When I tell people they can simply shift with daydreaming and they hit me with "but I daydream all the time, why haven't I shifted?"
Because you perceive it as a daydream and not a actually reality you are living and experiencing.
If you are daydreaming and you are so focused on the fact you are "not there yet" or the fact you wish to be "actually" experiencing that daydream right now is the reason why you didn't shift through the daydreaming.
Shifting doesn't take much, and telling yourself otherwise is sabotaging yourself. Realise your dr is real and take it in. Immerse yourself in your dr and simply be there and don't overthink it.
This is my go to method that I use most times I shift. I shift using sleep paralysis about 4 times a week and successfully. I like this method because it puts me in the thoughtless state which allows me to shift and allows me to focus. You don’t need to focus to shift but when I don’t I tend to just not want to shift anymore because I’m so consumed with other thoughts. This is not the void, however. I first shifted with this about four years ago, and have shifted with this method about 62 times that I consciously remember.
Step one: I can’t focus at all when I close my eyes and even if I do it in the day I take a nap. So for whatever reason I put my feet up on the wall. And I shifted the first time I tried. This helps me because even when I do nod off I wake up not long after. And I can actually focus on where I want to go. So I put my feet up usually with a blanket covering my legs and feet. It doesn’t have to be super high up where you’re uncomfortable. Just something even slightly raised helped me lots. I usually stay still because it puts my body to sleep and calms me. But you don’t have to if it’s too uncomfortable.
Step two: Oh, I’m usually listening to a playlist that reminds me of the place I’m shifting to or a moment or memory from my dr. That way I’m not scared by the silence when the sleep paralysis kicks in. Play it quietly so you don’t get annoyed and pick songs that aren’t too distracting. It should just kind of blend in the background. Then I start thinking about memories of my dr and moments. Usually in first person unless I’m looking at photos in my memories. If I nod off, I usually wake up from the unusual position and begin affirming naturally.
Step three: I usually forget I’m affirming and just shift immediately. I open my eyes and then I’m there. Or I get sleep paralysis where I affirm and think I’m there. And I wake up in my dr pretty soon after.
I’ve never failed with this method because I think it just fits well with me. It’s loosely structured and hits all my strengths in visualization, affirmations and so on. So I’d try this for three nights and if it doesn’t work. Apply what did and drop what didn’t. Anyways I’m so excited to shift for the summer to Okinawa. I think this one is just going to be a solo adventure with me and my five dogs. I might permashift from there but I don’t know yet. Does anyone else like to shift for holidays?
Happy shifting lovelies, you got this!
let's explore how this philosophy integrates into the mindset, mechanics, and power of shifting, and how you can use it as a cornerstone of belief to enhance not just your shifting, but also manifestation practice.
coined by rené descartesin meditations on first philosophy (1641), "i think, therefore i am" (cogito, ergo sum) is a philosophical principle discussing that our ability to think proves our existence. it’s the idea that the very act of conscious thought is undeniable evidence that we are.
when tied to shifting, this principle forms the foundation of belief :
⋆ THOUGHT IS POWER : if you can conceptualise a reality, it’s evidence that this reality exists somewhere, in some form.
⋆ CONSCIOUSNESS AS CREATION : your thoughts don't just reflect reality; they create it. by thinking about a desired reality (dr), you validate its existence and affirm your ability to connect with it.
⋆ EXISTENCE IS FLUID : if your existence is affirmed by thought, why limit that existence to one reality? by thinking of your dr, you acknowledge your ability to exist there, too.
shifting works largely on belief. "i think, therefore i am" is a mantra that dismantles doubts and reinforces your ability to shift.
— A. THINKING IS BELIEVING. when you shift, the most important mindset is to believe in your dr as real and attainable. doubt anchors you to your current reality (cr), but thought and belief can transport you.
⋆ IF YOU THINK YOU'RE IN YOUR DR, YOU ARE : by focusing your thoughts and immersing yourself in the experience, you align with the energy of that reality.
