constructed in your mind only because your eyes react to photons emitted by those objects, and your brain decides to translate that to colors and forms. Every mental object is the same way, but the process is not subject to the laws of the universe. Your brain can translate your imagination into colors and forms in the exact same way. If you can meditate on this train of thought for a while, perhaps you too will believe how subjective reality is. And once you’ve done that, your visualizations will reach the vivid level of quality we’ve been aiming for.
+
+![I can see the form vividly](./jd-vis-7.png)
+
+Congratulations. You can visualize awesomely, and you are fully prepared to try imposition. If you’ve not already done it, try visualizing with your eyes open and compare the quality to your visualizations with your eyes closed. The exercises for open eye visualization are exactly the same as closed eye visualization.
+
+If you are able to achieve certain qualities of visualization, but often find that these qualities only exist for brief moments or flashes and regressing to lower qualities, you will want to try practicing visualization from the lowest quality that you tend to hit.

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+# Tulpa Visualization Guide 
+
+> by Rasznir
+
+This guide is intended for people who are having trouble with visualization in general or specifically visualizing their tulpa, or who simply want to practice/improve their visualization skills.
+
+## Visualization Focus
+
+The bulk of the guide has been written to help people who are struggling with visualization because they can't focus or concentrate for long periods of time. As such, it may be helpful for people with ADD or similar. This guide assumes that you know what visualization is, and that you're at least able to do it.
+
+Begin by visualizing a canvas in your mind. The canvas can be any colour, but use white if you don't have a preference. On the canvas, visualize the number 0 in a strong, contrasting colour. For example, if the canvas is white, the number should be something like navy blue or black.
+
+Allow yourself time to relax and become aware of your breathing. Take a minute or so to let your breathing slow to a comfortable level. This will help you stay focused for the final step.
+
+The canvas says 0.  
+Breathe in ... ... And out.
+
+Turn the canvas over to the next page. Visualize a number 1 on it.
+
+The canvas says 1.  
+Breathe in ... ... And out.
+
+Turn the canvas over to the next page. Visualize a number 2 on it.
+
+The canvas says 2.  
+Breathe in ... ... And out.
+
+Keep going, all the way to 100. That's right - without getting distracted! If you lose track of where you are, skip a number, or even take two breaths between numbers, reset to 0 and start again.
+
+You might not reach 100 on your first, second, or even third try, bur don't worry. Each attempt will improve your focus skills a little bit more, and if you keep at it, you'll eventually reach 100. Practice makes perfect!
+
+This process can be adapted to improve your tulpa visualization (and communication!).
+
+Ask your tulpa to write the number 0 on the canvas. How they write it doesn't matter, as long as you visualize them doing so.
+
+The canvas says 0.  
+Breathe in ... ... And out.
+
+Ask your tulpa to turn the canvas over to the next page and write the number 1 on it.
+
+The canvas says 1.  
+Breathe in ... ... And out.
+
+
+The exercises are written in a way which makes them easy to turn into audio scripts. You can do this yourself if you have a microphone, simply by reading each instruction aloud, from 0 to 100.
+
+Remember to have fun while you're doing these exercises. Please don't hesitate to share your experiences or give feedback, and I hope you get something useful from this guide.
+
+## Adaptation
+
+This guide is an adaptation of my Visualization Focus Guide. If you find it hard to focus, I recommend you complete the exercise in the earlier part of this guide at least once before attempting the exercise in this part of the guide.
+
+This guide is intended to help people who have trouble visualizing their tulpa, or who have trouble visualizing anything. A tulpa who is able to move/control their mindform is required.
+
+Begin by visualizing a canvas in your mind. The canvas can be any colour but if you really can't decide, use white. At this point, your tulpa should use some sort of pen to draw the number 0 on the current page of the canvas. The pen can be any colour but you should be able to see it on the canvas's colour (so don't pick white if the canvas is white).
+
+Next, relax your body and mind slightly and become aware of your breathing. Take a minute or so to get to a level where you feel sufficiently relaxed. This will help you stay focused while doing the exercise.
+
+Now, ask your tulpa to turn to the next page on the canvas, then write the number 1. You should try and focus on them in your visualization and watch their movements as they turn the page (or magic the canvas blank if they so desire). Then ask them to move on to the next number.
+
+Continue this all the way to the number 100 without getting distracted! If you lose focus, your tulpa should throw the canvas away and get a new one. To throw in a twist, your tulpa is also allowed to make you start again if they think you took too long to ask them for the next number, or if you didn't try to visualize them during a number!
+
+You might not be able to reach 100 on the first try, but don't worry. Each time you try this, you'll improve your visualization skills more and more and as a bonus, communication between you and your tulpa will also improve! If you keep practicing, you'll be able to reach 100 before long. Practice makes perfect!
+
+Ideally, you should do this exercise at least once a day if you want to improve your visualization skills more than a little. As you do it, remember to have fun and feel free to chat with your tulpa during it (and for the tulpa: feel free to chat to your host if you want to give them more to focus on!).

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 # Wonderlands
+
+