diff --git a/src/CHANGELOG.md b/src/CHANGELOG.md index e578139..ce7de5f 100644 --- a/src/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/src/CHANGELOG.md @@ -1,6 +1,19 @@ ## Changelog -This changelog will also function as a bit of a bibliography for newly added content. +This changelog will also function as a bit of a bibliography for newly added +content. + +### 0.11.0 + +#### ADDED + +- Parallel Processing section + - [Abvieon's Parallel Processing Guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Htb-QkrSu8_vBfLnfF_e_bngU0xZTqmDtM-KOtHmiZY/edit) + - [Maya's Parallel Processing Guide](https://pastebin.com/xrAcvZdY) + +#### FIXED + +- breathing gif now shows in the eBook version ### 0.10.2 diff --git a/src/SUMMARY.md b/src/SUMMARY.md index f24555c..aeed26a 100644 --- a/src/SUMMARY.md +++ b/src/SUMMARY.md @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ - [King of the Vandenreich's Prism](./vandenreich-prism.md) - [Chupi on Vocalization](./chupi-vocalization.md) - [Easy Guide on How to Hear Your Tulpa](./easy-guide-on-how-to-hear-your-tulpa.md) +- [Parallel Processing](./parallel-processing.md) + - [Maya's Guide to Parallel Processing](./maya-parallel-processing.md) + - [Abvieon's Guide to Parallel Processing](./abvieon-parallel-processing.md) - [Imposition](./imposition.md) - [q2's Guide to a Huggable Tulpa](./q2-huggable-tulpa.md) - [Malfael's Guide to Visual Imposition](./mal-imposition.md) diff --git a/src/abvieon-parallel-processing.md b/src/abvieon-parallel-processing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23c0ea6 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/abvieon-parallel-processing.md @@ -0,0 +1,307 @@ +## Abvieon’s Guide to Parallel Processing +The following is an excerpt from a tulpa creation guide I am currently writing. +I have taken my section on parallel processing in that guide and put it into a +separate document so I can send this to those who are looking for advice +specifically on parallel processing. + +### Processing power and plurality + +Although a tulpa is a separate consciousness, creating a tulpa will not increase +your brain’s total “processing power”, or the resources used to think and +process information. To put it simply, having a tulpa does not give your brain +the processing power of two brains. This means that your brain’s existing +processing power must be shared, divided and swapped between you and your tulpa. + +How does processing power work when it comes to having more than one person in a +head? There are three possible configurations - sharing, swapping, and dividing. +I will walk you through a symbolic demonstration of how I believe each of these +configurations work. + +Imagine two small circles, one labeled “host” and the other labeled “tulpa”. +Now, imagine a larger circle labeled “processing power.” + +### Sharing + +In the first configuration, both the host and tulpa circles are inside of the +processing power circle. This means that both the host and tulpa are conscious +but are taking in the same information and sensory input. They are both focusing +on the same thing. Each is aware of everything the other is aware of. +Interactions between the tulpa and host in this state must be alternating - if +they are having a conversation, they cannot speak at the exact same time and +will instead take turns thinking and speaking. The one not doing the thinking or +speaking at any given time will be doing nothing but observing. + +### Swapping + +Either the host or tulpa circle is inside of the processing power circle and the +other is outside of it. This means that one is conscious while the other is +unconscious. This may happen if one becomes involved in a highly mentally +intensive task, forcing them to take all of the processing power for themselves +and leaving none left over for the other to use. If one has no processing power +to use for themselves, not only do they lose the ability to think, but they also +go unconscious. + +### Dividing + +Now, imagine that the processing power circle has been split into two separate +circles. The host circle is inside of one and the tulpa circle is inside of the +other. Because the processing power circle was split rather than multiplied, +each “half” of the circle is smaller than the original. This means that the host +and tulpa each have a smaller pool of resources to work with than if they were +in the sharing configuration. However, this configuration allows for the host +and tulpa to each think about different things simultaneously, unlike in the +sharing configuration. They will be focusing on separate things and may not be +aware of everything the other is aware of. + +### Parallel processing + +The “dividing” configuration described above is what is known as “parallel +processing.” During parallel processing, the host and tulpa will be thinking +about or focusing on different things at the same time, operating in parallel to +one another. One example of such is when a host goes about their day while their +tulpa occupies themselves with something else in the mindscape. Another example +is when a tulpa has private thoughts of their own that the host cannot hear. +Parallel processing is a skill that some systems exercise by default with hardly +any effort, possessing a natural talent for it, while other systems may find it +very difficult, needing to put in significant effort to achieve it. + +Parallel processing is not to be confused with multitasking. Multitasking deals +with a single consciousness while parallel processing deals with more than one +consciousness. The word “multitasking” itself is a misnomer - a single +consciousness is a single stream of awareness and experience, and therefore +cannot have more than one focus at a time. A single consciousness can quickly +switch between different focuses, which can give off a vague impression of doing +more than one thing at a time, though that isn’t what is actually happening. +This is what multitasking actually is. When a second stream of awareness and +experience is present, that second consciousness can focus on something