Can I make anime characters come to life?

[wolfgang]

Originally Posted by Zwynd

I hear you, Wolfgang. But what if that dream has always been with them? Maybe not that specific person/character but rather a dream to go somewhere or to be with someone that most humans on this world would say is highly improbable?

Would it still be considered 'running away'? What if it came from the person's intuition and it is telling them to dream big...yet everyone else is squashing their hopes down with "not possible" or "you're mentally ill"?

yeah, well I'm all for being unlimited and I try to see the way to that as being in the now moment and knowing and experiencing all that is as me and my creation in some way. That the way to unlimited being is to go with what is. To integrating what is with what can be. Not to dis what is for something else. So, if someone has the seed for something in them it will come to be out of becoming full and connected. something like this, perhaps...

I'm often curious what people think about questions like this. Do we really know without a doubt that such-and-such is not possible, are we just mimicking what others say because we're part of the borg-mindset, or worse...are we jealous that someone thought it up first and may actually be able to DO what others assume isn't possible?

Questions, questions.

I think everything is hand me down beliefs/conditioning and the less we believe the easier it is to be in the present moment where we can know what we are witnessing as being with creation. However, we agreed to believe the hand me downs for a reason. Maybe out of wanting some stability or it's all a growing process and we awake sometime. Maybe when we die we become awake like the masters say is possible now. But even those ideas are hand me downs. Maybe the idea that it's possible to be AWAKE is a farce that has us chasing it when it's really already with us.

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by Zwynd

I wouldn't date Homer, but after seeing a Sailor Moon illustration like that I'd definitely date Sailor Jupiter or Neptune.

Good stuff, but if they lose their proportions surely they are no longer recognizable as anime?

[Zwynd]

Originally Posted by wolfgang

To integrating what is with what can be. Not to dis what is for something else. So, if someone has the seed for something in them it will come to be out of becoming full and connected. something like this, perhaps...

Hmm, I see what you mean. Clear away the clutter. *nods*

Originally Posted by wolfgang

I think everything is hand me down beliefs/conditioning and the less we believe the easier it is to be in the present moment where we can know what we are witnessing as being with creation.

I agree on this completely. I notice that for example when I try to think about being 'there' that there's always a reason for why I should/have to stay 'here.' It can be dorky beliefs too, but they still limit me for the time being.

Originally Posted by wolfgang

However, we agreed to believe the hand me downs for a reason.

Assuming the equiv of reincarnation exists I'd believe it's probably because if there was a 3 year old who started talking about world consciousness and how in the next life after his current he hopes to be a cow or enlightened [or whatever], in a meat-eating and non-religious family, it would not go over well. In that sense forgetting some things and believing others for the moment would be a safe move.

Originally Posted by wolfgang

Maybe out of wanting some stability or it's all a growing process and we awake sometime. Maybe when we die we become awake like the masters say is possible now. But even those ideas are hand me downs. Maybe the idea that it's possible to be AWAKE is a farce that has us chasing it when it's really already with us.

This specifically is why I still hold some respect over ancient customs/rituals. Humans used to have a lot of cycles in their lives that were celebrated by the whole tribe. Everything was about death and rebirth; puberty, marriage, etc.

Nowadays we just sort of go along, drift here and there, sometimes attend birthdays or funerals if we have to or really know the person. Imo, less 'rituals' makes it harder for people to change their lives because they keep trying to re-create that 'perfect day' in the past and don't learn properly how to grow/adapt to new lifestyle changes.

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

Good stuff, but if they lose their proportions surely they are no longer recognizable as anime?

Perhaps, but the costume would be a dead giveaway. Hence why people cosplay.

YouTube - Best Anime Cosplay EVER 1

Even in human form with normal clothing/hair I'd assume an anime character would still stand out among the average western human (I speak only for North America as I've never been overseas). It's the stance and the personality that does it, really.

[Kazeko]

Of course!!! Cosplay - another way to project yourself to an anime world. And I also strongly consider lucid dreaming as a starting point. But cosplay is perfectly what we need.

So, what prevents you from becoming a cosplay participant and from manifesting your char in human form there??? I can easily imagine such a situation. You go in a costume to a cosplay party and find a girl of your dreams who behaves and is dressed like your lovely character

Hooray! We found the best solution!

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by Zwynd

Perhaps, but the costume would be a dead giveaway. Hence why people cosplay. .

I confess this is the first time I've ever heard the term!
Does this mean I need to get a life, or that I'm instead dangerously sane?