i saw these posts on race changing on my fyp
while i do not really wanna unnecessarily insert myself in this discussion, i was curious about both of their standpoints... and i think it's important to talk about shifting etiquette in the community
the blogger against race changing even made a seperate post about their views here which might be worth reading first to understand my rambling below!
i do not want to deny the fact that there might be some poeple who are being weird about 'race changing', fetishists exists and their attitude and behaviour is really questionionable, and rightfully shouldn't be silently tolerated by people who are affected by racism in their daily life. however, these weirdos and fetishists are not the majority nor the reason of 'race changing' existing in the first place, in my opinion. (i find the 'changing' part of race changing not really fitting anyways but that's a talk for another post). i agree that how some people openly promote and romanticise choosing a different race and shoving it into other people's faces is definitely an insensitive and totally rude thing to do here in this reality. regardless of how infinite realities exist, you still live here and should know what's ok to do HERE and what not !! just because people can eat chicken meat here in this reality without any problems, doesn't mean you can just do that in a reality where chickens are whorshipped without expecting any consequences just because you know its ok to do in your current reality ?? however, i want to make clear that someone chosing a different face claim/different appearance/different skin color for their dr does not fundamentally mean they're racist and that they shouldn't do it because it's morally wrong... what's important is that you behave and interact with your society like a human being with manners who is aware that racism and injustice exists (like hello). you shouldn't deny the significance of racism here in this society just because it has no significance in another reality - that arguement has like no value !! ... exactly BECAUSE there are infinite realities but you live in this one right now, you should know how significant it is
however, after reading the above linked post by shaysplanet to understand their viewpoint, i was wondering if someone with such belief would ever allow themself to shift to a reality where no rascism exists (even though they said they have realities with no racism). because with their point, they themself would never be able to experience a racism free world because rascism will always be 'ingrained' in their main consciousness? they can never shift into being a person or world that has no rascism beliefs because they said in their belief no one is capable of doing so. because the morality learned here and all the experiences that shaped them here are more significant or higher than what happens in other realities... (if i understood that correctly) because they 'craft' these drs whith that shaped mindset
and i think that's actually quite limiting... and a bit sad... for them to preach and for everyone who insists on believing this :/
i personally wouldn't use the word 'craft' in that context, you might craft your script and the groundwork for what you want to experience but you don't craft realities in that sense. if you ever shifted to another reality you would know how much more there is to a reality than what you imagined about it before shifting there... i mean, it's a whole ass reality! - of course you can't crasp it whole without experiencing living there in the first place?
also, i don't think you see the full potential of shifting with that mindset. I personally don't want to experience ex. the naruto world as daisy, i want to live the life of my dr self, once i'm there, daisy and her life here don't really matter to me - it's irrelevant, just a background thought at most. perhaps there are shifters out there who want to insert their cr self into another reality, that's possible too, but it's just one single aspect of what's possible with shifting.
i also personally wouldn't dare believe that my 'cr reality consciousness' is my main consciousness either. your cr shaped mind here might script and imagine their desired reality with a cr experienced shaped mindset but your dr self lives their life with their own shaped mindset, even if you shift to be them. (unless you script that you have no memories or are 100% the same as here in your cr, but then again, that's the exception and not the norm because you need to intend it to be different and that would make you yourself responsible for all it includes.)
also, i found the saying "you're just cherry-picking your features for you fanatsies" as something you shouldn't do because you're sidestepping the pain of the lives lived here... not really well-phrased? because that's kinda what we're all doing...? we're all cherry picking the aspects of our drs and dr self because we want to experience something we want? ... many want to avoid and escape things we're forced to experience here in this life. it's all about cherry-picking regardless of your circumstances. that's what makes shifting so special. you may chose what you want to experience and are not forced into lives here with more or less uncontrollable positions. and people of colour shifting into realities with no racism don't need to feel guilty for experience this freedom from racism which all the other poc people here still have to face, you might consider this 'sidestepping the pain of the lives lived here' too, but you don’t, rightfully so !! maybe that's just my opinion but whole trend of guilt-tripping is a rather weird thing to do in regards to reality shifting. though, it's important to increase people's sensitivity in regards to certain topics. on a side note, i personally found it a bit insensitive to use 'god, deities and spirits' to defend an arguement in such a condescending manner ... sounds like a priest guilt-tripping people with the 'god said so' card to control them and keep them low with fear .... we are all not better than anyone else. i think there are better ways to defend your standpoint and educate people without using 'higher beings saids so'
if you @shaysplanet find it offensive of me to talk about it this, i'm sorry, it's definitely not my intention to harm you or deny what a fucked up thing racism is here in this reality but i wanted to share my thoughts on these very public posts that relate to reality shifting, and as i already mentioned i think it's important to talk about shifting etiquette. i hope you don't mind it too much, but feel free to block me, if it bothers you
