READ TO THE END IF YOU WANT TO MASTER SHIFTING REALITIES, VOID STATE, LUCID DREAMING, ASTRAL PROJECTION, AND SLEEP PARALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
please read at least this paragraph to the end. i know many people roll their eyes and scroll when they are told to apply the law of assumption, be persistent and ignore 3d. you may think that this is long, tedious and will not work, and you’d better try that new x method, thanks to which you will definitely shift or enter the void tonight. “i have difficult circumstances. i need this today. i don’t want to waste time on the law of assumption”. okay, and how many of “those nights” have passed? how many years have you been trying? how many times have you achieved success after making such statements? how many times have you disregarded the law and woken up again in this reality without your desires? and how many more years are you going to waste your time? break the cycle. in a week in goddess state, you will achieve more than if you tried a new method every day for a year
still don't want to apply the law of assumption? come on, try to shift or enter the void state today. if you don’t succeed (and i’m sure of this, forgive the harshness), then you will return to this post, read it completely and carefully and follow my instructions
LAW OF ASSUMPTION
back to basics. i highly recommend you read all these posts. please read, maybe you will find new information or understand something that previously raised questions for you:
— LAW OF ASSUMPTION: A BASIC GUIDE
— LAW OF ASSUMPTION : THE WHOLE RUN-DOWN
— AN ASSUMPTION
— A SIMPLE GUIDE TO STATES AND MANIFESTATION
— A SIMPLE GUIDE TO THE LAW OF ASSUMPTION
— THE ONLY LOA POST YOU'LL EVER NEED
— DARE TO LIVE IN THE END
— FIRST THE MIND MUST CHANGE, AND THEN THE WORLD
— ENGRAVE THIS PROCESS INTO YOUR MIND & MOVE ON
— WHERE IS THE STUFF THAT I MANIFESTED
— ARCHIVE OF SOURAPPL3S'S POSTS
— GUIDE ON HOW TO APPLY LAW OF ASSUMPTION
— MY FAVORITE LUCKYKIWIII101'S POSTS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD READ
“an assumption, though false, persisted in will harden into fact”. your thoughts, beliefs and assumptions create your reality. we are used to thinking that 3d is our true reality, but this is not so. 3d is a mirror that reflects your 4d
if you want something, then all you have to do is decide that you already have it and be persistent. many of you misunderstand the meaning of this word in the context of the law of assumption. repeating affirmations, listening to subliminals for 24 hours and doing methods at every opportunity is not persistent. “persistence is remaining in a state of fulfilled desire. to be persistent means to stick to your assumptions regardless of what 3d reality shows you. if you react to 3d, then you are not persistent”
by reacting to 3d, you do not allow new assumptions to form in your subconscious. imagine that 3d asks again and again if you are sure that you have mastered void, shifting realities, lucid dreaming, etc. “are you sure? are you 100% sure? but you said before that you always fail. i don't think you're sure. look, you woke up again in this reality without desires. what? do you really believe what you're saying? i ask you again, are you absolutely sure?”. instead of giving a positive answer every time, you immediately give up and scroll through tumblr looking for a new method. you must be persistent, even if you do not get what you want in 3d after a week, a month or a year
(this is a bit of an exaggeration because i said it as an example., but i forbid you to think that manifestation lasts that long. “both 3d and 4d always show me only what i want to see. my 3d instantly reflects my 4d,” — this is your new assumption, whether you like it or not)
if you have negative thoughts, and we most likely will, then immediately replace them with positive ones. negative thoughts also include anticipation of desire. remind yourself again and again that you already have what you want and you are not waiting for it to manifest itself. if you catch yourself thinking that you are waiting for your manifestation, then remind yourself that you already have it
don't think that negative thoughts are ruining your progress or that you have to start over. no, as long as you are on a mental diet, you are doing everything right. by the way, posts about mental diet that you must read:
— MENTAL DIET TECHNIQUES
— THE MENTAL DIET
— MENTAL DIET AND SHIFTING
— MENTAL DIETS
what if you forgot about your mental diet for a whole day or more and were in a state of lack the whole time? decide that it didn't happen. no, don't feel like you have to start over. there is no beginning and end. decide that you have been persistent all this time. revision — 001, 002. replace these memories with something pleasant and that’s it
FULL GUIDE
DECIDE
literally right now, decide that you have mastered void, shifting realities, manifestation, lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, and astral projection. don't you dare pick one thing from this list. take my advice and decide that you've mastered it all. do you just want to shift on command? okay, but the ability to instantly enter the void and control dreams wouldn't be out of place, would it? especially considering that you don't have to put in any effort, you just have to decide
decide that you are a master of manifestation. decide that you are manifesting desires instantly. decide that 3d instantly reflects 4d. decide that both 3d and 4d show only what you want. decide what always works in your favor
decide that you are a master of the void state. decide that you have the perfect void concept. decide that you can easily enter the void state anytime and anywhere. decide that you have been successfully inducing pure consciousness all your life. decide that to enter the void you just need to close your eyes. decided that every night you wake up in a state of void being aware
decide that you are a master shifter. decide that you shift easily and effortlessly. decide that you are in your desired reality right now. decide that you always wake up in your desired reality. decide that you shift on command. decide that the intention is enough for you to shift. decide that you have successfully shifted all your life
decide that you are a master of lucid dreaming. decide that you have lucid dreams every night. decide that all your life you have seen only lucid dreams. decide that you are in control of your dreams. decide that you easily shift from a lucid dream. decide that you effortlessly enter the void state from a lucid dream
decide that you are a master of sleep paralysis. decide that closing your eyes is enough to induce sleep paralysis. decide that you are always relaxed and calm during sleep paralysis. decide that you have safe sleep paralysis. decide that you wake up several times a night in sleep paralysis. decide that you can easily induce sleep paralysis in less than a minute. decide that you can easily shift from sleep paralysis. decide that you effortlessly enter the void state from sleep paralysis
decide that you are a master of astral projection. decide that you astral project every night. decide that all your out-of-body experiences are safe. decide that you can easily shift from astral projection. decide that you effortlessly enter the void state from astral projection
decide right now or after you read this post. don't put it off until tomorrow or monday
MANIFEST
important part. manifest your desires. solve any problems using the law of assumption. you can do it right now, you don't have to wait until you enter the void or shift. it's easy. all you have to do is decide. i’m not asking you to affirm, listen to subliminals, do sats, etc. you just need to think that you already have everything you want and be persistent in this assumption
want a new phone? ok, just decide that it's already yours. you don't have to try to enter the void tonight to manifest a new phone. do you have the flu? decide that you are always healthy (by the way, this does not mean that you should not take medications. take them, but be persistent in the assumption that you never get sick). again, you don't even have to move your fingers. besides, negative beliefs will not make your life better. do negative thoughts fulfill your desires? no, so why pay attention to them? just enjoy the feeling of fulfilled desire. just enjoy the fact that you always get what you want
by the way, manifest something "unrealistic". telekinesis, magic wand, the ability to fly or talk to animals. there’s nothing difficult about randomly remembering once a day that you can fly, right? let your subconscious know that you can literally do anything
PERSISTENCE
my honest opinion: if you are not able to be persistent, your desire is not that important to you. if you react to 3d and give up, then you don’t want to change your life so much. in order to manifest what you want, you need to be persistent in a new assumption
4d is true reality, 3d is a mirror. live in your imagination, live in the end, only then will 3d reflect your new assumptions and beliefs. these people achieved success because they accepted that imagination is the only reality. you are no worse than them. you can be persistent. and you will be persistent
know that your failure will not affect my life in any way. but it will affect you. if you finally become persistent, then you will get everything you dreamed of all that time. do it for yourself. do it for the sake of experimentation. what if you succeed?
