Thread: The Void

Does anyone else imagine themselves weightless just floating around in a black abyss with no sound no light no toudh no nothing?? When I LD sometimes I find it very theraputic to go to what I call "the space"

Originally Posted by Poison

Does anyone else imagine themselves weightless just floating around in a black abyss with no sound no light no toudh no nothing?? When I LD sometimes I find it very theraputic to go to what I call "the space"
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Sometimes when I try WILDing I find myself in a "void" but never had it happen in a dream.


PS: This reminds me of a Black Sabbath song. =3

Originally Posted by Forsaken

Sometimes when I try WILDing I find myself in a "void" but never had it happen in a dream.
PS: This reminds me of a Black Sabbath song. =3
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Into the viod, prehaps? A sweet song I might add.

I used to have a repeating dream where I would fall continuosly, and I would end up in "the void". I wasn't lucid, but it seemed to have some sort of a warmness to it even though it appeared s thoug I was in nothingness.

I haven't managed to successfully WILD, but at least twice in my life I think I've approached that void.

The first time was in high school when someone was leading our band through a visualization exercise (and a rather lengthy one at that). He was bringing us into a very relaxed state, further and further down, and at one point I approached what I believe was almost a hypnotized state. Unforunately I jerked away from it slightly and just about ruined everything that he had been having us do (for myself personally).

The second one was when I was listening to an HILD mp3 and one time I approached that void again, but just before I fell into it I jerked. I guess I just don't trust the speakers enough... maybe if someone I trusted a lot tried...

That's been my experience, though. Hopefully I can learn to relax.

cool

Originally Posted by Follower;

Do you mean that void when nothing is around and you feel paralyzed? What do you do in that awful void? I tried to pull myself back into the dream from there many times, and failed. It seemed that the only thing that could be done was to wake up.
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I don't feel paralyzed I just float around I go there on purpose it helps me think! But.. i can always go back to a dream/different place if I want to. Just remember that in an LD you can do anythingm YOU want

I get the wightless-ness but in a countryside place and not in a black space.

I have had the void where in a lucid dream i will try to wake myself up and i come out of the dream but im not fully awake and i go to the void

I go to "the void" all the time. It's a relaxing place to focus and study. I guess it's scary to some, but to me its great.

I would really like to visit this void....

Originally Posted by Poison

Does anyone else imagine themselves weightless just floating around in a black abyss with no sound no light no toudh no nothing?? When I LD sometimes I find it very theraputic to go to what I call "the space"
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That's not dreaming.

That's deep sleep.

Yeah, we all do that once in awhile.

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I've been there as well, and I know how frustrating it can be when you're looking forward to a lucid filled with sensory input and all you have is darkness.

My advice is to take a moment to relax, get yourself stabilized (if you're lucid) and instead of trying to force yourself to "see" with your eyes, use your imagination in creating a scene.

For example: I was in this "space" once and couldn't see a thing. I had this feeling like I was underwater somehow, like inside the belly of a whale. Sure enough, as I imagined this scenario, the whale opened up it's mouth and I then saw light up ahead of me. I found myself topside in the water and a dream ensued.

Originally Posted by Leo

That's not dreaming.

That's deep sleep.

Yeah, we all do that once in awhile.
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No. I said that sometimes when I am in an LD doing usual things (flying etc) I decide to go into "the space" to calm myself!!!!!!!

Yeah I think I've experieneced this void. I was surprised by it, but it was pretty cool now looking back on it. It definatly wasn't just deep sleep, I slipped into it involuntarily while lucid. To get out I just kept opening and closing my eyes until I opened my real eyes.

Originally Posted by Miskingo

I go to "the void" all the time. It's a relaxing place to focus and study. I guess it's scary to some, but to me its great.
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It is good isn't it.


on a different I now understand that I am talking of a different ""void"" to some other people