#essay!

[nixierain]

Reality Shifting; What it is, personal takes, is it real?

Sources first though - even tho thats not right and they will not be "cited" in the text like they should be

Reality shifting: psychological features of an emergent online daydreaming culture - PMC (I really recommend looking at this one, theres a LOT of info here)

What Is Shifting Explained: A Beginner’s Guide to Reality Shifting (Ik this aint credible at all, but I looked at it... sooo)

The 16 most common reality shifting symptoms (complete list)

A Psychologist Explains The Phenomenon Of ‘Reality Shifting’

Astral Projection Vs Lucid Dreaming Vs Reality Shifting

Ok, lets get into it now:

What is Reality Shifting (RS): RS refers to the practice of "shifting" from one reality to another. This is taken from the multiverse theory; A theory that multiple universes and dimensions exist. With this logic, in these multiple parallel dimensions, there would be multiple versions of yourself. So, in theory, you would be able to shift your consciousness's to another version of you and live through that. Many people use this as a gateway to their favourite dimensions, most of the time being fictional.

Though there is almost no scientific evidince to back up that this "Quantum jumping" actually exists, it is a wide-spread online community that likes to share their own experiences, just like any other internet group.

To get this out of the way, Lucid dreaming and RS are not the same thing, in fact they are quite different, as well as RS and Astral Projection. Lucid dreaming has been around forever and also has been backed up by science. To put simply, Lucid dreaming is when you become aware and conscious while you are dreaming. This state doesn't happen too often either and typically happens by accident, then again, there are ways to highten your chances with specific substances or techniques. Astral projection on the other hand is when you leave your physical body and go about in the astral plane. This phenomenon long belived and even dates back to anceint times when spiritual leaders would go on spiritual journeys or go talk to the gods. This practice mostly being done while awake and meditating. When thinking about it, RS has many similarities with both of them, but it is a far different concept. RS is more where you shift your consciousness into that of another you.

Whether the practice of RS is real has not been proven and likely never will be. However, there are many common themes among those who experince it and several other phenomenons that share similarities to the subject. Some of the themes include: Absorption, disassociation, and fantasy-proneness. While the other phenomenons: Lucid Dreaming, Astral Projection, Tupla, hypnosis, dissociative absorption, and maladaptive daydreaming. To be clear, none of those mentioned previously are the same as RS, just share simmilar features.

Now, there are several meathods of reaching your DR, some of these include; Alice in wonderland method, the elevator method, Raven method, and the pillow method. About half of these are ones that require the subject to fall asleep, while the others are done while awake. All of which require affermations and a script to follow while in one's DR.

Going on about the symptoms when RS, there are many overlaps with Astral Projection like; Seeing lights, vibrations, feeling weightless or heavy, tingling, and ect. This makes me belive that there is a part of Astral Projection that goes into RS. I may be wrong, but the symptoms are quite similar.

Now, with my takes and opinions. I still am quite confused on the subejct on shifting to another version of yourself. Sure I belive in the whole multiverse thing... I belive in a lot of things. But What really confuses me is how you pretty much posses another version of yourself, and how something is supposed to follow a script. Versions of yourself exist seperately, they are not a hivemind, thus you cannot just possess them and live their life. That makes no sense. Maybe a whole world can follow a script, but, I would think it would be imporbable. Our world isnt on script, why is theres? If there is something that is missing, let me know. and if I offended anyone, sorry

[rainbowchaox]

Philza fully has a soft spot for one Missa Sinfonia

I think it’s about time for everyone to fully understand that Philza has a soft spot for Missa. Whether you ship them platonically or romantically. Everyone needs to understand how gentle and how Missa can do no wrong Philza fully is.

First off literally whenever Missa is there Philza voice drops into the softest I ever heard him. Philza finally gets calm and relaxed with missa. Missa was canonically gone for ages left their actual son and was absent. Philza immediately forgave him. Missa thinks he is bad dad but he is not. Missa canonically had no choice but to be gone CAUSE? HE WAS LITERALLY HELD HOSTAGE BY WILD WOLVES.

