stop treating you DR self like a different person
they are you
you are them
you are the same person
Okay but what if I actually wake up there tomorrow?
“Yeah no girl I don’t think you will-“ shut up inner elala.
Like bro, I’ll be there, I’ll see THEM, I’ll see HIM.
I know this is gonna sound corny and stupid but what I’m feeling is the same excitement that I felt before my first play (yes I do acting in this reality).
It’s like knowing what’s going to happen, but this time is different because there’s going to be an audience right? Because it’s going to be real, and you can’t back down anymore, maybe you’ll forget that one line of dialogue or you’ll have to improvise some words of that one monologue, but it still feels amazing to know you’re there.
“Yeah no don’t get your hopes up-“
Why is this cat literally Gojo??
Look at his pouting 🥺😭
see you again in the next life 👋 🐠
the very damn night i let go, stopped overcomplicating shifting, and just took a few deep breaths, then doing what i wanted & thought would work for me while affirming in the background. didn’t listen to subs throughout the day or do anything extra like i usually would, i just did what i felt like doing that night.
after about 4+ years i’m so happy i can say this. finally. it was for a short amount of time and i didn’t really do much but record a few minutes of an episode of a variety show (it was a scene with my s/o) before i got too excited & a little scared so i went back (don’t worry it’s okay to freak out but i chose to go back 😭)
it was lowkey a spooky experience but i’m so glad i can finally say i shifted to the place i’ve wanted to shift to for so long now and i know i can and will do it again and again.
after so much hope that i thought was false and me thinking i can’t shift or that shifting was an inside joke i was never in on and other stuff, i feel better now knowing that it’s real. all of it was real. all the effort i put was worth it. there’s no better feeling than that, really.
shifting is so easy and i know you can do it <3
This shit has gotten so ridiculous to the point I and others can't even use our culture's definition/version of shifting without being accused of this bullshit. (My culture, family, and people do not call it shifting, we have a different term for it that stays inside our community's branch.)
Some shifters are not going to agree with this, but the truth is that before shifting went viral on TikTok, it was introduced as a Spiritual Practice.
No, shifting didn't just magically appear as an inside joke on TikTok in 2020. People have been doing this shit far longer than that. Some shifters have been in this community's branch since 2018. I've been doing my culture's version of shifting far longer than 2018.
You are allowed to not believe in different spiritual practices but to go around saying shit like this is harmful. Including the ableist and racist shit a lot of Anti-Shifters have been saying.
THE ABLEISM:
Saying a shifter has psychosis or calling them a "schizo" (which is a fucking slur, quick reminder) is straight-up ableist. We can't dance around this much longer.
The fact so many Anti-Shifters claim to simply "care about our mental health" while saying demeaning shit like that says enough about their views on spirituality and disabled people (both of which I AM).
"What about the disabled people with psychosis/schizophrenia who say shifting are those things?"
Once again, shifting isn't some trend that magically appeared in 2020. The mainstreaming of Shifting has done a LOT of irreparable damage. It was used by a bunch of dumbass influencers to grab quick five seconds of fame, which in return led to rampant misinformation on that shithole of an app.
Many were misinformed by what shifting actually was, including many disabled people who were misinformed that Shifting came from mentally ill teenagers who were trying to harm others. Most of them had the right heart, but they still fucked us over nonetheless.
I know what schizophrenia looks like. I've seen that shit up close and personal via my mom's brother. My uncle. Spoiler alert: It has nothing to do with Shifting, Lucid Dreaming, Astral Projection, etc.
The fact some even considered it to be Psychosis tells me enough that Abled-Neurotypicals don't give much of a shit to do proper research on these topics and will happily mock disabled people any chance they get.
THE RACISM:
There's a long history of POC being accused of being mentally insane or delusional just because they have different spiritual beliefs and cultures other than white people.
This has been brought up by multiple POC in this branch of "shifting" and other branches of "shifting" (Once again, not every community uses the term "Shifting.") when talking about Anti-Shifters.
When talking about shifting and how it has been seen throughout the world, a LOT of non-POC will be quick to dismiss it all, saying that it's just "Myths from their cultures," "Old practices that are no longer in practice," or even "Made-up lies."
