#void state method

⤷ ゛!DISCLAIMER! ˎˊ˗

this method isnt by me, it is by this lovely person,

⊹₊˚‧︵‿₊୨ @linasweetgirl ୧₊‿︵‧˚₊⊹

they reached out to me and asked me to put their method on my blog so it might reach more people compared to her relatively small blog.

go support them! they are a very lovely person who has made this very very lovely method

𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ 𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ 𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ 𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ 𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ 𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ 𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋˚

The I.K. Method ⋆˙⟡ is a sensory-based shifting technique created specifically for the ADHD brain and those with Aphantasia. Rest assured, the technique was created to fit EVERYBODY. Let me tell you, the only skill you need is bluff because we will lie throughout the process. I think it will please “lazy” folks because as one of them, I made it as simple as possible. So here's the sauce!

⋮ ⌗ ┆ Level 1: The Spark (The "Wait, What?" Technique)

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The brain is often stuck in a "loop" of birth reality intrusive thoughts (Especially the ADHD brain). To break this, you use the "Wait, What?" technique.

- The Action: Ask yourself a question that assumes you are already in your Desired Reality or Waiting Room.

- Examples: "Wait, why is the lighting so much softer than this in my WR?"

- The Goal: This forces the brain to "search" for a memory that hasn't even happened yet in the 3D, effectively "hooking" your consciousness into the Manifested Reality data stream.

⋮ ⌗ ┆ Level 2: The Mapping (Spatial Awareness typa shi-)

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For someone with Aphantasia, we skip "seeing" and move to "knowing." This is the Non-Visual Map.

- Spatial Awareness: Mentally acknowledge where objects are in your DR relative to your current body. Like at home you can direct yourself even with the lights off. For example; "The desk is to my left. The door is behind me." You don't need to see them; you just need to know they are there.

- Then, we use our senses: Take a physical sensation you feel right now (the hardness of a chair, the warmth of the room) and relabel it.

“This hardness isn't the living room couch; it’s the wooden bench in my BR.” (BR=birth reality, used instead of CR because CR affirms you haven't shifted)

- The Optional “Narrator”: If your mind wanders, narrate your actions in the third person. "They are sitting in the WR now, feeling the air change."

⋮ ⌗ ┆Level 3: The "Gravity Countdown"

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This is the core movement of the I.K. Method. It uses the vestibular system (your sense of balance and weight) to trigger the shift.

The Sinking Descent (100 → 0)

- Use Case: Mostly to shift but you can do whatever you want.

- The Process: Count backward from 100 (I am assuming I am not the only one who imagines a downward movement when I count downward- or I might just be weird). With every number, feel your body becoming heavier.

- The Transition: By the time you reach 0, feel the floor vanish. You "sink" or "fall" through your current seat and land directly into the texture of your DR seat/bed.

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The Floating Ascent (0 → 100)

- Use Case: Recommended for reaching the Void State or shifting while staying awake mostly but you can use it as an asleep method too.

- The Process: Count upward from 0 (Same here!). With every count, feel a layer of weight "peeling off" your body. Until you become faceless and formless. (Particularly effective for the Void)

- The Transition: By 100, you feel yourself floating upward, disconnected from your physical body, entering the weightless blackness of the Void.

Failsafe: The “Desired Assumption” Technique

For my folks who fear their Birth Reality distraction. In this method you should simply relabel them (you gotta be creative!) Like, if you hear a fan, assume it is a coffee machine in your DR (go all in with the bluff!)

- The Rule: You never "stop" or "restart" because of a distraction.

And for mistakes in counting, pick up from the closest number you remember. The goal is relaxation and not to be worried.

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thats it!

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P.S

this is by far one of the most well made, thought out, and overall well designed methods ive seen in a while. i hope you guys like this method as much as me and @linasweetgirl do˚. ᵎᵎ ♡ִֶ⋆. 𐙚˚࿔ 𝜗𝜚˚⋆˚.