If Missa had a choice in the matter he wouldn’t have never left Philza or Chayanne and eventually Tallulah. He would have always stayed by his family side. He is completely loyal to a fault. Missa isn’t perfect but Philza can clearly see that Missa is 100% on his side. And for some one like Philza where complete trust and loyalty is so hard to come by. Much less Philza giving trust and loyalty to somebody is the hardest thing to get. But once Philza trusts you? Practically have it for life. Only utter betrayal will break his trust.

Philza will wait and wait. It’s no problem for him. Philza forgives Missa so much. Even if others will hold a grudge over him being gone. Even if others fully believe that Missa doesn’t deserve Philza or deserve his family. Philza will always have a space for Missa in their home. There’s reasons why it’s Phil and Missa. Not just Philza.

Missa JUST cares so much about those he loves. And Philza definitely understands that about Missa. Which is why he has such a massive soft spot for his husband. There’s no anger. No resentment. No. Philza is just happy that Missa is back.

And this comes to what happened recently. The fight between Wilbur and Philza. Philza did snap and for good reason. Wilbur left for ages had him take care of his egg and Wilbur started getting upset? Wilbur doesn’t even know Tallulah at this point. Philza is more a dad to her than Wilbur. Sucks to point that out but it’s the truth. But all the anger Philza directed at Wilbur? He never directed at his husband Missa.

Missa was also a absent father. Missa also left him to care for Chayanne. But Philza can tell Missa never wanted to leave. That Missa loves chayanne and the rest of the eggs so much (literally one of the first things he did during his first stream back was kiss sleeping chayanne). And most importantly Missa is always on his side. They are team. A unit.

I remember when Tallulah was worried about if her father would still love her as she changed so much when he was gone. And Philza alluded that even chayanne changed and that was mainly because he didn’t talk about Missa much making him lose Spanish. And you know what? Missa never stopped loving his son. Was hella dramatic about it primarily because people putting ideas chayanne was doing drugs. But Missa never stopped loving chayanne.

Missa always cared for chayanne and if anything he wants to better for Philza and Chayanne and even Tallulah. As they connected right before the egg kidnappings happened. And Philza understood so he immediately saw the small amount of blame he did. He stopped talking about Missa.

There’s reasons why Missa holds Philzas heart. Why he trusts Missa so much. Why philzas is always loyal to Missa.

MISSA IS ALWAYS ON PHILZA SIDE NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

Missa just like Philza wants to save the eggs. Missa is always on Philza side. So of course Philza is soft. (Also Missa visited before the egg kidnapping lore. Definitely made him look better.) I just find it so interesting despite both Missa and Wilbur being in similar states of being absent fathers returning both connected to Philza. That Philza is visibly more soft towards Missa than Wilbur. It’s something the pissa nation should pick up on. Because really no one can say that Philza has a soft spot for his husband. We were always saying it but now it’s practically canon.

Anyways Missa PLS STREAM YOUR HUSBAND NEEDS IT!!!!!!!

[museenkuss]

mint, amalfi lemon, jasmine, bergamot // lavender, coffee, artemisia // amber, sandalwood, patchouli, musk, vanilla, tonka bean, moss

"The most handsome ever." - José Eisenberg when asked what kind of personality could wear his fragrances

The notes of Eisenberg perfumes are the same in both the male and the female versions, which suits Eisenberg's comment that we are all people, the rest is masks.

And J'Ose (regardless of the colour of the bottle, most likely) IS a fragrance that utilises many notes usually found in male fragrances. It's woody, the lavender at times shines through in a soapy-balmy way, it has a certain smokey depth to it. However, there's also a powderiness, a lightness to it. It oscillates. So, in short, it's incredibly seductive. It's alluring, it's intoxicating.