METHODS
let's start with the method of manifestation. all i require you to do is decide, be persistent, ignore 3d, replace negative thoughts with positive ones. this is literally the basis of the law of assumption
in addition to this, you may want to use manifestation methods such as robotic affirmations, subliminals, sats, meditation, etc. overall i'm 50% okay with it. everything is fine as long as you don't put methods on a pedestal. if you start to think that without following one of the methods you will not be able to manifest your desires, then this is a red signal. just relax. you will shift, enter the void void, do astral projection, etc., even if you don’t repeat affirmations from morning to evening or don’t listen to your entire playlist. don’t force yourself to lie on your back and visualize the desired reality during sats. do what you like and when you want it. affirm, visualize, make mood boards, etc., but don’t make it a mandatory action. don't force yourself to do anything you don't want to do. and remember you change 4d and 3d, not methods
and i also urgently, on my knees, beg you to abandon methods for void, shifting, sleep paralysis, lucid dreams, etc. if you knew how wonderful it is to lie on your side at night and just fall asleep. no need to lie on your back, affirm, visualize, count. you just fall asleep without setting alarms for wbtb. no meditation, pink noise, theta waves. you don’t feel guilty or angry because you’re too lazy to do the methods. you don't scold yourself because you roll over on your side and fall asleep in the middle of the method. you don't feel disappointed that the method didn't work (in 3d, of course). this is a relief and peace that you could have experienced all this time, but for some reason you denied yourself it
yes, i know it’s strange to hear from someone who previously published methods. ah, but what's the difference? it was a long time ago and not true. now i make myself comfortable on the bed and let my thoughts flow. if i want, then i fantasize about all sorts of things, if i want, then I think about the desired reality. and only sometimes i affirm that i have mastered void, shifting, lucid dreams, sleep paralysis. i think a little about my happy life, only because i accidentally remembered it. i don't force myself to do anything i don't want to do
i say again, i am firmly against the methods! in order to shift, you don’t need to lie motionless in the starfish position for two hours. just decide! be persistent! but if you still want to do it your way, then do it right. if your attempt is unsuccessful, do not react to 3d. decide what you shifted. decide that you have entered the void state. remember the mental diet. however i still recommend not doing the methods
MENTAL DIET
it’s better, of course, to decide that negative thoughts don’t arise in you, but if they do arise, replace them with positive ones. pay attention to your inner conversation. again, if a negative thought arises, immediately replace it with a positive one. replace one negative thought with 10 positive ones
“i woke up again in the current reality” >>> “i’m so happy that i woke up in my desired reality. i’m a master of shifting. in addition, i mastered the void, lucid dreams, sleep paralysis. and i always get what i want instantly”
“i envy her so much. i can’t wait to share my success story” >>> “i never envy anyone. i have a dream life. my success story is much better than hers. one post is not enough for all my success stories, because i shift and enter the void literally every hour”
“i had such a terrible nightmare last night” >>> “i have lucid dreams every night. i forgot the last time i had ordinary non-lucid dreams. by the way, i can easily control lucid dreams! there is nothing easier than entering the void state from a lucid dream”
“if i don't enter the void today, i won't pass my exams” >>> “how could i forget that i had already passed my exams with a perfect score? and every night i wake up in a void state. i love being a manifestation master”
“what if it's not true? maybe they're all lying” >>> “the law of assumption is the truth. why? because i said so. because i already have a dream life. because i've already shifted and entered the void state a million times”
“if i don't induce sleep paralysis tonight, i won't shift” >>> “boo! who said this nonsense? everyone knows that i have mastered both reality shifting and sleep paralysis. even infants know this”
something like this. have you read those posts about the mental diet, the link to which i left at the top? don't forget about such a wonderful thing as revision. if you forgot about the mental diet and indulged in negative thoughts all day, then just change your memories. “i’m so proud that i only had positive thoughts today”
LIAR
there are times when you have to break a mental diet. what to do? lie. say the “truth” out loud, but in your mind persistently deny it. for example, your mother asked how you passed your physics test. give her an “honest” answer, but mentally affirm over and over again that you passed the test. review this moment. but if someone on this site asks you, for example, have you ever shifted, you can either safely ignore it, or say that you have already shifted a million times because you decided so
TIME
stop waiting. stop waiting for you to shift or enter the void state. stop waiting for your first lucid dream, sleep paralysis and astral projection. time doesn’t exist you already have your desires. if you notice that you are waiting for your manifestations, then immediately remind yourself that you already have everything you want! don't count the hours, days, weeks. there is only the eternal now and it is up to you to decide what you are thinking about at this moment
“i hope i enter the void before friday” >>> “wait a minute. so i already enter the void every night. i just need to close my eyes for two seconds and i immediately induce pure consciousness”
“i've been applying the law of assumption for a week now, but nothing has changed” >>> “what the hell week? i literally have lucid dreams my whole life and wake up in the void state, in sleep paralysis and the desired reality 5 times a night”
“if i persist for two weeks, i will finally shift to desired reality” >>> “goddess, i'm in my desired reality right now. i'm a master shifter. shifting is very easy. i'm already shifted”
“when will 3d reflect 4d?” >>> “3d has already reflected my 4d. 3d instantly shows me my desires. what is time lag? this is the first time i've heard of this”
if you catch yourself thinking that you are waiting for manifestation, immediately change this thought to a positive one. forget about waiting and worry. these feelings will not make your life better. forget about such nonsense as time lag
CIRCUMSTANCES
i know many of you may have difficult circumstances. but thinking about it you only complicate your life. your thoughts, assumptions and beliefs create your reality. please ignore 3d and your life will become much easier. know that people before you have succeeded in unbearable circumstances (poverty, abuse, death of loved ones, illness). they had doubts just like you, but they lived in the end and were persistent (+ this)
this doesn't mean you can't cry or be angry. no matter what you do, only what you think has power. give vent to your emotions, but be persistent in the fact that you have already succeeded. yes, it can be difficult and unusual, but you have to do it if you want to get rid of undesirable circumstances once and for all
do you have painful periods? cry, don’t hold back your tears, but insist that this is not so. be persistent in the fact that you have pain-free periods
are your abusive parents beating you again? scream and cry with anger, hit the pillow, but please ignore the 3d. repeat again and again that you are already in your desired reality, where you have loving parents
are you angry because all the housework is on you? no, no, convince yourself that you are not washing the floors right now. no, your useless brother does, and in the meanwhile you are enjoying a delicious cake
know that it is never too late to change negative thoughts to positive ones. even if two hours ago you reacted to 3d and cried bitterly, cursing your life, now you can decide that this did not happen. i don’t think i want to leave links to posts about revision for the third time. i hope you have already read them. in very emotional moments, try to remind yourself that your thoughts create your 3d reality
let the undesirable circumstances be a reminder that you already have everything you want. is the Internet not working? the Internet is fast at all times and everywhere, and besides, you've mastered the void. not enough money? not only are you rich, but you also shift easily and quickly
SUCCESS
please do not share your mini successes. did you have your first lucid dream? i’m sincerely happy for you, but don’t you dare write something like “today i realized i was in a dream!! i tried to create a portal, but it didn’t work out. next time i will undoubtedly enter a void.” honey, you just threw your mental diet in the trash
either you wait until you achieve the final goal (shifting, void), or you share your success without breaking the mental diet. “this morning i woke up in sleep paralysis. although it was predictable, i’m a master of sleep paralysis and void. why? because i decided so” or “in the evening i was lying on the couche and shifted to my desired reality, but i quickly came back. anyway, i can shift there again whenever i want, because it's not difficult for me”
DOUBTS
if you feel that you are being overcome by doubts, read loa posts, this post and all those posts to which i left links. i also recommend reading more success stories >>> @loasuccessarchive
know that people have succeeded in manifestation even though they often had doubts. but they continued to be persistent, thanks to which they shifted and entered the void state. if they could do it, so can you
EPILOGUE
this post is my first child. so i hope you read it from start to finish because the labor lasted a week if not more. i wish you good luck! i truly believe that you will begin to apply the law of assumption. are you aware that i have already decided that you have already sent me your success stories? there's no point in putting it off any longer, darlings! be persistent and i will be persistent in the assumption that you are successful <3
i am not a buddhist nor a Hindu myself. I am a practicing Orthodox Christian. But when it comes to searching for shifting /loa /manifesting /spiritualism? i'll take whatever i can find. Now look, these ancient teachings don't have a magic wand that says "lets just jump in there" ,but they do have a pretty powerful "shortcuts" that will instantly plunge the mind into that void. Specifically, Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, the esoteric branch of Hinduism, offers 112 different methods for instantly stopping the mind and pushing it into that void.
