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[witchingsoul]

Loki did not trick Sigyn into marrying him.

Just throwing this out there.

There is not much about Sigyn in Norse mythology itself, but there is no story and no reference to Loki tricking her into marrying him. It's not in the Prose Edda, not in the Poetic Edda, and not even in the Gesta Danorum.

Do you know where you can find that story? In old Marvel comics.

#Loki #Sigyn #Norse mythology #correcting misinformation

[witchingsoul]

Hey shifters!

It's me again with some more questions and thoughts. <3

Has anyone shifted while undergoing sleep studies or an MRI? I feel like the data from that would be fascinating.

I wonder if the general activity would be more or less active than it typically is in a sleep or dreaming state and how it might even compare to the activity of the waking state.

Theoretically speaking, there would be a huge spike in activity in the brain as soon as the shift was complete - especially when shifting to a DR that had yet to be visited.

The reason why I say this is because when it's been explained to me that when you go to a DR, especially to one you hadn't visited yet, you essentially download all of their memories. They pop into your mind in a relatively quick fashion. "Sometimes between one blink in the next" said one shifter to me. Another claimed "It sometimes takes me a few minutes to remember."

I must admit that is actually fairly alarming given the science of how memories are formed. Our brain essentially zaps itself, creating something like grooves. While they don't look like much to the naked eye, those wrinkles are the data our mind holds and when electricity pops through it, that's when that part of the brain is active. The same is true for our memory centres.

Given that DR memories are real and are maintained in this reality, the DR memories are added onto this reality's brain.

The alarming thing about this, about the idea of downloading a lifetime of memories, is that is a lot of zapping in a really short amount of time - something akin to a powerful seizure. One that, if I'm honest, I'm not sure can be easily walked away from.

On top of that I do worry about other aspects of this - of zapping multiple lives, multiple personalities into one person's head (because we already established that our DR selves are their own individuals and do not share the same personalities that we do due to living different lives and having different experiences.)

I would love to hear back from others about this whole thought process. And my initial question at the start - if anyone has shifted during a sleep study or something like a MRI and what the results of that were like!

#shifting realities #shifting reality #reality shifter #shifting community #reality shifting

[witchingsoul]

It appears to be a trend within the Shifttok community to refer to shifting as "Going home!" and I admit it has me frustrated. Especially when it comes to the more vulnerable members of the community who may not be grounded enough, or content enough in their current reality.

Though I'm sure no harm is meant, the danger in using "going home" to refer to shifting is that it feeds into someone's sense of otherness. That they don't belong. Something which can feed further into depression and even desperation to escape the situation they're in. You can see how this language could be detrimental without me going deeper into the whole thing, I'm sure.

My darlings, I'm sorry and know I truly mean no ill with this, but you are home. This reality may not be your desired home, but this is indeed home. This reality is the one you were born into, the one that shaped you, and the one you'll have to learn to live with and improve on.

Yeah, I get it. It sucks to be born to this reality when another you was born in one you see as better, more desirable. But home is home and this is our home. Still, it is nice to have a break and visit other places, innit?

If anything, "Going on vacation!" would be a more fitting term for shifting to a DR.

#shifter #shifting #desired reality #reality shifting #shifting realities #reality shift

[witchingsoul]

Proof?

I saw recently, on Tiktok, someone showing "proof" that Reality Shifting is real.

The proof was someone who claimed to shift into Hawkeye and, as a result, saw stuff that did not happen yet in the series. They did not spoil anything, but merely mentioned goggles would be in the next episode. Apparently goggles showed up in a future episode.

Needless to say, some people to this as proof.

But, but, but. Mundane over magical. Sadly, there are multiple explanations for how this could've happened.

Precognition. While this is unlikely, it is entirely possible for people to catch glimpses of the future while waking or dreaming.

Simple coincidence. It's a show about archers and agents. It's not really that surprising that goggles came up. I mean, eyesight is important for them. Goggles can also help agents. I've seen both in other shows pull out goggles.

