Theory: The Monster is a Tulpa - Part 1

Excerpts from Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David-Neel:

"However interested we may feel in the other strange accomplishments with which Tibetan adepts of the secret lore are credited, the creation of thought forms seems by far the most puzzling."


"Apparitions are created either by a lengthy process... or, in the case of proficient adepts, instantaneously or almost instantaneously."



"Once the tulpa is endowed with enough vitality to be capable of playing the part of a real being, it tends to free itself from its maker's control. Sometimes the phantom becomes a rebellious son and one hears of uncanny struggles that have taken place between magicians and their creatures, the former being severely hurt or even killed by the latter."



"Tibetan magicians also relate cases in which the tulpa is sent to fulfill a mission, but does not come back and pursues its peregrinations as a half-conscious, dangerously mischievous puppet."



"The same thing, it is said, may happen when the maker of the tulpa dies before having dissolved it. Yet as a rule the phantom either disappears suddenly at the death of the magician or gradually vanishes like a body that perishes for want of food. On the other hand, some tulpas are expressly intended to survive their creator and are specially formed for that purpose."



"Must we credit these strange accounts of rebellious materializations, phantoms which have become real beings, or must we reject them all as mere fantastic tales and wild products of imagination?"

As my final theory before the new season begins, I thought I would take a stab at probably the biggest mystery on the show - the monster. My theory, briefly stated, is that the monster is a tulpa (a thoughtform brought to life) originally created by Jacob as either a companion or assistant. In the beginning, I believe the monster was a mere puppet, but over a period of time it became more and more independent and grew tired of assisting Jacob in his (to the monster) pointless experiments. The monster eventually came to resent and then hate Jacob, and longed to kill him. But it couldn't - because it was still just a thought of Jacob's brought to life, and would cease to exist if he died. The monster needed a loophole if it wanted to survive its creator. John Locke provided that loophole. By deliberately manipulating events, the monster creating a messianic legend and mystique around Locke. This generated an unprecedented amount of faith and belief among the Hostiles, which was like candy to the monster. When the time came to assume Locke's form, the monster was able to draw on all the hope and belief the Hostiles had in Locke. At that moment, the monster cut the cord binding it to Jacob and became a real entity in its own right. Jacob could be killed, by the monster or a selected dupe, and the monster would still survive on its own. The monster had found its loophole.

In my next post, I'll examine some of the implications of this theory.