If thoughts still arise that are "negative"[REF] or "evil"[REF][REF][REF][REF] and "unskilled",[REF][REF] "unwholesome",[REF] or "demeritorious,"[REF] the second recommended approach is as follows: The aspirant should "reflect on the consequences",[REF] "ponder on the disadvantages"[REF] "examine the danger[s]",[REF][REF] or "scrutinize the drawbacks"[REF] of such thoughts (Pali: manasikatabbam).
If the third approach fails to eliminate negative thoughts, the fourth approach involves going "to the root"[REF] (Pali: vitakka mula bheda pabbam) by "stilling the thought-formation",[REF] "removal of the (thought) source of those unskillful thoughts",[REF] "appeasing the whole intentional thought process",[REF] or engaging in "the relaxing of thought-fabrication" [REF].