HOW TO INDUCE HYPNAGOGIA AND HYPNOPOMPIA

— here you will find more methods, below i will give those that i personally like. this post also deserves attention

HYPNOPOMPIC STATE

EASY METHOD

— before going to bed, set an intention in the morning to immediately start doing the method (affirmations, visualization) upon waking up — wake up in the morning

PHASE METHOD

— sleep 4-6 hours and wake up with (or without) an alarm clock — when you wake up, stay awake for 5-20 minutes — go back to sleep with the intention of waking up in an hour or two and being aware of each natural awakening — it is advisable to wake up completely motionless and with your eyes closed. but it's okay if you don't succeed. after each attempt, go back to sleep with the intention of waking up and trying again — more details: 001, 002, 003

HYPNAGOGIC STATE

FOCUS METHOD

— lie down and relax your body — it is advisable not to move, but if you do this, it will not cancel your progress in any way. you can swallow, move your tongue and jaw — now choose an anchor: breathing, darkness behind your eyelids, affirmation, heartbeat, etc. — now focus your attention on the chosen anchor. from time to time you will be distracted by other thoughts, that's okay. but try again and again to return to the anchor that will keep your mind alert while your body falls asleep — “you will know when you have entered the hypnagogic state if you feel your awareness slipping from you/dozing off to unconscious sleep and you feel extremely drowsy, foggy, groggy”. however, let me remind you again that we are all different and your symptoms of hypnagogia may differ from the symptoms of most — relax. do not attempt to induce or enhance hypnagogic hallucination. watch this for about a minute and then start doing the method

SONG METHOD

— lie down and relax — play the song in your head until it plays naturally in your head or your mind distorts the lyrics — it is recommended to sing throughout the day so that this song plays in your head automatically

FOREARM UP METHOD

— lie down and relax — raise either arm 90° upward so that your elbow rests on the mattress. this is what it will look like. rersonally, i myself raise my hand at the very moment when i begin to lose control of my thoughts. and remember that if you get tired of holding your hand in this position, let go of it and raise the second one instead — when you fall asleep, your hand drops, which wakes you up. this is a signal that you are already in a state of hypnagogia. you can start affirming or visualizing, but i still advise leaving your hand raised — put your hand down and let yourself fall asleep

CONSTANT MOTION METHOD

— lie down and relax — imagine an animal or object that is constantly moving. for example, a running dog, the movement of a pendulum, a flying bird, etc.

COUNTING METHOD

— lie down and relax — now count in your head until you lose count or have hypnagogic hallucinations. try to visualize the numbers and also focus on their sound in your mind

EYE MOVEMENT METHOD

— lie down and relax — move your eyes from side to side, simulating eye movement in rem sleep. do it slow or fast, it's up to you. if your eyes are tired, then give them a little rest and start moving them up, down, left, right again

SHIFTING | VOID | MANIFESTATION

HOW TO ENTER THE VOID FROM HYPNAGOGIA AND HYPNOPOMPIA

— set the intention to enter the void state. also don’t forget to do this before inducing hypnagogia or waking up in hypnopompia — try visualizing the void or start affirming: “i am in the void state. i am pure consciousness. i am.” — feel how your body becomes weightless. imagine that you are floating without a body in total darkness — if it becomes difficult to control your thoughts, then say the affirmations again with the confidence that you are already in the void. after that, just relax and let yourself fall asleep with a feeling of fulfilled desire

HOW TO SHIFT REALITIES FROM HYPNAGOGIA AND HYPNOPOMPIA

— set the intention to shift realities — visualize your desired reality little by little. imagine sounds, heat or cold, texture of fabric, etc. — if it’s difficult for you to visualize, then affirm: “i’m in my desired reality. i’m lying on my bed in my desired reality right now” — do it with confidence that you are in your desired reality

HOW TO MANIFEST WITH HYPNAGOGIA AND HYPNOPOMPIA

— affirm what you want with the knowledge and feeling that you already have it. repeat affirmations until you get bored or fall asleep — or visualize the desire. imagine that you are holding the desired thing in your hand or come up with a short scene that you will loop in your mind — after that you can turn over on your side and fall asleep

IMPORTANT | TIPS | CREDIT

SYMPTOMS

— do not despair if the symptoms suddenly stop or disappear. on the contrary, it is a signal that you need to continue affirming or visualizing. “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?”

