˗ˏˋ brie is shifting ˎˊ˗

as i'm reading up on western philosophy in my personal "legitimizing reality shifting" studies, i came across two keystone ancient greek philosophers that had a debate regarding how we should perceive reality.

heraclitus believed that there is no being, as reality is in a constant state of change and chaos. famously he's quoted as saying: "you cannot step in the same river twice". the only harmony in the universe is the fact that there is no harmony. think of a lyre with each of its strings in different states of tension, yet still able to make a melody. everything changes and permanency is an illusion, and when you truly understand this (with logos, or your sense of reason), you reach inner enlightenment and peace. parmenides, on the other hand, believes that there is no such thing as change as everything we perceive in reality all have something in common: Being. when a man is born, grows into a boy, evolves into a man, and withers into an older man, we perceive him as what he is throughout all stages of change: a human being. if i ask you to imagine nothing, literally "No Thing", you cannot; everything you imagine is part of the greater whole of reality. it is using our sense of reason that we realize that nothing changes, as Being is all that exists. and this is the truth of the universe we must understand.

i think it's fascinating the debate humans have always had about reality, and how to find peace and understanding amidst unknowable meaning. whether you believe everything changes or nothing changes, the answer seems to always be that acknowledging the power of your perception is the key to true enlightenment. which is all the practice of reality shifting and the larger school of manifestation is ever attempting to explain to people.

what: minishift to my hogwarts dr when: around noon, alone in my bed method: this was an intentional, hours-long process i was doing all morning. no music/subs, some background sounds from my family. i was inducing sleep paralysis while on and off napping; this took a bit of time to finally reach sleep paralysis, but sleep paralysis always gets me closest so it's my preferred route for right now since i'm technically a beginner. when my body was finally asleep and my mind fully awake, i was visualizing my awareness as this immaterial cloud over my body and shifting my thoughts out of my cr body. this is when i set my intention to shift to my dr, and it took a bit of time to find like i was... flipping through realities? like an old-school projector? i don't know what they were, but occasionally i'd feel or sense something from one of them, which is how i knew that it wasn't the reality i wanted (i remember tasting bile at one point, like a reality where i'd just thrown up... immediately flipped right past that one lol). it took some time for me to locate the correct one, but when i did, everything snapped into place. there was no guesswork involved, or hoping. i was there.

i saw it.

i saw the black lattice window in the leaky cauldron and the blue-tinged light of early morning. i could make out gray brick walls and a distinctly cozy atmosphere as i slowly woke up. i don't have much of a script, but i do have that it's september 1st, and i spend the night at the leaky cauldron before boarding the hogwarts express later in the day after shopping in diagon alley since i'm a transfer student from ilvermorny and my father is transferring to the ministry. the first time i minishifted back in 2021 was accidental and to a completely random and unwanted reality, so this was my first time experiencing a reality that i desire and i sought out myself. it was incredible. i think my eagerness is what made this a minishift and not a full shift.

what i DIDN'T expect was, my visual surroundings had already slowly dissolved back to my cr when i heard a man's voice. older, slightly accented, kind. he was urging me to wake up and to get a move on, as i needed to buy my supplies before boarding the train. that was trippy. seeing my cr bedroom and hearing a voice clear as day that isn't there with me, fading away back to my dr awareness.

ESPECIALLY SINCE I DIDN'T SCRIPT THAT AT ALL. i have no idea who that man was. but i do know that my dr self didn't seem immediately alarmed, so i know him somehow. maybe it's my father, maybe it's a worker at the inn i'd met, maybe it's a relative i didn't script? i'm not going to script him out or decide who he is, i'm curious to what my dr has in store for me.