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hi! i'm jay and this is my sideblog for all things manifesting and shifting. i don't follow law of attraction so don't look for that here. feel free to ask questions but do know that repeated questions will likely be ignored. also, no trauma dumping, please.

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quick faq: i'm 23. i use she/they. i'm asian. yes, i have manifested before. yes, i have shifted before. i follow neville goddard's teachings. you can ask me questions but nothing too personal, please. i do listen to subliminals occasionally but i don't rely on them (and ideally, you shouldn't either). my favorite method is the sats method. my favorite neville goddard book is "feeling is the secret".

my posts:

i consider a lot of posts before 2023/2024 outdated. 2022 was the start of my manifesting journey so a lot of what i was saying was regurgitated info from other blogs. some of that info i either don't agree with anymore or is worded in a bad way. i suggest a high level of caution and skepticism when reading any post before 2024.

*if something doesn't have a link, it means it hasn't been posted yet but will be soon

#*about #i hope this answers all questions! do let me know if i should add something though :)

I’ve been thinking a lot about the past experiences I’ve had. Especially the ones that are surrounded by darkness. When I learned about the law it truly changed the way I could potentially see reality. Now I don’t know what to think about the things I experienced, that are so painful to think about. I don’t know if I caused these things to happen, or if I could have changed my life for myself and others. I don’t know what reality is actually meant to be. If you consider the law, then deities, the natural world, and our intentions all coexist together. If I use my intent and listen to what’s in my heart, how much energetic power does it truly have over the life I still have to experience. Maybe I don’t have to be here, maybe there are other realities where I could be at peace. There are so many things I want to experience differently than before, or maybe even for the first time. I look at the stars at night, enchanting beauty that is so far away, for an instant it makes me feel the true beauty of existence, of having awareness. I just don’t know if that beauty was ever meant for me.

There are a lot of things I could say here but I think this is the most important. Do not think of life as something you need to be worthy of— something you need to work towards or exist in a certain way to attain. Life is neutral. Experience is neutral. You exist and you will want and desire and that will never change. Beauty is subjective, life is neutral, and you can experience whatever you want regardless of who you are or what you do or how you see reality. You will do yourself no favors by questioning whether or not life is "meant" for you.

As for this part, "Now I don’t know what to think about the things I experienced, that are so painful to think about. I don’t know if I caused these things to happen, or if I could have changed my life for myself and others"—I'm not going to tell you how you should view reality. That is truly going to be different for every single person. However, I will share my view on it, and I think it may help.

I understand the thought process you're having right now. I felt the same way, as do a lot of the people who discover manifesting or shifting. We hear about this "power" that we have, how reality is malleable and anything can be true, how it all comes from us, and we (naturally) start to freak out a little. How can that be true? Did I cause this? Is it my fault? This is a very natural, understandable, concern. How everyone processes this is different, but this how I started to think of it:

You are "born" here and do not know your power or how reality "works" -> You are told that life is crazy and unpredictable -> You are told that bad things can happen to good people -> You are told exactly how life works, how everything is a game of chance and percentage, how nothing is set in stone -> You trust the world around you and you trust what you're told -> Life truly just happens around you because you don't know that you're holding the reins

You are holding the reins, you always are, and you can control the narrative whenever you're ready. But until you know, and until you internalize your power, the horse (life, reality, 3D) will continue to walk around wherever it wants, taking you from place to place, from experience to experience, not caring about where it's going because everything is inherently neutral to it. It's not that you aren't in control, you've just allowed the horse to walk where it wants because you don't know any other way of being. And that is not your fault. You have not caused anything.

Everyone is in control of their own reality. Stop thinking about yourself for a second. Think about the people you love. The people you care about. The countless amount of strangers out there who deserve basic care and respect. Would you ever blame them? Would you ever tell them that everything they've been through is their fault? No? Even with the knowledge of manifesting/shifting/whatever, are you going to start telling people that they did this to themselves? If your answer is no, which I hope it is, then that should tell you plenty. You are not exempt from this. I would never tell you that any pain you've been through is your fault, and I hope you afford yourself the same kindness and respect.

