When we don’t observe the five aggregates carefully, there’s one deeply habituated perception that we have about the world and ourselves that becomes the origin of many inaccurate conclusions. It’s a perception that keeps us from understanding what is true. This is the perception we have of the solidity of things. We believe in the solidity of material phenomena, in the solidity or stability of relationships, of societies. But as long as this perception of solidity and stability is fixed, we don’t deeply understand the impermanent and insubstantial nature of all phenomena.
