SarathW1:
“The way I understand every time we pay attention to an object there is
one-pointedness. So first Jhana should have the one-pointedness even for a shorter time.”
I’ve always thought (from experience) that vitakka (using the interpretation as directing the mind) and vicara (as holding it there) are a sort of a developmental form of “one-pointedness” (ekagatta or whatever eka- word). In discussions, others have neither supported nor dis-proven this, but it makes good sense in my experience (and theorizing).