l sustain life, but of course I will be wanting the one which I feel tastesbetter.The second, phassahara, is contact with the outside world. This is inescapable andinfluential at the same time. There is never really a time when the outside world does not havean effect on you, whether in a positive or negative way. I personally can turn off my television,radio and computer, kick my roommate out of our room, put away all books and magazines andsit in complete silence to think. However, almost everything that I think about is something thathas to do with other people or their reactions to me. What should I wear Friday night on mydate?, I wonder if the guy in my Interior Design class thinks Im cute, Should I start myReligion paper soon? Every bit of my stream of consciousness is taken over by society and thereaction they have to me, which is easily recognized as selfish and greedy behavior. Vinnanahara, the third Nutriment, is simple consciousness of what is around us. Frommy understanding, what is around us is temptation, evil, and around every turn is the chance tobe pleasured by something of a bad nature. We all have faced this, whether it is passing a drugdealer on the corner or passing a donut shop on the street; temptation comes with being aware ofyour surroundings.Finally, manosancetanahara, the mental violation, the thoughts that creep into your mindabout anything and everything. These are the most private thoughts, the deepest of all thingsever imagined in ones head. For me personally, this is when I question myself, mysurroundings, the way I handle things, my God, my family, and my life in general. I question theactions I make and the thoughts I think. I wonder about the afterlife and reincarnation. I ponderwar and peace, nuclear weapons and political situations. These are the thoughts that are neverending and usually never answered.My understanding of the Second Noble Truth has greatly increased, and I feel that th...
