my perspective on why shifting is not about the effort, but about the mindset. if shifting back is effortless, why isnโt getting there?
โโโโโโโโโโโ เฑจเง โโโโโโโโโโ
the reason why shifting doesnโt require effort is because itโs not a physical action. weโve always been told that effort is the key to success, whether thatโs working hard to get good grades or simply just cooking your own food. think about studying for good grades. itโs not enough to just want to study. you have to physically sit down, focus, and actively put in the effort. but in my opinion, shifting is different.
it was never about working hard for it to work, because if it was, weโd all have shifted by now, yeah? if shifting truly required effort, wouldnโt all those hours youโve spent trying to make it happen have done the trick, if effort was all it took? youโre not measuring your effort on some shifting scale to see if youโve done enough to let you shift. no, it simply doesnโt work like that. effort comes in different forms, yes, but shifting was never about your amount of effort or how intensely youโre focusing on your reality. because quite frankly, the reason why you havenโt shifted is not because of your lack of effort. it never was and it never will be.
if I can share my honest opinion, thereโs without a doubt, something deeper at play as to why youโre not shifting and I think we all know exactly what that is. itโs not about working harder, itโs about fixing that damn mindset (โน๐น). youโve probably heard this countless of times before, but why not actually listen for once? Iโm not saying your mindset should be in a way where everything is cupcakes and rainbows with toxic positivity, but in a way where you allow yourself to accept whatever youโre feeling, without thinking itโll stop you from shifting.
let yourself feel negative emotions and still shift. let yourself say one single affirmation and still shift. let yourself fall asleep and still shift. let yourself get distracted and still shift. stop telling yourself that these things are barriers, because they are not. you are your only barrier, not anything else.
so how do you change your mindset then? simple. repetition. not falling back into old habits. old habits might seem comforting, but did they do you any good? nah. also, donโt give a single damn about what you feel. you have doubts? doesnโt matter. the only reason they seem important is because you constantly make them the biggest deal of the world. like theyโre above the positive ones. spoiler. they are not. theyโre just thoughts. nothing more than that.
โฆ . ใโบ ใ. โฆ . ใโบ ใ. โฆ . ใโบ ใ. โฆ . ใโบ ใ. โฆ . ใโบ ใ . โฆ
I need to mention something that actually made me sit down and type all of this. yesterday, I told myself I wanted to fix my nails, but I kept putting it off. thoughts about wanting to fix my nails kept popping up, but I didnโt act on them. then, I reminded myself that my nails wonโt fix themselves. I have to do something about it, which pushed me to get my supplies. but then, another thought came up that made me think for a second. isnโt this exactly what Iโve been doing this whole time with shifting? telling myself I want to shift, but then not doing anything about it? I stopped myself there, because what do you mean youโre not doing anything about it?
this is what I mean by effort. the belief that we have to do something to get where we want. just like with my nails, I had to take action instead of just thinking about wanting to fix them. because where is thinking about wanting to fix them getting me? well, nowhere. I had to put in the effort to do it, but, hereโs where shifting is different. read carefully.
we inherently know that shifting back to this reality doesnโt require effort. when we want to wake up here again, all we do is intend to or say our safe word (which, by the way, is rooted in intention) and then it happens, just like that. no long methods, no meditating, no subliminals, no void state, no signs telling us weโre close, no extreme motivation or excitement.. we just decide to return whenever weโre ready, and we do.
why is shifting to other realities treated so extremely differently? like itโs harder to achieve? why have we convinced ourselves that one requires effort while the other doesnโt? what purpose does that belief even serve? wouldnโt it feel so nice to simply know where you want to wake up, fall asleep, and then actually wake up there? no effort needed? well, you can. you just wonโt let yourself.
the reason why Iโm even typing all of this is because I realized Iโve been comparing shifting to something that actually requires my effort. but theyโre not the same. they never were. itโs like comparing a cat to a dog. theyโre both animals, but still completely different things. you can try as hard as you want, put in hours of effort, do every method perfectly, and still not shift. why? because it was never about the effort! it was always about the mindset. โน๐น
โโโโโโโโโโโ เฑจเง โโโโโโโโโโ
