| A thoughtform is a term used to explain a | | | | tulpas. |
| form of energy that can be manifested through | | | | |
| the collective efforts of a person or several | | | | One of the modern introductions of tulpas to |
| persons. In Tibetan dialects, thoughtform is | | | | the west was in the 19th century, where |
| translated as tulpa, which can be actualized | | | | Alexandra David-Neel, a French spiritualist, |
| either consciously or unconsciously by | | | | writer, and explorer, discovered her ability |
| willpower, visualization, and the use of life | | | | to actualize thoughtforms after a pilgrimage |
| energy. | | | | to Lhasa, Tibet. As a devout Buddhist, she |
| | | | learned how to focus her spiritual energy and |
| Tibetan Buddhism is a religion that is | | | | was able to allow her tulpa to exist as a |
| strongly rooted in meditation and in the | | | | jolly friar image. However, the tulpa became |
| understanding of the life energy. All living | | | | uncontrollable, according to sources, and had |
| organisms possess the life energy, it is | | | | to be destroyed. |
| strong in some organisms, and weak in others. | | | | |
| Through the proper practice and meditation, | | | | Many sources relate tulpas to egrigor, a |
| humans can learn to perceive this energy with | | | | western occult belief that is described as a |
| all their senses, and in some ways, can be | | | | spiritual form brought to life through |
| able to control it. The collective efforts of | | | | concentration and meditation of a group. |
| a group produce more of this energy as | | | | Egrigors, like tulpas, can be captured on |
| compared to an individual. | | | | film or digital photography. Some persons |
| | | | believe that these practitioners or |
| The belief in the thoughtform exists in many | | | | occultists should observe caution when |
| cultures, particularly in Central and South | | | | summoning and actualizing their tulpas. |
| Asia, like Bhutan, Nepal, China, India, and | | | | Egrigors and tulpas have the ability to |
| Mongolia. Regions that believe in shamanic | | | | separate themselves from the etheric world, |
| practices also have their versions of these | | | | and remove themselves from the control of the |
| thoughtforms. In Australia, there are | | | | persons who willed them. |
| practices with thoughtforms that have | | | | |
| originated from indigenous tribes. In Native | | | | Experts on the occult explain that |
| Americans in the United States, the Cherokees | | | | thoughtforms such as the tulpa and egrigor |
| also believe in the spiritual ability to | | | | are the reasons why believed-to-be haunted |
| create thoughtforms. | | | | places actually become haunted. The human |
| | | | mind and spirit have an amazing power and the |
| The essence of the Tibetan tulpa lies in the | | | | ability to create things. Tulpas are only one |
| human ability to actualize thought. Through | | | | of the manifestations of how focus can make |
| focus and concentration, that which is only | | | | things possible. |
| spiritual or invisible can manifest itself in | | | | |
| a physical form. Tibetans believe that a | | | | There is a website that describes the Tulpas |
| tulpa is a ghost or apparition of a living | | | | and numerous other creatures of Cryptozoology |
| person, existing in the etheric or spiritual | | | | in detail, this website is called: Unknown |
| world. As a person wills the tulpa to exist, | | | | Creatures and it may be found at this url: |
| it has a possibility to be seen by other | | | | |
| people. Tulpas can be in the forms of | | | | You may publish this article in your ezine, |
| animals, mythical creatures, and also humans. | | | | newsletter or on your web site as long as it |
| There are accounts of persons who practice | | | | is reprinted in its entirety and without |
| this actualization, and have been able to | | | | modification except for formatting needs or |
| take digital photos of themselves with their | | | | grammar corrections. |