Three Differences Between CBT and Appropriate Attention

CBT and appropriate attention share structural parallels, but the differences are fundamental. Depth: CBT operates mainly at the sixth consciousness level; appropriate attention penetrates all eight. Goal: CBT aims for mental health; appropriate attention aims for liberation. Framework: CBT replaces distorted beliefs with "more realistic" ones; appropriate attention's "reality" — impermanence, suffering, emptiness, non-self — often opposes conventional common sense.