I was already back on the street after spraying the back of my hand, but had to turn around and go back into the shop to spray the inside of my wrist as well because I was so overwhelmed with how much I loved the scent.

On my skin, there's a creamy woodsiness (maybe the tonka? The sandalwood?), sweetened and peppered. While J'Ose invites thoughts of morning light falling on the whipped cream folds of an unmade bed, an open window and a breeze of cool-fresh air that already carries the scent that promises a hot day, it ALSO evokes images of a study, of leather-bound books and thick rugs. I think you might have to enjoy the eroticism of that to like this scent, the seductive promise a gleaming wooden desk holds, leather arm chairs, thick carpets, gold-cut books. But, again - we also have the morning light, the coffee and dreamy freshness of a new day. Again, J'Ose oscillates.

[Also, on a side note, the lavender note does put me off at random intervalls when it suddenly shines through stronger and balmier, but that just might be me and my history of lavender-soap-making in 5th grade. It fades quickly, but I'm being honest in my thoughts here. But that messy episode of my past aside -]

J'Ose is sophisticated, comfortable in their skin, dressed up simply by putting on the clothes they meant to wear. There's a quiet, unshakable confidence, deeply rooted in the warm, woody, aromatic heart of this scent. That ease lightens the scent, sweetens it. They know what they want to say and how to say it. It might be that bone-deep confidence that makes this fragrance so alluring, that seduces me as I wear it.

[hangingfromchandeliers]

can i get some uhh affirmation that someone cares abt me

[keys-the-sacrkid]

"However, because of the power society associates with the uniform, these everyday people become a liaison serving a higher power beyond themselves: myth."

My professor liked this sentence and only this sentence from my essay.. I think she was just impressed that I could use liaison (thanks TMAGP for explanding my vocabulary!) oh yeah my essay was solely about modern day rituals (with a whole paragraph dedicated to the hunt that was a "touch too aggressive")

[calcifer-the-firedemon]

Callout Post for me

has a lot of homework to do so instead drinks wine and paints nails

[dracomorph]

This post is going to be POETRY OPINIONS and it was composed under the influence of delicious basement-vintage wine; I will not be in any way offended if that doesn't interest you.  Gonna try to get an essay or two up by next Tuesday, plus a poem or two before that, if those would suit you better.  You have been warned.

I don't like William Carlos Williams' poems.  

I guess I shouldn't make that a blanket statement; I haven't been over his entire body of work by any stretch, just a handful of things.  And, I want to make this clear, they do have things to admire!  But overall it was just a bad thing for me.

WCW chose to ignore meter and rhyme in his poems, preferring instead to use intensely precise word choice and line breaks as primary tools.  This resulted in work which is very dense, withstands tremendous depth of scrutiny and analysis, and which has retained this level of precision even through the evolution of English since the writing of his poems several decades ago- an accomplishment in itself.  

But it isn't fun to read.  At least, not for me (since enjoying a poem is WERY, WERY subjective) but for all the depth I can scratch the surface of, there's never any immediate enjoyment I get from a WCW poem.  You can't sing or chant it, there's no beat, they just sound very... conversational.  

Beautifully conversational, don't get me wrong- they're the sort of things that only your most eloquent friend could pull off, and then only after one of those crystallizing moments. (you know, the ones where, for just a second, you can feel the whole world in your mind, and before you go all heisenberg and start to worry that watching the mysteries of the human mind spin out before you will change them enough that you can no longer grasp them) But there's still that element of the mundane that bleeds through.  

And for me, I guess that's the real dealbreaker- it feels like it's vilifying the mundane.  Like day-to-day life isn't good because it distracts us from something real and transcendent, when my experience has been largely the opposite- every time I make an effort to reconnect with the world around me, I come out enriched.  

I know for a fact this is hypocritical- I use a lot of the conventions he helped establish in my own work: few, if any, rhymes/ frequently irregular meter/ etc.  But it's just One Of Those Things, I guess.