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A list of ways that have helped me before in the past. Mix and match accordingly. Asks responding to:

1. Position Yourself Incorrectly

You know the position that makes you fall asleep the fastest? Yeah don’t use it. If curling up on your side knocks you out in five minutes, lie flat on your back like a sleep-paralyzed corpse. If lying on your back knocks you out cold, flip over like you’re a baby and try your stomach. You’re trying to disconnect from muscle memory. Trick your brain into knowing this is not your regular “fall asleep” routine.

2. Focus on the black behind your eyelids. I Mean Really Focus.

The void/shifting method I posted is gold for people who slip into sleep too easily. You’re not imagining anything, not visualizing, not affirming, just becoming intimately aware of your eyelids. Pretend it’s a doorway. Pretend it’s a wall you could fall through. Pretend it’s your s/o staring at you. Treat it like it is the holy grail. And when your focus slips, snap back to it.

3. Chastise yourself out loud.

This works insanely well. Have an internal conversation with yourself like you’re yelling at a toddler or scolding your dog. For example, I do:

“Clover, NO. Stay awake. Look at the black. Not today, sleep demon. Clover, stay the hell awake or I swear to god—”

If you’re busy nagging yourself, it keeps you from passively slipping into dreamland. The brain can’t run intrusive thoughts and stage a self-directed intervention at the same time. Use that to your advantage.

Alternate version: Channel the fuck-it mentality and start trash-talking your entire journey because you are o.v.e.r it.

“Fuck it. I’m shifting. I don’t care. I’m doing it, fuck it.”

4. Micro-control your eye movement.

Even with your eyes shut, you know when they start drifting off. You feel them go slack, like they’re ready to roll back into sleep. So keep snapping your attention back by:

Shifting your gaze side to side slowly, like you’re scanning the black.

Widening your "closed" eyes just slightly (you’ll know what this means once you try it,, and if you don’t, read this).

Again, re-centering your gaze like you’re trying to look straight through your eyelids.

5. Move. Jitter. Adjust. Ignore the “stillness rule.”

So many people panic if they twitch or adjust themselves because they think they’ve broken the "mind awake, body asleep" balance. Spoiler: you haven't. Your body will still fall asleep anyway. You are allowed to:

Shift your legs

Re-adjust your pillow

Scrunch your face and stretch your neck

Scratch an itch or roll onto a new pressure point

Play the kazoo

Your brain doesn’t reset the sleep cycle every time you move. The sleep process is smarter than that. I’ve hit hypnagogia while still adjusting my shirt. The body goes when it’s ready. Movement won’t ruin it, but panic might.

6. Music won’t ruin anything. Use it.

Yes, even loud, distracting music. Even music with lyrics. Even music that would have your parents appalled that you listen to it. Sound won’t stop hypnagogia. In fact, familiar music can anchor your awareness. You’re not falling asleep, you’re just. Drifting deeper while still anchored. You might even use it as a countdown:

“I’m still awake by the chorus, I’m still awake by verse two, I’m still awake at the bridge…”

And if you dissociate a little in the process? PERFECT.

7. “Oh but I keep zoning out”

Hello ADHD shifter. Hi person who tries to meditate bit keeps zoning out. Go back to #1 because that method keeps you from zoning out, since you’re focusing on the black behind your eyelids. Pair it with #3. Trust me. If your pattern is: try to meditate -> zone out -> snap out of it -> roll over and go to sleep, defeated—then do this. Pair a visual anchor with dialogue to keep yourself engaged.

8. The alarm trick (AKA weaponizing your own paranoia)

Set alarms every 90 minutes. Not to shift, but to sabotage your sleep in a way that helps you win. Here’s the psychology: Your brain knows you’ll be woken up, so it stays on edge. You might think that’s bad—but it’s actually perfect. The goal here is to stay just awake enough that you don’t plunge straight into unconsciousness. That anticipation—the ugh I’m gonna get woken up soon tension? Use it!

You’re not aiming to nap. You’re aiming to drift just low enough that your body knocks out and your mind gets sneaky. That place where everything starts slipping sideways.

And if you do fall asleep? Great! The alarm yanks you back. You get another shot. This trick breaks the mental block of “I was just laying there for hours and nothing happened.” Because let’s be real—sometimes what actually happens is this:

You think you’re just laying there, irritated, defeated. And then your thoughts get... floaty. And you start to sink. And your hearing warps. And you’re like wait, what the fuck is happening??