First of all, ''the space between two breathes'' (Kumbhaka) In buddhism and hinduism, the greatest secret is that microscopic moment when one breath ends but another doesn't begin. That moment is when you disconnect from this world. And yeah it has an easy way.. breathe in, breathe out. Stop at the exact second u exhale. Focus on the silence that occurs when your lungs are empty. That void is actually your shifting gateway. The longer you prolong those seconds, the more your physical body begins to fade away. And oh, also, be careful and start SLOW. Cause If u do it incorrectly or forcefully, you may experience dizziness, stress, or even fainting...
Second thing ive found is.. "Neither this nor that" (Advaita Vedanta) That is the fastest way to eliminate the mind (the logical left lobe of ur brain). In shifting, every time you say, "i am this, i am here," you are anchored to that reality. Lie down in bed and say to everything that crosses your mind that; Is your body tingling? "nope that's not me." or did you hear a sound? "that's not me." did a thought come to ur mind? "that's not me." Basically reject everything until nothing remains. That remaining pure "awareness" is the void itself... What remains? According to Vedanta, the unchanging, observing pure awareness. That is, the inner, "observing thing." They call it Atman, and surprisingly, it is said to be the same as Brahman. So, individual self = universal reality. Non duality? it's easy to understand, but quite difficult to live with. cause the mind is constantly addicted to labeling itself, saying "this is who i am, this is what i am." it's like stripping the mind bare, leaving it completely exposed. You shed layers upon layers. And the human ego doesn't exactly love that, mind you...
Now ''Dharana'', think of the discipline of The Hierophant card. Instead of dividin the mind into a thousand pieces, confining it to a single point allows reality to break...Close your eyes and focus only on that point between your eyebrows,aka the 3rd eye, or just a single white spot in your mind. Think of nothing else. After a while, the mind will give a "system error" and throw you back into that single point, into the void. Dharana, in yoga, means concentration. But not at the level of "alrigh i put my phone down and focused for 5 minutes." It means literally fixing your mind on a single object. Thr rule is lowkey simple.. If the mind wanders, u bring it back. If it wanders again, you bring it back again. ''Dharana'' focus, ''Dhyana'' uninterrupted flow, meditation; ''Samadhi'' complete union, dissolution of the sense of "self"....
The easiest way to do this is actually to "stop searching." Theres a saying in buddhism that "as long as you keep searching, you won't find, because the seeker is what she seeks." You think shifting is about going somewhere "out there," but these teachings say, "Youre already everywhere, you just choose to focus on this body." Stop "trying to go." Try relinquishing this reality as if you were already there. By releasing the energy of the 4 Pentacles aka the holding on energy, and 9 Wands, in your cards, and simply "being" like The Sun, that door will open by itself.
How I entered the void in less than 5 minutes last night (If someone doesn’t shift with this, I’ll scream)
I wouldn’t be sharing this and putting myself at risk of sounding like a lunatic who posted one method, and is now posting yet another version of it, if I didn’t have a reason for it. Idk, gut feelings are hard to explain (I’m aware I sound insane right now)
But I’ve never been more excited to share something in my life, sooo that might attest to something.
This will work for everyone in some way. And I’ve never been more certain of anything ever. (Except for the time I pspspsps’d at a black kitty on the sidealk at night, which ended up being a trash bag, and I found out I had horrible eyesight—but that’s not the point here).
This isn’t anything brand new. It’s like my method people have been seeing results with, but stripped down to its bones. Simplified to the core, which I’ve learned actually makes it more effective.
(unless you’re someone who prefers something detailed and objective, then yeah, stick to my main method and ignore this)
This doesn’t care about your beliefs. Doesn’t care about your identity, your self-concept, your doubts, your contradictions. It doesn’t matter if you’re into non-duality, law of assumption, law of attraction, or don’t even have a belief system. This method does not give a single shit. And I say that with confidence, because when this worked for me last night, I was crying. Genuinely, majorly depressed. Everything I usually cling to, all my beliefs about shifting and consciousness and the nature of reality—I wasn’t mulling over any of it. I was flat out over existence itself, and it still worked.
The set-up:
• First, understand something: The screen of space you’re looking at right now—even if your eyes are closed—is the same screen where your DR, CR, the void, your dreams… all of it… will appear. That’s your canvas. Always.
• This works best with WBTB (wake back to bed), so set an alarm for about 3 hours after you fall asleep. You want to wake up just tired enough that going back to sleep is easy, but you’ll still have some control. (You can also do this as you’re going to bed, but it was 3 AM for me after I had woken up,,, so do with that info what you want).
• Now, get this into your head: You’re not entering the void or shifting from a place of calm or confidence. You’re doing it from pure exhaustion. You’re doing it from “fuck this shit, I’m doing it anyway.”
You can doubt. You can feel like shit. But the attitude that follows is “fuck it.” You’re tired of trying, and tired of being on this journey. So you’re just gonna do it. Fuck it.