Skills. People who read, write, or consume a lot of shows/films are able to recognize foreshadowing, plotpoints, and tropes. Sometimes, even without realising, these people could actually predict things coming in future installments as a result. I can't tell you how many things I've spoiled for myself by accidentally predicting, scene for scene, things that came next. So how do you make goggles into proof? On it's own, you can't. But it does give a precedent on which experimentation can be done but it would require some group efforts.

Proving It Experiment

You need at least six people. Various degrees of knowledge about the show is fine.

Five of those people must shift into the same reality. Have them each write down their as much of their experiences there that they can remember, upon returning. They are not allowed to share their experiences with anyone else.

The five would send their notes to the Sixth - the one who did not shift.

The Sixth person would read over the experiences, noting the overlapping and reoccuring events or items.

Then, upon watching the next episode of the show, could make note of what did or did not line up to the Shifter's experiences.

This would be best repeated multiple times with different Shifters and different shows or films. Though it is possible for the notetaker to be the same person throughout all of it.

If anyone is willing to do the experiment, let me know. I wouldn't mind being the Sixth.

#reality shifting #shifting realties

[witchingsoul]

Oh yes, I’m back again with more questions!

So it appears I will have to cover maladaptive daydreaming on this blog soon. I have my old psychology notes regarding that somewhere in one of my binders so I’ll be hunting that down.

In the meantime, I would really appreciate hearing from some of the Shifting community about maladaptive daydreaming and your take on it and rather or not it has similarities or a relationship with shifting.

In fact, I’ll jot down a few questions for y’all. I just want to know your perspective on this - what you personally know or have heard. This will help me know what points I need to address and what I don’t in regards to the misinformation related to that in the community.

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Have you heard of maladaptive daydreaming?

What do you think it is?

Is it, in any way, similar to Shifting?

What are the differences?

Is there anything else you’d like to say regarding this particular topic?

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Again, thank you to everyone who chooses to answer me and help with this! Remember, your privacy will be respected should you send me an ASK or hit me up on chat.

#Reality shifters #reality shifting #shifting reality

[witchingsoul]

Misinformation Spread in Shifting Communities

Without proper documentation and verification, finding information will always be a trial. Running into misinformation is part of the beast of researching something like this. Some of the misinformation isn't a big deal, but some of it can be downright dangerous so I'll be addressing some of it here.

☃ Lucid Dreaming and Shifting are completely different.

This is probably one of the most common chunks of misinformation I have seen spread around in Shifting spaces. If you've read some of my recent blogs, you already know this.

In case you haven't, I explain what Lucid Dreaming is in this post. Another post on this topic can be found here, quoting and responding to some answers I was given by Shifters here on Tumblr regarding LD and RS.

☃ Symptoms are Proof/Signs You’re Shifting

Yes, those symptoms can be signs that you are shifting. However, they are not 100%. Our minds are insane, wild things that can trick us into feeling all kinds of things. If you are expecting certain symptoms, your mind can make you feel those symptoms to trick you into believing that you are shifting when you are not.

I believe this is what happens when people feel the symptoms but fail to actually shift. I believe that is just the mind playing a trick on you. So do keep that in mind. The human mind is powerful, capable of convincing us of a lot of things.

☃ There is Nothing Wrong With Shifting

I know that statement is going to upset some people, but it is something that needs to be addressed.

I covered the DR-Versions of us in this post, explaining that psychologically speaking they are different people due to the experiences in their lives that are unique to them.

I have not seen anyone in any Shifting community talk about consent and I need to talk about that here. None of the steps we take to Shift involve seeking consent from the person whose life we are hijacking. We don't take into consideration what it is like for them to lose that chunk of their life - whether those memories are a blank for them or not.

And them not being aware of us stepping in does not mean it's morally right. If you were to drug your friend and, while they were under the influence, make them spend their money on various stuff they needed and could afford - you still did something horrible even if no harm was done as a result, even if they weren't aware of what you did.

I actually drafted this post for a while because of this section in particular, trying to figure out a nicer way to put it but I can't sugarcoat this.