You didn't know your power and now you do. You know you're holding the reins. You know you're in control. You know that you can guide life wherever you want. Stopping and asking "do i deserve this? can i do this? is it meant for me?" is not going to help you. It's truly, truly not important in this discussion anyway. I'm not trying to dismiss your feelings here. But really, why would that matter? If you are in control, and that can never be taken from you, why would it matter? Who else, but yourself, cares about whether or not something is "meant" for you? Who is deciding that? Who is questioning this? Perhaps a bit ironically, the only answer is you. You are the only one who cares, the only one who could ever decide, the only one who could ever have control. Instead of fearing that, take comfort in your power. You are in complete control of your experience. You are holding the reins, and you can guide life wherever you want.

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I'm curious about the perspective on the afterlife. Since I was young, I've been terrified of returning to nothingness, but now that I know that’s impossible, that part doesn't scare me anymore. I’m not sure if you’ve read Neville Goddard’s later lectures, but he emphasized the concept of "The Promise" and claimed the ultimate goal is becoming one with God. I can’t tell if that’s metaphorical or literal, and I’m genuinely curious about it.

Furthermore, if we continue to live new lives, I worry that I might end up living a life where I completely forget the Law of Assumption. I know that whether we realize it or not, we are always changing and using the Law, but it scares me to think that even if I live a happy, fulfilled life now, I could forget everything in the next one and suffer through deep lack and trauma again. At the same time, living as my current self for eternity doesn't exactly seem like a blessing either. I understand that memory shouldn't be kept forever and that forgetting is sometimes necessary, but it feels like this cycle is predestined, even in the far-off future.

I believe in The Promise. I know I’ve been rambling, but I'm asking you because while Reality Shifting is essentially the same as the Law of Assumption, the shifting communities and blogs don't seem to have a clue about the concept of The Promise. Even in most Law of Assumption circles, people seem to be in the dark about it.

Interesting! You're right; I'd love to see more people speak on their own beliefs about these matters, especially their thoughts on Goddard's beliefs beyond the basics.

I do believe that he was literal when he spoke. That he truly believed in the concept of God and man being one. He believed that consciousness was the one true reality—that the "physical" was all and purely created by consciousness to experience.

"God really and truly exists in man – in every human being. God wholly becomes us. He is not our virtue but our Real Selves – Our Imagination."

"My mystical experiences have brought me to accept literally, the saying that all the world’s a stage. And to believe that God plays all the parts. The purpose of the play? To transform man, the created, into God, the creator. God loved man, his created, and became man in faith that this act of self-commission would transform man – the created, into God – the creator.

"So God dies – that is to say – God has freely given Himself for man. Deliberately, He has become man and has forgotten that He is God, in the hope that man, thus created, will eventually rise as God."

Anyway, my belief is that your power to create and experience what you want doesn't fade away when the physical body dies because awareness never dies. So there's really no reason to worry about death or forgetting the law. In my opinion, once you learn it, you would have to either choose to forget again or truly believe (and want to experience) that you will forget in the next life. But if you want to keep going with this knowledge into the next life or choose to never experience a physical death, then that will be true for you.

As for being the same person forever, well, I think this is where having wildly new experiences and lives comes into play. You can choose to grow up again under different circumstances. You can choose to learn new things and experience completely different ways of life. Maybe one day you're a ruler of a land and the next you're a worker in that same kingdom. You can experience being a barn cat or hired muscle or a pirate or a dragon. Maybe one day you're the mean dragon keeping the princess locked away and the next you're the nice dragon keeping her company until she can escape.

Do you see what I'm getting at? You will never be the same person. Even if you never forget any of this. You are constantly learning and growing. You are constantly experiencing new things, seeing new perspectives, meeting new people. You will never be the same! There will always be something new for you to explore, something new to learn, something new to love or hate. Awareness is never static.