That’s hypnagogia. That’s the threshold. Sometimes you even do shift or start to AP. The alarm method keeps the cycle running. Try-fall asleep—wake up—try again—drift—wake up—drift deeper—fall through. Eventually, your body’s like: “Okay fine, sleep.” But your mind is already plunging into an altered state.

9. “But I did all of this and still fell asleep”

THEN SLEEP. SLEEP. FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND PURE, GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP (i am crashing out, i’m so sorry).

How I entered the void in less than 5 minutes last night (If someone doesn’t shift with this, I’ll scream)

I wouldn’t be sharing this and putting myself at risk of sounding like a lunatic who posted one method, and is now posting yet another version of it, if I didn’t have a reason for it. Idk, gut feelings are hard to explain (I’m aware I sound insane right now)

But I’ve never been more excited to share something in my life, sooo that might attest to something.

This will work for everyone in some way. And I’ve never been more certain of anything ever. (Except for the time I pspspsps’d at a black kitty on the sidealk at night, which ended up being a trash bag, and I found out I had horrible eyesight—but that’s not the point here).

This isn’t anything brand new. It’s like my method people have been seeing results with, but stripped down to its bones. Simplified to the core, which I’ve learned actually makes it more effective.

(unless you’re someone who prefers something detailed and objective, then yeah, stick to my main method and ignore this)

This doesn’t care about your beliefs. Doesn’t care about your identity, your self-concept, your doubts, your contradictions. It doesn’t matter if you’re into non-duality, law of assumption, law of attraction, or don’t even have a belief system. This method does not give a single shit. And I say that with confidence, because when this worked for me last night, I was crying. Genuinely, majorly depressed. Everything I usually cling to, all my beliefs about shifting and consciousness and the nature of reality—I wasn’t mulling over any of it. I was flat out over existence itself, and it still worked.

The set-up:

• First, understand something: The screen of space you’re looking at right now—even if your eyes are closed—is the same screen where your DR, CR, the void, your dreams… all of it… will appear. That’s your canvas. Always.

• This works best with WBTB (wake back to bed), so set an alarm for about 3 hours after you fall asleep. You want to wake up just tired enough that going back to sleep is easy, but you’ll still have some control. (You can also do this as you’re going to bed, but it was 3 AM for me after I had woken up,,, so do with that info what you want).

• Now, get this into your head: You’re not entering the void or shifting from a place of calm or confidence. You’re doing it from pure exhaustion. You’re doing it from “fuck this shit, I’m doing it anyway.”

You can doubt. You can feel like shit. But the attitude that follows is “fuck it.” You’re tired of trying, and tired of being on this journey. So you’re just gonna do it. Fuck it.

What to do:

• Lie on your back. (I personally like my back, but I’ve done it on my side too, and it still works. Doesn’t matter. Don’t overthink it. This doesn’t matter)

• You can move. Just don’t care that you moved. After the next step, you won’t even be paying attention to your body anyway, and it’ll go numb naturally,, so the idea here is “fuck it, this doesn’t matter.”

• Now: Notice the black behind your eyes. Just that. The blackness. Don’t try to notice your awareness yet. Just focus on the black. Look at it. Really look at it. LOOK. Keep choosing to look at it again and again. Widen your eyes over and over again, and keep refocusing on it. This will keep you alert, but you’re not forcing yourself to stay alert, got it? It happens naturally, because you’re reeeeally looking at the black behind your eyes.

• Your body’s gonna want to fall asleep. Don’t fight it, don’t care about it, because the fact that you’re looking at the black behind your eyes will naturally keep you from falling asleep.

• You keep your mind locked on that black space, almost like you’re watching a movie screen, but nothing’s playing yet. What happens? You’ll keep wanting to fall asleep—but widening your eyes and choosing to watch the black will keep waking you up. You’ll be in this liminal place going: “Fuck it. Fuck it. Fuck it. I’m doing this. Fuck it. Don’t care.”

(What I mean by “widening your eyes” even though they’re closed is: when your eyes are closed, don’t let them go slack like they do when you're falling asleep. Keep them wide and alert, like you're trying to watch something in the dark. You're not tensing them, just holding that sense of openness, like you're staring through your eyelids).

• What happens next: Suddenly you’ll feel your awareness. You’re just awareness now. Naturally. You didn’t right off the bat try to pay attention to your awareness,, you just realized that you are it. Why? Because when you feel confined to that black space behind your eyelids like a coffin, with nothing else around you, there’s nowhere else to run to other than your awareness. Your body will be numb, and your surroundings distant, irrelevant. And you’ll think: “Wait… I’m just my awareness.”