So Shifters - we need to figure out a way to get consent from the DR-US, if we can not get them, cross that Reality off our list and move onto one that will.

Getting consent from the DR-us should be a requirement, the one rule that all of us Shifters should agree on.

☃ Evidence that Reality Shifting is Real

I asked for information from the community here, but received only a little bit of feedback on this matter.

The only CIA document I know of is the one about The Gateway Process. A fascinating read, to be sure, but it is based on and about Astral Projection - not Reality Shifting.

While this can be wielded as handy evidence to support Reality Shifting, it is not proof of Reality Shifting and should not be claimed as such.

The same is true for Quantum Jumping, which is about a particular behaviour of electrons. While Quantum Jumping and Quantum physics in itself is absolutely fascinating, there is no actual proof within it that Reality Shifting is real.

Again, like The Gateway Process, it can be used as something to possibly support or explain Reality Shifting, but it is not proof and should not be claimed as such.

Claiming either The Gateway Process or Quantum Jumping as proof that Reality Shifting is real will only make things harder for the RS community as those who do some digging will know that they are supportive at best, but no actual proof, and that may make it even harder of them to believe you when you say your experiences are real.

☃ Reality Shifting isn't dangerous.

I know that sentence alone is going to upset some people but had to phrase it in a way to make sure I got your attention, because this is very important. So please hold off on reacting until you read what I have to say.

Claiming that Reality Shifting is completely safe is the most dangerous lie I've seen spread around the communities, especially in front of vulnerable people - the youth, the mentally ill, etc. The inherent danger isn't the Shifting itself, but in misinformation and advice that some members of the RS community are spreading.

I've addressed this in another post, giving out a warning, but there are members of the Shifting Community who are advising people to take sleeping pills to stay in their DR longer. Or advising them to go even further.

Honestly, if you suggested that you should be ashamed of yourself because that is life threatening advice. Do not take anything that isn't recommended an actual doctor and do not attempt yourself harm. Do not tell someone else what to take or to harm themselves.

The fact is, this is your life. Your CR. It is the one you live in. You can not guarantee where you reincarnate, if you even do. You will not stay in your DR if your CR body dies while you're visiting said DR - because that reality belongs to the DR-You, not the CR-you and your consciousness is tied to the CR-body.

So shifting itself isn't dangerous (Just morally wrong without consent from the DR-you) it's the misinformation that you can stay in your DR that is dangerous. Because you can't.

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I apologise for anyone I may have upset with this information, but misinformation must not be allowed to spread and I feel it is my duty to step up and correct things as I see it. 

You can believe what you want, that is perfectly fine, as long as you are not posing a danger to anyone else (like with the horrible advice I mentioned above). Furthermore, if you would like to be taken more seriously as a community (because I know I sure as hell would like to be taken more seriously) then stopping the misinformation, and being educated on the subjects, is the first step in ensuring that you are not dismissed as someone who was misguided.

#Reality Shifting #shifting realities #shifting reality #misinformation

[witchingsoul]

I'm about to piss some people off, but it's time to address some misinformation!

[witchingsoul]

I keep hearing about a CIA document that proves Reality Shifting?

Does someone have a link or the name of it?

I'm not even sure where to even begin looking for it.

The only CIA doc I know that is close is the one on The Gateway Process, but that one is about Astral Projection.

#reality shifting #shifting reality

[witchingsoul]

If you've shifted

I would love to talk to you, ask a few questions about your personal experiences.

A lot of the people I've talked to haven't been successful yet and, therefore, can't verify certain claims as a result since they haven't experienced it themselves. I would love to be able to talk to a few of you, to see the similarities and differences in your experiences with shifting.

So if you're up to talking reblog this, send me an ask, hit me up on chat. Your privacy, in case you're not out and Tumblr forces you to use your main blog, will be respected!

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ADDENDUM:

I know I've posted a lot about this and keep asking questions. I am doing digging on my own, off Tumblr, and speaking to Shifters in other corners of the internet.

My goal is to educate myself as much as possible on the subject so that I can collect the info and create a masterdoc to share with the community that covers everything people need to know about shifting: misinformation problems, 'rules', scripting suggestions, the morality dilemma, so on and so forth.

