Not really a big deal--Just a friend of Jaden's who happens to be involved in a bit of drama right now. I don't really want to go on about it in detail as it's not really progress report related.
Been distracted with pokeymans since it came out but trying to keep a constant visualization going on the tups. This is where small tulpas are easier, it's very easy to keep them in my field of vision since they can fit almost anywhere they like even in a crowded car.
Nate's begun taking some supplements to help with his ADHD-inattentive issues. We'll see if this helps him force a bit easier. Right now it's a constant battle to stay focused on anything for longer than 10 minutes. His brother also suffers from the same disorder but has found a crutch that helps him rather well--he keeps his hands busy while trying to do wonderland activities. For him, he twirls a stick around in his hands while he paces, and that amount of motion is simple enough that he does not need to focus on it but it keeps his mind active enough to not die of boredom and distractions when trying to focus. Nate may try something like this if it helps--I know when he was in school it was easier for him to focus on work if he was allowed to fiddle with things. Maybe we'll see some really great improvement by using this sort of physical focusing device, who knows.
Jaden's issues with his form have almost been completely resolved. He is able to immerse himself in the wonderland properly again, and to be honest I think it's made imposing him easier. Now he's around the same level of imposition as Giselle is. Maybe since he feels more realistic my mind accepts him as such? No idea.
Also, Nate's sister somehow found my tulpa blog. She's not sure what a tulpa is yet though and currently thinks it's a shared blog between me and a few friends. But she's decided to follow it and read through the posts, yikes. Probably going to sit down with Nate and figure out what we are going to do about this.
Edit: Suddenly 5 replies!
Reading your posts here, I have a few questions:
What are your eyes normally focused on when you look at Jaden/Giselle?
What happens when you focus your eyes on something far away/close up, if anything?
How do you handle environmental interactions that should happen, but don't (physically)?
[Like if Jaden jumps on a pillow, the pillow should depress. Do you just ignore this?(it can seem more problematic for those with larger/heavier tuppers)]
Progress logs like this can be really helpful, thanks for posting here.
Focused on them. You can actually do this yourself. Put a finger near your face and focus on it. Pull it back to around an area where your tulpa's face would be. Move the finger away and your eyes defocus on everything else and focus on that empty spot. If you could see your tulpa, they would be right there.
If I focus on other things they sort of blur--Actually when they are blurred out they are more solid for me, so it's pretty useful to look near them rather than directly at them right now.
As far as what happens with physical objects, what we've done is to consider there to be a "wonderland overlay" on top of the physical world. For us what this ends up meaning is Jaden can squish into the wonderland pillow while the physical pillow isn't moving. I can see in my visualization the pillow move but physically it still doesn't really react. It's sort of a double image really. Pretty much what Sands described as seeing two states of the object at the same time. I can imagine it would be possible to make this fully realistic and to even overwrite the physical object the tulpa touches, but I don't know if I want to go that far with it. I like the ghost image effect anyway, and it lets my tulpas interact with objects that they shouldn't be able to--fun for them.
Glad I could help!
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