Is Your Life on Autopilot?

Your alarm goes off and your entire system reacts automatically — phone, messages, commute. In Yogācāra terms, this is the five universal mental factors running on default. Manas whispers in the background: "These expectations ARE me." You're inside a sophisticated autopilot — and you don't even know it. The first step of practice isn't pursuing some lofty attainment; it's seeing the automation.