I don't consider myself, by any means, an expect. I just want to help the Shifting community. <3

#Reality Shifting #Shifting Realties

[witchingsoul]

WARNING

There are Shifters within the Reality Shifting community that are giving out dangerous advice to young shifters.

Do not take any medication that is not prescribed to you by an actual doctor. Do not take more than prescribed.

Take care of yourselves. Do not let that dangerous advice spread. It is life-threatening and it's important to take good care of your CR body.

#reality shifting #shifting reality #shifting realities

[witchingsoul]

I'm working on a post (and a masterdoc about everything Shifting related) to address some of the misinformation passing along through Reality Shifting communities.

I've already got a few I'll be addressing.

If there's any you've seen, feel free to hit me up with the information.

If there's something you're not sure about, hit me up with that as well.

[witchingsoul]

A few particular questions.

I never stop asking questions, do I?

From my understanding, our CR body goes dormant unless we have a Clone step in to do stuff for us. That makes sense to me, because our soul/spirit/consciousness is stepping out for a little vacation, so to speak.

So our alternate reality selves - the ones that lives in a DR - they have their own soul/spirit/consciousness right? Because they're not dormant in their own lives?

Right?

So... Where does the Clone we sometimes use in the CR while we're away come from? Is it one of the DR-selves? Is it the DR-self from the DR we're actively shifting to? Something else?

#shifting realities #reality shifting

[witchingsoul]

Lucid Dreaming

I have talked about dreaming a handful of times on this blog recently due to my posts relating what I've learned, my thoughts, and asking questions about Shifting.

There is a reason for this. Lucid Dreaming and Reality Shifting are strikingly similar.

So I decided I'd blog about Lucid Dreaming today!

What is Lucid Dreaming?

Lucid dreaming, to put it simply, is a dream in which you are in control. The extent of that control does vary depending on the dreamer and their skill.

Taking Control

There are a number of ways to take control of a dream. For some, they train themselves to include a particular sign in every dream. A bright red clock, someone saying a particular phrase, so on and so forth.

Now, the control we have over these dreams isn't absolute. This could be our mind's way helping to keep the dream feeling real, taking some things out of our conscious hands. It could also be because when we are sleeping, our brain is resting.

I believe this is because only so much of our mind is active while we our resting, and we can not pull together the enough RAM, so to speak, to consciously focus on and run every thing within our dreams.

This being said, I think this is why Lucid Dreaming can actually be draining and why most people who Lucid Dream take breaks between them. Sure, we're resting, but we're not getting the full rest we would've gotten if we didn't engage our mind to take control of the dream.

What can we control then?

Now the level of control is something that is tricky and has to be worked on. You're not going to be able to do everything when you first start Lucid Dreaming, but in time it becomes easier.

We can, naturally, control ourselves - but in Lucid Dreams we have better control over our looks, abilities, and dream-life. We tend not to be able to control other people, but we can have an influence over them. However, making rabid changes on the fly tends to be pretty difficult and can lead to waking up.

How To Dream What You Want to Dream

Affirmations during the waking hour, before going to bed, help quite a bit. Firm statements. Not "You should" but "You will." Much like with Shifting, you can script the dream you want to have. Meditate on it, listen to music or look at images related to it. And yeah, even subliminals can help with it.

What does all of this matter if you can't remember your dreams?

Except you can remember your dreams. There are people with a natural aptitude for it, but training yourself to remember them is not that difficult. While prepping to Lucid Dream, you're already encouraging your mind to hold onto the dreams.

One common way is writing down your dreams - which is an action that tells your mind the information is important and not to dump the memories. Over time, it'll become easier and easier to remember your Lucid Dreams.

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I could probably add some more stuff to this but my coffee is calling my name and I'm losing my train of thought. Again, if you have any questions or are confused on any of this - please do not be shy! Talk to me. <3 I won't share your name if you send me an Ask or DM me if you don't want me to. Your privacy will be respected.

