This is similar to two virtually unanswerable questions commonly posed by neophyte meditators, namely: "how long will it take me to become spiritual?" And "how long will it take me to become enlightened?" Any individual's ability to progress in any form of meditation depends strongly on your particular karmic makeup and on the kind and quantity of internal obstacles present. Progress in meditation is not linked directly to time spent in practice. What can be said is that if some work is not done on your internal obstacles, they will remain.

When people buy a product, they have a reasonable right to query what expectations the product is going to fulfill, in what period of time. But meditation is not a product. However much or little you practice, it only gives you an opportunity to gain access to yourself - it does not give a guarantee. Practicing sometimes is better than not practicing at all; practicing regularly every day is better than practicing irregularly; practicing twice a day gives you more access than practicing once a day. Sometimes taking a few days or weeks alone or in a group as a meditation retreat, away from the distractions of worldly life, is also very good. In the great meditation traditions of the world, many have been known to take retreats that last for years on end.