# The five aggregates ## The five aggregates subject to clinging%%[[The five aggregates subject to clinging|º]][[The five aggregates subject to clinging are form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness.|º]]%% 1. Form 2. Feeling 3. Perception 4. Volitional formations 5. Consciousness The five aggregates are the building blocks we typically use to construct our sense of personal identity.%%[[The five aggregates are the building blocks we typically use to construct our sense of personal identity.|º]]%% Because we invest our notion of [[Identity|personal identity]] with intense emotional concern, when the objects to which our identity is fastened change, we naturally experience anxiety and distress.%%[[Because we invest our notion of personal identity with intense emotional concern, when the objects to which our identity is fastened change, we naturally experience anxiety and distress.|º]]%% %% # Reference ```dataview LIST FROM [[]] OR #aggregates AND !outgoing([[]]) AND -"Templates" WHERE file.name != this.file.name SORT file.name ASC ``` # Archive - %%