But now you see why so many people hear about Shifting and go "That sounds like Lucid Dreaming!" It's why one of the first questions I've asked here was how to tell the difference between LD and RS. (I still haven't found a way to do so personally so F in chat for me, I guess.)

#Lucid Dreaming #Reality Shifting

[witchingsoul]

First of all, thank you so much for your answers!

You can feel, taste, touch, see and hear just like you can in this reality. It’s not like a dream where it’s just a huge fuzz and you forget everything three seconds after you wake up.

This isn't accurate in regards to dreams. It is entirely possible to remember your dreams. Some people are quite good at it and everyone can train themselves to remember their dreams. On top of that, not all dreams are a huge fuzz. In fact, they can be so vivid and detailed that they can feel real to you while you're dreaming! And if you've worked at it, you can learn to recognise your dreaming and then take control of your dreams. Really wild stuff. Just clarifying that since there are plenty who can Lucid Dream, including parts of the Shifter community.

But thank you for the other bit - of being fully aware you've shifted. That's what I really wanted to know there.

Does scripting certain things drain you more? Nope! When it comes to your script, you’re not “adding” anything new into your DR, you’re specifying which reality you’re entering. So it would drain you the same as if you had scripted less, or nothing at all — because your conscious is the one doing the work.

I actually find this surprising and quite interesting! I know you're not adding anything new and that you're not creating a new reality - but it would make sense that the more detailed your script is, the harder it would be to find the reality that matches - especially if it's one you haven't connected to before.

What happens to your DR self? Can you return to that DR? Your DR self is dead, but you can rescript your DR so you can come back to life, or come back as a ghost or whatever tickles your fancy.

Let's call the DR that your DR self died in DR-D.

Would you really be able to return to DR-D or would you just be shifting into a different DR that assured the body stayed fresh long enough for you to bring it back (and return it's original soul to maintain it?)

Because these realities already exist, as do the people in there, and from what I understand you can't return to the DR right after you leave - some measure of time has to pass. So how could you bring the DR-D Self's body back to life or maintain it after you leave again?

Wouldn't it be a different reality from DR-D - one that aligned with the DR-D self's death, but where they could survive?

Wait, one second.

What if you forget to script immortality and die in your DR? You’ll simply just return to this reality. Your conscious is essentially all of these realities branching into what makes your mind up. Your conscious is expanded over so many times and places that you literally cannot die.

Everyone I've spoken to about Shifting has told me that the DRs are real and that our DR-selves are their own individuals with their own lives and that we, as shifters, are stepping into their life. They're just that reality's version of us living their lives.

So you're saying that's wrong? That they aren't their own person? They don't have their own consciousness/spirit/soul?

More Reality Shifting Questions!

Because I have never ending curiosity, there are still a lot of things I don't know, and the tumblr community has been SO kind and helpful in sharing their insight.

[Edited to be more organised, clarified a few that I felt were typed in a confusing way + Added a few more]

Awareness

When you shift - are you aware you've shifted?

If you are aware - are you always aware? Meaning, are there some cases when you shift and somehow do not know you're in a DR?

Time

Can you can script that you return to the CR after a particular amount of time has passed (a month in the DR)?

I know you can script how CR time translates to DR time. How wide can you gap it? Could 1s in CR be 1yr in DR?

Related to the above question: For those who have shifted and have a good track record from it, what's the smallest amount of CR time you've lost in a single shifting session? How much time in the DR did you get in that session?

Do you think there's a min requirement of CR time to be given up (so to speak) in exchange for time in the DR?

Return

How do you get back? Can you shift back early/whenever you want?

Can you fail to shift back?

Given the difficulty involves in trying to get to the exact DR you scripted, is it just as hard to shift back to the CR?

Death

I know you can script against death, but what happens to you if you forgot to and you die in the DR?

What happens to that DR self? and can you return to that DR later?

Energy

I imagine this varies for everyone, but how large is the drain?

Does scripting certain things increases the drain?

How long does it take to recover - on average?

That's it for now.

