How to Counteract One's Own Craving and Feelings?

The aggregate of feeling (vedanā): when you come into contact with the six sense objects and have the capacity to know those objects—knowing something is sweet, knowing something is painful, knowing it is a scene, knowing it is a smell, knowing it is a sound—afterwards there arise feelings of suffering, pleasure, and neither-suffering-nor-pleasure; only then does the aggregate of feeling appear. The six consciousnesses direct attention (manaskāra) toward the six sense objects, then make contact, then receive and take in, then perceive, discern, and know, then experience the aggregate of feeling, and then volition deliberates, chooses, and decides, and the aggregate of formations (saṃskāra) acts.

In daily life, carefully examine your various feelings and sensations: examine what you are craving and attached to, what matters to you, and what you spend your thoughts and energy on. Once you have identified these, analyze what kind of mentality this is, what significance it has, and what the outcome will be. Then find ways to counteract your cravings and feelings. In this way your practice will sweep away obstructions, and your progress on the Path will be swift.