hello mason! i really love your posts both on here and tik tok and i appreciate how much time and energy you put into helping others. it is a very selfless thing to do :)
anyways, i was wondering if you have any advice on changing your mindset that shifting doesnβt have to take any effort at all? every time i lay down with the intention to shift, i find myself trying way too hard, which is me pushing instead of letting the shift happen naturally. although, on the other hand when i do just tell myself βim just going to fall asleep and wake up in my drβ it feels as if im not trying hard enough and that it wonβt actually happen because there was no real effort behind it. i hope that makes sense and that i didnβt contradict myself lol. the two times where i did basically shift or almost shift happened when i was in a state of hypnagogia and i understood what it meant that you donβt need any effort at all to shift, but those times were sporadic and random and im struggling with consciously replicating those while allowing it to happen naturally if that makes sense. i want to be able to allow myself to shift without falling into the trap of putting too much pressure on myself to get to that state instead of letting it happen.
iβm not sure if any of this actually makes sense or if you perhaps have answered this question already but if you have any advice it would be greatly appreciated. thank you :)
Hello! Thank you, that means a lot to me!
I think you pretty much already described the main issue that, I think, a lot of people have when it comes to these things.
You try to ''replicate'' a moment, because you shifted that way in the past.
I used to struggle with the same thing! The first time I shifted, I wasn't even trying, and for weeks afterwards I tried so incredibly hard to recreate that same moment.
But it wasn't the method or situation that made me shift, it was the fact that I wasn't worrying about shifting that led to me doing it.
I think that's ultimately the issue for many others as well. When you try to recreate a moment like that, you're trying to shift, no matter how much you try to force yourself to believe that you're not.
Letting go is not about not trying anymore, or giving up completely. You can let go and do methods every day. It's more about the feeling of acceptance and letting go of the pressure of having to shift in a specific moment.
Rather than doing a shifting attempt to ''Shift right now,'' you just accept whatever outcome might find you. Which creates a state of peace and in many cases, can naturally allow you to attract shifting without going above and beyond for it.
You don't have to change anything, but I'd recommend putting the whole actually having to shift during a specific attempt thing to the side, and just accept that it's inevitable to happen sooner or laterπ