LAW OF ASSUMPTION

— don't forget the importance of persistence, ignoring 3d and mental dieting. even if your attempt was unsuccessful, this is just a reason to remind yourself that true reality is your imagination, and 3d only reflects 4d. your thoughts, beliefs and assumptions create your 3d reality — what do you think will happen if after each attempt you say something like “i failed again”, “i’ll try again tonight”, “this method doesn’t work”? it only reinforces your subconscious negative beliefs. please ignore 3d. replace negative thoughts with positive ones. “i successfully entered the void again”, “i shift so easily”, “i did it again!” be persistent in these assumptions

TIPS

— have you ever heard about the tetris effect? “people who have spent a long time at some repetitive activity before sleep, in particular one that is new to them, may find that it dominates their imagery as they grow drowsy, a tendency dubbed the tetris effect”. more details here. the point is that before you induce hypnagogia or hypnopopmia, you need to saturate your mind with the thought, affirmation or short scene that you want to loop in these transitional creatures. read success stories, affirmations, look at mood boards, read scripts, etc. this increases the chance that during hypnagogia or hypnopompia it will automatically pop into your head without effort — don't forget the importance of intention. here's the best way to set an intention — try a couple of methods when you wake up in the middle of the night or early in the morning. wbtb works wonders — if you fall asleep instantly, then put something under your pillow or sit in a recliner chair

CREDIT

--- Awake method

Let's go to the stepssssss

1. Get in a good and comfortable position

It really doesn't matter what is the position, could be laid down, sat, or even standing, it's on you, if it's comfortable it's good enough

2. Start taking deep breaths

You could do like the 4-4-4 (or higher numbers) that is 4 second breath in, 4 seconds hold, 4 seconds breath out

You can also do 4x4 that would be 4-4-4-4, breath in, hold, breath out, hold, all for 4 seconds and repeat

Again, it can be how much seconds you want, as long as it's comfortable for you (the longest I can do comfortably is 8)

While taking the deep breaths: every time you breath out let your body go, all the tension that is in your body, release it slowly as you exhales

The next step may get a little harder depending of your situasion, but relax, you got it, I got it, we all got it, okay? Good! Deep breath, and next step.

3. Focus on the back of your eyes, but don't force it (to know if you're forcing normally your head start to hurt), doing it you'll will keep your mind awake while your body fall asleep

If you "don't know how to do that" is like looking at the back of your eyeslid, when you close your eyes you can still move 'em, when you move you'll notice

4. Your body will start to feel numb

It's normal that you start to feel something on your body, such as discomfort and even tingling, that's totally normal, it's just your body seeing if you're sleeping

If its bother you too much you can move, but move slow, so you don't wake your body fully

If you move you can gaslight your brain by pretending you never moved, It helps a lot to "get back" (dk if that's the right way to say)

5. Now we can start affirming "I am the void", "i am in my void state" and other things like that

Not that before that you can't affirm, just saying

For me there's 3 things that can happen (I say "for me" cause I'm saying this cause of my experience, it can look different for others)

- The first would be like when you enter in the void is like you sleept for a second and opened your eyes there,

- You just normally enter there, like blinking wihout actually blinking

Or

- It could happen of you falling asleep and waking there

EXTRA TIP I saw this tip before, I'll try to remember from who I saw this (when I get the persons @ I'll put here). This was really usefull for me. For those who strugle to keep awake you can keep repeating a mantra in your head,

Mind awake, body asleep

Focusing on this will keep you awake. You don't need to focus just on a mantra, you can focus on other things so you don't fall asleep, like you breathing, or the back of your eyes as I said before