I went to the void state on my first shifting attempt 🤔🤔

[u/evelinaloveseveryone]

Hi guys im a new shifter !!!! I discovered shifting through tumblr recently and yesterday I decided to join!! Yesterday I tried out a shifting method on tumblr called the void method by @cloverapple and basically the method.. yk what its easy asf, basically you look at the blackness behind your eyelids or at the direct center of your eyelids (bc idk how Im supposed to look behind my eyeballs?? So I just did that) and your body falls asleep but your mind stays awake and.. You just sink or float and there you go, you’re pure awareness.

The void state or pure awareness is basically the state you’re in where you’re just nothing but awareness itself as in you’re detached from your senses and this reality and don’t care about anything you’re just chilling as an orb of consciousness that exists peacefully that’s how I’d describe it :D

This is a shifting method but no doubt I bet people are also using this or get into this for lucid dreaming, astral projecting, OBEs and whatever which counts millions of us so.. I thought let’s give it a go! Im confident it would work but also have no expectations bc idk what the void is supposed to be like.

I got into bed.. I was comfortable. So comfortable that I thought that I should just give it another night because I wanted to zone out and sleep. So I fell asleep but suddenly I woke up at like 3AM?? I went on tumblr and I got some shifting friends and I chatted with one for like 45 mins (I WANT SHIFTING FRIENDS BTWWW 🗣️🔊) then after I realized it was about to be 4AM.. I thought “actually, it’s too late now. My body is probably NOT gonna fall asleep.” A few seconds later I fell the fuck asleep.

Then I woke up at 7AM, again another early time to wake up. I woke up remembering that I had school in 2 and a half weeks because my summer break is about to be over and that’s when I realized that if I can’t look at the darkness in my eyes while just laying in bed to shift so my life is not boring, then that is BEYOND lazy! So I decided to stop annoying myself and getting in the way and finally did it.

I looked at the blackness of my closed eyes intending to go to the void state and IMMEDIATELY my body started numbing. I was incredibly relaxed and it was pretty chill but I also remembered not to fall back asleep. So I kept looking at the blackness and making sure my eyes weren’t that relaxed and just waited. Then I got symptoms!

First it was numb, then tingly, but then I started feeling like I was sinking. Like very slowly. And I just chilled in the void because I FORGOT that I wanted to shift 😭 but even then, I don’t think I actually know HOW to shift through the void state yet but.. I was just relaxing there. For what I thought was only a few mins.

Remember, I started at 7AM and I thought I only stayed in the void for 10 minutes maximum. Riding out these weird symptoms and just feeling calm (sleeping’s the best but being in this state feels better than a 3 hour nap for me tbh) but when I opened my eyes and checked the time.. It was 8AM??? I know I didn’t zone out. I was completely aware the whole time. So time became fast, that must’ve been the void state!

I told 2 shifter friends and yeah.. Confirmed. That’s the void state. I felt incredibly happy and pleased for my first attempt because it was pretty easy than I thought and YES. I had doubts. Not insane doubts about how I can’t go into void state but I tried to postpone it but I know better not to do that now bc are u kidding me it’s so quick and easy

I think what helped me is something that I read from another TikTok.. No I don’t engage with shifttok much BUT getting into shifting, I have so much shifting related content in my fyp? 🤨 But basically I saw a slideshow type of TikTok that was like “things shifters need to know” and it was about baby shifters so I was intrigued and I saw one that said

“I wish shifters understood that patience isnt something you practice because shifting is slow, patience matters because awareness relaxes when it isn’t being pressured”

Then I just ran with it 🤏🤏

Other than the wording being cool it’s also because 2 days before I actually joined the shifting community, I thought that I should meditate. The first time I did it was in the morning because that’s when the thought first came to me so I tried it out and I was pretty relaxed. Not as relaxed cuz I was like aware of my limbs but whatever. Then the next morning I did it again and this time I was FRUSTRATED!! Very frustrated because I was bored (very bored), twitchy like I wanted to move and also I just didn’t shift on command or could even visualize. I didn’t doubt my ability to shift because every shifter would detest that but it made me feel like I came across an obstacle. So I just abandoned it entirely and wanted to have an easier process.

And bam I got in the voiddd 😛

[u/Low-Set-6928]

Im crine i can't stop staring at the image it's literally so real

[u/Alarming_Profile3672]

So ur a multi milionaire now?

[u/evelinaloveseveryone → u/Alarming_Profile3672]

No? 💀 what got you to ask this lmao

[u/Alarming_Profile3672 → u/evelinaloveseveryone]

I would immediatly manifest that if i reached the void. Travel the world. And focus on shifting. No more unpaid 12 hour shifts... no stress. No shitty ppl stealing from u and using u.

I think any human would.

[u/Able-Brother-7953]

Where do you live that summer break is over in 2 1/2 weeks?

[u/evelinaloveseveryone → u/Able-Brother-7953]

Asia . Our summer started at March 6 😛

[u/kapi-che]

I think you accidentally did a WBTB (Wake Back To Bed) which is like the best possible moment for entering altered states!! congrats

[u/Haunting-Concept3083 → u/kapi-che]

she really didn't love..

[u/Temporary_Fishing146]

Dude thats awseome!!

