It's been a while since our last post. We've been living life as usual, really, and when it comes to progress on the switching front, there has been little. Dutch still can't look away from the body easily if anything that stimulates the senses happens to the body. I can possess and walk around in the woods, draw things or slowly read while he wonderlands, but anything more than that pulls him right back into the body. We're making do with things as they are, but I guess we'd all like to see a breakthrough with this.

We've been working on lucid dreaming, or rather, Dutch is. There's this interesting concept of "all day awareness" in the dreamviews community, and it means that you constantly look around, feel your senses, try to truly experience things as they happen to you, rather than living in your thoughts. Practicing this awareness, walking or cycling around, or even on the computer, has so far led to better visualization, more vivid and memorable dreams (no lucids though), and seemingly better focus. I suppose it's a living in the moment kind of thing.

In other news, Sen and I found pictures that resemble our not-anime-anymore faces pretty well, and we had her birthday party last week.

After seeing this overly long survey with 200 questions for vocal tulpas that was posted on .info years ago, Vos and I made up some questions for reasonably developed tulpas to answer. These questions are designed to let you consider your life, the past, present and future, and the questions are pretty open, so you can decide what you want to share in as much or little detail as you would like. For me personally, it was fun to revisit the past and get a better picture of myself through writing. It's a neat little exercise to do by yourself or with your host.

Nothing is off limits to share here, so, tell us something about yourself.

---What are your thoughts on being a tulpa? Are you happy in the state you're in, or do you wish you were born in your own physical body?

---Do you see yourself having a productive and fulfilling life in your position, and what are you doing to achieve that life? What plans do you have for the future?

---What aspect of forcing has affected you the most, and what do you remember from the days before vocality? Do you have any vivid memories from that time?

---How do you think your environment shaped you after becoming vocal, and what made you into the person you are now? How did you deviate from any predefined personality you had?

---What were the most defining events in your life, that had a profound effect on your personality, your mindset or outlook on life?

---What do you think of yourself as a person? Are you happy being the way you are, or do you feel like something is lacking? Do you have fears or anxieties holding you back? What are you doing to improve yourself?

---What are your happiest memories? What about your saddest or most painful ones? Any other memories that you feel strongly about in some way?

---What have you achieved? Is there anything you are particularly proud of doing?

---What hobbies do you have and why do they interest you? Is there anything you'd like to pick up in the future? What are you doing to get there?

---What are you interested in learning about, and why?

---What kind of entertainment do you like? What are your favorite things to watch/read/listen to?

---What techniques are you interested in developing that you haven't started on yet? (For example possession, lucid dreaming, pain blocking, imposition...)

---Any other things that come to mind? Please share them below.

Finished entries
Yuki

The fat one snored today, the other one slept in the lazy chair in our room.

Hi, welcome. This is probably off topic for this forum, though. Lazy mods should have moved it already, but they're too scared to even enforce the rules...

I want to learn to play the guitar, but I always fail to start. It's a very daunting task to start with, really. We live in a house where there are many guitars and other instruments, and I grew up with drums being practiced right next to me every day. Guess I really should start.

KC-tier.

The trail has made me curious, let's follow it after delivering the report and getting the fighter reward for the other quest. I'd like to join house Redoran, their culture seems interesting.