You're Making Shifting Hard

the sisyphus delusion. . . drop the boulder and shift realities.

sisyphus had one job. one brutal, mindless, soul-crunching job. roll the rock up the hill, watch it roll back down, repeat. camus, bless his french-algerian heart, tells us sisyphus is happy because he chooses to be. because he winks at the abyss and says, fine, let’s dance. because the struggle itself is a kind of victory.

alas, sisyphus is not free. he is a hamster in a particularly wheel, finding comfort in his own entrapment. and that is where he and the modern shifter shake hands. the great cosmic irony is that shifters, these darlings of self-willed escape, have turned themselves into their own myth. they are sisyphus reborn, but instead of a rock, they roll their mindset uphill, over and over again. every affirmation, every subliminal, every night spent whispering to the void. an endless exertion, a labour of self-convincing.

it’s not shifting. it’s straining. the difference between them and sisyphus is that at least he had the decency to stop pretending the rock wasn’t real.

shifting should be the rejection of struggle, not its rebranding. but somewhere along the way, it became another mountain, another test, another something-to-be-earned. people talk about shifting like it’s a boss battle, like they have to do enough reality checks, clear enough mental debris, align their subconscious like the planets in some great celestial waiting room. they believe in the rock. they believe in the climb. they are hypnotised by the effort.

but effort is resistance, and resistance is friction, and friction keeps things exactly where they are. loa already taught us this, what you fight, you feed. what you chase, you place ahead of you, always out of reach. shifting is not a process, it’s a decision. it is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when. and 'when' is only ever waiting on you.

so step aside. let the rock roll where it may. stop thinking of shifting as a mountain to scale and start thinking of it as a room you already own. there is no application form. no cosmic bureaucracy keeping you from your desires. no checklist, no gods, no gatekeepers. only you, making your own mythology out of something as simple as stepping through a door.

so, dear sisyphus-in-disguise, put down your affirmations, your desperate notes to the universe, your battle against the self. don’t just push the rock. drop it. and walk into the world that was already waiting for you.

"you cant script out trauma that's unrealistic 🙄" my brother in christ. you are shifting to fucking hogwarts. i am shifting to the fucking backrooms. the rules are made up. we are nothing but stardust and thoughts and feelings. stand tf up

limitless

tw: yapping

i love shifting to see my lovely beautiful charming boyfriend. i love manifesting stuff to make life easier or to simply spoil myself. i love it all.

but the thing that made me genuinely fall in love with the law is how limitless we become when we truly acknowledge it.

you know that cliché moment in movies where the main character comes to a joyful conclusion and simply starts laughing while running down a hill? that's me. that's how i feel every time i remember i can be, have, do whatever i desire. i feel this immense feeling of contentedness.

seriously, it's so beautiful.

do you realize how crazy it is? we can live hundreds and hundreds of lives, this is immortality. explore every single corner of the universe. time does not exist.

and it's all within us.

when i say "acknowledge it" i don't mean reading it on a tumblr post, going "wow" and that's it. no. i mean sitting in my bed, alone with my thoughts — my thoughts that, unlike years ago, aren't torturing me with anxiety, instead they fill me with this weird sense of adrenaline and happiness — and truly going into the depths of realizing, feeling the power i have. we all have.

this feeling is so enormous i genuinely can't put it into words, so sorry about that, this post might seem a little messy, but my god? how insane is that?

When I told my mom about shifting, I thought she’d call me crazy and laugh at me, but she just smiled and said, 'keep trying. One day you’ll make it.'

i've manifested plenty of things in my life: perfect grades, appearance, self concept, a girlfriend, a better life, etc. there is no limit to what you can manifest. you're probably reading this and thinking "but, macabresoul, what if/about-" no! there's truly only one thing you need to do.

stop resisting.

do you actually know how limitless you are? you already have everything you could possibly think of. the "how" doesn't matter, there is no need for "logic", you just have it. once you accept that then you'll truly see just how powerful you are.

I don't know who needs to hear this but you're allowed to hate this reality. I remember in early shifttok they would drag YOU if you said that you did, have you seen the state of our world? Who WOULDN'T hate this reality? not to mention telling people not to hate this reality make people feel invalidated for how the perceive this reality.

Adding on to this if you don't like this reality that is fine! It can't hold you back from shifting, I know that there are some shifters out there (me included) that use shifting as an escape and that is fine. Just because you want to shift really badly, put your Dr on a pedastal, hate this reality, etc does not mean you can't/won't shift.

Your emotions are valid, the way you feel about this reality is valid. You shouldn't feel obligated to be thankful to this reality first before you shift. I hate this reality as well, it is quite literally my entire reasoning for permashifting/respawning.