So, regardless of how you want to handle the "future" or what you believe comes after death or even what the meaning of life is and what we're all destined for, trust me when I say you will never be the same person. There will be remnants of you across all experiences, but as long as you continue to experience and live, you will always be changing and shifting and rearranging yourself.

The most important thing to remember is that you are the power. Everything stems from you. So if there is something that you truly do not want to experience, you don't have to. You don't have to forget anything. You don't have to be exactly the same forever. You don't have to be or live anything you don't want to. It's all you! You make the decisions!

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masoncantthinkofaname

Remember that you shift because you decide so, because you want to, because you hope for it. You don't shift because you spent 2 hours counting, or force yourself into anything that you don't like doing.

Methods are fun, and can be really useful. Absolutely! But they're a tool, a way to hype yourself up and trust that you can do it. It's important to know that it's not the method that is making you shift💚

Different anon but could u elaborate on why lack doesnt exist?

The simple explanation is 1. you create your experience so you can never truly lack anything (you just need to accept your power) and 2. you are connected to everything, regardless of how you believe this all works.

I'm going to give you a potentially silly analogy. Imagine a person sitting at a dining table with various bowls and plates of food right in front of them. They're hungry, they want to eat, they can even see and smell the food, but then they turn to you and say "hey man i can't reach that food". They have arms and hands that are perfectly functional. The food is 100% in reach. But they continue to insist that they can't reach the food. So you try to walk them through it—"just take your hand and grab what you want. it's right there. you can do it, trust me". And they do earnestly try! They lift their arm, they reach out, they're grabbing onto plates and utensils. The food is literally in their hand. But they're still saying they can't reach it.

That's what I mean when I say lack isn't real. All of your desires and wants; it's all right in front of you. And if you're "trying" to manifest or shift, then I guarantee you are successfully grabbing that plate, but then you keep turning around and saying "what do i do? why can't i reach the food? i'm trying but nothing is working", and the simple answer is that lack isn't real. You just haven't accepted it yet. You aren't allowing yourself to eat the food.

Anything and everything you could ever imagine is already within your grasp. All you have to do is accept it.

(I'm using the word "you" in a general sense here, anon. Not specifically directing this at you personally hahah)

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hi! i follow law of assumption but I noticed you say shifting is about intention, could you explain intention vs assumption please? i thought to shift to a dr you had to assume already being there, not the act of going there or being there in the future. i think that's what tripped me up a bit, i may have misunderstood. thank youu <3

Intention: I intend to walk through this closed door.

Assumption: I assume there will be a scary clown on the other side of this closed door.

As for shifting, there are a couple of things I want to touch on.

Assumptions vs intentions and already there vs going there don't matter. Generally speaking, people say "you're already in your DR" because well that's how it works in most beliefs. Regardless of whether you believe that literally or use it as a motivator, it doesn't really matter. You can say you're already there or you can say you'll be there. Doesn't matter! You will experience shifting either way.

When I say "intention is all you need", what I mean is that you don't need a 50 step method and good vibrations to shift. All you need to do to consciously shift is make the choice to so. When people say "assume you're already there", what they mean is every possible experience is already contained within you and all you have to do is recognize that. The specific belief system you follow really doesn't matter (multiverse, nonduality, loassumption, loattraction, etc). What matters is just recognizing that you shape your experience, regardless of how you believe it works, and that means recognizing that experience is always within you. I.e. you are always "in" your DR because your DR is always "in" you. You are always connected. So it doesn't matter whether you say "I am there" or "I will be there"—the outcome is the same.

The whole "you shouldn't say you''ll get there" thing has more to do with your actual mindset, not what you're literally saying. For example, there's a difference between saying "I intend to go to my DR" while internally thinking "Success is inevitable/I create my experience/I genuinely want this and will never give up" versus saying the same thing while internally thinking "I always fail/If I don't do this soon I will give up on this/Nothing ever works out for me".

