what is awareness?

Simply put, it means

knowing what you are doing and what you are thinking.

? There is a story in China. What is the difference between a person after enlightenment and before enlightenment?

What's the difference between chopping wood and boiling water to eat and sleep before enlightenment and chopping wood and boiling water to eat and sleep after enlightenment?

Before enlightenment, when chopping wood, I thought about cooking, when cooking, I thought about sleeping, and when I slept, I thought about the day.

After enlightenment, sleeping is sleeping, and chopping wood is chopping wood. Without any distractions, I live in the present very clearly.

awareness means knowing what I'm talking about and what I'm thinking.

when I know whether this idea is harmful to me or others or whether it has positive significance, I will not dwell on this idea, but live in the present without any distractions.

when I know this sentence will hurt people, swallowing it when it comes to my mouth is awareness; When someone else does something for me, I know that gratitude is also awareness.

When we were chatting with vegetarians last night, my friend Tian Jian also mentioned this point: Do things with awareness.

She said: Every time I go to eat, I see that the business of a restaurant in a certain place is not good, so she goes in and orders a meal, thinking: support the business and think of others, instead of just enjoying delicious food for herself.

people's motivation determines 9% of the seeds planted in their minds at any time, so you can imagine the importance of motivation!

at 1 o'clock the night before yesterday, I was temporarily preparing to go to Shenzhen the next morning, so I sent a message to Tingjie, the owner of a pet shop near my home, saying, Can you pick me up at 9: 5 tomorrow morning? I have to go out temporarily tomorrow morning Because I know that they usually open at 11 noon, I feel a little uneasy. At 1 o'clock in the morning, she sent me a message saying: No problem, I'll pick it up tomorrow morning.

At 9: 5 in the morning, Sister Ting called me on time and asked me to take Haha downstairs. She just came out with her children and her family after morning tea, and dropped by to pick up Haha. She is a sister who is particularly clean, sunny and refreshed. I am very happy to send Haha to the car and then go home. While I was packing, I was thinking, in fact, Sister Ting has no obligation to pick up Haha, and she has no obligation to take up her spare time to start business so early. I should treat this matter with a grateful heart, so I immediately sent a red envelope to Sister Ting to express my gratitude to her.

There is also a pet shop near my home. Once, I decided to go out the next day temporarily, and said to the owner at 8 pm: Can I pick up the dog at 9: 3 the next day? I have to go out by car at 1 am. She refused very decisively. I can understand that she may have her principles and her own affairs.

on the basis that these two shopkeepers are very professional, it is obvious that I will choose the first shopkeeper, because she is altruistic and can stand in the perspective of others and want to help customers solve problems. This is also my homework. From the perspective of others, how can I help her solve the problem? Help her as if I were helping myself.

I'm grateful that I began to be aware when I was doing things, and I can understand what I need to improve from it. This is practice. I didn't let myself be an ungrateful person, so I hurt myself and hindered myself.

I began to practice awareness on purpose. When I was going downstairs to eat at noon, I found that my friend hadn't eaten yet, so I helped her take the rice upstairs. Because I realized that she had a cold, I specially helped her order porridge, vegetables and other digestible foods when I brought the rice. When you bring a meal, you bring a meal, instead of thinking about other things around you, just thinking about why you bring a meal? What kind of food is good for her? Let me bring my own food with awareness.

when we can't concentrate on one thing, we are actually in a state of great disorder, which will make us very chaotic. I didn't bite a grain of rice when I was eating. When I bought food, I just ate it, like a running account, eating and sleeping, like a pig. This is a very low-level state of existence, a chaotic state with no sobriety and attention at all.

awareness means that we connect with our inner depths, helping us to concentrate on our work and be human with our heart. If you don't train awareness at ordinary times, you will have delusions, future hearts and past hearts.

The transformation of each of us lies in "awareness". Whether you really understand from this awareness, strengthen it after understanding, and practice deliberately, your cognition will adjust which life states you project.

everything I say is what I firmly believe after practice!

I have always believed in this direction, and I have benefited myself!

keep improving every moment!