changing locations in NPR

[soarin12]

So last night I drank too much water before bed which woke me up around 4:00 AM needing to use the bathroom.  When I lay back down I fell into SP almost instantly.  I heard the familiar roaring sound and some creepy banging/rustling sounds at the foot of the bed.  I had no fear of the creepy sounds this time  (my recent proud achievement!) and decided to exit by sitting up in bed.  Then took flight out the window to my yard.  A few seconds of quick travel left me outside of a huge building with high ceilings.  It looked like a warehouse or machine shop of some kind.  I flew in and around and around near the tall ceiling watching the men working down below.  Then for some reason I landed right into the arms of one of the men.  He stared into my eyes with a look of complete shock.  He got teary eyed--looked like he was going to cry.  Then unfortunately I clicked out for a while.  Wish I could have figured out what that was all about.  After I clicked back in I was still in the warehouse but was getting bored and wanted to change locations.  I've never done that before from my own intent so I really didn't know what to do.  I visualized a beach scene for about 2 seconds and then said "take me to the beach."  Then I started being pulled backwards through space. (this backwards pulling thing has happened several times before.)  Then I entered earth's atmosphere. --blue sky and some clouds.  Then the sky turned dark and I realized it was snowing out.  I could see the snow all around me and feel it hitting my face.  All this time I was moving backwards.  I felt a little impatient and wondered if I was heading toward the beach or not. I tended to think not... I had a fleeting thought of my body and then it was over.

Should I have held the visualization of the beach until I just became part of it?  (that's always been hard for me to do)  Or do you think I could have been on my way there?  Maybe my intent wasn't strong enough?
P.S.  I will be leaving for vacation tomorrow (no internet) so may not be able to respond back for a week.  Thanks for your replies!

[Astralzombie]

I always say that everything is just a thought away in the astral but I think our intent behind the thought is more important. Otherwise, every experience would be a sliced and diced mosaic.

Instead of thinking "take me to the beach" think "I am at the beach" and know that it will happen. Don't expect it to happen, know that it will. Your results should be much better next time.

When you started wondering whether or not you were actually going to the beach, you lost control and awareness goes with it.

There are no guarantees but this should help.

Good luck.

[Astralsuzy]

That sounds great advice Astralzombie.  It should help me as well.

[Szaxx]

You can create the beach scene and when it becomes clear , rather than walking towards it, use thought to bring it around you. It feels really good to be wrapped by an alternate reality you've just created.
You can then zoom to any part of it with a thought.
Why go zooming around in the dark?
It may take a few attempts to get the feel if it.

Don't think you can't  do something or it's not going to work.
Thats a no brainer.
Know within yourself there's no limits to what you can do.
Know you CAN DO it.
Then go enjoy...

[soarin12]

Thanks, guys!  That helps a lot.