I have had a perfect morning in respect of Dhamma practice and yet, as I left my house, I was assailed again by alternating waves of aversion and lust. What to do? Yes, I averted to the fact that the mind was now chasing after, now pushing away this or that perception but somehow just noting it didn’t seem to suffice to put it to rest. The negativity and greed just kept coming back and threatenn to completely capsize any mindfulness that remained.
What is Right Effort here? How does one meet these defilements with wisdom? I believe it is MN 2 that speaks just to this dilemma and advises which kilesas are to be tolerated, to be ignore, to be made use of, etc… I intend to make the sutta in question the subject of further investigation today and for some time to come. I will double check its location and correct it here if it has been incorrectly listed.
May all beings be free of suffering and come to know the true Dhamma.
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
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