Getting confused by various methods I have been practicing meditation for quite a long time now and sadly I haven't entered any jhana(which I want to enter).

I think the reason for me not progressing is because I switch between methods of meditation a lot, for example if I'm practicing meditation where I simply see my mind wandering and after a week or so I stop and look for another method, like focusing on nostrils and same happens for a week and then I start to look my muscles moving while breathing(I do that because I think I'm not good at this, maybe another one will work), as a result I don't get anywhere and day by day my faith that meditation is helpful gets less and less.

I don't want to do that! But I simply can't get any sort of guarantee that I am practicing right mindfulness.

So my questions:


  1) Is this the reason I'm not progressing? Do I have to choose a method and stick to it, when my mind tells me to change?
  
  2) While doing routine work, do I have to do work while being mindful or stick to my meditation object(nostrils, these days :((()? or being mindful and having focus on meditation object will have same effect?
Few suggestion I can give.


Don’t set the goal to get Jhana, No goal at all.
Don’t change the methods, Every methods was right it just a tool make you focus.
Do consistently. At least once a day and same time of the day.
Do anytime when you regcognize, Not just sit and shut your eyes.
Do when sleep until last moment you slept and do at very first moment you wakeup. This is an indicator that your meditation is progress. If you can continue the meditate from slept this indicate you are likely near Jhana.


Jhana is nothing special.
It's a state you can really control your concentration.

At initial step it's quite hard for people who are high skeptic or thoughtful with everything.

You don't need to take many hours everyday to sit and meditate.

You should try to take every seconds as meditate without distracting your work life.

Do until familiar then you reach Jhana.

Even it take 10 years still worth.