Hey everyone. I have a question regarding the void states as in the past month my experience with voids has changed quite a bit, and the visuals/mental presence feels different. In the past I used to enter a void state - typically as an LD faded- where I would try to hold until the next LD formed, or hopefully form some visuals. This state was a bit tough to hold in, and I would usually lose some lucidity before regaining after a very short non-lucid fragment.
Now, I tend to enter white voids- very similar to the 'white loading area' people often reference from the matrix. My mental presence is much higher along with my access to memory. I'm able to hold awareness and wait for visuals to form more easily, maintaining lucidity.
So what I'm wondering is: is this white void a slightly different sleep phase? (possibly the black one was actually a NREM phase). Or is the white basically a mental representation of higher awareness?
All input appreciated!