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SHIFTING AND MANIFESTATION FOR NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE

a general word vomit from a kid trying to get a point or two across.

yes, this is long. because it NEEDS to exist.

you don’t need to be neurodivergent to read this; your only requirement is to be someone in this community. being educated and aware never hurt anyone.

i myself am not diagnosed with anything—mostly because my mom is a total nutjob who refuses to believe her child is “abnormal”, buuuut… i’m pretty sure there’s something undiagnosed up in my brain. regardless, i’ve rarely seen a post really trying to accommodate for neurodivergent people in this community.

and it bothers me.

because one could easily say “your physical body doesn’t matter, your circumstances do not matter, just persist!”

and while in LOA, that IS true; you could manifest and shift regardless of whatever you’re possibly going through. nothing is impossible.

most neurodivergent people are actively affected more by their mind, their perspective on the world or their mental state. it becomes extremely hard to just ignore the circumstances and power through; not impossible! but very, very hard.

do excuse me if i get anything wrong, and feel free to point it out and correct me. especially if you are neurodivergent yourself, i prioritize giving the best advice when it comes to things such as this!

different neurotypes share no single experience, but patterns exist.

many autistic, ADHD, sensory processing, and other neurodivergent people have stronger, more literal, or more embodied sensory experiences. this means that visualizing or “feeling” a desire, to live in the end, may be vivid…

or the complete opposite. because remember, people, spectrums exist!

ADHD and some autistic profiles bring hyper focus and distractibility. hyper focus can massively accelerate planning and skill building toward a goal—to shift, manifest—but distractibility makes consistent practice of attention based techniques harder.

along emotional regulation, strong mood swings, alexithymia (trouble naming internal states), rejection sensitivity, or mood disorders can amplify the emotional stakes of “not manifesting,” causing the following;

shame, catastrophizing, or despair.

then comes literal thinking and black-and-white cognition; when things are interpreted literally, metaphorical LOA language can confuse or lead to rigid rules that backfire. examples; be the energy you want to attract. people may adopt extreme, all-or-nothing behaviors, developing an insecurity or a nagging fear of having to be PERFECT. this harms wellbeing.

for people prone to psychosis spectrum experiences, blending imagined outcomes and actual evidence can become dangerous. this is something i do not see anyone talk about, which really worries me. there’s more harm in not telling someone they can have issues in their journey, due to the fact that they’re built a different way, just to save face for the community. you need to be able to tell what’s delusion, and what’s a shift.

what i’ve mentioned above are all core ways neurodivergence changes how these concepts, shifting, manifesting, feel and work.

this does not mean in any way, shape or form that neurodivergent folks cannot do these practices. in fact, they can LEVERAGE special strengths (intense interests, hyperfocus, pattern recognition) to make these mechanisms powerful, if the approach is adapted to their specific cognitive style!

small examples could be emotional rehearsal. preparing yourself for future events, to practice anxiety handling or social scripts reduce shock when they happen; followed by motivation and reward loops! believing something is possible, combined with small wins, creates dophamine feedback that helps sustain the effort. do not see any of your small wins as useless, no matter how miniscule they may be. it is proof of SOMETHING. put that in your pocket, and protect it!

there’s also common traps and harms. like i mentioned above, it helps NOBODY to act as if the community or these practices are easy for everyone. they can be, but humans weren’t created as copy pastes of one another. realize that each and every one of us is so uniquely different, so complex, and that not everyone will see the world in a picture perfect example.

VICTIM BLAMING; in some corners of the community, there’s still those people that set specific language. “you didn’t manifest because, this and that and those…” this could be damaging if you have depression, OCD, anxiety, trauma, or executive dysfunction. there’s a difference between adding moral blame for setbacks, and genuinely helping someone.

to add onto this, i’d like to mention that NONE of my harsh motivation posts are for people genuinely struggling. i am someone who struggles, i would never set shame in someone i see myself in. i saw many people mentioning this in other posts and i just wanted to speak upon it. my toxic motivation posts are for people that LIKE it—because it works for some! okay, niko rant over, back to the post…

OVER RELIANCE ON INTERNAL METHODS; if manifestation is treated as only, only internal—visualize, feel, expect, and ignores external planning, people with executive dysfunction or chaotic environments can become stuck in imagining without building supports. telling your average joe that they don’t need to do methods is fine; it’s wonderful, even! it can help THEM. but make sure to let others know that doing the work helps regardless.

