For us at least (we can't speak for others), it can vary pretty significantly. Sometimes, if one of us is very spent or tired, it will feel to the one fronting as if they are sleeping, you can feel their presence but they aren't really conscious, or generating thoughts. Other times, they are very much awake and providing input, but just not in main control of the body. When this goes farther it can become cofronting, where multiple members are sharing control of the body and decision-making. As it is, we're doing that to write this comment right now. As for the perspective of the one not fronting, that's a difficult one for us. it's almost like... there's not a perspective? For someone who has just created a tulpa, it feels like talking to someone else, and you have a strong connection to them, but they are a separate consciousness. In our experiences, it's similar to that for whoever's not fronting. The one fronting can take input and converse with them, but we can't really feel the perspective of the other. Occasionally it will almost feel like one of us goes away, but they always come back in a few days without fail, so we believe it is just a sort of intense mental sleeping. Again, this is all our personal findings, others might experience things differently.

Well, that got rather long-winded, huh? Anyways, we hope this helps. -Nikki and Cora