Appropriate vs. Inappropriate Attention

Same manaskāra, two fundamentally different directions. Appropriate attention directs the mind according to reality — specifics, universals, suchness. Inappropriate attention is driven by wrong views and self-grasping. Inappropriate attention is your autopilot — manas has already decided everything. Appropriate attention is putting your hands back on the wheel. You possess this mental factor — the question is whether you activate it.