BURNOUT FROM FORCED CONSISTENCY: many methods, subliminals most popularly, ask for consistency. if one has limited energy, sensory sensitivity, or fluctuating ability, rigid daily demands cause exhaustion and failure—again, leading to blame!

i’d like to give some principles tailored to neurodivergent brains, if you believe one could help you,

take it for yourself.

A — TRANSLATE “FEEL IT” INTO YOUR BRAIN’S LANGUAGE.

if traditional visualization doesn’t fit you, replace it with something that does.

if you have strong sensory imagery: anchor the desired state to a specific sensory memory (a texture, a smell) that could evoke calm or confidence.

if imagery is weak: use verbal descriptions, lists of facts about the future you want, or an internal logic map! concrete statements act like images for people who think verbally or logically.

if tactile helps: pair the mental image with a physical object (a ring, a stone) that stands for the desired state.

B — USE IDENTITY AS LEVERAGE, NOT PRESSURE.

pick one tiny identity trait you can honestly almost.. inhabit? equip? without strain. e.g. “I’m someone who asks for help” rather than “I’m successful.” small and believable shifts produce action without cognitive dissonance. let identities be layered and temporary, some neurodivergent people change modes quickly; use that to your advantage rather than demanding a permanent identity swap!

C — TRANSLATE POSITIVE THINKING INTO REALISTIC EXPECTATION

be. compassionate. i cannot stress this enough, accept that negative thoughts happen. instead of fighting them so fiercely; label them and redirect attention gently to another action.

HOW TO HANDLE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES:

once again, this is the best i could come up with due to neurodivergence being a complex system full of spectrums.

ADHD: treat manifestation as task design. break goals into single ting next actions, feel free to use alarms, timers or external prompts that really match your rhythm! plan to do the “hard work” during likely hyper focus windows. do NOT punish yourself on low energy days.

AUTISM: avoid vague wishes if it messes with your system and mind, use literal and concrete language for intentions. embed manifestation, shifting, or whatever you’re trying to practice in routine or special interest projects so it feels more natural.

OCD/ANXIETY: reframe intrusive thoughts as noise to the best of your abilities. they do not invalidate your intent, and avoid “must” language. replace ABSOLUTE rules with flexible guidelines. concrete rules do not exist in LOA regardless, you choose what works.

BIPOLAR AND MOOD DISORDERS: recognize mood linked fluctuations in motivation, and prepare for both high energy and low energy stakes! once again, avoid framing setbacks as moral failure.

PSYCHOSIS SPECTRUM VULNERABILITY: grounding techniques and trusted mental heath support is essential, if shifting increases confusion for you, stop and seek support from anywhere you can. a clinician or a trusted person, there is NO shame in doing this.

LEARNING DIFFICULTIES SUCH AS DYSLEXIA OR PROCESSING DIFFERENCES: use audio, tactile, or visual supports rather than long textual affirmations. make intentions short, simple and repeatable in a format that matches how you process the information. if, of course, that’s what helps YOU!

all of what i’ve mentioned is simple guides. they are not necessary, not concrete rules, you do not HAVE to follow them. i hope this helped, even in the slightest.

i love you, and treat yourself a little kinder tonight!

Is this a safe space for me to say I hate persistence? Because I do. I hate it. I hate it I hate it I hate it so much that every time I hear “just persist!!” I want to scream.

You repeat “I already have it” and then you immediately start scanning for evidence visually, physically, emotionally. Your awareness wants proof. And when it doesn’t see proof, you start the mental loop again, reminding yourself that proof is the intention, that you have to persist, that you have to believe, etc. It becomes exhausting because it’s all happening in the head. Couple that with the thousand other things you already have going on in there, and yeah, it sucks lol.

Don’t get me wrong, obviously persistence is vital— but thete’s more than one way to go about it. It’s tedious because mental persistence exists only in the abstract (your thoughts), while awareness naturally anchors itself to the tangible (what you can see, touch, hear, etc). And it thrives on continuity.

We all know persistence isn’t about forcing belief, but more so reminding yourself of what’s already yours, right?

Well I took that literally a few days ago, and decided to test out a method. Usually when I want to remember something, I write it down on my hand. (Because I have the brain of a squirrel. If the task isn’t right in front of my face, I’ll forget it).

So I’ve been persisting by turning my desire(s) into physical reminders. I literally write what I want (already have..) on my hand to make sure it’s “in-my-face” every time I move. That way it becomes part of the environment, part of the now. And when I can’t write it on my hand, I’ll scribble it on a piece of paper or assign it to an object nearby—whatever’s closest.

