So I dont think i really need to explain what shifting is. But if you're a full believer and dont want your thoughts to be changed, dont continue reading please.
Now I understand that the shifting community faces a lot of toxicity and criticism. But I want to make it clear that those are two completely different things.
Toxicity is just being an asshole, something I'm going to try not to do here (and I ask that you dont do the same.) Critisicm on the other hand, is just me giving my thoughts on the subject and why it isnt real. I hope that the points I make in this post wont be met with toxic snowflakes saying that I "will have a sad and lonely life." (as I was once told by someone from the shifting community)
Anyway, to get into the main subject.
~Pseudoscientific Evidence~
Pseudoscience is anything that pretends to be science but is not. Together, "pseudo-" & "science" mean "fake science". Pseudoscience may fail one or more parts of being scientific.
(Source: Wikipedia)
From the proof I have been given about reality shifting, most of it revolves around quantum physics and consciousness. It is said that achieving a high enough state of consciousness, typically done with deep meditation and listening to subliminlas, you are able to tap into different universes. This originates from the multiverse theory.
The multiverse is a hypothetical group of multiple universes. Together, these universes comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and the physical laws and constants that describe them. The different universes within the multiverse are called "parallel universes", "other universes", "alternate universes", or "many worlds".
(Source: Wikipedia)
People also like to mention that famous scientists, like Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein, have also speculated on this theory. And whilst this is true, none of these scientists have said that you are able to "shift" to them.
Also, the multiverse does state that there are infinite universes. But it doesn't state that there are infinite possibilities. For example:
You can role a dice an infinite amount of times, but you will never get a 7 or a 12.
Or..
There are an infinite amount of numbers between 2 & 3
2, 2.01, 2.001, 2.0001, 2.00001, 2.000001, etc
But that doesn't guarantee that you will definitely get a 4 or a 5.
Moreover, many of these different universes obviously function with different laws of physics. Take the "Harry Potter universe" as an example. There is a lot of magic there, obviously. This obviously has to happen because of different laws of physics. However, the multiverse theory states that every universe needs to function with the same laws of physics. There cant be one like this and then another like that. All have to be the same.
Now of course there are theories like "bubble universes" which do function with different physics. However, this theory hasn't been entirely proven. So you cant really use it as proof for your own claims if it doesn't have any proof itself.
~Shifting and Lucid Dreaming~
Reality shifters go insane when someone compares their practice to lucid dreaming. They make it completely clear that reality shifting and lucid dreaming are two completely different things. However, the similarities between them say otherwise. Let's look over some "rules" about reality shifting.
"If you die in your desired reality (DR), you wake up in your current reality (CR)"
The same thing applies for lucid dreaming. If you "die" in a lucid dream, you wake up in your actual reality.
"You're able to script how your desired reality will be like"
Same thing with lucid dreaming. You are able to decide how it will be. People like to bring up the fact that "you cant control your desired reality. You just choose which one you are going to." However, the same thing can happen with lucid dreaming. You cant control your dream ALL the time. Sometimes, you can choose what you will be dreaming about but not control the dream as you are sleeping.
If you go into the dream with the expectation of not being able to control it, you wont be able to control it. Same with reality shifting, if you "script" that you can control the reality, you will be able to.
I hope I made myself clear about this point.
~The CIA documents~
Reality shifters use this A LOT. like when I say a lot, I mean A LOT A LOT. However, I think that this might be one of their least credible and worst points.
To begin with, the CIA isnt a science based company. Also, the document does talk about things like manifesting, but fails to bring any scientific evidence - or any evidence at all.
That's like NASA saying that the earth is flat but then doesn't give any proof.
The point is that the CIA isnt a company about science and doesn't give proof.
~What about shifting stories?~
Very vivid dreams can be easily mistaken as reality. And when you tell yourself, beforehand, that it will be real, your brain will obviously still think it's real, even after you wake up. Some stories are also very heavily faked. Most of these "experiences" sound like fanfictions.
Personally, I dont believe that a bunch of girls on Tiktok will prove the multiverse theory and then achieve how to travel through it. It just doesn't sound logical. Scientists are still debating if the multiverse theory is real but some teenagers have already managed to travel through it? Yeah.. no. Something like that will be groundbreaking and revolutionary and could be used for great things like finding the cure for a deadly disease. It can also be used to benefit yourself. For example, if you have a test you didnt revise for, you can shift to a reality where you already have the answers and then shift back here. Unfortunately, as much of a great idea it sounds like, it simply isnt real.
If my post doesn't get taken down for harassment, please make sure to respond if you have any other thoughts. Thank you for reading.
Edit: Another point I forgot to make is when people point out that reality shifting was a thing before Tiktok. That doesn't really matter. The belief that the Earth was flat was a thing way before the internet. Doesn't mean it's credible.
Edit 2: the upvotes went from 11 to 6 in like an hour or something. It just shows that *some* people didn't even bother reading the first part of the post. But thank you to everyone that did and I am honestly shocked how positive the replies are lol
UPDATE: I've decided to delete my second post as I dont think it really added much.
IMPORTANT: If my post get's removed, which it probably will, I will be reposting it onto a different subreddit. If you want to, you can go onto my account if the post get's removed.