Most likely never, as it’s the pleasure itself to watch yourself, but I’ve come across a few sure signs that major internal shifts have occurred. I experienced these signs in the order I put them here, but for you, it can differ. In the end, it does not matter which comes first and which comes next, or if all come in parallel. Your journey is your journey. Yet, if you encounter more signs of change, then leave a comment so that others can watch out for them too!
1. The new way feels normal
This type of evidence often is – for me – the most surprising one. It’s not uncomfortable or feels off; it’s more like a nice surprise, like a fresh little bit of rain in the springtime. One day, you just observe or notice that you behave differently, and a thought like “Oh wow, I used to do it differently” will occur.
For me, that delightful observation occurred around the topic of boundaries. After a harsh breakup – yes, that was before I knew how the world really works – I radically promised myself to put firm boundaries in place not only with men but with everyone: friends, sisters, coworkers – none was safe. I almost hammered them into place in my life, which was what I needed, because I feared I would slip back into old habits. After the first wave of rigorous execution, it naturally calmed down. A few months later, I joined a dating app and, as it were, I was offered the experience (reflection of Self) I needed. I can’t remember the exact message, but I can remember my reaction to it: where I would have once been lax in my response, maybe even insecure if I am “too much”, I responded calmly but firmly with what works for me.
The exact wording is irrelevant; what is relevant is the change of my thoughts and feelings in that moment: it felt normal. Today, I know that was because I shifted my state to a person with boundaries, hence putting boundaries in place was normal. Back then, it felt really nice – refreshing even – to see myself behaving differently and not slipping back into “old patterns”. Today, I know it’s just the law: 3D only reflects my state of consciousness.
2. Affirmations feel incompatible
That was an exciting experience, because the moment I realized that a particular affirmation lost its power and felt just like a fluke, I felt irritated but also happy.
Dropping an affirmation
I had used it for a very long time, I think years, the phrase “everything is working out for me”. I used it so often that it was not an affirmation but a mantra – a lifeline: I could wake up at midnight and would hear myself chant it over and over. It was a phrase I picked up years ago, when I had created an undesirable 3D experience (reality, as it’s called) and did not fully understand the mechanism of consciousness yet. So, I looked for external help to soothe my anxiety (my anxious Self). Many “teachers” suggest affirmations; general ones like “everything is working out for me” are often referred to as general enough to soothe, as my YouTube teacher Esther Hicks suggested.
Back then, I would have said it helped. Today, I know it did not. Because the moment I truly knew that everything is always working out for me (or better, follows the law: 3D is the reflection of my state of consciousness in the moment of creation) was exactly the moment I understood that I had chanted not only an empty phrase but also charged it with the energy of anxiety. This phrase became the equivalent of “anxiety chanting”. Hence, when I shifted out of the anxious Self, it did not work anymore; in fact, it felt very wrong. In that moment, I dropped it, and I have never used it again – as of today.
Substitute your affirmations
Once you are in the constant process of observing yourself, aka observing how your conscious state is being reflected in 3D reality, it’s easier to see which affirmations work and which do not work. After I dropped those generic affirmations to soothe anxiety, I was ready for the next step: switching up more specific affirmations to better ones. Why? As you might have seen in the last example, I had charged phrases with emotions that were reflections of my (old) state of consciousness. Hence, with my internal changes (aka changes of my state of consciousness), those affirmations simply did not work anymore. However, I was not ready to give them up, so I switched them up with something that worked better.
For example, when I was still holding the mentality that my body is not a cooperative component for my desires, I used to say “I am fit, toned, and healthy” when I was at the gym. Other phrases I preached were “my body can heal anything” and “healing is natural”. This was all inspired by previous experience, yes, but an experience I did not know how to interpret. Using these now would only create friction because the energy in those terms does not fit my current understanding of reality. However, I have to admit I am still not ready to give them up, as I still define changing my body to be harder than changing other things – probably because I identify my Self more strongly with my historic body. It’s like holding onto a lifeline to keep my identity alive.
Anyhow, it’s a bit more gradual and my new affirmation, charged with a different type of energy, is: “She [my body] is magnificent.” That’s all. I use it for all matters regarding my body. I am sure, with a next shift in consciousness on this topic, I will drop that affirmation too, maybe without needing a new or revised one.
Btw. affirmations are not bad, nor are tools that soothe you or support your state of consciousness. Bashar calls these tools “permission slips,” and this is a very fitting term, as one defines them as the key to unlock one’s desire. As long as that is the belief, it will be.
3. External stimuli feel wrong
It’s a feeling like when you wear your panties the wrong way. It’s still feasible but not comfortable. It’s like stroking your pet’s fur the wrong way; it’s doable, but it’s definitely not pleasurable. It’s like eating vanilla ice cream but without real vanilla. it’s a dilemma buffer but definitely not delicious (I know, very personal example…)
For me, at first, external stimuli felt more like “noise”. When I first experienced this sign, I was rather unaware that it was a sign. In fact, I was writing this manifestation series. Before my last major shift around the end of 2025, I used to listen to 40 Hz frequency music for better focus (that was my belief back then). That day, I wrote, third week in a row, about manifestation, and I noticed I had changed my routine. It started simple: I put on my headphones, selected my go‑to video on YouTube, and started typing. Yet, a few minutes in, I paused the video – again and again. It took a few articles to notice that I turned the music off after a few minutes. I didn’t notice it at first, because I kept my headphones on – and I still do because I appreciate the silence they provide by blocking out the noise.
Then, during a gym session, I experienced external stimuli as really annoying, as interference. I had made a habit out of listening to Esther Hicks and Neville Goddard as a substitute for affirmations, to keep programming my subconscious mind. It was still a needed “permission slip” to allow me to change. Yet, one day at the gym, a few days after my realization that I kept turning off music, I was listening to Neville as usual – and it hit me like a freight train. I got really angry hearing that “stuff”. Not angry at my teachers but at myself for still thinking I need to listen to that “stuff” non‑stop. It felt itchy and all over hot – and not in a good way; it sucked. With my refined understanding of Self, I paused, and I understood it is a sign that I no longer need the external chatter to overshadow anxiety – because my anxiety was gone. That meant I was witnessing the result of an internal shift: the old self in the consciousness state of doubt and need of constant re‑affirmation by its teachers was gone. The new Self, who resides in knowing how 3D virtual reality works, was active.
When you experience that shift, congratulations: you move from “distracting yourself from your internal world” into “mastering it”.
In retrospect, I see that I have experienced more and more standard entertainment as a nuisance, as boring, as plain – just a depiction of avatars who are unaware of their powers. See it for yourself: the majority of entertainment circles around the fight against external circumstances, instead of finding the true power within. But not only standard media: currently, any standard media (books, music, affirmations, movies,…) rubs me the wrong way, including listening constantly to my teachers (which was an act of doubt). It has become irrelevant. Hence, I experience it as noise or distractions; maybe even as a waste of energy.
Now you might ask: “But what is then your entertainment?”
Well, standard entertainment does not vanish, but I only use it sparsely. Yet my biggest entertainment is seeing my new state of consciousness reflected in 3D – in particular, the “how”. I’ve realized I prefer going inwards, seizing my power to create my own worlds, my own futures. I prefer to practice the art of shifting states of consciousness and seeing them reflected in 3D. Like id did with the elevator topic (read this article for more details.)
That’s fun. Real fun. Exciting to watch how things play out, fun how a new state of consciousness is reflected in 3D, and fun to switch them up just to see how the universe is delivering on a new state. It’s really fun.
