The Lucid Void

Have you ever had a lucid dream about floating in a black space? If so, you've discovered the lucid void. Once you find yourself in the lucid void, all you need is the right mindset. This is one of calm lucidity, meditative alertness, peaceful stillness.

The lucid void is a wonderous state, one of infinite creative potential. Instead of fearing it and doing all we can to escape from it, it makes so much more sense to learn how to navigate it and explore its marvelous gifts. This requires the same calm awareness you'd bring to stabilizing a lucid dream.

  •     Practice calming breathing techniques or recall a moment in your life when you felt totally safe and loved. Allow this feeling of wellbeing to envelop you. Chant 'OM' in the void to create a sensation of calm.
  •     Welcome the void. It's a place of contemplation, painlessness, and infinite creativity. If it bothers you that you can only see blackness, create some light! There is light everywhere in the void, just look for it. At first you may see pinpricks of colour, or whole swathes of glowing light.
  •     If you are falling through the void, know that there is no rough landing awaiting you – these sensations are often caused when the brain transitions from the state of waking to the sleep state (hence the term, 'falling asleep'). Simply relax and fall, perhaps trying out a few acrobatic feats on the way down.
  •     Play with your dream body if you have one. Stretch to become as long as a ladder, or as wide as a house. You have an incredibly flexible dream body, so have some fun with it: try somersaults or impossible yoga poses. Be playful in the void. Make yourself chuckle – laughter is the best antidote to fear.
  •     Build up an orchestra of musical instruments, or sing your heart out and observe the way sound causes the void to vibrate beautifully.
  •     Create a new dream – visualize anything you like and watch as the dream assembles itself before your eyes. This is fascinating; it sometimes appears as swirls of energy and colour that coalesce into dream people or full-blown scenes.
  •     Seek out the void whenever you get lucid.



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