An idea from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The mind’s movements come in 5 kinds. There is knowing something correctly, getting it wrong, picturing things that exist only in words, sleep, and memory. Some of them bring pain and some don’t. Even correct knowing is a movement, and it settles too.

From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Patañjali

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