Beginning to meditate to try astral projection
So I was meditating yesterday and actually got pretty positive results. Most of the time I cant focus because I get hooked on thoughts and then have to retrace my steps back to focus on meditating but yesterday I watched as all these thoughts flew by me and I felt completely relaxed. I then tried to set the goal of astral projection and as I am laying I start getting the tingling sensations all over my body. I feel very calm and understood that this was a part of the process yet then my eyes started opening and I saw a recreation of my room. And I say recreation because then I opened my eyes and realized they were closed the whole time and I wasn't actually seeing my room. I then laid back down and got relaxed again and got to the exact same spot yet I couldn't keep my eyes closed whenever this happened and eventually lost focus. Is this normal and what should I do if it happens again?