What to do:
• Lie on your back. (I personally like my back, but I’ve done it on my side too, and it still works. Doesn’t matter. Don’t overthink it. This doesn’t matter)
• You can move. Just don’t care that you moved. After the next step, you won’t even be paying attention to your body anyway, and it’ll go numb naturally,, so the idea here is “fuck it, this doesn’t matter.”
• Now: Notice the black behind your eyes. Just that. The blackness. Don’t try to notice your awareness yet. Just focus on the black. Look at it. Really look at it. LOOK. Keep choosing to look at it again and again. Widen your eyes over and over again, and keep refocusing on it. This will keep you alert, but you’re not forcing yourself to stay alert, got it? It happens naturally, because you’re reeeeally looking at the black behind your eyes.
• Your body’s gonna want to fall asleep. Don’t fight it, don’t care about it, because the fact that you’re looking at the black behind your eyes will naturally keep you from falling asleep.
• You keep your mind locked on that black space, almost like you’re watching a movie screen, but nothing’s playing yet. What happens? You’ll keep wanting to fall asleep—but widening your eyes and choosing to watch the black will keep waking you up. You’ll be in this liminal place going: “Fuck it. Fuck it. Fuck it. I’m doing this. Fuck it. Don’t care.”
(What I mean by “widening your eyes” even though they’re closed is: when your eyes are closed, don’t let them go slack like they do when you're falling asleep. Keep them wide and alert, like you're trying to watch something in the dark. You're not tensing them, just holding that sense of openness, like you're staring through your eyelids).
• What happens next: Suddenly you’ll feel your awareness. You’re just awareness now. Naturally. You didn’t right off the bat try to pay attention to your awareness,, you just realized that you are it. Why? Because when you feel confined to that black space behind your eyelids like a coffin, with nothing else around you, there’s nowhere else to run to other than your awareness. Your body will be numb, and your surroundings distant, irrelevant. And you’ll think: “Wait… I’m just my awareness.”
• And then your brain might do what it always does: “Oh no. What if I’m overthinking? What if I’m messing it up?” And you remind yourself: “I’m literally awareness. I can overthink if I want. I’m awareness goddamnit. Fuck it.”
• You’ll start switching—back and forth—between two things (because there’s nowhere to run to):
1. Looking at the black behind your eyelids
2. Noticing your awareness itself
Keep flipping between the two like you’re flickering the lights on and off in a room, but don’t force this. You’ll look at the fact that you simply are, and you'll look at the black,, and you’ll think: “damn?? I’m just my awareness.”
• Then you’ll start to sink. You’ll feel the pull as hypnagogia grabs your hand and says “so where are we going, bestie?” From here, you can either:
A) Keep going as you feel yourself sink, and you’ll fall straight into the void state effortlessly.
B) As you feel yourself sink, you can choose to lucid dream, astral project, or just plain shift from here. To shift: affirm, assume, observe, do whatever you want. The way I shared that I like to do this is by observing my awareness in my DR, observing the fact that I’m aware there (just pretend you’re there, no need to try too hard).
The point is: whatever happens next, if it happens very very quickly, don’t panic.
Just to note:
If this somehow doesn’t work for you—though I genuinely believe it will work for someone—just know the reason I share so many things is because I deeply believe everyone needs different things. The core of shifting stays the same to me:
You are only awareness, and you observe your desired reality until all other options collapse.
But how you get into that is wildly personal. What works for me might not click for you, just like what works for you might not click for me, and that’s fine.
That’s why I keep offering options—not to confuse you, not to invalidate anything I’ve said before, but to give you more pathways of realizing how powerful you already are. If one method feels off, try another. My main method is still my go-to: observe my awareness in my DR, exist there, decide I’m there because where else would I be??—but I love giving variety because maybe this next one might be the one that opens it all up for you.
Edit: (this just came to mind) don’t place a time expectation on any method. This one worked in less than 5 minutes for me, but the next time I try it, it could happen in 10, maybe 20. I don’t know. So if you try this, and it doesn’t immediately work in the way you expect it to, take a deep breath and keep trying, because eventually something has to happen. Trust me.
𝓽hings 𝓲 wish i knew before 𝓲 𝓼hifted (as a girl who shifts on command)
as a girl who’s shifted so many times she learned how to do it on command, i can say with confidence that there’s many things i wish i was told beforehand that neither shifttok or shiftblr talk about (warning, it’s a lot).
CUTE DISCLAIMER : these are things I wish I was told . If you do not agree, THATS FINE . this is just what i wish i was exposed too before my first shift that i think will help others like me . When i use “you” “you’re” pronouns, im talking to my pre-shift self in second person. i just feel like this can support others .
001. i would never look at life the same again .
imagine how it feels bringing your subconscious to another place for the first time and realizing you are infinite . everything everyone said was true . it was never just an ongoing tiktok joke, it was real . shit was hard to come to terms with . very hard .
of course, shifting for the first time was awesome, but coming back was… interesting . i looked at everything differently . i feel like shifters talk about what shifting for the first time was like and forget to include the “coming back confusion”
002. after getting used to it, the “spark” kinda goes away .
now i know what the rest of shiftblr is gonna say . “shifting is real!!! don’t romanticize it!!!!” and i completely agree, for this reason . before i shifted for the first time, ngl, i did lowk think in the back of my mind it was gonna be sunshine and rainbows . obviously, i was wrong .
it’s just like any other life on any other day on any other planet . unless you’re shifting to mars or some shit .
It’ll get boring . it’ll get sad . It’ll get irritating . and trust, shit will get real . but that’s just how life is . after i realized thats how life is, i kinda got like . huh .
it’s kinda like how it felt when you realized Santa wasn’t real . if that makes sense .
003. the real world is harsh .
as a girl who was never an actress, singer, dancer, model, guitarist, and songwriter in this reality, imagine my surprise when i saw that people would hate my acting/singing there ??? i scripted i was literally awesome ???? my discography is heavenly????? what ???? they aren’t even nice about it either .
be nice to celebrities!!!!!
004. you’re gonna start wanting to shift to a lot more “niche” drs after that .
soooo, you know how you’re shifting to be a student in hogwarts rn? well, you’re still gonna do that, but you might wanna be a lawyer in another dr now too . or maybe an alien from Saturn . or maybe a scientist who knows the secrets of the universe . or something .
after realizing you can explore every single reality out there, you start to want to experience new things in a more uncommon way . a way that other people probably won’t also be shifting there .
i mean . . . unless you have niche drs already . then like, fuck it, we ball .
005. you will have so many different relationships and dynamics and vibes with people you won’t know what to do .
after shifting, literally everything will remind you of either your cr, or your dr . you’ll remember an inside joke from your dr friend from a few years ago, and then in the same day cry about something your cr friend said while you’re in your dr .
it’s slightly almost kinda sorta maybe a little overwhelming at first, but you begin to get the hang of it as your dr is already something you’ve always known .
it’s fun, too . sometimes I’ll be out and see cute keychains and I’ll be like,”oh, (dr best friend) would’ve loved that.” you get a little homesick no matter where you are, but it’s almost comfortable, it that makes sense . because you know you’re gonna see them again, you already are .
im just sure so many of you ask this on a daily basis and it just confuses you. I think we need to redefine the meaning of shifting. I want all of you to engrave this in your minds;
WHAT SHIFTING ISN'T:
not traveling from here to there
not hypnosis, lucid dreaming, maladaptive dreaming (all of you already know that but these are the most common misconceptions)
not astral projection, witchcraft or "soul leaving body" (unlike death i mean)
not going to a fairytale land only you know about (your dr people are living normal lives, theyre not figurines)
ends when you d1e/shift somewhere else (all other realities exist independent from you)
you dont appear out of thin air, your drself was born and lived there.
