What you're talking about sounds like RPing. <-- I'm sure that comment will piss off at least a couple people in here, lol.
Thoughtforms are different than multiplicity. Thoughtforms are identities or characters that are consciously constructed by the host, whereas multiples regard the people in their systems as completely independent individuals, who may or may not have a common origin. (I'll note that most books on multiplicity, published by the medical profession or popular writers, interpret "multiple personalities" as parts of a single person. This is not the view you'll find in this community, though.)
Now, for me, my experience with thoughtforms is somewhat like RPing. I step into different identities and take on their points of view. It is not roleplaying for entertainment, however, but to experience and express different aspects of my/our whole being.
There are both "light" and "serious" forms of roleplaying, in other words. In fact, in some religious and spiritual traditions, roleplaying is used to draw on higher powers or to identify oneself with a spiritual being. In Hindu Tantra meditation, for instance, a person might recite a mantra like "I am Shakti" and imagine hirself as the goddess Shakti. Hinduism is a nondual tradition -- that is, the division between self and other is regarded as arbitrary, so one can take on other identities deliberately. Similar practices are found in Wicca, Ceremonial Magick, etc.
If you don't feel this is appropriate for you, of course, that's fine. I'm curious, though -- why would you consider it "taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back"?
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Date: 2005-08-05 09:56 am (UTC)Thoughtforms are different than multiplicity. Thoughtforms are identities or characters that are consciously constructed by the host, whereas multiples regard the people in their systems as completely independent individuals, who may or may not have a common origin. (I'll note that most books on multiplicity, published by the medical profession or popular writers, interpret "multiple personalities" as parts of a single person. This is not the view you'll find in this community, though.)
Now, for me, my experience with thoughtforms is somewhat like RPing. I step into different identities and take on their points of view. It is not roleplaying for entertainment, however, but to experience and express different aspects of my/our whole being.
There are both "light" and "serious" forms of roleplaying, in other words. In fact, in some religious and spiritual traditions, roleplaying is used to draw on higher powers or to identify oneself with a spiritual being. In Hindu Tantra meditation, for instance, a person might recite a mantra like "I am Shakti" and imagine hirself as the goddess Shakti. Hinduism is a nondual tradition -- that is, the division between self and other is regarded as arbitrary, so one can take on other identities deliberately. Similar practices are found in Wicca, Ceremonial Magick, etc.
If you don't feel this is appropriate for you, of course, that's fine. I'm curious, though -- why would you consider it "taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back"?