I'm afro-indigenous (With some Welsh, but not the point). We're still here. We still practice our culture's spiritual beliefs. Other people of color on here will tell you the same.
I'm not going to stop doing what many of my ancestors had been doing for centuries because it can't be proved by a white person's science. I'm not going to stop because a bunch of racist ableist assholes (who can't even tell the difference between schizophrenia and psychosis) decided one day that I and many others are schizophrenic or have psychosis. I'm not going to stop because people that aren't from my culture can't accept the fact that there are other beliefs other than Christianity.
If you aren't going to be respectful when talking about another's culture and spiritual beliefs that don't even bring harm to others, then I think staying out of POC business is the best (only) option for you.
FINALLY, SHIFTTOK, AND WHY A MAJORITY OF SHIFTERS OUTSIDE OF SHIFTTOK DO NOT FUCK WITH IT:
Shifttok is the reason why shifting went mainstream. While this did help some shifters and those currently interested discover it, it has simply done too much irreparable damage to the shifting community in general and to smaller communities that are similar to shifting.
ShiftTok made Shifting mainstream. I and many others who've known about shifting before 2020 have discussed many times why this was mostly a bad thing.
1: The influencers who lied about shifting had/have caused so much distrust in and outside the community it's not even funny anymore, not to mention influencers capitalizing on Shifting and other spiritual beliefs. 2: The rampant misinformation that was spread around during 2020-2022 still affects shifters who had just gotten into shifting during that time. Scroll on here and see how many shifters have said how badly it messed with them or how badly it still messes with them. 3: The rampant misinformation had managed to circle outside of Shifttok via Commentary YouTubers who didn't bother to do some actual research instead of getting all of their information from Shifttok 4: The mainstreaming of Shifting has caused many shifters, whether they were in this part of the community or not, to be endlessly harassed by Anti-Shifters and Non-Shifters. There's a lot more, but this is already long as fuck. TikTok in general has caused many spiritual beliefs to go mainstream, something that understandably made many frustrated and annoyed as depending on what culture or spiritual belief you come from, know that certain things are supposed to be kept inside the community, which is why I never gave the name of my culture's definition/version of shifting.
There's so much more I had planned to cover in this, but this is already long as fuck. Fuck influencers capitalization on spirituality, fuck racists who try to erase POC cultures and spiritual beliefs, and FUCK SHIFTTOK. Y'all could NEVER make me like ShiftTok.
What i have noticed with all the times i have shifted, it was never forced. I simply let it happen.
If you force the shift you create resistance and stress upon yourselves. it enforces that feeling that you have not shifted.
People are obsessed with the 3D when they are trying to shift as they want to feel symptoms when in reality the 3D has no relevance to shifting. You can acknowledge it yes, but learn to ignore it.
Simply trust yourself that you will wake up in your dr. Don’t overthink that decision and stand firm in the belief you will wake up there.
Once you do that you can let your mind wander, day dream etc idk. you’re human and your mind will be wandering and LET IT DO THAT.
1) Decide you have shifted
2) Trust yourself and stand firm
3) Done
+ let mind wander/go to sleep/do anything that helps calm you down
I got a a lot of messages about this topic and here’s a general post talking about and i hope it helps in some way.
what is setting intention?
setting intention is telling yourself you will do something. essentially making a plan to carry out a specific action. for example, maybe before class i want to buy a coffee. so when i go to bed the day before, i say to myself "oh tommorow i'll buy a coffee before my class". and the next day before class, i have that reminder in the back of my head — to get coffee, and so i carry it out, and get coffee before class.
to put it another way: let's say youre invited to a party. the party is a few days away, but throughout the days leading up to the party — you buy a gift for the party host, you pick out an outfit to wear, you do your makeup the day of the party, etc etc. by doint all of that; you're setting the intention to attend the party for days leading up to it.
setting intention isn't complicated, we do it 24/7 without realizing. when you say you're going to do something, even something as simple as brushing ur teeth or showering — and then you do it, you're setting intention and carrying it out.
so, how do you set the intention to reality shift?
surely if you could just walk into your dr the same way you can walk into your bathroom and brush your teeth, you would do it right? well... you literally can, a lot of you have just been taught otherwise.