⋆ AFFIRMATIONS : every time you think about your dr—imagining its details, feeling its emotions—you strengthen its existence. "i think, therefore i am" becomes "i think of my dr, therefore i am in my dr."
— B. YOUR DR ALREADY EXIST. in quantum theories and metaphysics, all realities exist simultaneously, and your consciousness determines which one you inhabit. thinking about a specific dr is like tuning into a radio station—you don’t create the station; you simply align with its frequency.
⋆ CARTESIAN CLARITY : if your thought of the dr exists, the dr must exist. by thinking about it, you prove it’s possible.
⋆ SHIFTING AS NAVIGATION : your thoughts are like coordinates, pointing your consciousness to the dr.
— C. THE FLUIDITY OF IDENTITY : descartes implied that identity is tied to thought. in shifting, your identity isn’t bound by your cr—you can "be" whoever you want.
⋆ SCRIPTED IDENTITY : in your dr, you can script qualities, relationships, or even new personas. the act of thinking and scripting makes them real for you.
doubts about shifting often stem from overthinking or feeling disconnected. descartes’ philosophy helps neutralise this.
— A. DOUBTS AS PROOF OF EXISTENCE. even if you doubt shifting, remember: the ability to doubt is proof of your capacity to think and exist.
⋆ REDIRECT THE DOUBT : instead of "what if i can’t shift?" (if you still think like that, i will SLAP you (i'm joking (not.))) think "i’m aware of my doubt, which means i’m conscious, which means i can direct that consciousness elsewhere."
— B. EMBRACE THE POWER OF CHOISE. descartes argued that thought is evidence of free will. if you’re thinking about shifting, you’re already exercising that will. use it to choose to shift.
— A. MULTIVERSE THEORY MEETS DESCARTES. in a multiverse, infinite realities coexist. thinking of one dr is like opening a door to it. descartes gives you the confidence to step through by asserting that thought is all the proof you need.
— B. YOUR CR VS YOUR DR. the line between your cr and dr is only as real as you allow it to be.
⋆ in your cr, you think of your dr.
⋆ by thinking of your dr, you prove its existence.
⋆ by immersing yourself in those thoughts, you live in your dr.
"I THINK, THEREFORE I AM" is the ultimate affirmation of your shifting journey. it reminds you that your power lies in your consciousness. by thinking of your dr, you validate its existence and affirm your ability to shift there. doubts don’t define you; they highlight your ability to think and create.
in the end, shifting is less about "leaving" one place and more about realising you already are wherever your thoughts take you.
Shifting advice!
Something that really helped me with my shifting journey is meditation. Meditate every day for at least 5 to 10 minutes. I meditate every day for 10 minutes using guided meditation. When I started meditating I saw a lot of improvement in my shifting journey. And it's really relaxing so why not give it a try.
Happy shifting!
birds chirping through the dutch door, fresh bread and porridge, listening to the witching hour on the morning radio, taking the car down the field roads, tending to quidditch brooms in the garden, reading the seeker weekly, socks on the wooden floor
we already know that the past is what we assume it was, the future is what we believe it will be and the present is what we currently think it is. but the present is a lot more meaningful than past and future. why? because we can only exist NOW.
you may change who you are, but not the fact that you are. you may change what you have, but not the fact that you have. see, you can never escape your "I AM". you are, all the time and every time. it is important to keep in mind that you always ARE, something or someone. you are consciousness, conditioned. you are self-defined awareness. and thus, you re-invent yourself daily. you shouldn’t just "change" your now, you should OWN your now. if you, however, want to change it, you can trade it for a NEW and BETTER now whenever and wherever you want.
