Is consciousness a result of contact? I read the following on the internet:


  Thus we can say that consciousness is a result of contact.
  
  It looks like ocean waves: there is something beneath (water, an organ of perception) and something above (wind, perceived object).
  
  We can say that consciousness doesn't exist if there is no contact of organ of perception and object of perception.


Is consciousness a result of contact? 

Or contact a result of consciousness? 

What did the Lord Buddha, the Master, have to say about this?
From the Madhupindika Sutta (MN18):


  "Dependent on eye &amp; forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of
  the three is contact. With contact as a requisite condition, there is
  feeling. What one feels, one perceives (labels in the mind). What one
  perceives, one thinks about. What one thinks about, one objectifies.
  Based on what a person objectifies, the perceptions &amp; categories of
  objectification assail him/her with regard to past, present, &amp; future
  forms cognizable via the eye.
  
  "Dependent on ear &amp; sounds, ear-consciousness arises...
  
  "Dependent on nose &amp; aromas, nose-consciousness arises...
  
  "Dependent on tongue &amp; flavors, tongue-consciousness arises...
  
  "Dependent on body &amp; tactile sensations, body-consciousness arises...
  
  "Dependent on intellect &amp; ideas, intellect-consciousness arises. The
  meeting of the three is contact. With contact as a requisite
  condition, there is feeling. What one feels, one perceives (labels in
  the mind). What one perceives, one thinks about. What one thinks
  about, one objectifies. Based on what a person objectifies, the
  perceptions &amp; categories of objectification assail him/her with regard
  to past, present, &amp; future ideas cognizable via the intellect.