in the beginning of your shifting journey, im sure you heard about the raven method or something similar. im sure creators have told you "you must lay in starfish position and count to 100 or else it won't work". and while methods within themselves aren't necessarily bad or holding you back — the way you complete the method and view it, is.
i think a lot of you go into methods, thinking that completing the steps will make you shift, when really — it's the intention of the method outcome that gets you what you want.
put it this way: when you count to 100, say ur affirmations, etc. are you doing it with the intention to shift once the task is completed? or are you doing it thinking that counting will push you into your dr?
setting intention = something you plan to do. not something you might do, not a possible outcome, something you have a set plan to complete/achieve. saying affirmations or counting with the HOPE of it MAKING you shift, sounds pretty useless — because you're not actually planning to do it. you're not being stubborn enough. youre not persistent, you're simply hoping that when you say 100 you'll shift. but you need to KNOW it will. (if that's the method ur using.. this is just an example)
once again, put it this way: when i say "im going to get coffee after class". would it make sense for me to sit there and hope i go and get a coffee? girl what? no, of course not. im the one who has to make the decision, to get up and go and get the coffee. you're the one who has to make the decision you will shift and persist in it no matter what. intention has to be there no matter what.
to put it into a loa perspective for those manifesting they shift with ease, when you manifest something — you also intend. you think of a desire you want, you intend to manifest it, and then you carry out that intention by persisting in the belief that it is yours. see how simple the concept is?
so, how do you practice setting intention? how do you know you're actually intending?
now, this next part sounds like a process, and it usually is. most people spread reprogramming your mind out between a couple days, maybe even a week. but do not attack me for this.. you guys always complain you've been trying to shift for years! you constantly ask me for challenges or tips on how to shift/reprogram ur brain. so if a few days of this seems like too much work, don't do it. i'm not saying you have to. but remember youve spent so many years *hoping* you'll shift. what's a few more days reprogramming ur mind to work in your favour and in the end, *know* you will shift?
i can't lie or sugar coat it, a lot of you are still in this 2020 shifting mindset where everything is over complicated. but you need to remember these circumstances don't matter, your mind,life,beliefs,etc can always be altered to benefit you. and that's what my goal with telling you this is, to help you take those steps into actually believing.
practice intention by focusing on your everyday actions before carrying them out. for example, before you shower — affirm "im going to shower" a few minutes before you actually do. just like how your subconscious manifests things by accepting repeated thoughts, beliefs, and assumptions as true. When you consistently repeat basic intentions like “I’m going to shower,” you’re training your subconscious to respond automatically to your commands. this builds trust between your conscious and subconscious mind, making it easier for your subconscious to accept things you've been taught to view as hard or unrealistic (such as reality shifting). This practice strengthens your ability to shift because it reinforces the idea that what you say or assume will happen naturally.
another strong intention i would recommend practicing to train your mind (and convince yourself you actually have the power to do these things) is intending to wake up at a certain time. for example, before u go to bed, and/or throughout the day : affirm "i will wake up at 5am tomorrow" or similar affirmations.
now, once you feel confident in your understanding of intention — simply use it the same way you did everything else. when you're ready to shift, set the intention. affirm: i will wake up in my dr, i will shift, or similar affirmations that align with YOUR intention. decide that you WILL shift, domt hope dont wish dont "try". KNOW you WILL do it no ifs ands or buts.
what do i do if i don't actually shift after setting the intention tho?
i know this question will be asked so im answering it before u have the chance to say it 🤣 but all i'll say is going back to the coffee analogy; if i wake up and set the intention to get coffee, but i go and they're all sold out. should i decide im never going to go to that coffee shop ever again? should i think the café is never ever gonna sell coffee again? no... that would be silly. so why would anyone do the same for shifting? sure it might be frustrating that they don't have the coffee since you decided you were going to get it. but once you go the next day, or maybe 2 days later, and they're no longer sold out. you get the coffee — and your frustration has passed. you don't erase the concept of coffee, you simply go again.
p.s. im writing this very quick in the car, so i apologize if there's spelling mistakes! please correct me if necessary
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