else at +the same time. + +Still, parallel processing is hardly a superpower of any sort - as mentioned +before, this division does not give your brain any more resources to work with +than it had prior to containing more than one consciousness. This means that it +is very difficult, for some even impossible, for a host and tulpa to be involved +in different highly mentally intensive activities simultaneously. For example, +both doing different difficult math problems. However, it is more feasible for +one to work on a math problem while the other does something far less intensive, +such as taking a walk in the mindscape. The more processing power one is using, +the less the other will have to work with. It is a balancing act. + +Young or not yet well developed tulpas tend to have trouble with “grabbing” +processing power for themselves, needing their host to be directly feeding them +processing power in the form of attention in order to remain conscious. The +moment their host directs their attention elsewhere, even if it is not to +something mentally strenuous, the tulpa will go unconscious. This is a problem +as it can easily lead to the tulpa spending large chunks of time not doing +anything that could have better been used for any number of things, and does not +allow for them to be self sufficient. In order to have this not happen, the +tulpa must learn to either “latch onto” and share their host’s processing power +without their host giving them attention, or learn to divide it. The former +often happens naturally with nothing more than time and development, but the +latter will often need to be actively pursued in order to achieve. Dividing +processing power is typically more desirable than sharing it because the tulpa +will not have to constantly watch whatever the host is doing or vice versa. + +### Learning to parallel process + +In order to learn to parallel process, you must start small and work your way +up. Certain things in parallel processing are more difficult than others - if +you don’t have a natural affinity for parallel processing and try to jump +straight into trying to go about your day while your tulpa does activities in +the mindscape you will fail to do so, possibly frustrating yourself or leading +yourself to believe that it is not possible for you to parallel process. + +The very first thing you must do is split you and your tulpa’s observation, +taking in different sensory input at the same time. This is the first step to +break out of the standard “sharing” configuration, and is the very baseline of +all parallel processing. You will not be able to do anything more advanced until +you are able to do this. Observation and thinking are not the same thing - one +can remain conscious and aware without thinking. Observation also uses up far +less processing power than thinking does, meaning that it is easier for a host +and tulpa to observe different things simultaneously than it is for them to +think about different things simultaneously. + +#### Splitting observation + +You don't have another set of eyes on the back of your head, so the best way of +doing this is by utilizing your mindscape. First, immerse yourself in the +mindscape and make sure your tulpa is as well. Then, identify an object to look +at, for example a tree. Now, identify another object - and this is important - +have it be out of the field of vision of where your own object can be seen. Also +make sure that it looks very different from the object you will be looking at. +If you are going to be looking at a pine tree, have the other object be a +deciduous tree. + +Though not required, it is ideal for this activity that your mindscape is +fleshed out and consistent. This means that objects, areas, rooms, etc. and +their locations are generally the same and can be clearly recalled and +visualised with little to no mental effort. If the layout of rooms or locations +of objects in your mindscape are inconsistent or hard to remember, this activity +will probably be harder. + +Some tulpas by default see things via their host’s perspective in the mindscape +even if they have a form of their own. If they do this, tell your tulpa to shift +their perspective to their own form. Have them imagine that they are seeing out +of their form’s eyes rather than yours. + +Now, look at your object, and tell your tulpa to look at the other object. You +might notice that your senses start to “overlap” - you might start seeing what +you tulpa sees on top of what you are looking at, almost as if they are morphing +together - if this happens, try to ignore what your tulpa is seeing. You can do +this by focusing more heavily on your own object. Examine its smaller details, +take note of its every little aspect. Fill your mind with observations of your +object until everything else, anything you are not choosing to focus on, is +pushed out of your awareness. Your tulpa should do the same. Try to keep this up +for as long as you can. You and your tulpa may only be able to maintain this for +seconds at a time at first, but if you continue to practice you will get better +at it. + +Splitting sensory input between you and your tulpa creates the capability for +isolated experience within your system. Isolated experience is just what it +sounds like - The tulpa being aware of things that the host is not aware of, or +vise versa. This is what allows for parallel processing to be possible. + +If you do not have a mindscape, have a very weak ability to visualize, or just +can’t succeed at this for some reason, there is another option for training this +skill that does not involve sensory imagination at all. There is a game made +specifically for training and testing parallel processing. Click on the +‘instructions’ button when you open the game to see how it works. + +#### Thought concealment + +Once you have had some success with the previous exercise, you can move on to +slightly harder things. This exercise does not deal with isolating sensory +observation, it instead deals with isolating thought. + +The idea here is to have your tulpa be