There was something I wanted resolved as quickly as possible, so I wrote down on my hand “XYZ isn’t a problem anymore” and glanced at it consciously every few minutes until the action became unconscious. Seriously, I would just glance at it for less than a second, acknowledge it was there, nod and go about my day. I wasn’t hung up on what was written, and I genuinely did use this as a reminder. Not a magic thing that was going to grant me my desire. The point of this is to treat it as a reminder, or like test answers you scribbled on your palm before an exam.

Then, as of yesterday, it worked! The thing I wanted actually came true. Though I’m not surprised, since I essentially tricked my awareness into literally observing the desired outcome 24/7. Until it stopped feeling like something I wanted, and just felt like something that was.

Why this works:

First of all, it feels like you’re DOING something, because every time you glance at your physical cue, it’s like pressing a button. This is because the action instantly re-orients your awareness, and acts like an anchor to your chosen outcome.

Second, your awareness doesn’t care about what’s “true,” it cares about what’s present. Whatever’s in front of your eyes, your awareness treats as real. This is why songs and movies can make you cry, dreams trigger adrenaline, and imagination sparks strong emotions such as anger.

That means when you’re looping affirmations in your head, you’re basically trying to talk awareness into something,, but language isn’t its natural format. Perception is. Awareness speaks in what you sense as being there.

When you loop affirmations, awareness doesn’t care how you feel about them, it cares how you perceive them. You can say “I’m rich” all you want, but if your awareness still perceives that as something distant or hypothetical, it’ll keep generating the version of reality where it’s distant or hypothetical. But if you say “I’m rich” from the stance that it’s already part of what’s real, part of what’s happening, in the process of unfolding —then that’s what awareness picks up as continuity.

So instead of affirming “I have the ability to shift” in your mind, you could write it down/turn it into a visual anchor. Every time you look, awareness reaffirms: “This exists right now, this is what’s happening.”

That’s because awareness thrives on continuity. It craves consistency the way gravity craves mass, and like toddlers crave cheetos. Whatever falls into your perception, it treats as a constant,, like a fixed variable it has to keep generating to preserve the continuity flow of your reality. In other words, awareness keeps rendering what it’s already observing (Or, for the multiverse crowd, it keeps you anchored to the version of reality where those constants make sense.)

That’s why when you adopt a cat, it doesn’t just appear once and vanish. Awareness registers: “oh hey this cat exists here now and we have to take care of it” —and from that moment on, it keeps placing you in realities where the cat continues to exist.

The same thing happens when you write your end goal on your hand. Awareness registers it as a new variable, then immediately files it under “constant,” something that belongs to the fabric of your reality. From that point on, it keeps generating versions of reality where that cue remains true, and by extension, so does the outcome it symbolizes.

Kinda like you’re guiding awareness and telling it exactly which reality it’s in. It’s like hanging a family photo on your wall. Your awareness doesn’t just register “a photo exists,” it registers “these people exist,” “this relationship exists,” “this home exists.” The image implies the story behind it, so the awareness keeps seeking a world where that story stays consistent.

It’s also like having the answer key sitting next to your exam. Normally, persistence is like trying to remember the answer and wracking your brain to recall what you already studied. But visual persistence is like glancing at the paper and going “Ohh right, it’s B.”

Your awareness only ever confirms what you feed it. If you show it lack in perception, it confirms lack. If you show it the desire being present—literally, visually, physically—it syncs to that.

So when you create a visual anchor like a phrase on your hand, a note on your wall, an object tied to your intention,, you’ve already placed yourself in the version of reality where that thing exists. Awareness doesn’t question whether it’s symbolic or literal, because it just registers “this is here.”

And once something is here, awareness has no choice but to seek the matching conditions that make sense of it.

In sum

You keep seeing the cue → awareness absorbs it, recognizes it as part of this reality → so the next rendered moment/reality you’re in, has to include it too. That’s how persistence works!! Through sustained presence.

A collection of hacks/techniques/ methods/ whatever you wanna call it to let the body fall asleep while you stay aware. I’ve built this over the past year of shifting to different realities and learning how to control what my awareness experiences. They also work super well for lucid dreaming, the void state, astral projection, sleep paralysis, deep meditation—basically anything that requires consciousness without a body. There are probably better ones online, but these are the ones that worked for me.