Now, I want to be very clear, you can absolutely shift with a "negative" mindset. In fact, I have! So have many others. People have shifted with doubts and fears. Some have even shifted without even believing in it. So it's fine, don't worry about it. That being said, we create our experience, and if you genuinely believe those thoughts and let them control your narrative, well, what do you think happens to your experience? And so the idea that you should never say anything that implies lack was born. But seriously, just assume/decide that doubts and fears have zero control and boom there's your new experience. Don't beat yourself up for having normal emotions.

Also there's no such thing as lack. But that's a different conversation.

At the end of the day, if you truly want it then shifting is inevitable. It doesn't matter what you believe, what you think, what you assume, or how you feel. If you want it, you will experience it. In these spaces, you will hear a lot of conflicting or seemingly conflicting advice. That's just the nature of things. Assess whether something makes sense to you, speaks to you, comforts you, or makes you feel empowered. If you hear something that doesn't do any of those things, then it's not for you. (Although you should always hear people out. Don't dismiss new information just because you don't believe in it. We're all on our own journeys!)

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does desire come from awareness or from the identity awareness inhabits? I get worried that identifying with awareness will lead to eradication of my desire instead of fulfillment of it

Well, honestly I think everyone views it in their own way. Personally, I think desire stems from both. Identity is capable of desiring "x" because awareness is capable of being aware of "x". Awareness can't experience "x" in the 3D without identity. They go hand in hand.

Regardless, in my experience identifying as/with awareness only makes desire stronger. Not in the "wish" way either; more so, it leads to the realization that awareness is and has everything. You are never truly lacking because awareness is everywhere and sees everything. This realization doesn't make desire fall apart; if anything, it can make you more honest about what you really want to experience and give you the courage to "go after it".

And if that doesn't speak to you, think about this way instead. Since awareness is everything, and so identity is capable of experiencing anything, surely there are things you don't want to experience. If I said, identifying with awareness means you can choose to experience life as a ball of slime in a really stinky swamp—well, that's certainly true, but it's not something you would actually want to experience. Probably. I don't know what you want. My point is that there are still things you want and don't want to experience. Identifying as/with awareness doesn't make that less true, it just means you have the wherewithal to actually experience what you want.

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Hi! Thank you for answering my earlier query!!

Yes, I do agree that manifesting goes beyond realities, physical, experiences, perception etc. because manifesting is what you as awareness are assuming (I agree with you).

My question was moreso like, if you fully were in a DR wherein you (awareness) assumed that shifting was impossible or a fantasy/didn't even know about shifting, I was not sure how that would result in you remembering you could actually shift later on in your DR? Because you as awareness now assumed something else entirely, so with LOA, that is your reality. So in this case, you (awareness) aren't holding the assumption that you can shift or that the experience is temporary either, at least not anymore.

It sounds like you are saying you (awareness) like to sometimes step into a reality and temporarily take away your "ability to manifest / have your assumptions be reality" in a sense?

Because you are awareness always of course, so you're going into a new experience (shifting to a DR) as awareness still. It sounded like in this case, the DR is one wherein whatever you as awareness assume is actually not something you experience as reality (meaning not LOA..), rather only what you assumed/intended before you entered it held up?

By the way I hope my tone is being conveyed properly! Not trying to challenge, I just found it fascinating but also wasn't sure how it "worked" from an LOA perspective of experiencing what you assume as reality now (since there's no time/all is now). And I do appreciate your detailed answers and time, it is really helpful and eye-opening and I do recognize you are speaking from your own perspective.

ah! I think I understand now :)

So, I actually consider memories and even beliefs to be part of perception. That may seem a bit weird hahah I have a little visual that I made for a bigger post I'm planning but I think it would help explain my perspective a bit more!