WHAT SHIFTING IS;
changing your focus, focusing on another reality, tricking your brain into thinking youre your drself
shift of consciousness, not literally moving somewhere else
is like dreaming, effortless and natural
something we constantly do, with every decision, we never stop moving, shifting happens every single second.
WHAT WE SHOULD NOT DO WHILE SHIFTING
we should not measure other realities by the metrics of this reality. think about it, unicorns are mythical here but maybe in another reality, normal horses are mythical.
we should not perceive shifting as a big, climax of a moment, its literally just opening your eyes in another reality (which already happens everytime we blink)
we should not be scared to do "too much" because nothing is too crazy, too good or too impossible to be true. Think of your dr people, they would never consider your dr too good to be true (duh lol) youre one of them.
Anyways now the part ;
You shift by literally convincing your mind of another physical reality. Disconnect from this reality, stop saying "I'm me and I'm trying to shift" when you're lying in bed. You're currently in a simulation, and that simulation is called cr. This isn't real, it's just a screenshot. Choose a physical anchor, place your hands on the bed or where you're sitting. Perceive what you're touching not as a bedspread, but as your dr's texture. Press your fingers there and focus on feeling the texture and coolness and all the other details. (i shifted using this from a lucid)
Close your eyes and forcefully create the following in your mind as if you were in dr:
3 Sounds: find/imagine 3 things from dr, thats actually the fun part imo cause you get to immersive daydream. literally try to hear them, bring it in your mind and brace yourself as if youre using your ears for real.
2 Smells: Same as before, choose two smells and try to smell it as if youre in dr.
1 Sense: at this point you might start hitting hypnagogia and sense phantom touches, thats great.
Now for the main point: Tell your mind, "I refuse to see this place. I will stay on this room (or any dr place youll wake up at) until my visuals load." Don't ask "am I going to go?" here. Just keep feeling the texture of dr. If your mind interrupts with "there's an exam/an important event/your future here," say, "Those are a part of this temporary reality, I'll be getting the call of my s/o soon / my parents calling my name / my pet waking me up," and focus on the jolting of it.
Hi! As I promised, here’s my method post (the one that also made my friend shift to her DR on her very first try, proud mom mode on). Actually, I was planning to wait until I made it perfect, but it doesn’t seem like that’s gonna happen anytime soon.. (Also even though it did not satisfy me aesthetically, I am sharing it today because the important thing is the content) so if I ever notice something I forgot to add or decide to change later, I’ll just edit the post.
It’s gonna be a long one, so I’ll try to divide it into sections (red ones), you can skip directly to the part you’re interested in! (But please don’t forget to read the “symptoms” section first; it’s important so you don’t freak out.) Still, I’d love for you to hear the whole story before the actual method.
First things first, you need to know that you don’t need any method to shift. Setting an intention is truly enough. This one isn’t exactly a method either, it’s more like something that helps you set your intention more easily (whatever this means) or helps you catch that exact moment between being awake and falling asleep. (There’s no “right” moment, I just say that to describe it better.) It’s kinda like wbtb, but not completely.
About this method / backstory: So, where did this method come from, and why is it called “Nothing”? Well, I actually discovered it by accident. I just realized it worked for me. As someone who used to fall asleep all the time and had wrong information about shifting back then, I was almost ready to give up, until I noticed I was getting symptoms again for the first time in ages. I think that’s when it all started. At that time, I used to fall asleep listening to Alunir’s meditations, and I began experiencing the symptoms I’ll mention soon.
That was back in 2024. After a long break from shifting (you know, I’m that person who tries to shift on and off, then takes long breaks), when I got back into my shifting era, I managed to make this method more effective for myself, and realized it actually helps me experience everything.
Again, you don’t even need a method, finding what works best for you is what matters most. But maybe this could work for someone out there too (hopefully).
As for the name “Nothing”, it’s not because you literally do nothing, but because when I once asked myself, “What should I do to shift?”, the answer I got was simply “Nothing.” So I said, “Fine then, I’ll do nothing.” And that’s how the “Nothing” method was born.
My Journey / Successes: What I’m about to write now, everything from 2024, are things I had noted down back then. I’ll share them exactly as they were. So even if I had already shifted before (and honestly, some of these notes make it look like I did), my first intentional and proper shift (without grounding myself) was in 2025, after I opened my Tumblr account and started journaling here!
October 13, 2024: I dreamt about shifting and started getting symptoms (I’ll talk about these in the next section).
October 31, 2024: I got symptoms again, and the meditation sound in the background suddenly turned into a demonic voice (I’ll also explain why that’s not actually scary in the next part).
November 5, 2024: Experienced the same symptoms again.
November 22, 2024: I shifted inside a dream (it was definitely a dream, but I don’t remember it clearly).
December 8, 2024: I remember my ears ringing with pressure.
December 23, 2024: I had a dream where I thought, “Is this what shifting feels like?” Everything was so vivid and clear. (I even wrote in my notes that I could sense everything with all five senses. So if that’s true, and I remembered it in detail, it was probably a shift, though I can’t be 100% sure because it’s been such a long time.)
April 8, 2025: At night, I remember my mom opening my door and asking, “Did you fall asleep yet?” The next morning during breakfast, I asked her if she had really done that, and she said no, she only peeked in quietly but didn’t even cover me up because she didn’t want to wake me. But I know she asked me that. I saw and heard it clearly, and at that exact moment, I was already feeling the symptoms and even thought, “Mom don’t distract me, I’m trying to shift.” So.. it was probably my first real shift. Because it wasn’t a dream, and I only realized later that it might have been a shift.
From this point on, the rest of my experiences are from when I consciously started trying this method and I also shared them on Tumblr, so I’ll leave the links too.
October 7, 2025: my first astral experience and shift.
October 8, 2025: my first lucid dream experience.
October 25, 2025: my dream to shift to lucid dream experience.
October 26, 2025: my friend’s first shift.
I also experienced the void state a few times (not sure when though, I don’t know why I didn’t note it down, or maybe I did and just forgot where I put it).
PS: If I had known back then that I shouldn’t be scared of the symptoms and shouldn’t focus on them, I’d probably have shifted intentionally a million times by now, maybe even permashifted. That’s why I’m telling you now: don’t focus on symptoms, don’t freak out. You’re safe, and you always will be. There’s nothing to be scared of. I’m saying this because I once wished someone had told me these things.
Possible symptoms and my friend’s shared experiences: The reason I couldn’t shift back in 2024 was because I kept focusing on the symptoms (yes, I experienced all of them). So again: Do NOT focus on symptoms. Do NOT freak out. Easier said than done, I know, but remember, none of these things are actually happening to your physical body.
