Thank you for the information. What type of mediation is the best for reaching the illuminating void?

And in the article it states that during the entirety of the slumber meditation should be practiced by the student.

Does that mean that you can sleep and practice dream yoga( doing Fa Ra On mantra before falling asleep)

Does this count as meditation?

By "meditation" is meant the conscious process of acquiring information about reality.

If by "dream yoga" you mean being awake in the astral plane and consciously investigating your defects, then yes. Most people, however, even when awakening in the astral plane, fall into fascination with illusions, and become diverted into investigating nonsense like seeking some "glorious" past life, or nosing into the private lives of others, etc.

The best meditation practice on the nature of reality: https://youtu.be/gZ4DIRPSuB0

Thank you Alexis.

I too fall for the illusions too often when awakening in the astral plane. I end up in some odd scenario that plays it self out. I have no clue how to reach the state where I can examine my defects.

What can a student best do ones he enters the astral plane consciously to reach the ''place'' or state where he can do the inner work?

It's difficult to navigate in the astral plane with no plan ones you're there.

I will put the shared mantra into daily practice.

If you are focused on your defects in your physical life, then you will also be so in your astral life. If you are not focused in that way in your astral life, it reveals what your physical focus is like.

In other words, in your physical life, focus on your defects, and subsequently you will do so astrally as well.