Originally Posted by
Sageous
^^ What he said.
In time, Louai, the void will become just a facet of your explorations, perhaps even a tool for creativity or just a place to rest...nothing at all to dread, or even care much about. You might even welcome it, and develop personal techniques to conjure it -- eventually. For now, though, just learn to work with it, be glad you can DEILD back from the wake-ups, and measure each arrival of the void as another step in the right direction. But none of that matters right now, does it?
For now I would suggest these possibly neatish tricks:
* Close your eyes. Seriously. This might sound counter-intuitive because you're really not looking at anything anyway, but there is something about closing your (dream-body, of course) eyes that acts as a reset button in your dream-schema-creation engine, and when you re-open them you might see something forming. It will likely be something simple, like a thick mist, or perhaps your bedroom (I tend to land in my childhood bedroom, BTW), but it will be something, meaning you have a dream to work with, and your mind and body might also lose interest in waking up. Speaking of that:
* Embrace the moment of the void. Rather than seeing it as a transition to waking-up, see it as a welcome transition to the dream. This might be a difficult attitude to adapt (especially if you continue to wake up a few times), and you might need to do some day work building expectations that match this attitude and eclipse the unhelpful expectation of waking up that you already have in place.
* Bring a flashlight. When you find yourself in the void, try lighting it up! Just add some light in any way you can imagine, maybe with a match, a flashlight/torch, or flipping on a light switch. Just be sure you make it a physical movement, and one that you've both practiced doing in the dark during waking-life and have set an intention to do at bedtime. Don't just shout "Light!" as that doesn't really work in the void (and, because you're close to waking, you might just shout yourself awake for real). The activity of doing this will keep your mind off the whole waking-up bit, and, should you produce some light, you will have an easier time establishing -- shedding light on -- the imagery you need to start up the dream.
* And, of course, stay calm. The void is probably nothing more than a brief NREM transition, and does not need to mean anything at all, especially that it is a sign that you are about to wake up (you really must get that bit of powerful expectation out of your head, even if it takes some work!). Let it have its moment, stay calm, think about your return to the dream, and wait it out with patience and confidence.
That's what I got for now (it's late and I'm tired and likely not making much sense), and I hope it helps. And if it doesn't, you've always got DEILD!