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🦈🪾🪻—aether

It's good that you think that. We are proud.

And equally this “you” can’t be solidly determined as anything specific, right? One layer of a “you” leads to another and another and another.

You can’t prove a you is here with only one set of characterizations that attempt to prove it, a new set of characterizations proves the previous ones, and any emerging set thereafter needs to be proven by another set and so on…

“I am this because of this, I’m that because of this, this is because of this, because of this”…it never ends. And this is merely a “symptom” of nature as open ended, or not-a-thing

The same goes with external and internal appearance. They are relationally bound without end. So where are the independent objects, subjects, persons and “you”?

You don’t even need to go down any rabbit holes, it becomes obvious pretty quickly. There is never a final characterization that gets to announce, "There. That's what I am."

It’s all the same this

They are either just plural or want to be plural

And the fact they can be a system without having a disorder isn't an attack on you

And yes, it is possible to be a system without a CDD because alters are a symptom and symptoms can be present without the condition

You can get overstimulated without having autism

You can zone out without having ADHD

So why are alters any different?

See what I'm getting at?

(I'm saying it's completely possible to be a non disordered system and endogenic systems + willogenic systems don't want a CDD)

this applies to family and friends too, for my shifters who don’t script or prioritize romantic relationships, because those relationships are just as important. (i’m one of you, my motivation often stems most from platonic relationships!) whoever it is that powers your shifting journey, whether that be a lover, friend, parent, sibling, etc., i believe the love that shifters have for their people is some of the strongest love i’ll ever have the pleasure of both witnessing and experiencing.

shifting is an act of love not only for others, but for yourself. and you deserve to experience all of it. <3

as someone who has fully shifted to my drs multiple times, i decided to try something different.

not because i needed to. just to see what would happen if i stripped everything down and approached it in the most simple, practical way possible, because i know all the philosophy can get confusing.

so, i treated my most recent shifting attempt like an experiment.

and for context, i went into this with doubts. even after shifting sooo many times, i still thought it wouldn’t work for some reason.

(so let this also be proof that doubt means nothing until you give it meaning.)

anyway, here’s what i did.

first, i removed everything. no subliminals, no affirmations, no 4D, no 3D, no loa, no non-duality. fuck all of that. don’t need any of it.

all i kept was one thing: being pure awareness.

that’s it.

so i laid down at night, got cozy, and just daydreamed about my dr. (a new one btw, not one i’ve shifted to before.)

i recalled my day there. what i would see when i wake up. the people. the environment. random memories with my family that just came up naturally.

i wasn’t affirming anything. i wasn’t forcing anything. i wasn’t visualising super vividly.

i was just there. present and feeling.

i was embodying it. letting my awareness casually sit in that reality instead of this one.

at some point i started getting sleepy, and i began distantly hearing sounds from my living room in my cr.

i started getting distracted. i realised my puppy was probably chasing my brother around and bullying him again and i was wondering if i should get up and stop it.

but then i had one thought:

“why am i even bothered by stuff happening in cr when it isn’t my reality anymore?”

immediately i felt my surroundings change. i felt that intense pull. that exact same shifting sensation i felt the very first time i ever shifted.

and i panicked because i’m not used to shifting while awake, so all these physical sensations were new to me. so i accidentally started focusing my awareness onto my cr body, and i got pulled back to my cr before fully shifting.

but in that moment all i could think of was “wow, that was easy as fuck”.

the next morning, i woke up in my cr but it didn’t bother me in the slightest. because i knew where my awareness was, so what i was seeing in front of me didn’t matter.

this reality isn’t mine. this isn’t me anymore.

awareness is me, and my awareness was already in my dr.

so if my awareness is there…

isn’t that shifting?

strip away all the terminology, all the concepts, all the frameworks and it’s still the same.

honestly, i feel like a lot of the language we use overcomplicates it. it’s helpful, yes. it aids many people on their journeys, there’s no doubt about that.

but even i will admit, sometimes we lose the plot.

none of the frameworks matter because all of them always lead back to the one same unwavering truth: you are pure awareness. and that’s all you’ve ever needed.

