Do Mind Consciousness and Manas Condition Each Other?

When the sense faculty and sense object come into contact, consciousness arises; when the faculty, object, and consciousness—the three—converge in contact, the mind consciousness discerns the realm of mental sense objects, and the manas makes the overall decision based on this. Since the mind consciousness and the manas are in mutual contact, they must necessarily be mutually conditioned and mutually aware of each other's minds, so that the Dharma can continue to operate and there can be the creation of bodily, verbal, and mental actions. If the mind consciousness and the manas were not mutually conditioned, the mind consciousness could not operate, and its arising would be useless; thereafter, the manas would never again decide to let the mind consciousness arise. The very purpose of the mind consciousness's arising is to cooperate with and serve the needs of the manas; of course, as soon as the mind consciousness is born, it knows what the manas wants Him to do, and so He will automatically and consciously act according to the manas's wishes. In the process, He inevitably offers some opinions and suggestions, and sometimes even has His own views that are inconsistent with the manas's wishes; then there is conflict within the mind, and when encountering matters, decisions cannot be made.