This article explains how the Twelve Nidanas of dependent origination apply to the cycle of emotional reactivity. The Twelve Nidanas illustrate how ignorance, mental formations, consciousness, name and form, the six sense bases, contact, feeling, craving, clinging, becoming, birth, and aging and death all interrelate to lead to the formation of habitual patterns of emotional reactivity. By understanding this chain of interdependence, we can break the cycle of emotional reactivity and cultivate greater inner peace and wellbeing.

The article suggests that breaking the cycle of emotional reactivity involves cultivating mindfulness, developing positive mental habits, and weakening the habitual patterns of emotional reactions in response to life situations. We explain how mindfulness practice can help to disentangle the body and mind from habitual emotional patterns, break the link between sensory experience and emotional reactivity, and weaken the link between conscious awareness and automatic emotional reactivity. We also discuss the importance of developing positive mental habits and breaking negative emotional cycles to weaken the accumulation of negative karma based on emotional reactivity.

In essence, the article provides a comprehensive understanding of the nature of emotional reactivity, how it arises, and how to break the cycle of emotional reactivity through cultivating mindfulness, healthy habits, and fostering positive emotional disposition. By doing so, one can reduce the potential for suffering in this life and in future lives.