Thoughts are short and unconnected…the mind taking the objects from the 5 senses…and considers them according to their apparent characteristics…

If things, out of faith or due to prior seeing are contemplated as impermanent, suffering and non‐self…the mind can be made to turn away from that world

Thoughts are formatory but more connected and usually of an higher order

Being the stage of the ‘Uggaha‐nimitta’,…it is the sphere of learning (‘uggaha’ means study, learning)

It is the sphere of the struggle between good and evil…right knowledge and good kamma, such as prior work on oneself…will support the forces of good, while wrong knowledge (wrong information), lack of good kamma, as well as bad prior kamma will support the forces of evil.

Thoughts are spiritual, pure, filled with wisdom and of a sublime character

(…but equally impermanent)

It is the sphere of vision and seeing

These are natural stages in the development of a person on a spiritual path…they should not be looked upon as depending on a particular posture of the body, such as sitting posture

They should be noticed and cultivated