I've been calling this the "awareness loop" because, to me, that's essentially what it is. Your perception/beliefs/senses/memories/etc make up the reality/physical you experience. At the same time, the reality you experience affects how you perceive things. It's an endless loop! And this loop is contained within awareness. Awareness is only capable of experiencing because of this loop.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the way you describe awareness makes it sound something like this:

Which isn't wrong—there are plenty of different beliefs about shifting and manifesting—but I think this is where the confusion with the law comes on. Because if you think of awareness as this somewhat contained entity that only interacts with the individual reality you're currently experiencing, then absolutely, "past" assumptions/manifestations wouldn't really make sense. It stands to reason that only the current beliefs would take hold in that current reality or that they would take precedence over the past beliefs.

In my experience, awareness is all encompassing. I.e. it still contains all multitudes, not just the individual, current experience. Imo, this is why shifting and manifesting are even possible in the way that they are. This is why you can want something you've technically never experienced in the current physical. Awareness sees and knows all. <- And that's how past assumptions/beliefs/memories can still affect a "new" reality (if you want them to). Awareness isn't just seeing the current reality, it sees all of them. And I am awareness, which means even when perception does not remember, I, as awareness, still do.

This is also why I consider shifting and manifesting to be inherent abilities and not a specialized skill for a select few. This is why anyone can do it, including people who don't know about it, believe it, or care about it. There are hundreds of accounts all around the world throughout all time from people who experienced some kind of "mystical travel"; a new life, a different childhood, the past rearranged. Awareness (you; all-encompassing) remembers even when you (the brain, the memories, perception; the individual) don't.

I hope I've explained my understanding clearly! This was a fascinating question! I really do enjoy pondering how this all works and I love hearing different perspectives of it :)

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Do you still believe that manifesting / law of assumption and shifting are one and the same? And they are practiced the same way, by believing something to be true?

personally, yes i do think they're the same thing. not everyone does though :)

as for applying them, yeah pretty much. it's the same in the sense that they're both powers of awareness; you focus your awareness on a desired experience and boom you now you're experiencing it. they start with awareness and perception follows. belief only has a small role in there—people have shifted and manifested without having strong belief or even knowledge of these things.

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hello! i feel like a have a little problem. for some time now, i’ve been wanting to be a different age. even though i knew about manifestation i wasn’t really trying to manifest it, just kinda hoping that it would happen while thinking like i already have it but only when someone would bring up my age. in july 2024 i decided that I’m fed up with it and started doing my casual manifestation routine (aka robitic affirmations) but nothing had changed yet and i find myself really struggling with it. the most thing i’m confused about is why didn’t it already change back then when i was really thinking as if, then i doubt everything etc… i don’t know what to do

Are you still "hoping"? If you are, I think that says a lot.

Do you truly identify as the age you want? Or as a person who can experience whatever they want regardless of physical senses? Or is it possible that you still think of this desire, and maybe even manifestation as a whole, as something to hope for?

To be clear, I'm not saying hope is bad or that it automatically implies lack. That being said, if you view desires as something you need to hope for, something that you need to affirm for, something you need to work on, take action towards, etc, well, there's your answer.

And I know this can be weird to get used to, but try not to think of any desire as something that hasn't happened yet or hasn't changed or hasn't been manifested. Words are just words so it's not the end of the world if you do, but at least try not to let that thinking consume your identity. Don't identify as a person who hasn't gotten it yet. Identify as the person who has everything. Remember, awareness is everywhere and is everything—and you are awareness.

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have you ever shifted to diff realities without sleep? when i first shift, i kinda wanna hop around to different realities. so ill go to reality 1, then when its time to sleep ill go to reality 2, and then come back to reality 1 when my DR self is waking up.

but since i’ll technically be consciously experiencing everything, i’m worried it’ll get all like… muddled? in my head. does that make sense?

like i know it’s possible of course and the idea that we need sleep to consolidate memories or whatever is based on a understanding of just this CR life. but i can’t help but question what it’d be like. like if i go a longish time without sleeping would all the memories and things im experiencing blur together?

was just wondering ur thoughts and if this is something you’ve experienced before!! thanks <3

yes :) i most often do that in my WR. i have this little mirror/portal room that i can step through to other realities :)

that's interesting! i don't think i've done what you're describing, but i have gone a long time without sleeping, specifically in my WR since i just don't need to sleep there. in my experience, memory works the same way it does in realities where i do sleep.

