There have been theories put forward that cryptids are Tulpas. So what is a tulpa?
A tulpa is a thought form , a manifestation of mental
energy, A being or object created out of thought that sometimes manifests in the
“real world” so that others can see it, interact with it .Some people have found
that Tulpas tend to reflect the worst of the person .The petty fears, desires
and anger that we all bury inside ourselves can come out in the Tulpa.
What evidence is there for their
existence?
When Alexandra David-Neel journeyed through Tibet, one of
the many techniques she studied was that of tulpa creation. A tulpa, according
Tibetan doctrines, is an entity created by an act of imagination. David-Neel
decided to try to create one. Her tulpa began its existence as a plump, benign
little monk. Then the apparition slipped
from her conscious control. She discovered that the monk would appear from time
to time when she had not willed it. The friendly little the figure was now taking on a
distinctly sinister aspect. Eventually her companions, who were unaware of the
mental disciplines she was practicing, began to ask about the "stranger" who had
turned up in their camp-a clear indication that a creature had become real.
David-Neel decided things had gone too far and applied different techniques to reabsorb the creature into her
own mind. A sort of exorcism . The tulpa proved very unwilling to comply so that
the process took several weeks and left its creator, David-Neel exhausted.
See : Body Mind & Spirit:
A Dictionary of New Age Ideas, People, Places, and Terms [Paperback]Eileen
Campbell (Author), J. H. Brennan (Author), Tuttle Pub; Rev Exp Su edition (Feb
1994)
So if anyone concentrated enough they could produce their
own tulpa in theory. Usually though when people see cryptids they are not
concentrating and quite often not expecting to see anything. Could the sub
conscious mind produce the tulpa/cryptid perhaps, without the need for
concentration? If you are in a creepy place you are more likely to think you
have seen things as atmosphere affects our emotions. There is no proof either
way whether cryptids are real creatures or tulpas but it adds another layer to
the world of cryptozoology. Could something like the bigfoot creature have been
a tulpa created out of one mind and now seen by others? Tulpas do seem to
develop a life and will of their own according to David-Neel. Something more for discussion in the
cryptozoology ring and perhaps fuel for the
sceptics.
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2 comments:
Alexandra David-Neel's account is the only one we seem to have of a tulpa. As she was quite well respected, I think we can discount mendacity, but she was up high in Tibet atthe time where the air is thin. Could she have imagined it?
It was claimed that other people saw it/he in the account so they would all have to have been influenced somehow.Mass hypnotism is possible but that would mean someone was manipulating things. Unless someone else comes forward who was there and agrees with the account we will never know.
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