Again, thank you so much for everyone who answered my past questions! And thank you in advance for everyone who answers these. <3 I really, really appreciate it. <3 I've been trying my best to learn and listen to you all and you have been absolutely fabulous!

#Reality Shifting #Shifting Realities #New confusion yay ! Just when I thought I was starting to understand

[witchingsoul]

More Reality Shifting Questions!

Because I have never ending curiosity, there are still a lot of things I don't know, and the tumblr community has been SO kind and helpful in sharing their insight.

[Edited to be more organised, clarified a few that I felt were typed in a confusing way + Added a few more]

Awareness

When you shift - are you aware you've shifted?

If you are aware - are you always aware? Meaning, are there some cases when you shift and somehow do not know you're in a DR?

Time

Can you can script that you return to the CR after a particular amount of time has passed (a month in the DR)?

I know you can script how CR time translates to DR time. How wide can you gap it? Could 1s in CR be 1yr in DR?

Related to the above question: For those who have shifted and have a good track record from it, what's the smallest amount of CR time you've lost in a single shifting session? How much time in the DR did you get in that session?

Do you think there's a min requirement of CR time to be given up (so to speak) in exchange for time in the DR?

Return

How do you get back? Can you shift back early/whenever you want?

Can you fail to shift back?

Given the difficulty involves in trying to get to the exact DR you scripted, is it just as hard to shift back to the CR?

Death

I know you can script against death, but what happens to you if you forgot to and you die in the DR?

What happens to that DR self? and can you return to that DR later?

Energy

I imagine this varies for everyone, but how large is the drain?

Does scripting certain things increases the drain?

How long does it take to recover - on average?

That's it for now.

Again, thank you so much for everyone who answered my past questions! And thank you in advance for everyone who answers these. <3 I really, really appreciate it. <3 I've been trying my best to learn and listen to you all and you have been absolutely fabulous!

#Reality Shifting #Shifting Realities #Current Reality #Desired Reality

[witchingsoul]

Reality Shifting: Clones

I've taken some time to deeply consider the theory of clones when it comes to Reality Shifting and have come to a few conclusions relating to them.

Please keep in mind that this is my personal take on the whole thing. You do not have to agree with me. You're welcome to read, respond to this to discuss it, or just scroll right on by.

It does go a bit into psychology, but I tried not to get too technical with that bit. Bear with me and if there's any confusion feel free to ask me for clarification. I'm not exactly a prize-winning writer, especially when it comes to explaining myself and my thoughts.

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Baseline

DR: Harry Potter Universe

DR ME - We'll call her Witchy: Same parents (making her Muggleborn), same childhood home and schooling, same muggle friends. At some point in her younger years - accidental magic and eventually she gets an acceptance letter from Hogwarts. Why? Penpals with a English witch whose parents put in a good word and offered to be her guardians? Sure, we'll go with that. Witchy gets sorted into Ravenclaw, gets some nice friends, and is well on her way to becoming a brilliant witch. Maybe she even has a crush on a particular someone. She entered Hogwarts one year after the infamous Golden Trio.

So in this particular case, Witchy is scripted to be the Harry Potter Universe version of myself with only the added bits that would naturally happen for a muggleborn witch. I just did not sort her Slytherin and chose my secondary house, as that suits a muggleborn better and is, in general, a healthier environment for her. As I am not eleven, we're basically summarising the first few years of her schooling (at least) in the baseline just to give you an idea of what her life is like.

So Witchy is my clone, right?

Except she isn't. She was me until something happened into her life that took her on a different path - the first few cases of accidental magic. Knowing my mom, she would brush that off at first but eventually become anxious, perhaps a touch harsh at times in regards to trying to keep it hidden to help protect Witchy. This would likely cause Witchy to become more guarded, making it harder for her to make friends - leading to a lower number of friends and possibly to a higher number of bullies. This would lead her penpal to potentially being hear dearest friend, a friend she would likely emulate - not just because they would understand what was going on with the magic thing, but because they would be a source of comfort - that she hasn't gone mad and that there are others like her.

