I believe in you! I've entered the "first jhana" a couple of times and those experiences have been amongst the most memorable in my life.

How long have you been meditating and how long on average do you meditate a day?

Under hard or soft criteria for defining jhana?

@NathanShowell can you define the difference?

@billyhumblebrag Different lineages have different standards for what depth of concentration they require for an experience to be considered jhana. There are some that only count extremely concentrated states known as the nimitta jhanas (a.k.a. hard jhanas or luminous jhanas), whereas others count a wider range of experiences.

@NathanShowell let's say soft.