Possible symptoms include:
Ear ringing or pressure in your ears
Heart beating like crazy
Feeling pressure even in your gums or head
Feeling like your body (or a part of it) is floating, my arm did once, but it wasn’t physical
Hearing demonic voices or changes in the subliminal/melody you’re listening to
Feeling like you can’t breathe
Spiraling (this one’s kinda weird but it’s like.. leaving your body in a spiral motion, though technically, you’re not “leaving” it)
Melting
Not feeling your body at all
All of these are normal. You might not feel any of them, or you might feel totally different ones, and that’s okay too. But if you do feel them, please don’t panic and don’t focus on them. Just say things like: “I’m safe.”, “I’m able to shift / oobe / astral project.”
Personally, repeating “I’m safe” throughout the whole process helps me a lot. It’s what made me have my first oobe and shift. When I felt the symptoms, I didn’t panic, I just told myself “I’m safe, I can do this” and let it happen.
Before doing this method (Recommendations but not necessary to do it): This part has nothing to do with the method itself, but increasing your awareness for a few days or even a week before shifting (or as long as you want) might help. Throughout the day, you can say affirmations like: “I’m pure consciousness.” “I’m pure awareness.” “I’m more than this reality.” “I’m more than this body.” “I’m in control.” “I can shift anytime I want.”
You can also fall asleep while watching the “Dream Machine” visual (I’ll leave the link here, you don’t have to do anything, just play the video, close your eyes, and keep watching the lights behind your eyelids).
Becoming aware of what you’re doing throughout the day can also help raise your awareness. Notice that you’re brushing your teeth when you’re brushing your teeth. Notice that you’re breathing when you’re breathing. Notice that you’re blinking when you blink. Do things consciously, not automatically.
You can also repeat affirmations like: “With every conscious or unconscious blink, I’m shifting to my chosen reality.” “With every conscious or unconscious breath, I’m becoming a master shifter.” (Which is true, because you already are a master shifter!) Of course, you can change the affirmations to whatever makes you feel more comfortable. The most important thing is to do what feels right for you!
These exercises will help you realize that you are pure consciousness and that you are the one in control. But again, you don’t have to follow every single step. The point is to adapt this method to what feels comfortable and natural for you. Doing these steps or not doing them is completely up to you! They might help, or they might not, what truly matters is how they make you feel. You’re free to skip them if you don’t want to!
Method: Okay, about the method. Before you sleep (I recommend doing it before your night sleep, but it’s not necessary, whatever makes you feel comfortable is all that matters!), set your intention like: “I’m choosing to shift tonight, and I’m sure about it.” It doesn’t have to be perfect. Don’t overthink whether it’ll work or not, just say it and let it go!
And the position doesn’t matter at all! You can literally sleep standing on your head if you want to. Do whatever makes you feel comfortable. But if you want to avoid focusing too much on your body, you can try lying on your back. (Personally, I just pick whatever position feels most comfortable at the moment.)
Then, before sleeping, we’re gonna play our list! (Which list, Aria?)
First of all, I want you to prepare a playlist on Youtube (or anywhere you prefer). It doesn’t have to be super long actually, your shift will probably take around 3 hours max (honestly, not even that long, trust me), but something around 8–10 hours might be better.
So, what should this playlist include? Whatever you want! You can add songs, movies, or even random videos like “everything you need to know about dinosaurs.” This part is completely personal, the key is that it should keep you slightly aware.
But honestly, I prefer subliminals. You’re going to sleep with subliminals playing, and we’ll also add some silent videos in between. The silence should last just long enough to let you drift into sleep, but not long enough to make you fully fall asleep, it keeps you right in that sweet spot between sleep and wakefulness.
But before that, don’t fall asleep right away! You need to fall asleep without realizing it.
Now, there are two versions of this method: with headphones or without headphones.
You can start reading whichever version you want to try, they’re almost the same except for a few small details.
Without Headphones Version: What I want you to do here is open your playlist and let it play softly in the background. Yes, without headphones. (For this, I really recommend Alunir! You can play one of Alunir’s audios since they also include affirmations, but honestly, it doesn’t matter what you choose! Just make sure there’s a bit of silence in between the sounds, enough to let you fall asleep but not too long. If you’re using Alunir’s meditations, you don’t need to add extra silent parts.)
Once you’re lying down and the subliminals are playing in the background, relax your body completely. Don’t focus on the subliminal itself. The important thing here is not to fall asleep right away (you’ll do that later, but not yet). Just watch the darkness behind your eyelids, literally watch that darkness. And while you do that, you can think or affirm things like: “I’m shifting.” “I’m already in my desired reality.” “I’m pure consciousness.”
You can also say things like: “I’m freeing myself from ego, fear, and doubt.” “I accept and release them, and I allow myself to shift.”
Or anything else that feels comfortable for you. You can change the affirmations depending on your goal, whether it’s lucid dreaming, astral projection, the void, or shifting. But please make sure to say: “I’m pure consciousness.” and “I’m pure awareness.”
For shifting specifically: if possible, try to imagine where you’ll wake up, sense the room, the atmosphere, how it feels, what’s around you. Think about what you’ll do when you wake up, what’s your plan for tomorrow, etc.
If you’re not good at visualization, that’s totally fine. Just try to stay awake for a bit, because the goal here is for your body to fall asleep while your awareness stays awake. You can remind yourself: “I’m pure consciousness.”
When you feel your current bedsheet, ask your mind: “How do you even know this is real?”
Play little tricks on your brain, because your brain doesn’t actually know what’s real. If you say “I’m there right now,” it’ll believe you. Say “I’m more than this body.” If you hear sounds or voices from your current reality, say: “It’s from my desired reality.” Or “How do I even know it’s real?”
Trick your mind!
You can also count to 100 if you want, and if you start mixing up the numbers, that’s fine! Just keep counting from a random number. You’ll probably notice yourself mixing up words or numbers while saying affirmations. When that happens, don’t overthink it, don’t try to remember where you left off, just continue from any random number or word.
You can move a little too, like turning to your side, that’s totally okay. Just don’t make yourself fully awake again.
At some point, your body will naturally fall asleep no matter how much you resist it. But please, don’t say “ugh, I can’t sleep” and turn off the subliminals, just let things be. Even if you get frustrated or feel like you can’t fall asleep, keep the subliminals on. (As I said, it doesn’t even have to be a subliminal, around one hour of audio is usually enough for your body to drift off.)
Because even when you think you’re not asleep, you actually are, your body will fall asleep, and your consciousness will remain aware.
At one point, you’ll have that dozed-off moment. If the subliminals wake you up, every time that happens (and make sure you set this intention before sleeping), remind yourself:
“I’m shifting right now.” or “I choose to shift.”
Don’t open your eyes, don’t stop the music, just go back to sleep.
At some point, your body will fall asleep completely, that’s basically the whole method. Whether you have a lucid dream, astral project, enter the void, or wake up directly in your DR, I don’t know, so just go with whatever feels right for you.
And if you get any symptoms I mentioned earlier, please don’t panic! Just tell yourself: “I’m safe. Shifting is safe for me, and I allow it.”
