The first step on this path of meditation may be called concentration. This means the ability to control our mind, which is sometimes active with our will and sometimes without it. What we call imagination is an automatic working of the mind, and what we call thought is an action of mind and will. Therefore such words as "imaginative" and "thoughtful" distinguish the condition of the mind: that we either allow our mind to work as it wishes, or use our mind to work according to our will.