Typical `average' person
Thought: Restlessness (Nihilism to absolutism)
Action: Confused (Over-control to impulsiveness)
Emotion: Temperamental (Inhibition to emotionalism)
Attitude/perspective: Self-centred
Moods: Fluctuating, totally dependent on circumstances (external or internal)


Advanced seeker
Thought: Emptiness (effortful or contrived)
Action: Surrender (volitional)
Emotion: Detachment or non-clinging (contrived, rationalised)
Attitude/perspective: Un-self-centred (learnt, trained or habituated)
Moods: Steadily composed, not fluctuating, not dependent on circumstances (external or
internal). Result of training.


Final Liberation
Thought: Mindfulness (natural, effortless, spontaneous)
Action: Spontaneous (easy, appropriate, flowing)
which are natural, spontaneous – a result of dissolving of the me/other distinction.
Attitude/perspective: Completely un-self-centred. Natural, not result of training.
Moods: Easy, possibly fluctuating, dependent on circumstances (external or internal), but only on
the 'surface.' Deep mood firmly anchored in the "inner peace"
of all sensations and hence always present.
http://www.the-science-of-enlightenment.com/