in order to be who you want to be now, in order to have what you want to have now, you need to be PRESENT. you need to be HERE. you need to be in the MOMENT. to be present means to experience your imagination the way you wish to experience it. it means to accept your imaginal acts as the CURRENT reality and view the imaginative act as the PRESENT truth. it means to feel as if it’s really happening to you right now, as if it’s taking place on the inside, almost as well as on the outside. and once you feel your act in imagination to be present, you will naturally feel fulfilled, satisfied and secure. you will feel complete because you have filled the void of desire.
i want to share to something edward art told in one of his lectures. he said that instead of being afraid to change, be more afraid of not changing. be more scared of remaining the same. because there’s one undeniable principle: if you change, you will change. if you try to change, you may change. but if you don’t do any of these, you will stay as you are. that’s guaranteed. that’s promised.
you can change, now.
you can be anyone, now.
you can have anything, now
with love, ella
is it still casual huh.
To all my doubters out there who don’t know what else to do, I want to start off with changing your perspective, think of it this way
one man says “i WILL enter the void no matter what happens”
another man says “i keep on failing, i never get into the void”
and guess what: both of them are correct
this is because of the fact that the law of assumption is law, meaning it will never fail you. ever. you don’t “fail” at the void, you don’t “fail” at anything. It’s the fact that you assume that you’ve failed that you’ve “tried everything” and it’s your assumption that “nothing works”. And because you’re a god, your brain sees you thinking that dominantly and goes “oh say less” and boom! it’s reflected into your reality. This is why you need to stop wavering!
I don’t care about how long you’ve known about the void/“I AM, and neither should you because time isn’t real and is a very malleable concept. don’t be a slave to “time” and discourage yourself from reaching your true potential saying “i’ve been falling for 3 years why would today be any different” or “i’ve wasted so much time i’ll never get in”. Don’t let time discourage you from trusting yourself. Don’t be the type to say you’re going to apply the information, go away for one or two days and then comeback when “nothing has happened” complain and then go back for more posts to “motivate you”, going around the cycle again.
You must learn to trust god, which is you. No matter what your 3d shows you. Now don’t be against the 3d, it’s not something negative in the first place, it’s just a canvas. It’s an extremely malleable concept and if you would just trust yourself the 3d would conform.
Now remember whatever you dominantly believe is what will become fact. You can’t be “done with the law” because it is law, not some belief you can abandon. It will be in practice forever. So use your information about the law to your advantage and get that final push to tapping in to the void/“I AM”. Because you CAN do it. Remember: you fail at nothing and that is a fact, what you fail to do is stand firm in what is already yours
My mind when I’m shifting be like…
ৎ SIMPLE, HUMANISING THINGS :
⋆ forgetting where you placed your favourite book and finding it weeks later under the sofa.
⋆ your favourite sweater has a small snag, and you're debating whether to fix it or keep it as is.
⋆ a mug with a tiny chip in it that you still use because it's your mug.
⋆ a bit of dust on the piano keys or an unmade bed when you're in a rush.
⋆ tripping over your dog/cat/stuffed elephant because they're lying in the doorway.
⋆ shoes that hurt but you still wear them because they look good with your outfit.
⋆ your favourite jeans have that one little rip that keeps catching on things, but you refuse to stop wearing them.
⋆ spending ages finding the perfect lighting for selfies, only to hate them all later.
⋆ accidentally biting the inside of your cheek while eating and then obsessively poking at it for hours.
⋆ a specific smell in your wardrobe—a mix of old perfume and wood—that you’ll never be able to explain to anyone else.
⋆ stepping into your shower and realising someone moved all the bottles around, leaving you scrambling to find your conditioner.
ৎ A BIT MORE IMMERSIVE AND FLAWED :
⋆ spilling coffee on your notes for an important meeting, and the frantic wiping and swearing that follows.
⋆ hair that won't co-operate no matter how much you brush or style it.
⋆ a scratch on your favourite vinyl record that skips during your most-loved song.
⋆ wearing mismatched socks because it was too early to care.
⋆ running out of your signature perfume and having to use something random you don’t quite love.
