✿ First Attempt I discovered the void some time in September and told my bff about it. A tarot reading I did told us it would be something worth trying so we both tried that night. I know nothing about meditation so I followed a guided one and felt I could picture what I was supposed to picture quite vividly but I didn't shift or reach the void state. I ended up having a lucid dream but only found out later you can reach the void through lucid dreams.
✿ Second Attempt Researched a lot more about the void this time, including different methods and decided to try out a few. I spent hours trying different meditation videos. I was getting annoyed because some of them made me feel more irritated than relaxed (Yoga Nidra as one that just made me uncomfortable). Finally I found an alpha state one that worked instantly, I was surprised because I almost thought I had been hypnotized. After reaching the alpha state I tried counting down to the void but kept losing focus and just fell asleep, but I decided I would stick with this meditation.
✿ Third Attempt I had a lucid dream where I affirmed for the void state and I started floating but then the dream location just changed.
✿ Fourth Attempt I had a lucid dream where I was being chased by an animal so I climbed a tree, when I was in the tree I realized I was dreaming and tried to affirm for the void even though I was super high strung in the dream since I was being chased. My dream location just changed from being in the tree to me being at a school, I tried to affirm again but woke up.
✿ Fifth Attempt Stuck to my usual alpha state mediation and as I was counting down to the void I started to feel myself sinking into my bed, then I felt my bed shaking and then I couldn't feel my body but I could still hear my fan and the meditation music. After that, I think I must have fallen asleep but I woke up and I was surrounded in blackness and thought I was falling. Then I started to go up and down but I got excited thinking I was in the void and immediately exited and was in my bedroom again.
✿ Sixth Attempt I was having a nightmare and realized I was dreaming so I affirmed for the void but just woke up.
✿ Seventh Attempt I had another lucid dream and decided I needed to spend a while in the dream before I affirmed so I walked around and explored. I was in a random neighborhood so I walked into one of the houses and just looked around. I got sucked back into the dream though because all of a sudden I only remembered what I was supposed to do when I had wandered into a music store and woke up.
✿ Eighth Attempt My bff and I finally decided we would try every night together and not randomly anymore. I followed my alpha state mediation and entered the alpha state instantly but kept getting lost counting down to the void state and woke up.
✿ Ninth Attempt Used the FILD technique but forgot to do a reality check and only realized I had become lucid after my alarm went off again because I accidentally pressed snooze and didn't actually turn my alarm off. Tried again but didn't lucid dream.
✿ Tenth Attempt I tried the FILD technique a total of three times. The first time I remembered to try my reality check but it didn’t work so I assumed I was still awake and kept trying until I actually woke up and realized I had been lucid already. For reference, the reality check I used was trying to make my fingers go through the palm of my other hand and since I couldn’t no matter how hard I pressed so I thought I was still awake. The second time, I felt myself being lifted up from my bed instantly but then I felt myself float back down so I decided to do a reality check again thinking I maybe woke up. The reality check failed so I picked my phone up to text my bff about my attempts and how I was annoyed only to actually wake up halfway through writing the texts. I tried again for a third time and knew I had become lucid and affirmed for the void and began floating and falling but I woke up.