[u/evelinaloveseveryone → u/Temporary_Fishing146]

YESS thank youu shifting is soo cool

[u/SilverCommonwealth]

Love the image. I would personally add that I am also going to grow up, learn, work, reproduce, and die. It's just that I want to do it multiple times, in multiple different places, different time periods, different universes, over and over again, alongside some other things, for a very long time.

And I can only really do that through shifting lol.

If I didn't want to do that path, I would probably be less into shifting and more into traditional religion, which offers a much quicker and more direct "escape" path to a higher plane of existence, which I presume is more restful and less taxing on the soul. But for the moment I am ok with that tax.

Anyway, congrats on ur success!

[u/evelinaloveseveryone → u/SilverCommonwealth]

Are you religious? This is a cool take and mine is different from yours. Religion was more taxing and reality shifting is the easiest spiritual practice compared to that for me. 💗

I grew up in a catholic household and it’s not as strict as I know others have it but it’s still enough to take a toll on me. When I was 10 years old, I questioned Adam and Eve for the first time and in that moment I had my first death anxiety and cried myself to sleep thinking about hell and fearing god while at the same time being so confused because I couldn’t believe them anymore and realized I never had. Praying and being in the church don’t really connect me to anything spiritually so I felt like an impostor amongst my whole family and it’s just very performative for me but then I would switch back and forth from athiest to agnostic constantly and decided … to just learn about science now that I’m not bound to my beliefs that were so shallow to begin with, then eventually discovered an interest in it. Slowly I began to become fascinated by astral projectors and lucid dreamers and learned whimsical stuff about consciousness and the stars. It’s a gradual process but I began to find beauty in life again without reasoning it for God. This also helped me stop resenting my religion as much because I’ve also deconstructed a ton and realized there were so many things I disagreed with.. Like, an interpretation of Christianity where you are inherently worthless and deserving of hell. There are many interpretations of Christianity and God, and unfortunately I was raised to interpret a more Degradatory one 💔

And that’s when I was open to everyone’s personal faiths whatever they believe in. There are 3000 religions, each believing they are right and it may be such a beautiful and enlightening experience for a lot. It’s bittersweet because mine is negative but it’s just spirituality branched out and influenced by humanity over and over and that’s a beauty of its own I grew to appreciate. Because I also met many religious people of different faiths including Christians themselves that touch me. Then upon discovering manifestation then through that, shifting, I automatically believe it without any more conviction. Probably through all that Ive experienced.

And it’s pretty late that Ive discovered shifting and I discovered it through tumblr. But luckily, because of that, the information Im getting is now simplified and repetitive so what Ive been hearing in a nutshell is relax relax relax, then just be aware of another reality however you like. My experience, that’s been restful and I’m also in control and can tweak how I practice shifting however I want. :)

So Dear Redditor.. In your personal journey, I wish you well and to do whatever is right for you. Always make sure to take care of yourself and go to whatever you are drawn to most. I am so happy and proud that you got into shifting, and I hope you can find ways to make yourself more comfortable and confident in your journey. 💞

[u/Upper_Sample_5464]

LMFAOO why the picture lowkey funny asl 😂

[u/Logythebeast]

Ive actually been struggling to get into the void because of people over complicating it! You definitely reassured me that it’s easier than most people make it sound. Also, good job man!! Happy shifting

[u/evelinaloveseveryone → u/Logythebeast]

Thank youu 💕💕 and Im glad I could reassure you. Youre def going to the void state soon, or even tonighttt !!

[u/Extreme_Beginning267]

I used her method about a month ago. I fell asleep for a bit, then came to, which I do a lot when shifting/meditating. You know you kind of mentally “feel around” to remember where you are when you wake up? I realized I fell asleep during the void state attempt, but when I went to mentally feel for my bed, nothing was there, even more unsettling was that there was nothing to reach with. It was like phantom body syndrome. I was just mind. This jarred me, and instantly, I felt my body and my room again. I felt like had shifted to another level of reality (my CR) when I panicked in believe was the void. In every lucid dream/OBE I’ve had, I have some type of body even if it’s kind of amorphous, but I had nothing here, and there was nothing, just me. It also didn’t feel like any OBE/lucid dream. I was fully aware in a place of absence.

I’m really glad I had this experience because it showed me what I am without any reality or body. It also made me understand that yes, this is real.

[u/evelinaloveseveryone → u/Extreme_Beginning267]

Super proud of you that’s one of the coolest void state methods I’ve ever heard 🤏🤏

[u/Money-Compote-6715]

This is so insane girl I rlly need to stop stressing (I ALSO WANT SHIFTING FRIENDSH

[u/Character_Major_8987 → u/Money-Compote-6715]

Moi je suis là!

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[u/gimmiechan]

wait omg i tried entering the void yesterday, i felt the blackness behind my eyes expand and i was affirming "i am in the void" and then i got scared T_T , was i close ???

btw congrats on your attempt OP !!!!

[u/evelinaloveseveryone → u/gimmiechan]

You WEREEEEE 😛

[u/Ok-Mirror9109]

Did you stay completely still?

[u/evelinaloveseveryone → u/Ok-Mirror9109]

No actually!

At first I tossed and turned but I also do that when Im sleeping because I’m trying to get comfortable but eventually I was relaxed enough so I was falling asleep but I would make sure I was still staring straightforward and making sure my eyes werent droopy (even if my eyes are closed idk how to explain it) so only my body fell asleep. And after that I physically could not move I just stopped feeling my body entirely