wtf is shifting awareness???? and how do i do it????โงโหโช๐เฟโหโน
"sodapop help!! i understand that shifting is by definition when you shift your awareness to another reality, but i don't understand what that means?? how do you shift awareness??"
i'm about to rock your world (aka this post did semi-okay on tiktok and i just realized i haven't already posted it here).
when you shift your awareness, you're detaching from one ego (in this case your cr) and attaching to another (your dr!!! yayyy yayyyy yayyyyy that's where we wanna be!!). this whole process sounds harder than it is, which is why shifting can feel so daunting. so i'm going to make you shift your awareness right now, and then you can see how easy it is. please don't be afraid i can hold your hand if you want
close your eyes (after you read this obviously -_-) and focus your attention solely on your hands. what they're touching, if they have any jewelry on them, if they're cold/warm, if they hurt at all, etc. just focus only on your hands.
now, turn your attention only to your legs. pay attention to nothing but your legs. can you feel the clothes touching your legs? the chair you're sitting on? are they cold? do they hurt? what position are they in right now?
see how you stopped being aware of how your hands felt? and how when you were only paying attention to your hands, you weren't aware of the rest of your body? that's exactly what you're doing, but you're shifting your mindset to your dr self's mindset instead of your cr self's in order to trigger the shift.
"i couldn't do it, though. i was still aware of the rest of my body when i tried. i must be hopeless." ok. well guess what. now that i'm saying something, you're aware of your breathing. and now you're also aware of your blinking. and eventually, you're going to get distracted, and you're going to stop breathing and blinking manually. you'll be unaware again. (this is probably so annoying though so i'm sorry.. it was for the sake of the point)
this is why my method is simply:
lay down and get comfortable. no starfish position, this isn't an episode of spongebob
daydream for a bit. this causes me to naturally stop paying attention to my surroundings (this is the detachment from one ego)
think as my dr self. my plans, my friends, my boyfriend (heh... yea), my circumstances. kind of like how you lay down in bed and suddenly remember the most embarrassing moments of your life, but in a way that doesn't suck (this is the mindset shift that triggers the physical shift. attachment to another ego)
hold the understanding that i won't feel or notice the shift (because i'm already assuming the role of my dr self, so nothing is going to feel different), and therefore assume that i'm already there
BUT ! REMEMBER ! THIS ! the practice you just did is no different from shifting to your dr. it's the exact same process. don't complicate it !! this reality doesn't hold any more weight than any other, and no reality is harder to shift to than any other. we find comfort in familiarity, but familiarity isn't an anchor. you can't stay tied to one reality when awareness is infinite. try to take a neutral approach to every reality. understand that they're all equal