I’ll probably expand on specific ones in this list in the future, but for now I just want them all compiled into a list. Once your physical form and surroundings dissolve, awareness has nothing to cling to. What’s left is blank and perfect as an open canvas for whatever you want to project onto your awareness :)

1. Counting

The most basic no-brainer. I’m only adding this here because I recently discovered a little hack to stop yourself from drifting off and losing track of the numbers. What helps is to hold the next ten in your mind as the entire goal. For example, if you’re at 23, focus on reaching 30 and even visualize it in your mind if you can. It keeps the mind just active enough to stay engaged while the body falls asleep.

2. Working with your eyes

Too many ways to do this. Focusing on the black behind your eyelids and directing all your focus and attention to it until it feels infinite is a great one. Gently moving your eyes up, down, left, right when they start to slacken (your eyes slacking, getting comfortable, or zoning out is your cue: body wants sleep). Doing fake blinks is another great one (doing the blinking motions with them closed, causing them to twitch). There’s also keeping them half-open or even fully open in the dark—opening and closing them periodically every time you feel yourself start to fade. Fun fact: if you keep staring at the darkness long enough, that darkness starts to move back :)

3. Moving your head...moving any limb actually

This one’s weird but gold. I came across it recently and tried it again to see if it was a set-in-stone thing. Turns out it is. You wake up in the middle of the night when you’re tired as hell and barely awake— then you lightly roll your head side to side, not really moving your neck but more like rocking your head on the pillow. Idk what this can do for you, but for me it triggers that slide-to-the-side feeling people talk about in astral projection, like your consciousness slipping sideways out of your skull. I’ve also had astral projection/lucid dream entries in the past where I’ve lightly moved my foot during WBTB, and that also triggered something....so,, it’,s effective.

4. Committing to a single position in bed

Whether you’re on your back, side, whatever—pick one and refuse to move. Don’t roll over, don’t try to find comfort. If you’re like me and instantly fall asleep after adjusting once, this one’s a godsend. Staying locked in one position, especially when you’re a little uncomfortable, lets the body give up faster. It drifts off while your mind keeps running in the background, perfectly awake, because you’re uncomfortable as hell.

5. Treating hypnagogia as a signpost

UNDERRATED. You know when you feel all the symptoms, like your body floating, hearing shit, feeling tilted, seeing weird shapes or visuals behind your eyes? That’s already your body’s natural, normal way of saying “hey, I’m falling tf asleep.” It’s free, comes with the system built in. The issue is people treat the symptoms as “I have to shift/AP/etc NOW because this is my only chance,” and then when they fade, you get mad because it didn’t work, and you roll over and go to sleep. Yeah, that’s like mining and reaching diamonds, but because the diamonds aren’t already cut into the shape of a star, you throw them out. I’d love to rip a hole through time, reach back and grab past-me who used to give up after hypnagogia symptoms faded, and slap her, because IF MY GOAL WAS MIND AWAKE/BODY ASLEEP, AND I REACHED THE SIGN THAT SAID “HEY CLO YOUR BODY IS FALLING ASLEEP WHILE YOUR MIND IS AWAKE”— WHY. TF. DIDN’T I JUST KEEP GOING?

6. Setting alarms every hour of the night

Okay listen, this one is chaotic but genius. If your main problem is knocking out too fast, this hell-bent hack makes sure you don’t. Set alarms for every hour of the night. Yes, every hour. You run the real risk of not getting a wink of sleep, but if you’ve ever tried WBTB and been struck by +100 instant sleep, this is the way. I tested it recently: drifted off once, alarm woke me up, but then because I knew another alarm was coming, I couldn’t fully fall back asleep. So I just lied there, mind running, body done for and needing sleep. By the next alarm cycle, my body was desperate to sleep but my mind refused because it was completely alert, waiting—so I fell straight into the void just by existing.

7. Saying “fuck it, I’m not going to sleep” and committing to it

This one works too well, lol. Basically, you mentally commit to full-on sleep deprivation and genuinely accept that your goal is to not fall asleep at all—to stay awake the entire night. Forget about shifting, astral projection, void, whatever. Just decide you’re not sleeping. And your body goes “I think tf not,” and promptly knocks itself out while your mind stays awake. Best done during WBTB, imo.