i have seen shifters who "come back" when their MR/DRself wake up though. i think how you experience and process these memories really comes down to awareness and beliefs. some shifters have described feeling tired, a little loopy, or even confused when waking up. others, including myself, experience memories in the "usual" way. i think the best thing would be to just decide how you want to experience memories :)

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hello <3 i’m new to the law of assumption, i am wondering how would someone revise that they’re graduating college this spring even though they’re 12 credits short? thank youuuu

the same way you'd manifest anything else :) remember, time isn't real! at least, not in the way you'd think. awareness is everything and is everywhere. it fully encompasses concepts like the "past" or "future". so manifesting is exactly the same regardless of the when, how, or why.

all you need to do is fully embody awareness. ie, embody being all powerful and capable of experiencing whatever you want. you're alive to experience things! so any desire, regardless of "time", all comes down to "i am". "i am graduating this spring." don't worry about credits or grades or anything else. i know that can seem really counterintuitive at first. just remember: awareness is everything. every possibility, every experience, every version. everything! you are everything and everything is you. so, you're naturally someone who is graduating, regardless of anything else :)

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Hi! I have a question about how you practice the Law of Assumption with some of your shifting stories shared. You’ve mentioned that you’ve shifted to DRs where you wiped your memories temporarily until a series of events that you intended to occur took place, or you’ve shifted to DRs where you’ve become “other characters” in a sense even adopting their personalities. My question is that with LOA you’re basically saying you experience whatever you assume to be true, so that by default means every moment is a new “now” moment and there’s isn’t a natural plot happening per se. So if you were a different version of you with different assumptions wouldn’t you experience that instead of only experiencing the assumptions (intentions) you scripted for that reality before shifting to it? I would think that if you assumed A when shifting into the reality but then in the DR you found yourself assuming B then you would experience B, not A. I’m confused how you still experienced a chain of events in the realities where you intended to experience them without your prior memories since your assumptions in that reality would’ve automatically impacted you. Since LOA isn’t reality specific. Could you speak on this please? Thank you!

Think about it this way: isn't the idea that someone would experience B instead of A also an assumption? Hahah listen I can't speak for anyone else, only my own experiences, so keep that in mind while reading.

It's entirely possible for new assumptions to take hold or for previous intentions to be replaced—I've certainly seen other shifters recount moments where things didn't go as planned or they manifested while there. However, in a roundabout sort of way, those shifters often held the assumption that these things were possible. Or an assumption that they aren't completely in control. Or that chaotic/weird/unexpected things could happen. And so on and so forth.

The thing is, with the law of assumption, having one little thought that you end up brushing away isn't going to completely melt your reality. And while I hesitate to say that certain states/beliefs/assumptions/whatever you want to call them are more or less powerful than others, as some people could take that the wrong way and end up spiraling, I do think it's true that certain states can prevail past other, often fleeting moments.

You're absolutely right that the law isn't reality specific, but that in and of itself kind of answers your question right? Manifesting, however you choose to believe it works, stretches beyond the physical. It goes past realities and experiences and perception. It goes beyond everything. So the idea that your assumptions in a "new" experience automatically hold more precedence than "older" ones is a non sequitur, imo. You're still following and expecting chronological sequences and rules but awareness (what manifesting and shifting is) goes beyond that.

If I'm fully identifying as someone whose word is law, who can shape experiences like clay, who can hop around and experience whatever I want, and I go into a new experience with the knowledge of "this is but a fleeting moment. i wrote the script. i know what happens", well, there you go. That's my experience. Even when new assumptions or thoughts or beliefs or states pop up, that base state of "this experience is temporary and already written" still exists. It doesn't matter that I don't remember it because it still exists. It's still part of awareness. And awareness is everything.

(That being said, I do think it's possible that my "older" assumptions still "worked" because I knew these experiences were temporary. Were I to permashift into one of these realities, then yeah, new assumptions/states/beliefs would definitely start molding the physical.)

