Group shifting, in reality shifting, means two or more friends write one shared script and each shift to the same desired reality (DR), where they meet up. Each of you uses your own method, often from different homes.
Is your desired reality feeling a little empty? Maybe that is because it cannot truly be your perfect world without your friends. Imagine if you can bring them along the next time you shift realities. That is the idea behind group shifting.
This post will explain what group shifting is, how it works, and what you need to do to be successful at it. Let’s explain how you and your reality shifting buddies can embark on your next adventure together. If you are new to shifting, start with our guide to shifting methods for beginners.
What is Group Reality Shifting?
Group reality shifting is just like individual reality shifting, except that you shift with the other group members to the same shared DR. Need a world you can all agree on? Browse our DR ideas to share with friends.
So, for example, instead of shifting to Hogwarts by yourself, you and your friends can all partake of the delights of the Wizarding World together. What could be more fun than hanging out together in your house common room or visiting Hogsmeade as a group? Start with a shared Hogwarts script so everyone agrees on the house, the year and where you meet.
○ How to Write Your Group Script
The key to successfully shifting to the same DR (not just similar DRs) is to script as a group. In fact, this is the tricky part where you need to get all of the fine details exactly right. Group shifters say the part where you actually shift together is the same as shifting alone once you nail the script.
Get together with your friends and work on your shifting script together. If possible, consider doing this activity in person. It will be fastest and easiest to ensure everyone is on the same page if you are all sitting together and can easily shoot ideas back and forth.
Some groups say they already start to see the same shared space inside their heads while they plan.
If that is not possible, you can use a shared Google Doc or any other document you can all open. Create some shared documents, invite everyone in the group to edit them, and go to work. Groups who post about it say the script alone can take weeks or months. If your group wants a shared sign, the shifting symbol makes a fitting title for the top of your script.
Plan with people you know in real life. If you are under 18, do not join group shifts run by strangers online (more in the FAQ below).
○ What Needs to Be in Your Group Script
Your script needs to establish the setting, including both the time and the place, and details about your individual DR selves. It would help if you also scripted how your group members will interact.
Do you all know each other in your DR already, or do you still need to meet? What are your everyday schedules in your DR? What activities do you share? The more details you can flesh out, the better.
Many group scripts include:
- Everyone’s DR names, with a line like “I am in the same reality as [names].”
- The shared setting and the date you all arrive.
- Shared characters who act the same for everyone (your relationship with them can differ).
- How you know each other and where you first meet.
- A shared time ratio, and how you come back: each person’s own safe word, and whether you leave together.
- Which parts are just yours.
○ Make Sure Everyone Agrees on the Script
Consistency is key with group scripting. Group shifters believe that if one person scripts something different, they may end up in a similar DR instead of the same one. For that matter, if you fail to address any particular point and one member of the group has an inconsistency, that person will not end up in the same DR as the rest.
So, follow proper shifting tips and close all of these possible loopholes as best as possible. That is how groups try to make sure everyone ends up together in the exact same universe.
Only script people who have agreed to come. Everyone in the group should want to be there.
Shifting as a Group
Once you have your group script, you are ready to shift. Some shifters feel that group shifting requires more energy and focus than individual shifting. However, the overall process is no different from how you regularly shift by yourself.
○ When and How to Shift as a Group
To shift to the same DR as other members of your group, simply reality shift individually the way you always do. You can do this any time after you finish your group script. If you want a method that brings your group into it, the Hug shifting method lets you picture hugging a fellow group member you plan to shift with.
You do not need to coordinate together to shift at a specific place or time. Shifters believe group shifting works based on intention, just like individual shifting.
Think of the scripting process for group shifting like choosing coordinates together for navigation. Those coordinates lead to a specific place and time in your shared DR.
That is why group shifters believe that even if you all are shifting from different locations or at different times, you can all end up together. Some groups still pick a time so nobody waits alone in the DR.
○ Using a Group Waiting Room
One thing that may help you shift more effectively as a group is to use a group waiting room. This can be a room you design together, or an individual group member can open their personal waiting room (WR) to all group members.
The group can all shift together to the WR, and after meeting up there, shift to your shared DR. You can even script this to be as simple as walking through a door in your WR to reach your DR.
Our guide to the communal waiting room explains how a shared WR works. Two of our waiting room ideas made for groups, the desert terraces and the earthy conversation pit, have seats for everyone.
Frequently Asked Questions About Group Shifting
You now know how to script and shift as a group for a shared experience in your DR. But you probably have some questions about how all of this works. Below, we answer some of people’s most common questions about group reality shifting.
How many people can shift as a group?
There is no set limit. Most group shifts people describe online involve a sibling or a few close friends.
Do you need a group waiting room?
Using a group waiting room or not is totally up to you and the other group members. If most of your group finds a waiting room useful for solo shifting, you will probably find it easier to shift as a group if you use one. Also, please do not underestimate how much fun it can be to hang out together in your WR simply. It can be like your shared clubhouse.
Do we need to be physically together to shift together?
No, you do not need to physically be in the same place to group shift. You can be in different rooms, in different buildings, in different towns, or even in different countries. Group shifters believe that so long as you have accurately and consistently scripted together, you will be able to go together to your DR.
Do we need to shift at the same time?
No, you do not need to shift simultaneously. You can all shift at different times on the same night or even on different days or nights altogether. It does not matter because your script and intent establish the time in your DR, not just the place. If you script that you will all end up at Hogwarts at the same time and date in that universe, for example, shifters believe you will all end up there together regardless of the times you shift in your CR. Still, some groups agree on a schedule.
Do we need to use the same method?
No. Every group member can use whatever reality shifting method works best for them individually. The methods you are using will not affect where you end up. So long as you all are aiming to arrive at the same DR, shifters believe you will all get there.
Can we shift together to a fictional universe?
Yes, you can shift as a group to a fictional universe. You can also shift as a group to a reality you create or discover together. Shifters say anything is possible so long as you all can clearly establish where you want to go.
Can we shift as a group to one member’s DR?
Yes, you can shift as a group to just one person’s DR. But in order to do this, that person needs to give everyone in the group permission to enter. You also still need to work together on a shared script to make sure you all arrive at that person’s DR.
What if one of us shifts and the others don’t?
Group shifters plan for this in the script, often writing that a friend’s DR self is not there until that friend arrives. Nobody is left behind, and whoever has not made it yet can keep trying.
How do we know we were in the same DR?
Compare notes when you are back. Some groups also agree on a password or a small detail inside the DR to check afterwards.
Do we all need to have shifted before?
Not always. Many shifters suggest one full shift alone first, but some groups say members who had never shifted still made it.
Is it safe to group shift with people from Reddit, Discord or TikTok?
It is safest to shift only with people you already know in real life, not strangers you meet online. A shared script never needs your address, school, full name or photos, so keep those to yourself. If you are under 18, do not join groups run by adults. If anyone pushes you to message them privately, tell a parent or another adult you trust. Leave any group that pressures you or plans scenes you are not comfortable with, like horror or gore. You do not owe anyone an explanation. If something about a group feels off, read Is reality shifting dangerous? before you go any further.
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