8. Music

Ridiculously good for MABA because you can reach hypnagogia with it so easily. You don’t even have to do anything, just listen to whatever song you want— but it’d be great if the song reminds you of your end-goal (shifting, the void, w/e). You can be deep in thought, zoning out and daydreaming to the song, when suddenly you feel hypnagogia symptoms and/or straight up falling into an altered state. Also, don’t worry about the actual sound; your awareness adjusts, and the music fades naturally as your perception shifts.

9. REM rebound

Beloved REM rebound <3 Sleep deprivation’s golden child. You stay awake way past your normal bedtime until you’ve only got around 2–3 hours left before you have to get up. By then, your brain is starving for REM sleep. When you finally lie down, your body plummets straight into REM almost instantly instead of cycling through the usual sleep stages. And because your mind is so primed for dreaming, this is a perfect time to induce MABA.

10. Lying still and not moving

But not in the 2020 shifttok “if you move you failed” way. Lying still is golden, especially when it’s WBTB and you wake up almost falling asleep. But you can move. The world won’t end if you do. I learned that focusing on making your body fall asleep >> making your mind stay awake. What slips me into MABA is waking up during some fuck-ass hour for WBTB, when my eyes feel all scratchy and want to close (you know that feeling when they’ll barely even open?). Then I just lie really still, but the point is to get comfortable and watch the body. You’ll literally feel it go numb as it falls asleep. After that, the surroundings start to fade, weird sensations start happening, you might feel pressure, sinking, floating, vibrations—or nothing at all, and then out of nowhere you’re in an altered state.

11. Trying to sleep with light in the room

You can go full overhead light if you’re brave, but personally I’ve had the weirdest results using my phone flashlight face up on the pillow beside me. It keeps the room dim enough for comfort, but bright enough for discomfort. If you’ve got fairy lights, those work great too! (I’d try mine, but I have an irrational fear they’ll catch fire) Anyway, just lie there and try to sleep with the light on. I always end up getting all the hypnagogic symptoms with the mind wanting to sleep but getting confused by the light. Usually I drift off and wake up a few times because of it, but I keep refusing to give in. Eventually, the mind says “fuck it” and stays awake while the body says “fuck it” and goes to sleep.

12. Listening to affirmations while you sleep

I’ll link the two Alunir affirmation videos I’ve actually shifted with (here) and (here). Basically, I’d either fall asleep with them on or use them after WBTB. The only problem was that I hated them at first, because they’d keep me awake and uncomfortable. But every single time I slept with them on, I’d start hearing affirmations inside my dream, then wake up in the dream, fall into an altered state, OR I’d wake up hypnopompic and the affirmations were like anchors that plunged me into a lucid dream or the void.

13. Physical anchors

Look, I’m not condoning this one, but I’m being honest. There are tons of physical anchors that work if you stay awake easily— like sleeping in too many layers, putting a marble in your sock, not using a pillow, falling asleep with something heavy on you like a book, or sleeping too hot or too cold. Those all can work, and there’s probably more. I, unfortunately, can sleep through anything, so most of them did nothing for me.....all except for one.

I fell asleep with a clothespin on my finger (yes, the wise among us are already going “oh no”). It kept me awake for a bit, I got all the symptoms, but eventually I did fall asleep. Three hours later I woke up to find my finger completely drained of blood. I unclipped the pin, lied there half-asleep, half-freaking-out, trying to get circulation back while thinking “fuck fuck fuck fuck” and SOMEHOW, that mix of adrenaline and exhaustion slipped me right into an altered state. I actually shifted that night.

“Wow Clover, the things you did to try to shift early on were crazy.” Friend this was two months ago. I’m a dumbass. Part of the fun of shifting for me is finding new ways to do it. Anyway, do I recommend this? Absolutely not. What I do recommend is finding a physical anchor that’s safe and sustainable for you. They’re annoyingly effective. Just...seriously....don’t try the clothespin thing and then come blaming me for any disasters. “Oh I lost a finger because this strange girl on the internet told me I could shift realities this way” this is not a conversation I want to have with CNN.

14. Use the reticular activating system

The reticular activating system is the part of your brain that keeps track of your surroundings even while you sleep. It filters through sounds, touch, light, even emotional significance, and flags what might be important enough to wake you up or keep you half-awake. So when you put something under your pillow (like a notebook, a coin, a note, any object) your RAS says “huh that’s different.” It keeps awareness running even while the rest of your body falls asleep. It’s the same reason you can sleep through one thing but instantly wake up because of another.