as always, take what resonates and leave what doesn’t. this is my little gift to the ones who find it hard to grasp the concepts of nd or loa or all those pretty philosophical words.

love u guys xx

Ი ᰍ ݃ ݁ᣟ݂. NOTHIN' BEATS THE SMELL OF HOME ꫂ�� things to look forward to when you shift to your dr ◇

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 The feeling of pure exhilaration and relief upon waking up in your dr

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Window-shopping with your friends in your dr and finding a photo booth only to take a thousand photos without it

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Using your powers / magical abilities for the first time (if you're shifting to a dr with magic)

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Being able to express yourself in an authentic manner and receiving acceptance and love from others for it. Heavy on this one

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Experiencing true, unadulterated freedom to do as you please because the world is your oyster and everything is possible and yada yada yada

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Trying foods you've never eaten before in your cr. Like I've always wanted to try Pani Puri but I never had the opportunity to here.

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Receiving comfort and affection from people in your dr

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Pursuing your passions / aspirations without any limitations whatsoever because again, the world is your fucking oyster.

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 This is a little more cliché but having a y/n moment like boy I've always wanted to have one of those for years our time will come trust.

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Watching the sun set or rise in your dr as the colors of the sky oscillate between orange, pink, purple and yellow.

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Living out your wildest dreams

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Meeting and or even befriending people / characters you've admired in your cr

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Living with the knowledge that you've successfully shifted and knowing that you have the ability to like shift

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Snuggling in a blanket with your s/o or friends with your dr

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Being able to explore a multitude of worlds and universes or just travelling around in general

꒰ᩧ৯༷ 𓏼 Going on your first mission/ doing your first gig or heading to a date for the first time ever

𝄞 yeahh so this would probably be one of my lasts posts for a while at least...? I'm sorry if it's short I've been running low on energy these days :(( and I'm also technically on a hiatus so...

-having a pencil that's only purpose is winding my cassette tapes. also carrying extra batteries on me incase the ones in my Walkman start dying (it makes your tape sound funky/distorted once they start to go :/)

-always listening to the radio (me & the girls always try to catch American top 40 when we can) , reading the newspaper in the mornings, & watching the news.

-things take more time. packages, letters, etc. there is no 2 day delivery unless you are paying extra to expedite overnight or something and that shit is expensive! also there is no tracking for packages you just have to pray it shows up.

-using maps when traveling. 🧍‍♀️

-perfume/cologne is MUCH stronger than modern day. (good luck if you are in an elevator or a packed car you will be fighting for your life)

-always having my address book on me so i can actually call people, otherwise i'm hunting for a phone book. ( i cant remember peoples numbers for shit 💔 )

-speaking of calling people! phone tag. 🙃

-you don't really see people go out in their pajamas, like it's just not a common thing to do even for really casual/quick outings or errands. (i have been called lazy for doing so before :/)

-cash & check payment are the standard ways of paying for things. (coins are a pain in the ass btw but my coin purse is cute so!! it makes up for it!!!)

-boredom isn't a quick fix. you learn to entertain yourself or live with it, there is no loosing yourself in a screen for 5 hours.

. one last kiss, I love you like an alcoholic one last kiss, I love you like a satuenette. .

. What a foul trick .

Hello!

Yes! It's funny actually, my husband and I used to say we'd never do such a thing. But then we decided to live most of one of our lives without any memories of shifting or all our experiences, and only remember it after a while. And we were having such a good time in that reality, that we almost regretted remembering everything.

There is something so amazing about living a full life like it's your only one. To meet the person you love all over again, to have all your ''firsts.''

We've grown really fond of living lives that way, it is fun and it really makes everything feel so much more meaningful. We almost always script out our memories now if we want to live a full life somewhere!

There are many versions of it too, or different approaches. @leiablackx doesn't script out her memories, but they're always so far in the back of her mind that she usually doesn't even remember them for most of the time she's in her dr. Yet still gets to have that ''Omg I shifted,'' moment, and decide, at some point, that she wants to shift back.