I do understand the logic, but when shifting and manifesting, you learn very quickly that the "rules" are very, very bendy. Awareness is whatever you want it to be, experience is whatever you want it to be, and logic is whatever you want it to be. So basically, do whatever you want forever hahah

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Hi Lilith. How do I fully drop my old identity ('Vanessa') and truly be Lara (the version that already has her desires)? Also, how do I avoid being Vanessa that's trying to be Lara instead of awareness being Lara? Thank you ♡

Hi! You don’t actually have to “drop” Vanessa or fight her away, what’s tripping you up is the idea that there are two real identities competing, when in reality Vanessa is just an old pattern of thoughts and reactions that you’ve practiced for a long time. Trying to force yourself to be Lara is what creates that feeling of “Vanessa trying to be Lara.” Instead, shift the perspective: you’re not becoming Lara, you’re simply recognizing that you already are, and Vanessa is just residual noise that might still show up for a bit. When those old thoughts come up, don’t engage or try to correct them aggressively; just see them as irrelevant, like background chatter, and return to the knowing of “this is who I am now as Lara.” The difference is subtle but huge, effort and force keep you in the old identity, while quiet knowing dissolves it. The type of knowing I'm referring to is how you know that the sky is blue or your name. Over time, the more you stop identifying with Vanessa and stop reacting to her, she naturally fades without you needing to “get rid of” anything.

This might be a really niche question but I'm gonna ask it anyways: in your ATLA dr, were people truly color coded according to their country affiliation? For example, was it common for citizens in Earth Kingdom territories to wear green?

If so, I'm curious about where the dyes were sourced, especially for the Northern and Southern Water Tribes. I imagine that, as you go towards the poles, there's not a lot of vegetation in the tundra biomes to utilize for dying clothes blue / purple / teal ... unless you scripted for the biome to be more taiga like?

No pressure to answer, I just figured since you are one of the few ATLA shifters I know, I'd throw in an ask :P

Hahah yes and no! In my DR, the color of clothing was heavily dependent on nation, region, affluence, culture, etc.

For example, in the Fire Nation, especially in the Capital, wearing reds, yellows, and oranges was considered part of the nationalistic identity. There were "neutral" colors like white or black that were also okay. Colors that were tied to other nations however (like blues and greens), were socially unacceptable. Technically it wasn't illegal, but it was considered a sign of treason/resistance against the nation and royalty. People who wore these colors usually had their homes searched and their names smeared.

It was more common to see other colors in the colonies though—due to the mix of cultures, people earnestly trying to keep their cultural identity alive, and the separation from the strict nationalism in the Fire Nation.

In the Earth Kingdom, it was somewhat similar, but much more relaxed. People wore greens, yellows, and other earthy tones out of cultural pride. It was common to see colors like pinks and purples being added in accessories, with the earthy colors making up the main outfit. Typically, you see more color variance in more affluent areas, like the inner cities in Ba Sing Se.

For the Northern Water Tribe, most of our dyes came from ocean plants, berries, fish scales, and pearls. I admit I don't know much about natural dyes so I have no idea if this tracks in this reality hahah. The Southern Water Tribe was similar, and most of the dyed clothing was handed down from before they were isolated. Newer materials made out of animal skins were usually given to elders and children first. Dyeing these new items wasn't considered important at the time.

Before the war, the airbenders were a lot more free in their expression. Yellows, tans, oranges, and reds were cultural and often worn during festivals or other important dates/activities. But generally speaking, there was no hesitance to wear other colors. People wore what was available and freely experimented with color.

During the war, a sentiment against wearing red and instead wearing colors associated with your nation's element gradually grew significance. Wearing an all red outfit in the Earth Kingdom, for example, usually signaled that you were either a Fire Nation/Fire Nation colony refugee or you just genuinely supported the Fire Nation. Either way, it was considered a red flag (pun intended).

