Hindrances to the spiritual path - Part 2

Every breath, every thought, every image, every step or movement,
you experience is brand new.Mark the ending of experience carefully.Doubt: Before anything else see the teacher because different
methods apply. Look into this doubt mind, no reason to get alarmed, it’s a very natural thing, but if questions arise while you are practising don’t try to answer them. Leave them for later.Remorse: Again, see the teacher before anything else, because different methods apply. Don’t let it affect you, or the present moment.Doubt and Remorse will arise when the practice is good. Look directly into the mind that’s causing it.Sensual Desire: Ask sensual desire: Why do you arise? Who are you?Human life is the perfect environment for fighting and extinguishing defilement. Forget suppression, samatha practice and locking up yourself in a volt!Look repeatedly at the mental feelings, and the pictures in your mind until you can understand the composition of its characteristic feeling. (Don’t be surprised at this stage if the hindrance gets stronger). Also check your mental attitude: Do I desire this, or do I dislike it? Do I fear it ?At this stage upekkha will arise, then as you look back at the object, it will disappear. (is will do for beginners who find out the characteristics of desire for food for example. However the same method applies to desiring all kinds of things.)An experienced practitioner would check his mental attitude first and then check bodily sensations and would avoid looking at the mental image. Will drop the image immediately, and again and again if necessary.e difficulty one faces with the dropping of the image, shows the strength of the attachment.is last method works with all sense objects.is latest practice will help you understand how mental attitudes and mental feelings cause you to suffer.Sexual Desire: In this case check your mental attitude first, then chest-heart area for mental feelings, totally ignore image and keep checking as before again.If there is change in mental attitude you will feel it; i.e. mental heaviness, contraction (chest-heart area) or pleasantness and so on.Also use your wisdom, see the bad side in what seems attractive and desirable, think of the results or the price you have to pay for sense pleasure. Look at what’s coming, what’s following pleasant feeling. Observe that feeling (is does not mean start feeling guilty!)As you observe continuously, the unpleasant feeling will decrease. (Your observing has to be at present moment, but to be able to do that, your mental attitude has to be right.)Observe sensation until it goes down to zero. is is very important, because if it doesn’t work, it means sati is weak.To increase sati look continuously into sensation area persisting, increasing viriya; i.e. putting out fire: if its not much, a glass of water will put it out, if your whole house is burning a glass of water its useless.
from - Contemplation of the Mind