Don’t focus on the symptoms! Feeling like you’re flying, floating, or swaying is totally normal, there’s no earthquake. Just fall asleep again.
You can also set the intention to wake up directly there.
With Headphones Version: What I want you to do here is put on your headphones and start your playlist. (Make sure your headphones are comfortable and won’t bother you while lying down!) I recommend using 40–60 minute subliminals for this, but again, it really doesn’t matter what you choose! Just make sure there’s a bit of silence in between, long enough to help you fall asleep.
Once you’re lying down and the subliminals are playing, completely relax your body. Do not focus on subliminals! The important thing here is not to fall asleep right away (you will later, but not yet).
Just watch the darkness behind your eyelids, literally watch that darkness. While doing that, you can think or affirm things like: “I’m shifting.” “I’m already in my desired reality.” “I’m pure consciousness.” Say things like: “I’m freeing myself from ego, fear, and doubt.” “I accept and release them, and I allow myself to shift.”
Or anything else that feels comfortable for you. You can change the affirmations depending on your goal, lucid dream, astral projection, void, etc. But please make sure to say: “I’m pure consciousness.” and “I’m pure awareness.”
For shifting: if possible, try to imagine where you’ll wake up, sense the room, how it feels, what’s around you, and what you’re going to do when you wake up. If you’re not great at visualization, that’s totally fine, just try to stay aware for a while. The goal is for your body to fall asleep while you remain conscious.
I want you to feel like you have an important exam tomorrow, and it’s already 3 a.m., and you only have a short time left to sleep, that exact kind of feeling. Like when you’re half asleep but still alert enough to hear your alarm. That light, sensitive sleep where you’re aware of everything, that’s exactly what I want.
You can remind yourself: “I’m pure consciousness.” When you feel your bedsheet, ask your brain: “How do you even know this is real?” Play little tricks on your mind, your brain doesn’t actually know what’s real. If you say “I’m there right now,” it’ll believe you. Say: “I’m more than this body.” If you hear voices or sounds from your current reality, say: “It’s from my desired reality.” or “How do you even know this is real?”
Trick your mind!
You can count to 100 if you want, and if you start mixing up the numbers, that’s totally fine. Just keep counting from any random number. You’ll probably notice that while saying affirmations, you start mixing up words or numbers, that’s completely okay. Don’t think about where you left off or what comes next, just continue from anywhere.
You can move a little, like turning to your side, that’s totally fine too. Just don’t make yourself fully awake again.
At some point, your body will naturally fall asleep, no matter how much you try to resist it. But please, don’t say “ugh, I can’t sleep” and turn off the subliminals, just let it be. Even if you get frustrated or feel like you can’t fall asleep, keep them playing. (As I said, it doesn’t even have to be a subliminal, around 1 hour of sound is usually enough to make your body fall asleep.)
Because even when you think you’re not asleep, you actually are, your body will fall asleep while your consciousness stays awake.
At one point, you’ll have that dozed-off moment. If the subliminals wake you up, and make sure you set this intention before sleeping, remind yourself: “I’m shifting right now.” or “I choose to shift.”
Don’t open your eyes, don’t stop the music, just go back to sleep.
Eventually, your body will fall asleep completely, that’s basically the method. Whether you end up lucid dreaming, astral projecting, entering the void, or waking up directly in your dr, I don’t know, so go with whatever feels right to you.
If you get any of the symptoms I mentioned earlier, please don’t panic! Just tell yourself: “I’m safe. Shifting is safe for me, and I allow it.”
Don’t focus on the symptoms! Feeling like you’re flying, floating, or swaying is totally normal, there’s no earthquake. Just fall back asleep.
You can also set the intention to wake up directly there.
Oh, and when the silent subliminal or video starts playing, don’t say “wait, did my playlist stop playing?” and check it. (Yes, that’s from personal experience)
Also, if you shift to a version of your drself who’s already awake and standing, it’s actually easier to tell that you’ve shifted, you’ll clearly notice the difference between a dream, lucid dream, astral projection, and a full shift. So don’t worry about that!
This method can also work even if you don’t do it exactly this way. If you’re super tired, just sleep without thinking anything. (Seriously, if you’re about to fall asleep in a second, do NOT think about anything, just sleep.)
It also works when you wake up during the night! For example, I usually go to bed around 8–9 pm, and when I naturally wake up around 3–4 am,and go back to sleep while thinking “I’m shifting” with my playlist still on, it works perfectly.
What should I do if I lucid dream: If it turns into a lucid dream, people usually say to make a portal, but for me, just thinking about my dr was enough. Just tell yourself you’re shifting, and you’ll be there. The melting or spiraling feeling is totally normal, do not panic! (Also, to get out of the lucid state, you can shift to a random place first and then move from there to your dr, that was easier for me.)
What should I do if I astral/oobe: If it turns into astral projection, don’t panic, especially if you feel ear ringing, pressure, or your heart beating fast. Those are all normal. Keep telling yourself you’re safe! Spiraling sensations are also normal. If your goal is to shift to your dr, just think about it, you’ll get there. And believe me, you’ll have plenty of time to think, so stay calm. DO NOT PANIC. You’re not actually feeling those symptoms in your physical body. And even if it is astral, if you say “I want to shift to my dr” you will.
What should I do if I get into the void: If you see light or lights, focus on one of them and follow it, it’ll keep growing, and you’ll find yourself in the void. From there on, do whatever you want! I’ve never shifted from the void, but probably just thinking about your dr will be enough. (And don’t forget to remind yourself that you’re safe and calm!)
I successfully shifted but my vision is blurry: If your vision is blurry (like you’re looking through frosted glass) when you shift or if you can’t feel all five senses, don’t freak out, stay calm and don’t think about going back. Focus on your breathing, touch something hot or cold, or gently pinch yourself (not hard enough to hurt) that’ll help you ground yourself there. (I still haven’t shifted to my dr, I did shift once, but I freaked out, didn’t ground myself, and ended up in a random reality before realizing I was in my dr. That’s why I don’t ground myself to random realities, but people say it helps, so if you shift, and you probably will, you can try it!)
If you ever feel panic like “it’s too real, how do I come back?”, don’t say you want to return. Just remind yourself: “I’m safe, I can return whenever I want.” Also, be open to random shifts if you want! Just to prove to yourself that it’s real (it’s honestly funny, you should give it a try).
Ps 1: If I forget to mention something, I’ll edit this post later, no point in making you wait longer! And if you have any questions, please use the ask box since I sometimes miss the comments.
Ps 2: I worked really hard on this post, so I really hope you’ll shift, otherwise, I’ll haunt you and make you shift. (I want everyone to experience shifting! Even if we have the same s/o, everyone deserves to feel it! And technically, we are shifting at any moment unintentionally, so shift intentionallt this time!) Especially try it on 11.11, please! And if it doesn’t work on your first try (which it probably will), please give this method a few more chances. Try again after some time, because methods don’t make you shift, they just help.
This one, though, isn’t really a method, it’s more like a tool that helps you catch that thin line between sleep and wakefulness more easily.
Try it in different states: when you’re super tired, fully awake, or somewhere in between, adjust it to what feels best for you!
Thank you so much for reading and waiting for this post! And I truly appreciate you for trusting me.
