Which is easier to reach?

SATS. It gives you something to do, and doing something is far easier at the edge of sleep than doing nothing. The void takes practice, sometimes several nights of it. If you want a third practice for that same window, there is the revision method.

What if I fall asleep during either one?

That is normal and it is not a failure. Both practices sit on the edge of sleep, so falling over that edge is the most likely outcome. Come back the next night. The SATS guide has the timing.

Method comparison

SATS vs the void state: what is the difference?

Both happen at the drowsy edge of sleep, and that is where the similarity stops. SATS means playing one short scene that assumes your wish is already real, felt from the inside. The void state means letting thoughts thin out to nothing first, then affirming into the quiet. SATS adds a picture. The void takes everything away.

The two, side by side

SATS compared with The void state
What it asks of you	SATS	The void state
Lines you write a day	No writing	No writing
How long it runs	Every night	Every night
When you do it	At the edge of sleep	At the edge of sleep
What you need	Just your mind	Just your mind

Every row comes from our own guide to that method, so you can check it against the page that teaches it.

Try SATS if

SATS stands for state akin to sleep. You get drowsy, then run one short scene on a loop, felt from inside your own eyes rather than watched from outside.

You have a clear scene in mind: a moment, a sentence someone says, a room.
You would rather do something with the drowsy state than empty it.
You fall asleep quickly and want a practice that fits in that narrow window.
Holding a feeling comes easier to you than holding nothing.

Read the full SATS guide →

Try the void state if

The void state is stiller. You lie down, let the body go heavy, let thoughts thin out, and affirm from a place where nothing argues back.

Your problem is not the affirmation, it is the voice that answers it.
You want the quiet itself, whether or not anything is manifested from it.
Scenes feel like effort and stillness feels like relief.
You have patience for a practice that can take several nights to reach.

Read the full The void state guide →

Can you do both?

They are not rivals so much as two depths of the same moment, and many people move between them without naming it. The practical order is SATS first, because it is easier to reach and asks less patience, then the void state on nights when your mind is already quiet. What does not work is trying to force the void on a night your head is loud. That is a SATS night. Both live in the same window, so read the void state guide before you attempt it.

Common questions

That is close to the truth and a useful way to hold it. SATS fills the drowsy state with one scene. The void empties it. The state you enter from is the same.

Other method comparisons

Whichever you pick, the line is the work

Every method here comes down to one sentence, said often enough to stick. Attraya keeps it in front of you all day, free to start.