Sometimes I get the idea that when your first starting in your explorations, something unseen (possible entity, guardian angel, guide, etc.) sort of 'carries' you through the space giving you a tour while you 'get your feet wet' as it were. Then, after you've sorta graduated from needing an entity to hold your hand, I imagine you begin to learn to navigate and for the truly experienced, I would think that you could travel at will to wherever you'd like.
I use this example of skydiving. When a couple of my friends went skydiving they said you go three times. The first time your strapped onto an expert skydiver who pulls the parachute cord for you both as your falling. The second time, your still strapped to the expert, but he lets you pull the ripcord. Finally, on your third attempt, the expert skydiver let's you fall and pull your parachute by yourself.
I can see navigating hyperspace to be similar to that.
All posts are from the fictional perspective of The Legendary Tek: the formless, hyperspace exploring apprentice to the mushroom god Teo. Tek, the lord of Eureeka's Castle, is the chosen one who has surfed the rainbow wave and who resides underneath the matter dome. All posts are fictitious in nature and are meant for entertainment purposes only.