r/streamentry 2d ago

Practice If 'access concentration' takes four hours every day then what am I doing?

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u/fabkosta 2d ago

I would start at the beginning to clarify matters.

When you sit, according to your own assessment, what percentage of time are you spending on the intended meditation object versus being lost somewhere? This is to assess your own level of concentration. Ideally, it should be at minimum 70% of time spent sitting in my opinion, 80% is good to continue from pure concentration to whatever else you do (e.g. mindfulness of something).