I could continue writing out her story - including her possible reactions to the events that unfold throughout the Harry Potter story, but that's not the point of this post.

The point is - Witchy and I stopped being the same person. She became her own person, someone with a different personality from me.

Even if I script it so that I remember her childhood, the time from before I shifted in - I would still not be Witchy and she would still not be me. My childhood is mine, hers is hers and hers did not shape me. Maybe I understand why she is so guarded and why she struggles to open up - but I don't have the same issue, because I was never forced to hide myself during the formulative years of my life like she was.

Then what happens if I do shift? If I step into Witchy's shoes to live her life? If I make decisions for her, talk to people she wouldn't have had the courage to, quit the quidditch team due to my fear of heights because I fell out of a tree when I was seven but she did not, because she was squirrelled away inside writing to her penpal? What if I make her strained relationship with her mother worse because I write to Witchy's mom talking all about exciting things that happened at Hogwarts when Witchy's been pretending it was a muggle boarding school - and I'm close to my mom, don't hide things from her, and it's basically pure instinct to just spill the beans when I'm talking to her. There's only so much scripting I can do, but I can't change myself completely. There are things so ingrained in me, that even in the DR I would find myself doing it without even necessarily knowing why I do it.

What happens to Witchy? Forced into a backseat while a stranger that looks like her controls her body? Even if she's unaware of it, the effects of my time in the DR would become clear once I return to the CR - unless scripted to pause until my return, of course.

But then that's no longer her life to live at that point, is it? But one I have stolen from her.

And where is she, during those years when I am in her body, in her life? How many years does she lose before I stop pausing it, stop stepping into it? Even if she gets the memories I've created in her place, they would likely feel distant to her just as her memories would feel distant to me. Because her memories are just a story to me and mine just a story to her.

We, as people, are shaped by both nature and nurture - by genetics and by the world we live in. While Witchy and I may have been made in the same shape because of genetics, our worlds would differ quite a bit - which would lead our personalities to grow and change in different ways. Psychologically speaking, our minds would be that of two different people. Even scans of her brain compared to my brain would easily be identified as two different people and not as the same person.

CR ME and DR ME are two different people.

This is just the psychological facts of the matter regarding Clones. The more changes I script - body, family wealth, childhood home, location, schooling, powers, so on and so forth... The wider the gap between CR me and DR me would be.

And then there's the moral implications. I've already alluded to a few regarding this - but there are more, as this would affect other's in Witchy's life and not her. I'm not going into that here, unless you want me to.

So, that's my take on the Clones. Another Witchingsoul can 100% exist in another reality, but that person is not me.

#Reality Shifting #Clones #RS: Clones

[witchingsoul]

No Limits When Scripting

Thank you to cursedmask94 and 1lostandfound12 and others, who I am not making since they privately messaged me, for patiently and generously answering my questions regarding Shifting.

So the general consensus is that there are no limits when Scripting. If you can think it up, you can script it up, because all the possible realities exist and you can shift to any one of them.

That is both the most amazing thing I've ever heard and the most terrifying! Huzzah, mixed feelings!

Now one person did point out that you can script all you want, but having everything scripted in the DR isn't guaranteed. I did toss several more questions towards them regarding that. According to them it could be one of three options:

The most common reason - The Shifter misstepped and ended up in a similar reality, but not the scripted DR.

Because something scripted was impossible.

Because the reality the scripter attempted to script doesn't exist.

Now, why this is terrifying to me. If there are indeed no limits and every reality already exists and is technically connected - if only through me, then it is theoretically possible to time travel into the past of the CR and potentially change the future.

Less scary version of that: Go back in time - for example, to the time when the Library of Alexandria was still standing - and memorise every bit of information you can to bring lost knowledge back to the CR.

And the most terrifying: No limits means I could script myself into a powerful deity whose domain reaches beyond the DR and even into the CR - and thus, would be able to change the CR and my CR self as a result? If you have differing opinions on the matter, please feel free to talk to me about it. Like I've mentioned before, I truly mean no offence. I'm just trying to learn everything I can about Reality Shifting so I can understand it. <3

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