The Unmindful and the Instructed Noble Disciple

When we're not mindful, pleasant feeling when it arises will condition desire, attachment, clinging. When we are mindful, these very same feelings become the vehicle of our awakening. The Buddha elaborates on this many places in the suttas and talks of the uninstructed worldling and the instructed noble disciple. And what we find as we listen to this is that we see that at different times we're both.