The Conditioning Factor of Our Reactions

The Buddha is so precise in his understanding and analysis of what's driving our lives. And that's what's so fantastic about the teachings. He's pointing us so directly and so precisely to just how things are unfolding. So we can see with this feeling tone, this second aggregate, something pleasant, is a pleasant feeling. We like it. We want it to continue. We want to hold on. Unpleasant feeling, we don't like it. It conditions aversion, anger, fear, irritation.