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I used to practice Shifting back in 2020–2021 and I used to get a lot of symptoms. When I tried, I would focus and reach a trance-like state, and that's when I'd feel symptoms like flashing lights, tingling, people touching me, etc.

Now I'm picking it back up in 2026, and I find it almost impossible to focus. I don't feel symptoms anymore, I get distracted very easily, and I don't know what's happening or how I can get that level of concentration back.

I know Shifting has evolved a lot over these past six years and there are methods that don't require symptoms or anything like that, but I feel like if I don't have symptoms, the method is inefficient or I won't be able to Shift. Do you have any advice?

Two ways I suggest. First way: If you want to do a ‘method’, pick one (or make one) that doesn’t require focus, or one in which losing focus is the entire point. Pick the method and affirm that it always works for you no matter what. If you wake up and say ‘I’m still here’, WRONG. It’s just an illusion. It’s already worked. If this sounds illogical to you, good. That’s the point. Nothing about awareness can be quantified by logic. The whole principle of shifting is your awareness being all there is, which defies ‘logic’. Keep affirming. Your words are all there are.

Second way: skip the method. If you really perceive focus to be the point of a method, then you need to disconnect the idea of shifting to a method/process, because, in truth, it isn’t a process. What we call ‘reality shifting’ is the conscious decision to shift to a reality which is usually quite different from what we are currently aware of, but shifting itself is just a name we’ve ascribed to a natural phenomenon intrinsic to awareness. We are aware of one ‘reality’. In a millisecond, more things have changed than you can possibly comprehend. Bacteria die or multiply, a butterfly flaps its wings a certain way, etc. When our subconscious perceives something to be ‘true’, reality obeys. For example, when it is ingrained into our subconscious since childhood that money is scarce, then money will be difficult to attain in maturity, because the subconscious shifts to such realities, even if your conscious mind is working hard. We subconsciously shift constantly to the reality we are currently aware of. It isn’t special, really. It isn’t even a goal. It’s a decision.

‘Reality shifting’ is the conscious decision to shift to a reality of our choosing. The bit that makes people annoyed is the fact that it is a decision. It’s annoying, but it’s true, although it’s not a traditional kind of decision. Regular shifting that everyone does is subconsciously done. What we expect/believe to be true, we see reflected back at us. Like I said, when our subconscious believes something to be ‘true’, reality obeys. The trouble people appear to have when shifting is this: the conscious decision has been made but the subconscious decision has not been made. They decide, but the subconscious attempts to argue back with useless doubts or figments of logic because the idea of reality shifting is framed as too special, to supernatural, to be real, and concludes that reality shifting is not safe to trust or believe in. The mistake is made when you conflate what your subconscious says with ‘truth’ by engaging with it as an argument. Your subconscious is here to keep you safe, but that doesn’t mean it always does keep you safe or is rational, even when it seems to be. So people ‘fail’ to reality shift when they conflate subconscious doubts with truth and revoke their conscious decision by taking what their subconscious says to be valuable/valid. How it really works is this: you make the conscious decision, and, inevitably, your subconscious follows.

Skip the method. It was all made up anyway, just your perception of it made it effective. Exhibit A: the fact you thought symptoms mattered made you aware of your senses in your DR. In fact, I’ll bet that you subconsciously considered shifting to be something special and that didn’t align with your subconscious perception that you weren’t compatible with ‘special’. Well, fine. If you want to still consider shifting to be special, you need to recognise that you are also special, if only for the fact that you have decided it, that you even know about shifting. You can even be special because I have decided to reblog your post. Literally anything works.

My advice, though, is to skip the idea that it might be special. That might be hard for you right now (it was hard for me just two months ago, too) but look at it this way. You are shifting right now. Visualise reality right now as falling away like sheets in the wind. Close your eyes. Listen to what’s around you. Every gust of wind, someone taking a step on their creaking floor in the apartment above, somebody knocking on your door to deliver a package. One sound after the other, as the last sound falls away in the wind, just like a sheet of paper. That’s shifting. That’s what you need to relate it to. And, see? You just existed. That’s all you needed to shift. You are shifting now. Internalise this, because this is the truth.

If you doubt that this is gonna work, I want you to know that so did I. It finally ‘worked’ for me literally a week ago (although it really worked for me when I first made the decision, because decision=having it), and I was entirely apathetic and clueless at the point that I made my conscious decision.

How I did it: decided that I had it. Because I do, You do too, which is the insane bit if you think about it, because everyone does whether they are conscious of it or not. When ‘doubts’ came up, as they are prone to when your subconscious likes to argue lol, I did not argue. I dismissed it. Just not true. Duh. Name it if you want. Call your ‘doubts’ something silly, because they’re not really doubts. They’re just nonsense. They’ll try to seem logical and practical, but logic has no effect here, no sway or influence, no power, because your awareness is not bound by human rationale. Not even humans are bound by it. That’s why ‘chance’ exists.

