anyway, my assessment is based largely on the shamatha map described in AR, and the time frame proposed by wallace is admittedly not as optimistic as that suggested by many folks here. as far access concentration and jhanas are concerned, my current stance is that i still have a ways to go. but like i said above, im hardly in a position to accurately evaluate my own progress at this point, let alone anyone elses ... so if my assessment seems overly pessimistic, perhaps it is

-emory