• And then your brain might do what it always does: “Oh no. What if I’m overthinking? What if I’m messing it up?” And you remind yourself: “I’m literally awareness. I can overthink if I want. I’m awareness goddamnit. Fuck it.”

• You’ll start switching—back and forth—between two things (because there’s nowhere to run to):

1. Looking at the black behind your eyelids

2. Noticing your awareness itself

Keep flipping between the two like you’re flickering the lights on and off in a room, but don’t force this. You’ll look at the fact that you simply are, and you'll look at the black,, and you’ll think: “damn?? I’m just my awareness.”

• Then you’ll start to sink. You’ll feel the pull as hypnagogia grabs your hand and says “so where are we going, bestie?” From here, you can either:

A) Keep going as you feel yourself sink, and you’ll fall straight into the void state effortlessly.

B) As you feel yourself sink, you can choose to lucid dream, astral project, or just plain shift from here. To shift: affirm, assume, observe, do whatever you want. The way I shared that I like to do this is by observing my awareness in my DR, observing the fact that I’m aware there (just pretend you’re there, no need to try too hard).

The point is: whatever happens next, if it happens very very quickly, don’t panic.

Just to note:

If this somehow doesn’t work for you—though I genuinely believe it will work for someone—just know the reason I share so many things is because I deeply believe everyone needs different things. The core of shifting stays the same to me:

You are only awareness, and you observe your desired reality until all other options collapse.

But how you get into that is wildly personal. What works for me might not click for you, just like what works for you might not click for me, and that’s fine.

That’s why I keep offering options—not to confuse you, not to invalidate anything I’ve said before, but to give you more pathways of realizing how powerful you already are. If one method feels off, try another. My main method is still my go-to: observe my awareness in my DR, exist there, decide I’m there because where else would I be??—but I love giving variety because maybe this next one might be the one that opens it all up for you.

It’s been a while since I’ve been working on this protocol. I’ve done my best to optimize every step to help as many people as possible based on the survey i shared, the problem y'all gave me and my knowledge. I won’t claim it’s foolproof, but I truly believe it can make a big difference for a lot of you. If you decide to try it, there’s a survey at the end of the blog so you can share your experience and help refine it even more. Let’s go shift!

1) During the day / during the week

Feel free to read your script, listen to a sound that reminds you of your DR, affirm, or meditate, depending on what suits you best.

This helps prime your subconscious and creates familiarity with your DR across days, without pressure.

Adapt it to your style: for some people, music works; for others, reading or daydreaming is enough, you really don't need to do too much.

Tip: consistency is more important than perfection. Do whatever will please and help you.

For example, you can create mood boards or playlists, this is an example, you can do whatever you want.

2) Just before sleep

Do a short meditation of at least 5 minutes. It can be guided or silent, but its goal is to calm your mind and detach from your current day.

This helps move from beta waves to alpha or theta, creating an optimal bridge for shifting.

Tip: even 5 minutes can deeply shift your state if you do it with true presence.If you really like meditation you can even do more.

A short 10 minute meditation like this can really help.

3) Setting your intention

As you get ready to sleep, remind yourself:

->“Tonight, I shift. I am safe. I am ready to transform.”

Or any affirmations adapted to you and pace.

Place this intention in your mind without obsessing, just like setting a GPS route.

Tip: repeat it once or twice if you wish, but then let it go with confidence.

4)WBTB (Wake Back To Bed)

Plan to wake up in the night after a sleep cycle (e.g. 4–6 hours depending on your sleep rhythm).

No random phone use, and absolutely no social media unless it’s only to launch your theta/alpha sound and remove the alarm .

⚠️Blue light filter ON if you check anything.

Move minimally (water, bathroom, a short stretch) and keep the lights dim.

Stay awake at least 3 min, maximum 50 min, then go back to bed.

The phone can interfere with entering theta/alpha waves. I really recommend putting on the blue light filter about 1 hour before going to sleep.

5) During WBTB

While you’re awake, you can:

-get up and drink some water

-reread your script

-daydream about your DR

-do a tiny relaxation

Avoid overstimulating yourself.

Tip: this phase is for priming, not restarting the whole shift preparation from scratch.

6) Breathing techniques

When returning to bed, start with:

box breathing (inhale 4s, hold 4s, exhale 4s, hold 4s)

Coherence breathing (5s in, 5s out, smooth rhythm)

Or 4-7-8 breathing (4s in, hold 7s,exhale 8s)

->Just choose what suit you the best.