If you don’t trust yourself to decide, then trust me. You were willing to trust anyone on tumblr to give you advice right? I’ve decided it for you. Done. (Big tip: if you can trust a stranger on tumblr, you can trust yourself. Tell your subconscious that.)

And finally, what is it exactly that we have decided we have? We decided that we shift whenever we want, always. Which is true. If you’ve done the visualising that I told you to do, then you already know this, whether you think so or not. If you’ve haven’t done so yet, go back and do the visualising and listening to the sounds around you. We are always shifting. Now you are shifting whenever you want. That is all there is.

Release the frustration because you already have it. That might take time, but time is just an illusion, like sheets of paper in the wind, like realities themselves. Read: illusion ≠ not real; to oversimplify, consider yourself to be a notebook that never runs out of paper and realities to be sheets of paper. You tear page after page out, like you go from one reality to another, kind of like a flip book animation. The point remains: reality isn’t as impenetrable as we make it out to be. Even if all we see at one time is one sheet, there are still more.

You’ve already got this,

I’ve read your message about three times and I’m still taking in what you’re telling me. I’m going to put it into practice.

What resonated with me the most is: “Listen to what’s around you. Every gust of wind, someone taking a step on their creaking floor in the apartment above, somebody knocking on your door to deliver a package. One sound after the other, as the last sound falls away in the wind, just like a sheet of paper. That’s shifting. That’s what you need to relate it to.” Relating shifting to that is quite curious. I had never thought about it that way.

My problem is what you mentioned about logic. I’m a chemistry student, I’ve always been very methodical and logical, and I look for the scientific explanation to everything. Since this is out of my reach, I find it harder.

Introducing; A Rant To Back Up Manifestation And Shifting With “Proof”

Hi. Hello. I don’t know why I’m starting an introduction as if I’m some philosophical giant that’ll change your perception of life but—hey did someone say perception? DING DING DING HOE! Consciousness does influence your perception of reality, this part is scientifically undisputed due to the fact that consciousness determines what you focus on, what you PERCIEVE, what your brain filters out and what you experience emotionally, mentally and behaviourally. You see what you believe, you experience what your nervous system thinks is true, it’s basic neuroscience and cognitive psychology.

Now, we get to Clauser, quantum entanglement and the death of local realism (sorry Einstein.)

John Clauser, a man who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics alongside Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger for proving quantum entanglement is real and disproving Einstein’s belief in local realism. Now, what is local realism?

Locality = objects only affect eachother if they’re near

Realism = things exist independently of observation.

Einstein believed in both as he hated the idea of spooky action at a distance, from his famous quote; “I like to think the moon is there even when I’m not looking at it.”

But Clauser, Aspect and Zeilinger used Bell’s Theorem and experiments with entangled photons to show local realism is FALSE! Yikes.. ya know what is true though? The following!

Particles are instantaneously connected across vast distances, their properties are not determined until measured and YOUR (yes, you, you cutie!) choice of how to observe a system can affect how reality behaves. Sounds familiar?

Manifestation…

In other words, observation changes outcomes. Entangled particles behave as a single system even light years apart.

That. Should. Not. Be. Possible.

Unless reality is NOT what we though.

Now—John Archibald Wheeler and the participatory universe.

Wheeler, mentor to Richard Feynman created:

The Participatory Anthropic Principle: observers play a creative role in how the universe behaves.

Delayed Choice Experiment: suggests that a choice made in the present can determine how a particle behaved in the past.

But let’s get into more!

Let’s say; you close your pretty eyes. You’re not observing particles. You create it. You’re visualizing, believing, and possibly creating (whether that would be creating the shift itself or something else)

Even if the mechanism is “unknown”, here’s what’s arguably true:

Belief alters perception.

Perception alters behavior.

Behavior and energy alter outcomes.

Intention affects probability in quantum systems.

Observation collapses waveforms into material form.

Repeated visualization & belief create synaptic patterns that change how your reality unfolds.

We don’t yet know the limits of this.

SCARY SHIT.

Reality is not stable. It’s participatory.

Reality is in flux until someone or something observes or engages with it.

And that’s the entire principle behind manifestation:

Reality conforms to your inner world. Not instantly. Not always obviously (unless ya want it to!). But reliably, if you’re consistent.

Let’s, once again look at what is now scientifically validated, Nobel-approved, or replicated.

1. Quantum Entanglement

Proven beyond doubt.

Described by Nobel-winning physicists.

Shows particles communicate across space faster than light, which violates classical causality.

Proves that separation is an illusion, all is interconnected.

Manifestation angle?

If everything is entangled, then what you do, what you think, ripples out. Energy, intention, emotion, it reaches farther than we can perceive.

2. Wavefunction Collapse / Measurement Problem

The act of measurement turns a probability into a concrete event.

Prior to that, the system is undefined, nothing is fixed.

Manifestation angle?

Until you observe it, your life is a quantum soup of probabilities.

