Was just reading some threads by @TheOrangeAlt and @artemisfeels, and -- as Oranges& #39; bio mentions "doing public self-therapy" --

Have (you? y& #39;all?) considered looking into the Vajrayana Buddhist khandro / pawo approach as a lens on what& #39;s happening? https://vajranotes.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/khandro-pawo/">https://vajranotes.wordpress.com/2011/10/2...

My level of familiarity is low -- read a bit about it in Spectrum of Ecstasy and thought, "huh! cool!"

So I& #39;m not certain where to point you for more info, except perhaps that book and other Aro gTér books.

You may already be familiar with Vajrayana - quoted tweet mentions "meaningness" & "nebulosity", so I figure you& #39;ve read some of @Meaningness & #39; stuff?

@_awbery_ and @Timber_22 may also have thoughts on where to find out more about khandro / pawo https://twitter.com/artemisfeels/status/1229211931069894657">https://twitter.com/artemisfe...

Context: There& #39;s something about how Oranges and Artemis are working with this sort of male / female tulpa situation that seems to me (on a first read) -- less confused than a lot of tulpa stuff?

(likely more compatible with its Buddhist origins than the theosophy/4chan mashup?)

And you mentioned that this emerged in a meditation retreat -- I figure, if that was a Sutric retreat, rather than a Tantric / Dzogchen context: they might not be prepared to work with that, but some meditation traditions are

(Looks back through tabs - how did I get here??
OH YEAH -- I saw this tweet and was like, & #39;get you some nondualism tho& #39;) https://twitter.com/TheOrangeAlt/status/1248231251351404549">https://twitter.com/TheOrange...

Yidam practice is like... not the same thing as khandro / pawo?
But maybe related context?
Or at least the naturalistic approach here, is relevant (and hilarious, I love the Terry Pratchett quotes!!) https://vividness.live/2017/02/09/yidams-a-godless-approach-naturally/">https://vividness.live/2017/02/0...