To use this, put something your awareness can’t ignore under your pillow. I put my (annoying, thick) shifting notebook there, and it automatically made me think about it even half-asleep. I’ve hit MABA twice this week from that alone. But it could be anything, like a random spoon, a coin, a piece of jewelry, a note with something written on it, ....or even your phone, turned on, maybe with the flashlight (help is that a fire hazard?). The key is that your RAS keeps pinging that object in the background.

15. Pavlov yourself with a song

I swear by this one but I never really talk about it because it sounds a little insane until you try it. Basically, loop one song all day nonstop. Same song over and over while you go about your day, until your brain gets sick of it but it’s still playing in your head anyway. You’re basically conditioning yourself so by the time night hits, the song is burned into your skull. So when you lie down and start drifting off, it keeps auto-playing in your head without effort, like your brain can’t let it go. And because you’re mentally singing or hearing it on repeat, your mind stays just active enough to avoid shutting down with your body. The most recent one for me was with Misery Business , I listened to it the entire day because I get hyper-fixated on songs that give me DR memories, the emotions, all of it. I had it on repeat for hours,, then when I went to bed (at like 3 am lmao), I was still hearing it in my head. That automatic loop pulled me straight into MABA, and from there I actually managed to shift back to my main DR.

Pointers (in my opinion)

For people who fall asleep easily: your mission is to make the sleep setup hostile, not ideal, just enough that your body craves sleep but your mind keeps screaming “AHHHH.”

For people who don’t fall asleep easily: focus on comfort and commitment to resting, but not sleeping. Insomnia can actually be your secret weapon if you’re stubborn enough to choose sleep deprivation over not (insert desire).

For some god-forsaken reason, not caring about the outcome and being open to failure is highly effective. If you approach things with “eh, fuck it, I’m okay with failure”, you’re not forcing your awareness to perform a life-or-death coin toss— where if you get heads instead of tails, the little tricycle puppet from SAW will appear to collect your soul. You’re allowing the possibility of letting the coin roll under the couch, because for all you know, there could be a pot of gold under there.

Will any of these guarantee anything? Let’s be real, the path to failure is paved with ignorance. Your road will stay foggy if you keep putting blind faith in methods instead of yourself. Thinking something outside of you will get you to your destination is a hamster wheel— and not a fun one. Don’t be a passenger complaining about the route while the self-driving Tesla drives you straight into a lake.

Shifting is limitless..

⚠️ STAY WITH ME🙏

If you've been trying to shift for years, I'll start with this.. You've gotta release any and all expectations of yourself, what shifting is, and the "process". Easy enough to just say, right? But follow along, im gonna piece it all together!! People have shifted while anxious and with doubts of if it's real. people have shifted with their eyes open awake, sleeping, lucid dreaming, eating, mid-thinking, doing homework, walking, showering, driving, and even shitting. there is no wrong way to do it, so long as you don't make any silly assumptions and rules for yourself (like that you have to never have any doubts to shift- which is untrue, many have shifted while still doubting if shifting is actually real. or that you NEED to "ground" yourself when you get to your dr- you don't. many just assumed they had to, so they ended up just minishifting by overcomplicating it).

WHAT IS SHIFTING EXACTLY??

Shifting is just making an intention that you want something (desire) and then deciding you have it or assuming you have/ will have it (also don't complicate this, it doesn't matter. time isn't real, shifting/manifesting is instantaneous, and your desires are already yours). people end up overcomplicating it when they go to make this decision though. for example, they'll think they want to shift but then ruminate on if they're doing it right (but then you've assumed that there's a "right way" to shift, thus overcomplicating and prolonging a process that is literally instantaneous).

SHIFTING IS INEVITABLE

A decision is made when you let go. when you eat, you can have doubts if you're really all that hungry or if the food is good, etc, but you made the decision to pick it up and take a bite. there is no in between. you either open your mouth and chew or you don't. shifting is the exact same. you can doubt if it's real, you can question when it's gonna happen, you can wonder if you're able to, but so long as you either decide or assume that you have shifted/will shift or even just that you could/can shift, and let go of all expectations, finalizing that decision, it will be inevitable.

STOP OVERTHINKING & CHILL OUT!! ♡

You are the architect of your reality and the 3-d is the builder. <i think @cloverapple keyed this saying>. allow the 3-d to do it's job and stop overthinking "HOW" to shift. the how doesn't matter, what matters is that you can (you are the shift, but that's a whole 'nother topic). you are the only thing that can make you shift. So let go of expectations, trust yourself and allow yourself to receive these desires by knowing that it is inevitable.