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𓂃 you’re trying to feel your dr with your cr senses
⠀a lengthy shifting guide
why is it so hard to shift from your cr to your dr but not so much vice versa? you’ve spent the first large chunk of your life believing this reality to be the full extent and foundation of existence. even if you now logically understand this not to be the case, the years spent curating and deepening a mental, emotional, and physical anchor to this reality has warped your perception of reality and instilled in to you the subconscious idea that your cr is the default. and in treating it as the default, the end all be all, and in compromising with it, you reinforce the idea that you are attached or stuck here—that it is even a place to get stuck in in the first place. not only do you trap yourself in this reality and grant it power over you that it does not actually have, you start viewing your cr as the “starting point” too, and shifting as some form of transportation from point A to point B. accompanying this belief is an imagined distance created between your current reality and desired reality. you might’ve already recognised this in yourself; the feeling that your dr is somehow faraway, a place that needs to be travelled to.
it’s important to make and internalise the distinction between a shift in realities as an act of metaphysical travel, and a shift in realities as a shift in focus. imo the former is a much better descriptor for what shifting actually is in essence. i will go into more depth later, but a byproduct of being raised the way you were, growing up knowing nothing but your cr and rooting & centring yourself wholly (confined) within it, is the over identification you end up developing with your cr self. you are not living reality, you are watching it. but after years of the constant unbroken immersion, the two become almost impossible to distinguish. you define yourself by and take on as if they were your own the thoughts and identity and feelings of the “vessel” you are observing, and let them dictate how you experience reality. the lines begin to blur between you; your cr self, and you; your awareness/the observer.
feel your hand. don’t touch it, but notice it’s weight and temperature, or the air around it. now feel the feeler. can you feel yourself? or your body, maybe? now go a step further and feel the one feeling. you probably aren’t fully able to, but this is the observer. “the observer”, or the state of being after breaking the immersion, is you in your natural or purest state. it has also been described as pure awareness, the void state, ego death, sakshi, the self, anatta, and interpreted in different ways across a multitude of different religions and branches of spirituality & philosophy, all used as a means to an end for different things. fyi—i’m not saying you have to completely forsake your cr identity or start ignoring/dismissing your senses or thoughts to shift, just understand that those things don’t define you or your reality. the means to the end here is just getting a point across and hopefully helping improve with the approach you take to shifting. all of this to say, you’re not travelling from point A to point B. point A and B are not places you can (technically) even travel to or exist in, because you’re just watching/observing/being aware of. shifting is not the transportation of a self from one location to another. shifting is simply changing what is focused on/experienced; from one stream of experience to another. a shift in focus.
to summarise, you as in your ego, the you in this cr as you know it, your body, your brain, your thoughts, your identity, don’t actually go or shift anywhere. you, your awareness, in favour of perceiving you, your cr self, the one sat at your computer or phone or whatever reading this right now, starts perceiving a different you/ego/self—one that could have the exact same personality, memories, and thoughts, just in another realty, or one that is a different person entirely. there is only a change or “shift” for the observer, not the cr self or ego. so stop trying to feel your dr with your cr senses. you’re not going to. you’re so immersed in your cr and cr self that you automatically rely on this reality’s bodies’ senses to gauge your success when you try to shift, waiting for your cr self to get a cue that it’s never going to get. the surroundings your cr self feels aren’t going to go anywhere. nor are your senses going to shut off. your cr body will continue to receive sensory information, because that’s what bodies do. so don’t lie there expecting your bedsheets to disappear or magically warp into your dr surroundings or something and feel like you’ve failed when they don’t. shifting is not about somehow willing your surroundings to change or lying in your room forcefully convincing yourself that your senses are feeling something else, it’s about acknowledging what’s beyond those senses. feeling and connecting to what your dr self feels.
if you can still feel your cr, it’s not you feeling it, it’s your cr self. and you are not your cr self.
you can apply this to your thoughts too. your thoughts are no less your cr self’s than your senses are. if you start getting doubts mid attempt or can’t let go of the thought or feeling that you’re not in your dr, remind yourself that you are not your feelings or thoughts or doubts. you are simply observing them. of course your cr self will think that they’re still in their cr, they are. just ignore them and shift your attention elsewhere. your focus and awareness are what dictate what you experience, if you relinquish your focus from your cr and direct it to your dr instead, that’s where you’ll “be”.
obviously there’s no one set way to shift, so if you want you can stop reading here and apply this information to your shifting journey in whatever way suits you. if you’re interested in my method though, here’s the compilation of all this info into practical steps you can actually take to shift.
get comfortable somewhere you won’t be disturbed. close your eyes and focus on what you can see. the light behind your eyelids, shapes, colours, whatever. but instead of automatically interpreting these sensations as belonging to your cr, allow them to become sensory input from your dr. light? that’s coming from the lamp by the xyz in your dr bedroom. or maybe your in a field if that’s a fitting setting for your dr, and it’s the sun shining down on you. shapes? that’s because you’ve been lying down with your eyes closed for a while now, you’re tired after your classes or job or whatever you do in your dr. even if it’s nothing at all, let it be your drs nothing. just feel it. do this for about a minute.
then move onto your body. whether it’s sinking, lightness, tingling, focus on it. and do the exact same as you did for the previous step, interpret it as input coming from your dr. don’t worry if you can still feel your body lying in your bed, because your surroundings aren’t going to change—at least not physically. again, those sensations belong to your cr self, and they don’t prevent awareness from directing itself elsewhere. the goal here is to shift your focus away from them and onto something else, so hyperfocusing on your cr and worrying about your surroundings is counterintuitive. just gently guide your attention back to your dr, really try feel your dr surroundings and what your dr body is currently feeling. if you can’t fully avert your focus away from your cr, that’s fine, at the very least just try receive/tap into the input coming from your dr alongside your cr.
finally focus on what you can hear. if you’ve already managed to make a connection with your dr through your sight and physical senses just build up on what you’ve already got. feel grass tickling your skin? deepen the connection there by focusing on the sound now too, the wind blowing through it. see light behind your eyes? focus on the hum of the lights.
repeat these exercises over and over, deepening the connection with each cycle. if you don’t manage to get anything the first cycle just keep going until you do. it might take some practice. like i mentioned before, after spending so much time here and being in constant attunement with your cr self, the sense that your cr is the default starts to take root and it can be difficult to shake the feeling that you’re just indefinitely “here”. it’s normal for it to take some time to learn how to question this feeling and push past it. since you've never (technically?) been aware of anything outside of this reality, learning how to do so can be a bit like learning how to use a muscle you've never used before.
this method operates on the idea that reality is something that is tuned into through focus & narrowed awareness and not something metaphysically travelled across, so for the most success with it, i’d recommend starting to make a conscious effort to see your dr less like a place and more like a wavelength or channel, a perspective already existing beyond your current focus. shifting to your dr then becomes an effort to notice and receive input from this channel/wavelength, input that already exists out there and that simply needs to be acknowledged. you’re just picking up on what’s already there, feeling something that a version of you already feels.
persist in the belief that reality is observed and flexible. you’re not "stuck" anywhere unless you believe you are.
