Meditation has been going well as of late, as is often the case the level of absorption seems to deviate, with a definite snowball type effect in the sense that when i reach a certain state it seems to roll on to the next day until i do something unwholesome like masturbate or eat junk food, the two things that i feel hold me back. Often this seems to act as a reset, at least reflecting upon it i would imagine this is why.
I have recently started work as well but i am waking up to meditate for 45-1 hour in the morning, get to do 50 mins at lunch time then another 45-1 hour later on in the day whilst remaining mindful as possible throughout the day and reminding my self "i am" by chanting it mentally as much as possible throughout the day. I realise that if i want to progress past 2nd jhana and attain jhana more regularly like i have been for a while now (in a bit of a lull now despite meditating quite a bit) then i need to give up masturbation and junk food, and devote my self wholly to the process, i feel like my mind is pretty much in a wholesome state 90% of the time, it's just the 10% i give in and slip up. It's encouraging as the general mind state has made great progress in the last few years, and even months due to constant mindfulness but it's important not to "reward" ones self with good diet/practice/end of working week by giving in to the unwholesome mental state of sense desire, the other unwholesome states i feel i am pretty good at noticing and dispelling quickly.
I had an interesting dream last night, someone was teaching me how to summon a different version of my self, from an alternate reality by putting out my hands and adjusting my vibrational state to a degree where he was summoned into existence, it was clear this was me from a previous/alternate life/different timeline. We were driving an airplane round my old university campus and he demonstrated extraordinary mastery in doing this, which lead to a conversation about how i could master meditation in this very lifetime and it filled me with a great sense of purpose, motivation and encouragement in the dream.