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The shifting community is filled with so much info. Methods, symptoms, rules, affirmations, detachment, reprogramming, void state, lucid dreams, SATS, robotic affirming, visualization, blah blah blah. We're constantly absorbing "new" content, sometimes even from people who completely contradict each other. All of this knowledge is absorbed by both the conscious and subconscious mind, and it can be overwhelming for both.

I saw someone else mention this in a post of theirs (I cannot recall whom), where they mentioned some kind of physics law or whatev where, the harder you try to force something, the more resistance you create instead. Not bc effort is bad, but bc too much effort often comes from uncertainty. (It's fine to be uncertain, but uncertainty bred from too much info + pressure placed on yourself sucks mkay? You can be uncertain and shift, but uncertainty of this kind, I think, should be rid of).

Let's circle back to the breathing thing. Right now, you're probably back to breathing automatically again. But now that I've mentioned it, you're likely back to being hyper-aware of your breaths again, and it feels weird and unnatural. You're now consciously trying to control something that runs normally in the background just fine, and all it took was one mention, one shift of awareness, to cause discomfort. Also notice how choosing to forget about it, how letting yourself relax and shifting your thoughts to something else allows things to go back to normal. I think shifting is similar to this.

The subconscious handles automatic processes well, but when we're just constantly checking our progress, questioning every thought, analyzing every symptom, consuming ten new pieces of advice a day, and worrying whether we're "doing it right," we're just dragging the process into the conscious mind and then trying to operate something that works better without us beating at it with a fucking stick lol. It's like planting a seed. Plant it, water it, but digging it up every hour to check whether it's growing isn't gonna do jack shit.

OK, so wtf do we do about it then?

From what I've read— RELAX!! Genuinely take a chill pill lol. You don't need any more advice clogging up your mind, fluttering around in your head making you wonder if you're doing everything right. There's absolutely a point where eating up more info stops being helpful and genuinely starts becoming noise. Give your subconscious a clear direction and then stop hovering over it.

Meditation can help ease the mind and connect the body, even if you just do it for 10 mins a day. I really don't think distracting yourself with other things will work here. If you know your mind is overwhelmed, you need to ease it before committing to anything else.

Create and follow a simple routine for yourself— meditate, affirm one or a few affirmations, then leave it be and stop checking for results. Don't think it's working? "I will shift regardless of my doubts", boom. Make up an affirmation to combat those thoughts. People learn better with consistency and repetition, not with constantly changing habits and info.

I personally have this issue where I watch myself shift, rather than just leaning into it. "Am I doing it right? Am I detached enough? Is it happening yet? Yo why does my ass itch?" I get so focused on the process of making it happen and I don't just allow it to. And the more attention gets shifted to monitoring and controlling every aspect of shifting, the less room there is for your subconscious to take the rails, basically.