You need a step by step??

HOW do you do shift??

Methods. That's the main reason they exist, it's to allow yourself to let go. Almost all methods are essentially forms of meditation and relaxation (calming/distracting the mind). that's why methods are NOT NECESSARY but can be helpful.

That's also why not every method works for everyone. If affirming you've already shifted stresses you out, instead affirm that you're expecting to shift (different than waiting, waiting is hoping- not deciding, but expecting is knowing- aka deciding). <i think was also a saying @cloverapple created. their blog is amazing, check it out!> the semantics don't matter, just whatever helps you to let go.

That's why everyone encourages to try various methods and see what works. what feels right, whatever helps you to relax and let go of expectations, is the method for you. that's why everyone says don't overcomplicate it, and that's why many shift after giving up- because they let go of expectations (they never stopped intending/wanting to shift to their dr).

You still need your hand held??🫠💓

I've got you!!!

Listen here.

Pick a method, any method 🪄🃏

Whether that be counting, visualizing, robotic affirming, or just plain practical (but reliable) meditation. You can use all of these or none of them, or even make your own method! Methods can be as long or as short as you'd like them to be, but maybe dont make it too long. We're trying to not overcomplicate it, remember?

Whatever you've decided, stick with it for a bit. See what makes you overthink and see what feels right, what helps you to relax and let go, then stick with it. After your method, keep moving on with your everyday life, allow yourself to let go of expectations and allow the decision to finalize. There is NOTHING ELSE you need to do. The 3-d will do the rest. Assuming you need to do anything else, will intend that you need to do more to shift. This is overcomplicating shifting, just stop yourself and reaffirm that everything is done and you have/will have (are expecting) your desire/shift.

REMEMBER that it's NOT the method that makes you shift, its YOU. There is no trying to "perfect" the method. A method is simply there to help you relax, let go of expectations, and learn to trust yourself.

Doubt starts creeping in? That's okay!! Briefly acknowledge it, dont try to bury or ignore it. Literally EVERYONE who has EVER shifted has doubted or wavered at LEAST once. I promise you, it wont keep you from shifting, unless you let yourself believe/assume that it will. If you assume doubt will keep you from shifting, then you've decided it will. Remember, that nothing keeps you from shifting, not even yourself really, because you are shifting all of the time. What matters is the assumptions you make that decide and dictate the reality you perceive.

So....

Think about your desires, intend that you have them or are expecting to have them, then let go of expectations of yourself and how to shift (insert method here, if you'd like, to help let go/relax). Then move along, there is nothing more you need to do.

Trust yourself, you dont need to micromanage your thoughts or think about your intentions 24/7 to shift. Even if you forget for a few hours/days, your intention/desire is still there. If you wanted to eat but then got busy and forgot for a few hours, does that erase your desire/intention to eventually eat something? NO! Moving on..

If you doubt/waver, acknowledge it, reaffirm and persist. Doubting/wavering does NOT set you back or erase your intentions. Do you erase your intention to shit if you have doubts because youre constipated?? NO of course not!! Same thing for shifting, you've got to LET GO (I think im funny 🥴)

ANYWAYS...

Reaffirm to consol your doubts, move on, and persist in letting go of expectations. Persisting does not mean agonizing over your intentions/how to intend. The second you had the thought that you want to have your desire/be in your dr, you created intention. Intention is literally effortless, so pay no mind to that. This also does not mean to agonize over how to let go, youre just overcomplicating it. The whole point is to relax. If you feel like youre struggling to let go either do your method and/or take a small break.

OKAY THATS EVERYTHING!!

You have all that you need to shift. Yourself ♡

So stop doomscrolling on shiftblr and shifttok. Have fun with the journey and

GO SHIFT!!

Btw these are just my personal thoughts/opinions. i feel like it breaks shifting down to it's simplest form, while incorporating a little bit of both LOA and nondualism.

CREDIT & THANK YOU ♡ to all the shiftblr people that created some of these sayings and ideas. Most of my thoughts were developed while scrolling and learning from other shiftblr accounts. This is just essentially a summary of what I have gathered and developed my opinion of shifting to be.

S/O: What are you doing?

You, clinging to them like a koala: I just missed you, we haven’t seen each other in forever <3

S/O: But we saw each other yesterday?

You: “wE sAw eAcH oThEr YeStErDaY” sybau