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## Using Thresholds and Furniture to Remember Your Tulpa
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(Stone: I'm using my tulpa's account to post this guide.)
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If you are like me, you may have trouble keeping your tulpa present with you
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throughout the day. Here are some tricks I have used to keep my tulpae more
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present.
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You don't have to be good at visualization to use these tricks, but this guide
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assumes you can visualize your tulpa(e). This guide is for people who want to
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remember their tulpa(e) more frequently and keep their tulpa(e) more present.
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This guide may also appeal to people who want to improve visualization, passive
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forcing, and/or immersion.
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### Use Thresholds
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I define “threshold” as “a point of exit or entry”.
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Remember to bring your tulpa through thresholds. Whenever you move into another
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room, open a door, enter or exit a house or car, etc., make sure your tulpa’s
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visualized form does so as well.
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For example, if you exit your room, watch your tulpa lead or follow you. When
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you enter the bathroom, have your tulpa enter with you. Do this instead of
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having them simply appear wherever you happen to be. Treat them as a separate
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physical being who moves about the physical world as such.
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If you do this for every threshold, you will incidentally remember your tulpa’s
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presence more frequently, even if all you do is go to the bathroom a few times a
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day. This trick has worked far better for me than leaving notes for myself or
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using “reminder” objects. One loses notes or fails to register objects as
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noteworthy (meaning they have little power as “reminders”), but when habits
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(like walking into different rooms) become reminders, one forms a habit of
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remembering.
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To form this habit of remembering quicker, I recommend a reward and/or
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punishment system. I use Habitica. On Habitica, I have a registered this trick
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as a "habit". I reward myself for bringing my tulpae through thresholds and
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punish myself for forgetting.
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#### Deal with Irregular Thresholds
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I now easily remember to bring my tulpae through the thresholds I pass through
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every day, such as all the thresholds in my house. However, I still struggle to
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remember to bring them through irregular thresholds (such as the entrance to the
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grocery store).
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I recommend getting in the habit of, whenever you plan on going out,
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specifically planning to bring your tulpa with you. If you have a calendar you
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use, and you have “Grocery Trip” written on one day, add “with [tulpa’s name]"
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under it. Mentally prepare yourself in advance to cross irregular thresholds. If
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possible, pay more active attention to your tulpa than usual during your outing
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so you are less likely to forget visualizing them passing through thresholds.
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### Give Your Tulpa a Seat
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This trick is a bit more difficult than the first, so I recommend you try it
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after.
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Try to keep track of where your tulpa is as much as possible (no, I don’t mean
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“just get good”). Find a chair with nothing on it and let your tulpa sit there.
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Remember they are sitting there. Later, if you look at the chair and
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see/visualize them still sitting there, give yourself positive reinforcement. If
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you forget where they were sitting, you may choose to give yourself negative
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reinforcement if that works for you.
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This doesn’t just work for chairs, but anywhere. Make sure your tulpa is
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comfortable. Don’t put them wherever because you’re too lazy to make space for
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them. Treating them like a separate physical being will make them seem more real
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to you, which is probably what you want. It will also make where they are easier
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to remember.
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#### Respect Your Tulpa, But Don’t Make Excuses
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Let’s say you had your tulpa sit in a chair, then sat at your computer to work
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on something. Three hours later, you turn around and see/visualize your tulpa on
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your bed. Then, you remember they had been sitting on the chair. Did your tulpa
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move of their own will, or did you forget where they were for a moment?
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Ask your tulpa what happened, and be honest with yourself. It is possible your
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tulpa wanted to sit somewhere else, but it is also possible you just forgot. Use
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your own (and your tulpa’s) discretion. If your tulpa says they moved of their
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own will, and you are worried they are lying to protect your feelings, try
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asking them why they moved.
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### Say "Goodnight", Then "Good Morning"
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When you go to bed, make space for your tulpa to sleep too. Try to give them a
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comfortable place to sleep. If you have too many headmates and you want them all
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to be present, some may have to sleep on the floor (sad). Say goodnight to them
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and go to sleep.
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When you wake up in the morning, say good morning to them and wake them up from
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where they were sleeping. Are they in the same spot? If they are, you may want
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to reward yourself. If they are not, you may want to discipline yourself.
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