Let these rhythms calm your system and focus your mind away from your physical body.

->breathing = grounding + focus.

Explanations of the three types of breathing .

7) Brainwaves support

Play theta or alpha binaural beats, or isochronic tones, if you like them.

No need to overthink the “perfect” track. Choose something relaxing, consistent, with no big volume spikes.

-> your own sense of calm is more important than the frequency’s perfection.

You can play this kind of waves.

8) Physical position

Choose a position where you won’t fall asleep too easily (like semi-sitting, or slightly propped up on pillows).

Keep your body still as much as you can, to favor the floaty feeling.

If you notice the urge to self-check, gently redirect to observing your inner calm and the quiet confidence that you will shift.

->trust the process instead of micromanaging it.

You are powerful and capable of shifting into your DR.

9) Mental focus

Try to distract your mind lightly:

-simple counting

-easy imagery (like clouds or stars or an object of your DR)

-recalling parts of your DR script

-small mantra

-feel the emotions you have in your DR

The goal is to stay in a passive but present state ,not to force your thoughts.

If you sense a “floaty” or dreamlike moment, flow with it.

10) Letting go

Once you’ve affirmed or visualized, release.

Trust your DR will come to you naturally, without forcing or chasing.

Picture it like opening a door and calmly waiting for it to cross the threshold.

Softness + confidence are more powerful than pushing, try to be calm.

Many people feel closest to shifting with a calm focus.

11) Handling intrusive thoughts

If intrusive or negative thoughts pop up, see them as passing clouds.

Don’t try to fight or suppress them, it only gives them power.

Instead, note: “OK, this thought is here, but it does not define me, it's not me”

Your focus is the sail, your thoughts are just the wind. You can still steer.

You can imagine that they are like clouds passing across the sky.

12) Ego detachment

At the key moment, remind yourself:

“I am more than this current identity. It is safe for me to let go of this identity and experience a new one”

Disidentify from your “CR ego” so your awareness can move more freely.(I invite you to see my blog on this subject)

This step is subtle but extremely powerful to release subconscious anchors.

Think of yourself as a free observer of realities, and embodie this soft feeling of safety.

13) Micro awakenings

If you don’t shift straight away, set the intention to notice micro-awakenings in the night.

Example: “If I wake up slightly, I will stay still and try again.”

These micro-awakenings are amazing opportunities to relaunch a shift attempt, especially in a hypnagogic state.

-> note your emotions and mental state after each try to adjust next time.

14) Lucid dreams as a gateway

Sometimes, these techniques will instead trigger a lucid dream even if you never done one before .

If that happens, you can:

-shift directly from the lucid dream

-or explore the lucid dream calmly and try shifting next time

->treat lucid dreams as allies, not as failures.

15) Tracking and reflecting

Whether you succeed or not, write down your:

-dreams(this technique can also greatly improve dream recall)

-emotions

-thoughts before sleep

This builds self-awareness and helps you adjust future attempts.

-> even small details (mood, environment, worries) can give clues about your subconscious state.

16) Holotropic breathwork (optional)

Once a week, you may practice holotropic breathwork to:

-release deeper emotional blocks

-loosen subconscious tension

-encourage identity detachment

This is not mandatory, but can help if you feel stuck.

This video can be useful for practice if you want to be accompanied while doing the breathwork.

Reminder: avoid if you have heart or trauma sensitivities without professional advice, and go see my blog on this subject I explain absolutely everything about this breathing.

17) Trust over repetition

Remember: more attempts ≠ more success.

Quality of intention + quality of your state > number of tries.

Stay gentle, stay steady. One peaceful attempt is worth more than 50 frantic ones.

no timeline, no rush.

We see that the number of shift attempts doesn't mean anything about whether we'll succeed or not. This is based on my survey of people who have never shifted.

18) Final choices, 4 scenarios

From the point after wbtb, there are 4 possibilities:

1️⃣ You shift → congratulations, welcome to your DR!

2️⃣ You can’t shift → place the intention for your next micro-awakening, note down insights, try again calmly.

3️⃣ You fall asleep and wake up in the morning → note dreams, thoughts, feelings for next time.

4️⃣ You enter a lucid dream → explore it or use it to shift on the spot.

Conclusion:

Shifting is not a race. It is an art of alignment, trust, and gentle identity release. This protocol gives you structure and freedom, combining proven techniques with space for personal adjustment.

You deserve to shift with peace, not with violence toward yourself.

-> Consistency + presence + compassion = the best conditions for success.

The link of the survey :