Your decision to choose a reality (through belief, visualization, assumption, etc.) could be the thing that collapses the wave.

This is exactly what Neville Goddard taught, long before quantum physics confirmed it.

3. Placebo Effect (Scientifically Proven Thousands of Times)

Just believing a sugar pill is medicine causes real healing, often better than actual drugs.

Placebos can even work when people know it’s a placebo.

Belief alone changes biology, behavior, perception, and pain.

Manifestation angle?

Belief is not just “positive thinking.” It literally reshapes your biology and reality, sometimes against all odds.

4. Neuroplasticity & Visualization (Used by Olympians, Celebs, CEOs)

Athletes perform better just by mentally rehearsing.

Brain scans show real changes from imagining something—as if it’s really happening.

You can become someone new just by visualizing it repeatedly.

Manifestation angle?

Your brain can’t tell the difference between imagination and reality which means what you repeatedly envision becomes real to your nervous system, and then to your outer world.

5. Testimonies & Patterns (Anecdotal but GLOBAL)

There are millions of people across cultures, eras, and beliefs who have reported manifesting:

Love, money, healing, even physical changes

Against logic, effort, timing, or expectations

The very fact that there are so many people experiencing the same thing, from CEOs to kids on TikTok, proves there’s a phenomenon.

6. Diverse Methods, One Principle

People manifest through:

Law of Assumption (assume it’s done)

Law of Attraction (focus on the desire)

Scripting

Meditation

Vision boards

Prayer

Living “as if”

Gratitude loops

Quantum jumping

Affirmations

Dream work

Feeling it real

Letting go

Different methods. Same result:

Intention + belief + focus = external change.

That’s not magic. That’s quantum alignment meets neural reprogramming meets conscious selection of timelines.

I bet you’re wondering; “Oh, Author Nikolas! Is manifestation real?!?! Please tell me, I need to manifest and shift to Steve Harrington’s lap!”

At this point?

To say it’s not real would require ignoring:

Nobel Prize–winning science

Quantum mechanics’ destruction of fixed reality

The power of the placebo

Neuroscience’s evidence of belief reshaping brain and life

Global witness testimony across time

Personal experience, trial after trial

You don’t have to prove how it works to know that it works.

The GPS in your phone is based on Einstein’s relativity. You don’t understand that, but it still gets you home.

With all this in front of us, how can we not consider manifestation real?

Maybe it’s consciousness.

Maybe it’s quantum entanglement.

Maybe it’s the brain.

Maybe it’s all of it — you, the quantum field, the emotional charge, the infinite possibilities.

Maybe reality is listening.

Maybe it always was.

But realistically? I just wrote the end part for dramatics. It’s you, babe.

you know what ? hundreds of people probably scroll past shifting posts every single day. they see the word reality shifting and their brain literally just ignores it ? like it doesn't even register as real words.

they grew up in the same world we did. same society telling them what's real and what's impossible. same teachers , similar parents , friends all saying that's not how life works but still something in us was differnt. something in us stopped scrolling. something made us click that first shifting post / tiktok , then another , then another. while everyone else dismissed it as some delusion or just lucid dreaming..we felt this weird pull in our chest like what if just , didnt we ?

i told my irl best friend about shifting last week. she was interested at first , read a few posts , asked some questions. but after a while shifting felt fake and weird to her and she called it some fantasy and changed the subject. and i don't blame her. i love her. but it made me realize something that most people aren't ready for this. most people can't handle the idea that reality isn't fixed. that consciousness isn't trapped. that you can literally just leave. but we can. we stopped and listened when our soul hinted us that there's more. we took that leap of faith even when it felt impossible and unrealistic but actually looked into it

maybe that's why shifting feels so lonely sometimes. maybe that's why this community means everything. we're the ones who heard the call and answered. i know things have been messy lately. fights breaking out , people arguing , drama tearing us apart when we should be lifting each other up. it's been sad watching our safe space turn bitter sometimes. watching people get cruel to each other when people are just trying to go home. but even with all the messiness , even when it feels lonely and depressing in here sometimes , we should still believe in us. still believe in shifting. the drama doesn't make it less real. the arguments don't make your dr disappear.

we're still the chosen ones, even when we're fighting.

so if you're struggling , if you haven't shifted yet , if cr feels suffocating and you're losing hope..remember this : you were chosen for this knowledge. out of billions of people, YOU stopped and believed. that means something. maybe focus on bettering your cr a bit for now even if just little bit bc shifting will always be here. waiting for you. patient as the ocean , constant as gravity. some nights you'll get close , some nights you won't , but it's still yours. this gift , this possibility , this doorway to infinite lives for eternity.

shifting picked you and don't give up on what picked you first. we're the chosen ones and that's not something you can take back.

Now, 4 days ago, ive decided to re-try shifting and in those 4 days ive seen 3 magical numbers.

HOW CRAZY IS THAT??????

There are more, but I won’t upload them all