able to have thoughts which you are not +aware of, and for you to be able to have thoughts your tulpa is not aware of. +You should start by forming a sort of divide between mindvoice vocalization +directed at your tulpa and ordinary background thoughts within your mind. +Recognize them as being different things. One is meant to be heard by your +tulpa, the other not. You can use symbolism to form this distinction - “attach” +a certain feeling or image to the thoughts you want your tulpa to be able to +hear. Be consistent and do this every single time you talk to your tulpa, and +keep it up for a long period of time - over time your mind will start to +recognize your interactions with your tulpa as in some way being different from +your ordinary thoughts. However, this does not automatically make it so your +tulpa cannot hear certain thoughts of yours, it only establishes the necessary +separation between what you do and do not want your tulpa to hear. You and your +tulpa will need to do a bit more to actually hide certain thoughts. + +Next, your tulpa will need to teach themselves to automatically ignore and block +out any thoughts of yours that are not being “sent” along with the symbol you +chose. They can start by consciously choosing to ignore any of said thoughts - +as soon as they notice them, they should distract themselves with something else +to avoid continued awareness of them. They should think of them as being +insignificant, not worth paying attention to. If done consistently, over time +this process of ignoring said thoughts will become automatic and unconscious. +The thoughts you do not direct specifically at your tulpa will automatically +avoid your tulpa’s awareness. Your tulpa won’t need to make an effort to ignore +them any longer, as they won’t even enter your tulpa’s awareness in the first +place. The process needed for your tulpa to be able to hide certain thoughts +from you is the same as this, just with reversed roles. + +I did not suggest that you instead associate a symbol with the thoughts you +don’t want your tulpa to hear because it may be annoying and more difficult to +have to associate a symbol with all of your personal thoughts - such thoughts +are typically more free-flowing and less stringently directed than thoughts you +would direct at your tulpa, so it would be more difficult to consistently +associate a symbol with them. + +#### Counting exercise + +Once you have had some success with thought concealment, this next exercise +becomes possible. What you will do here is have your tulpa count in private +thoughts - thoughts you can’t hear - after which you will check on them to +verify that they have actually been counting outside of your awareness. + +First, find a timer, preferably a digital one. Your tulpa should become familiar +with the pace of the timer, internalizing how long each second takes. This is +the pace your tulpa should count at. If your tulpa counts too slow or too fast +relative to the timer, it will be more difficult to see whether or not your +tulpa did the exercise correctly. + +Use the stopwatch mode on the timer. When you press start should be the moment +your tulpa starts counting. Now, you need to put the timer somewhere you cannot +see it. If it makes noise or ticks, put it somewhere you can’t hear it. + +Now, go do something for a minute or two that does not require a great deal of +mental effort. Maybe read some of a book you’re read before or go on a short +walk. If you do not occupy yourself with something else while your tulpa counts +you are at a greater risk of accidentally becoming aware of their thought +process. But, it cannot be mentally strenuous, otherwise you risk stealing too +much processing power from your tulpa, the processing power they need in order +to count. + +Now, go back to the timer - without looking at the face so you can’t see what +number it is at - and press stop. Your tulpa should stop counting when you do +this. Before looking at the number on the timer, ask your tulpa what number they +counted to. Now, flip the timer around and see what it stopped at. If the number +your tulpa counted to is very close to the number of seconds the timer was at, +this means your tulpa was successfully able to count while you did something +else at the same time. Counting may take very little mental effort, but it is a +start. This skill can evolve into far more advanced things. + +You can increase the difficulty of this exercise by increasing the amount of +time your tulpa counts for or doing something more mentally strenuous while they +count. Of course, you can also replace the counting with a more mentally +strenuous activity. Once you are good enough at this, your tulpa will be able to +do a wide variety of things outside of your awareness. + +### Self sufficiency + +Forcing doesn’t have to last forever. You may not need to continue putting work +into maintaining your tulpa and keeping them around, or at least anything that +feels like work. It’s possible to stop forcing entirely but have your tulpa +continue existing as they have been without in any way regressing or becoming +less active. This is achieved by your tulpa becoming self-sufficient. + +Self sufficiency is possible only when your tulpa is able to hold onto +processing power for themselves without you giving it to them. They must be able +to be conscious at their own discretion, not only when you are paying attention +to them. As mentioned before, there are two different ways for your tulpa to do +this- sharing your processing power or dividing it. + +Because I already went over parallel processing, I’ll explain how your tulpa can +share your processing power. The sharing of processing power is typically easier +and more prone to occuring naturally than parallel processing is, but it is +still helpful to know how to “brute force” it in case it doesn’t end up +happening naturally as your tulpa develops. + +When your tulpa shares your processing power, they will be sharing your +experience at all times, staying with you throughout the day no matter what you +are