Shift your reality by any means, shift your reality under any circumstances.

am i the only one who feels as if some people were treating shifting too seriously?

i can’t count how many times i’ve seen people saying that permashifting even to your better cr is something that you shouldn’t do or that “you are leaving your loved ones behind”? whatever that means?

i truly believe that many people here don’t really understand how shifting works - so to speak, they don’t understand that shifting, as well as our existence, is limitless. we are limitless. shifting is whatever you want it to be, only you create these “limits”.

nevertheless, it truly frustrates me.

no, you are not leaving your loved ones behind. we shift every second. by manifesting something you shift your awareness to a reality where you have this certain thing. by deciding to read this post you’ve shifted. and tell me, did you leave your “life” behind as well as people around you? no.

recently i saw someone saying that permashifting to your better cr is something “bad”. like, what? it’s literally the same thing as you successfully manifesting that your friend gives you an apple. there are no “big” or “small” things, it all comes down to your perspective.

i’m just mad because i see these baby shifters being scared when it comes to this topic.

discovering shifting should be freeing, comforting. not something that scares you. it’s a natural thing, a wonderful one.

How to shift realities from someone who regularly does

Hii! I am pretty new to the Tumblr shifting community and I didn’t really plan on posting anything but after browsing around a bit, I kind of wanted to give my two cents on shifting. I used to be active in the Amino community back then but then I took a break to focus on myself. Some time passed since then and I have been shifting pretty regularly now. And after looking through some posts, I wanted to share some things to maybe help others.

Disclaimer: I fully believe shifting is personal and should be tailored to you. What works for me might not work for you and that’s okay! However, I would be very glad if this helped someone. Also excuse how I explain some things. Since I just got back, I’m not very caught up with new shifting terminology so I’m just going to explain how I understand it instead.

You are only consciousness. That is what you are and what you will always be. There will never be any reality, circumstances, doubts, fears, or anything tied to you unless you allow it to. You as consciousness, your only role is to experience and be conscious of things. So as you become conscious of new things, you shift.

As consciousness, your natural state is the void state. You only experience reality when you take on a vessel, which is your body. So through these vessels, you experience reality. And as you live in these vessels, you will encounter its emotions, doubts, and thoughts. This is why people say you are not your doubts or fears, because truly you are not. You are only experiencing it through the vessel. They are not your own, but the vessel’s.

So to shift realities, you simply decide a reality then become conscious of it. Literally just that, you decide and then become. There’s nothing more or less to it I swear.

I think the reason why many people fail to comprehend this is because they had been putting in so much effort that they couldn’t believe how actually effortless it really is. I think it’s because they try to force it without understanding how it just comes naturally. Shifting shouldn’t be about taking control but rather just be. I see people asking how this and how that and am I doing it right, and I just want to say forget all about that and focus on just being.

You had always just been consciousness experiencing reality through a vessel your whole life. You had always made a choice on a reality then proceeded to become aware of it. So now decide on that reality that you want and just be conscious of it. That’s all it is. If it helps, help yourself understand that you are only consciousness. Remind yourself throughout the day, when you experience this vessel’s doubts, or before you sleep. Truly understand that you are not tied down by anything because you are literally just consciousness.

If you question why you should listen to me, it is because I was in your shoes before. For a really long time, I really thought that shifting is just not something I could do and that it was all just an inside joke. I was at my all time low and I just didn’t know what to think or believe anymore. Yet, here I am, shifting as regularly as I sleep. That being said though, I don’t want you to idolize me or envy me. Don’t idolize a consciousness when you are literally one as well and can do anything I can.

I hope this post was understandable. I’m not much of an explainer but I tried my best.

manifestation and shifting literally is so easy if you understand how it works.

you just to have to embody who you want to be.

that’s literally it.

stop over complicating it and looking for methods with hundreds of difficult steps.

you can manifest/shift at any time by simply KNOWING and, why not, also having FUN while doing it.

stop making yourself miserable and start having fun, your life is yours only.

no more excuses, start now.

(made this quick sketch yesterday, who else loves miss peregrine hfpc??)

Is shiftblr a safe space to admit that shifting made me stop identifying with gender, but in the realities that I’ve shifted or will shift to, I am male, and I consider myself transgender cuz I’m female here and spent my life here wishing I could transition, but ever since shifting I’ve accepted I’m everything and I don’t need to because this is one of many realities where I get to experience the life of a female which opens my subconscious to valuable experiences, and so I don’t make any effort to transition cuz I’m not stressed about it at all anymore and I found happiness in my body, so I am basically cisgender. But what is a woman or a man when everyone is just genderless soul and bodies? And so at some point I stopped preferring one or the other cuz we are all genderless multiversal beings, but I still prefer the male experience when I shift because I do feel most comfortable with masculinity and I still get dysphoria here, but I also don’t cuz I know that gender is purely a construct that our subconscious enforces on us and it is literally meaningless, or is this niche weirdo shit?