ৎ FAME RELATED :
⋆ paparazzi catching you mid-sneeze and that photo somehow going viral.
⋆ having to sign something bizarre, like a fan’s forehead, and wondering how your life came to this moment.
⋆ someone mispronouncing your name or a film title in an awards speech, and you laughing about it later (but it still stings).
⋆ the occasional paranoia about people liking you for your fame rather than you.
⋆ attending a fashion show and feeling like everyone is silently judging your outfit.
⋆ arriving five minutes late to a glamorous event because you underestimated how long it would take to tie your shoes.
⋆ a director giving you confusing instructions on set, so you end up delivering the most awkward line of your career.
⋆ fans who ask the same question in interviews repeatedly, and you have to smile through it like you’re hearing it for the first time.
⋆ losing your train of thought during a speech and having to awkwardly laugh it off.
⋆ a quiet moment backstage when you realise you forgot to eat, and now you’re inhaling a slightly stale croissant.
⋆ the ache in your feet after a long day on set, and that moment of relief when you finally kick off your shoes.
ৎ RELATIONSHIP AND INTIMACY :
⋆ an inside joke with your s/o that doesn’t make sense anymore, but you keep saying it to each other anyway.
⋆ him stealing a bite of your food every time, even when you specifically said you weren’t sharing.
⋆ a silly fight over who hogs the covers, only to end up tangled together anyway.
⋆ watching him try to cook and making a complete mess of the kitchen, flour on his nose, but you can’t stop smiling.
⋆ a fight with your s/o about something petty, like who forgot to take out the rubbish, and realising later how ridiculous it was.
ৎ OVERWHELMING AND OVERSTIMULATING :
⋆ sitting in your apartment but feeling lonely in a way that your friends can’t fix.
⋆ misplacing your phone, then realising it's right next to you after searching everywhere.
⋆ public appearances where everything feels too loud.
⋆ losing a ring or piece of jewellery with sentimental value and feeling like it’s all you can think about.
⋆ rain-soaked boots squeaking as you walk through a marble lobby, and the humiliation of slipping just a little bit.
⋆ a room so crowded and loud that it feels impossible to breathe, but you’re too stuck to leave.
⋆ the guilt of not responding to texts from friends and family because you forgot.
⋆ waking up in your apartment, and for a second, forgetting where you are, feeling disoriented but comforted by the soft hum of the city.
ৎ MICRO HUMANISING MOMENTS :
⋆ that soft hum of traffic drifting through your balcony at night.
⋆ the slight stickiness of your lip gloss on a windy day (ugh, hair always gets stuck in it).
⋆ the cold marble of a building against your hand when you lean against it while chatting.
⋆ a pen exploding in your bag, staining the inside and making you swear you’ll be more careful next time (you won’t).
⋆ the faint sound of your upstairs neighbour vacuuming, reminding you that even in your dr, you’re part of a shared world.
so many of you guys know that i favour sleep paralysis, though i never tried to use it to get to the void state.
i didn’t want to use it to shift to my dr but to see what it was like.
if you’re unsure: the void state is a deep meditative state of instant manifestation.
so today i woke up at 11:00am and stayed up for an hour
i felt tired so i laid back down and after like 10 minutes i felt symptoms of sleep paralysis
not long after that i was in sleep paralysis
now at this stage i was like “for shits and giggles let me go to the void”
i said “i am” over and over again and “i am in the void state”
and oh my god literally in 5 seconds i didn’t feel my surroundings anymore
i was literally floating!!!
i felt so at peace and it was all black
i wanted to manifest my dream face so i said i have all my dream face and felt my face change omg
i also am a football fan so i manifested that we make a couple of signings during the summer!!
and after that i left the void state!
it’s literally that easy for me and i’m so happy.
i will MOST DEFINITELY be visiting the void state more often wow
if you have any questions please feel free to ask!
hope this helps !