doing. Seeing what you are seeing, hearing what you are hearing, etc. This +replaces the function that your forcing and attention previously had. They won’t +need you to direct thoughts and stimuli towards them, because they will be +automatically receiving it by themselves. Sharing processing power works best +when your tulpa is aware of your physical body and its senses rather than the +mindscape and their form within the mindscape. So, in order for your tulpa to do +this they should first learn to be connected to your senses if that is not +already a regular thing for them. + +To start off, have a long active forcing session so your tulpa is as present and +mentally active as possible. Then, start passive forcing immediately afterwards +while you go and do something else. Maybe start out with something that isn’t +very mentally demanding. At this point your tulpa should connect to your senses +if they weren’t already. As you passive force, gradually start paying less and +less attention to your tulpa. Space out your conversation so that wider gaps of +time go in-between you talking to one another. It’s important that your tulpa do +anything they can to stay awake and thinking during these gaps. If they have +difficulty forming their own thoughts to keep themselves busy, they can resort +to examining your physical environment, taking note of every detail. Or, they +can just listen to your thoughts if you haven’t practiced thought concealment. + +After awhile, stop talking to and paying attention to your tulpa entirely. If +successful, your tulpa should still be conscious. In this state, a tulpa will be +able to chime in and talk to you at any time without prompting. In a way they +will be “lurking in the background,” present yet not always within your +awareness. A tulpa who is proficient enough at this will be able to do this +24/7, minus when you are asleep, of course. + +This should go without saying, but you should not use this as a way to entirely +abandon your tulpa. It should only be used to reduce the workload of having a +tulpa by mostly removing the maintenance aspect. Even if your tulpa is perfectly +self sufficient, chances are they will still want to spend some of their time +with you. It is important that you still acknowledge them and talk to them every +once in awhile. This is especially true if you have just one tulpa, as your +tulpa will need some socialization in their life in order to stay happy and +mentally healthy. diff --git a/src/breathing.gif b/src/breathing.gif new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c3ad3f0 Binary files /dev/null and b/src/breathing.gif differ diff --git a/src/build.sh b/src/build.sh index 9180c91..14defcb 100755 --- a/src/build.sh +++ b/src/build.sh @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ communication.md chupi-vocalization.md easy-guide-on-how-to-hear-your-tulpa.md +parallel-processing.md + maya-parallel-processing.md + abvieon-parallel-processing.md + imposition.md q2-huggable-tulpa.md mal-imposition.md diff --git a/src/maya-parallel-processing.md b/src/maya-parallel-processing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..58bf89a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/maya-parallel-processing.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +## Maya's Parallel Processing Guide + +The basic expansion of parallel processing can be achieved by an evolution of +just one simple technique: Counting to 100. + +At the most basic level, all you have to do is have your tulpa count from 1-100 +without any help from yourself, restarting when you notice an error or if they +stop. + +Repeat this process until they can achieve it consistently and without error. + +Now, once you feel proficient at this, start increasing how distracted you are +from your tulpa's counting, only barely listening in to check accuracy when +possible. + +My recommended progression is: + +-Listening to music +-Watching TV/Youtube/etc +-Playing a video game +-Talking to another real-ass human being + +You can also increase the number to higher than 100, as well. + +You can also additionally compound this with your visualization process to +improve consistency of visualization over time, which is particularly useful for +imposition. + +You just adjust things slightly by instead having your tulpa count on their +fingers(or equivalent), or drawing/painting out numbers, either in reality or in +wonderland. Feel free to augment this challenge in the same ways that you can +with the voice-only method. diff --git a/src/parallel-processing.md b/src/parallel-processing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2ee235 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/parallel-processing.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# Parallel Processing + +Parallel processing is a colloquial term used to describe the perception of a +tulpa being able to focus on something different than the host, regardless of +what the host is doing. For instance, a tulpa solving math exercises while the +host is entirely focused on writing a letter, would be an act of parallel +processing. diff --git a/src/plgrey/switching.md b/src/plgrey/switching.md index 0e78547..bc08fe4 100644 --- a/src/plgrey/switching.md +++ b/src/plgrey/switching.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This one is a personal example that we've used a lot in times of stress. Whoever is leaving front: Slowly breathe in, and back out. You can use an animation like this one to help: -![https://plgrey.github.io/2019-07-05-controlled-switching/breathing.gif](/plgrey/breathing.gif) +![https://plgrey.github.io/2019-07-05-controlled-switching/breathing.gif](breathing.gif) Breathe in and out four times. Then stop. diff --git a/src/title.md b/src/title.md index 292b18a..89c1e14 100644 --- a/src/title.md +++ b/src/title.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ --- -title: Tulpanomicon 0.10.2 +title: Tulpanomicon 0.11.0 author: Anonymous rights: Public Domain language: en-US --- -# Tulpanomicon 0.10.2 +# Tulpanomicon 0.11.0 Anonymous, with editing work from Within