This table is a loose subjective comparison taking a look at the qualities experienced in meditation when there is effort or (pushing) and intellectualization of progress or (Tracking) vs. simply feeling without the need to label.
| No Tracking | Pushing/Tracking |
| Calm/Stillness Wideness Lack of a need for direction or Proof of progress Lightness Reduced tension Descension Some ascension Acceptance Receptivity Minimal vibrational Resistance Peacefulness | Control Heat Assurance of progress Shaking Straining Pain Vibrational resistance lLghtness Ascending force Tension |
| Purity Freedom Silence | Rajasic: Efforting Tamasic: Need for reassurance and desire to feel like the work is validated Tension Heart rate increase Partial surrender to the current state of being. |
| Wideness Ease of the Quieting of the Mind, No expectations, Minimal physical tension, peace, acceptance. | Need for progress, Purifying warmth, Rajasic traits, Lack of complete surrender/conceptual or intellectualized surrender. |