[MD] understanding pattern

[MarshaV]

"The theory of dependent arising (paiicca-samuppada) seeks to understand the dynamic relationship between ignorance, the afflictions, and their ensuing actions, by analyzing the patterns through which they arise, persist, and pass away in dependence upon their supporting conditions. That is, the processes that perpetuate our conditioned existence are neither completely random nor completely determined; rather, they follow regular and discernable patterns of arising. It is these patterns that are expressed in the formula of dependent origination, an understanding of which was considered indispensable for reversing their deleterious consequences. The simplest expression of this arising in dependence on conditions is formulated as follows: 

      When this exists, that comes to be; with the arising of this, that arises. 
      When this does not exist, that does not come to be; with the cessation 
      of this, that ceases."


      (Waldron, William S., 'THE BUDDHIST UNCONSCIOUS')
       http://www.misterdanger.net/books/Buddhism%20Books/The%20buddhist%20unconscious.pdf