“Within our store consciousness, we have direct access to reality, to suchness. At the root, the store, lies the basic wisdom in every one of us that has the capacity of directly touching reality in itself….But often, when we experience something with one of our senses, we have a preconditioned feeling of either attachment or aversion based on prior experience. We classify things according to the boxes we already have in our store consciousness….That’s why most of the time we don’t have direct access to reality.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Buddha Mind, Buddha Body