That said, in all regions there was a lot more shade variance hahah not just the one or two we see in the cartoon. Color and clothing expression was also a lot more relaxed before and after the war. It was mainly during the Fire Nation's reign that semi-strict to outright strict color coding took precedence, and that was mostly in response to the Fire Nation's nationalistic, controlling ideology.

I also shifted to tlok, and things were so much more relaxed and free in that time! The only color coding that really took place was in sports hahah

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"surrender is all it takes to shift"

lao tzu said: "to hold you must first open your hand. let go."

the commonality i've noticed with people trying to let go is the trying. there is so much effort that gets put into relinquishing control, which is observable outside of shifting, too. so many times i've seen people ask how to let go, which i find counterintuitive.

if you are asking how to let go of something, then by all logic you're only holding on tighter. surrender isn't something you do. it isn't a form of taking action.

this is where restlessness is born, because we as products of this reality believe that there is some work to be done for the outcome, always. the mule only knows to carry, but the bird flies uninhibited.

surrender is not a step in a method. the moment you treat it like a step, your knuckles are white with how tightly you're attempting control. making it a step makes it something that needs to be achieved. surrender is the absence of that.

the mind that tries to force an outcome is still oriented around the absence of it. it obsessively checks: do i have it? is it working? am i close? that orientation reinforces the idea that what you want is somewhere else, sometime later.

surrender dissolves that dynamic, because when you stop trying to produce the outcome, you also stop reinforcing your separation from it.

this is why people often shift when they weren't actively attempting it. for a moment, they stopped white-knuckling the process. the hand opened, so to speak, and when the hand is open, there is no closed fist resisting what was always within reach.

do you think that focusing on the act of shifting could itself be hindering someone’s shifting progress? like, if i’m more focused on needing to ‘wake up’ somewhere rather than just feeling and reminding myself that i’m already in my dr where i want to be, then i’ll just keep being stuck in “trying” to shift. how would you recommend utilizing methods without feeling like you need to use them to shift? because i feel like you could just eliminate all these steps and methods and variables and just go “i am in my dr rn, end of story” but a part of my brain is always like nooo but what about method xyz and this and that.

Yes actually! I mean listen, nothing can actually stop you from shifting. Lots of people shift even when they're focused on trying to shift rather than just shifting. However, I do think focusing too much on the method and the how can be really counterproductive with shifting and manifesting. The method doesn't matter. At all. People shift all the time without doing a method. Methods are really just to help people shift, but they aren't how you shift.

This is sort of a half-baked analogy but think about it like traveling. It doesn't matter if you walk, bike, run, skip, drive, fly, or swim to point b, you're still gonna get there. The transportation doesn't really matter, the destination does.

Shifting is a mental power. Yes, it is real; the reality, the people, etc. When I say "mental power", I'm not saying it's all in your head. What I am saying is that it's your brain that's doing the work. It's your brain and your consciousness shifting your awareness. So the form of transportation (method) that you choose doesn't matter, because that's not what's shifting you.

The first part of utilizing methods without relying on them is recognizing this. Acknowledge and understand that methods are just tools to help your logical brain plan out what you're doing, while your consciousness is what's actually getting you there. You are aware of your current reality -> your brain likes to have control and logic so it forms a plan and mode of transportation to get you somewhere else -> you carry out that plan -> your awareness has shifted. Bada bing bada boom

That plan can absolutely be as simple as one set intention and moving on or it can be as complicated as doing five hundred pushups. It doesn't matter! The transportation doesn't matter. The destination is what matters. Focus on the destination. Focus on your awareness. Become aware of that destination, of the version of you that is there experiencing it right now, let go of the outer world, just focus on being aware of your DR. The method to "get" there doesn't matter and focusing on it too much can inadvertently keep you planted here. You're so focused on building the plane that you haven't even left the airport. This analogy really got away from me hahah but I think you get what I'm saying.

To be clear, I'm not anti-method or anything, but I do believe that focusing on the end rather than the journey will get you closer.

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