Mind manifestations

Today, I read an article which says about the mind and it's different states...
I'm very much convinced with the analysis and thus presenting it here...
It says that the mind manifests itself in five conditions:

1. Scattering
2. Darkening
3. Gathering
4. One pointed
5. Concentrated

Scatering form of mind is activity. It's tendency is to manifest in the form of pleasure or in the form of pain. It can be said that in this state of mind rajoguna which resembles passion is dominating among the three characteristics of the mind.

The darkening form is dullness which tends to injury. This state can be said as a tamsik state of mind. In this state one is in a terrible ignorance.

The gathering form is the when the mind struggles to center itself.

The one-pointed form is when the mind tries to concentrate and develops the art of focussing towards the goal.

The concentrated form is what brings the mind into the so called samadhi (as called in yoga)...
or we can understand this state in the situation when arjuna was asked to hit the eye of the bird by draunachaarya and this saadhak saw nothing else other than the bird's eye!!!

The terminology is meant for Yogic practitioners....but this applies to us as well!

Till the stage when we are in the first two states, we can never succeed.
Most of us are in the third state...where we always 'try to gather'....but in vain
Finally when we get into the fourth state, we learn the art of focussing and this always leads us into the shortest and glorious path to success.....

Thus the final state reaches... for which I've no words to write about!!!!