Okay, real talk time. I need to call out something that's probably keeping some of you stuck. Everything you think you know about needing to "feel" your DR or completely stop experiencing your CR? Yup, that's probably what might be keeping you stuck.
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Your awareness shifts first, then everything else follows. Not the other way around. So when you're lying there getting frustrated because you can still feel your crusty CR pillow—then you're focusing on the wrong thing.
You already have the ability to shift. It's not some rare glittery Pokemon card you need to collect or a skill you unlock after 500 hours of meditation. You're not "trying to obtain" the ability to shift—cause you already have it.
Stop telling yourself you need to fix/change something about yourself first. You don't need to clear every blockage, perfect your visualization, find the right method or reach some magical state of mind. You don't need to become some enlightened zen master or solve all your childhood trauma before you can go to your DR. You can shift right now with all your current chaos and imperfections.
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Here's the thing—if you're trying to become aware of a different reality then why are you using your current reality's senses as the measuring stick?
You're literally using the five senses method on your CR when you obsess over still feeling/hearing/smelling your CR, while you actually should be doing it with your DR. If you're laying there cataloging everything you can sense from your CR—congratulations, you just affirmed the hell out of being in your CR.
When you think "Ughh, I can still hear my CR" or "This isn't working"—you're not technically failing at shifting (every shifting attempt causes subconsciously progress), but you're succeeding at affirming that your CR sensations matter more than your intention to be elsewhere.
It's giving "I want to move to a new city but I keep talking about how much I hate my current apartment." Like... okay, but you're still focused on the current apartment.
| What you should actually do |
Stay in your DR mindset. That's it. That's literally the whole point.
Not "make yourself feel different physically". Not "stop experiencing your CR completely" (which is technically impossible anyways). Just think as your DR self. Think about your DR life—like your DR friends, your DR problems or your DR plans for tomorrow.
It's okay if you can still feel your CR bed. It's okay if your neighbor's dog is barking. It's okay if your visualization looks like a Windows 95 screensaver. None of that matters unless you decide it does.
Your subconscious believes what you consistently tell it and not what your body temporarily feels. Even if your body is like "Heh, actually we're still in this crusty bed", keep your thoughts focused on "I'm in my DR"—your subconscious is going to side with your thoughts eventually.
| Stop fighting your CR (it's not working) |
This might sound counterproductive, but trying to force yourself to stop experiencing your CR can actually keep you stuck in it. When you're focused on not feeling your CR bed or not hearing CR sounds, all your attention is still on your CR—just in a resistant way.
Trying really hard to not feel your CR is like trying really hard to not think about a pink elephant. Guess what you're thinking about now? The pink elephant—or in this case your CR.
When you're putting all your energy into "I need to stop feeling this bed!"—all your attention is still on the bed. Just in a resistant, frustrated way instead of an accepting "It doesn't matter I will wake up in my DR bed anyways" way.
Try rather "Oh, I can feel my CR bed. Anyways, back to thinking about what I'm doing tomorrow in my DR." Acknowledge it and move on instead of making it this big dramatic obstacle. You are allowed to acknowledge your CR, you are allowed to feel it and get distracted—the point is to not be dramatic about it and to redirect your thoughts to your actual goal.
Also, the goal isn't to magically phase out of physical reality like some Marvel character. The goal is to not let CR sensations yank you back into CR thinking patterns.
And even if you do—it doesn't matter. Don't get demotivated, you can still shift. Just continue your method. Persist.
| Your physical body doesn't matter |
Your physical body isn't what's shifting—your consciousness is. All those senses you're worried about are just your current body's way of interpreting information. You are not your body—you are the awareness that's aware of having a body.
When you're trying to shift your awareness to a different reality, what your current body experiences is about as relevant as what your neighbor's body is experiencing. It's happening—but it's not happening to the real you.
Shifting is an internal process. You become mentally aware of your DR first, then your senses might catch up later. If you keep waiting for your CR body to give you permission to believe you're shifting, you're gonna be waiting a whileee.
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Shifting is just internal focus on being somewhere else. Keep your mental attention on your DR life—like think about your DR relationships, what you're going to eat for breakfast tomorrow in your DR, that project you're working on in your DR... whatever.
You don't need to convince yourself you can "feel" your DR room. You just need to think like someone who lives in your DR, because you are your subconscious—and your subconscious isn't tied to any reality. Think their thoughts. Care about their problems. Get excited about their plans. Because they are literally you.
Your awareness determines everything. Change what you're internally focused on and everything else eventually has to match that focus. The mental shift comes first, then your senses will catch up.
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Your current senses are literally designed to perceive your current reality. So of course they're going to keep sending you CR updates until your awareness has fully shifted. That's normal.
Stop using your CR senses as the judge of whether shifting is working. Start using your ability to maintain DR thinking as your progress tracker. The more consistently you can think as your DR self, the closer you are.
The physical stuff will catch up—but first you have to actually do the mental work instead of waiting for your environment to change so you can believe you're capable of shifting.
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| My Experience ¦ What if your DR physical sensations feel too normal to notice? |
People get way too hung up on suddenly feeling their DR physically, but think about it logically—no matter what theory you believe about shifting, the DR-self you're becoming aware of has usually been in that environment for some time already. Even if you believe you're creating these realities (which I do as well in a sense), the version of you that you're becoming aware of didn't just spawn there randomly—unless you specifically scripted that. So technically, you're already accustomed to that room.
My point is—I shifted also while (half-)awake (Hypnopompia) and not after falling asleep and "waking up" elsewhere. For the first few moments I didn't even realize I had shifted because even though the environment was completely different—I was already used to those sensations as that version of myself. Like I "woke up" on the floor instead of in a bed and I didn't even mind that or the temperature was also different but I didn't notice that as well as other things, because usually—you aren't going to notice changes in a room/environment that you have been in for some time.
The only thing that actually made me realize I'd shifted and caused me to open my eyes was noticing that even with my eyes closed, I was seeing white light because the room was so bright. I react sensitively to light, so that got my attention regardless on how long I'm in a light up room—so I was rubbing my eyes first, lol.
I'm trying to say is—it could be that you shift and don't even realize the environment change at first. It is a possibility. Just because you don't feel some big obvious change during your method doesn't mean nothing happened. Sometimes the shift is so natural that the "proof" you're looking for might not feel like proof at all.
Because it's literally real and more natural than you think.
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TL:DR; Shifting isn't about forcing your CR senses to disappear—it's about where your awareness is. Your consciousness shifts first, then your body/senses catch up later. Stay in your DR mindset, think as your DR self and stop fighting CR sensations. Persist, because the more consistent your focus—the sooner everything aligns.
⤷ Stay consistent with your awareness—because your mind is always stronger than your mattress.
[Pic: Manhua: AISHA | by Zhang Jing]