It's time to tame your ego like a little dog.
Ego is a normal part of the human experience. It’s not some evil thing to destroy, but it’s useful to see ego as a mask a mask you can change, or even remove.
The Void: removing the mask from the soul
Shifting: choosing a new mask to experience
But of course, saying it is easy.
We live in a world that constantly forces us to attach to identities, to cling to labels. So for many people, shifting often includes a brief detachment from the “self” and that’s a good sign.
Here are a few things I’ve already posted about that help loosen that “self” attachment before shifting since it's not what I'm gonna talk mainly today:
1) Holotropic breathing
2) Yoga Nidra / meditation
3) Void state
4) Self-hypnosis
5) Focusing on your DR identity or intention
Let’s define ego real quick.
Ego is the mental, emotional and social identity you’ve built over time.
It's everything you think you are:
“I'm Aoaris.”
“I have a Tumblr.”
“My body looks like this.”
“I’ve experienced XYZ so now I’m like this.”
But that’s just a character.
A structure of thoughts and emotions.
It’s not who you are, it’s a role.
The self is not fixed. You’re not born with it.
You build it over time based on your culture, trauma, experiences, body, beliefs, etc.
Which also means: you can change it, reprogram it, or temporarily remove it.
So why does detaching from the ego help with shifting?
Well, because the self anchors you to this CR . It tells you:
“I’m here, I’m this person, I feel this body.”
I honestly think that’s why some people need a very specific context or environment to shift,it’s to get out of that default self.
This also come back to the concept of self-concept.
When you’re still playing that “little me” role, your brain keeps you on the same track.
Your subconscious sticks to your limiting beliefs (“I can’t shift,” “I’m stuck”).
Your body follows the same ego-based habits:
“I’m tired. I’m stressed. I’m gonna fall asleep. I need to.”
But… what does it mean to “be yourself”?
It’s not your name. It’s not your story.
It’s not even your body or emotions.
To “be you” is to be consciousness itself, capable of experiencing anything.
When you shift consciously, you're not changing who you are,you’re choosing a new version of what you experience as you.
This ties into the Buddhist idea of anatta (no-self), or Neville Goddard’s I AM state.
It’s not a fleeting mindset.
It’s a way of embodying pure awareness a selfless, flexible consciousness.
That’s why meditation and visualization are powerful tools for shifting (even if they’re not required).
Survey on people who shift on command
They don’t “make” shifting happen.
But they help detach you from the ego and change the current mask.
When you meditate, you stop feeding the identity.
You calm the mental noise constantly reminding you of who you think you are in CR.
You soften your attachment to that version.
You move into a space of observation instead of identification.
Visualization = trying on a new role
It activates a version of you that's energetically aligned with your DR identity.
Your nervous system and subconscious can’t tell the difference, if you embody it, it starts to become real.
Something to try:
Next time you're going about your day or trying to shift, observe what self you're playing.
Are you playing the version of you that always fails?
Are you rehearsing that “I can’t shift” identity again?
Instead, open to possibility.
Open to playing a new version of yourself.
No judgment. Just softness. Curiosity.
Even if that version of you doesn’t shift yet, at least it's a different vibration. Maybe the version of you that is happy to shift again, or the version of you that open up with more curiousity.
For some a mental diet can be helpful.
Most ego habits live in the body too.
That’s why some techniques,like breathwork, void state, hypnosis, short-circuit the feedback loop and interrupt the autopilot.
A lot of people aren’t actually afraid of the void or silence or meditation.
They’re scared of what comes after.
