That is to say, each of the five aggregates is an equal component of the individual, which amounts to a conventional self only when all are present and functioning. The diagram below sketches the basic relationship between the aggregates in a human being. Matter is organized into a physical organism and animated by consciousness. These two combine to form the body-mind substrate of the personality. The other three aggregates are forms of activity that arises in the interactions between the body and mind.
Sensation involves the process of data collection by the senses.
The six sense organs in Buddhist thought include eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and brain. Certain emotions, such as sorrow and happiness, may also be considered mental sensations in some situations. Also, the sensations that occur in the dream state are sensed by the brain. The sensory objects of these sense organs are rendered into data, which is transmitted to the brain. There it is rendered into a mental representation.