The first stage is "Mingde", that is, to clarify one's virtue and improve one's conscious level; The second stage is "being close to the people", that is, understanding the virtues of others and helping others improve their awareness level; The third stage is to stop at perfection, that is, to persistently understand one's own virtue and others' virtue, and to practice the two things of "understanding virtue" and "being close to the people" to perfection.
Among them, "showing virtue" is the focus of our practice, because only by improving our own level of conscious energy can we help others improve their conscious energy and enter the second stage of "being close to the people" practice, so we don't talk about how to show others' virtue, but only how to teach ourselves and show our own virtue.
According to Dr. David Hawkins' consciousness energy grade diagram, we divide consciousness energy into two categories according to whether it is achieved or not. Any trouble outside has something to do with you, and it will also interfere with you, which will definitely stimulate you to make corresponding responses. If the external environment suits you, you will feel happy, but if it doesn't suit you, you will feel very painful.
Second, people who know things well can awaken their conscious energy, make themselves less or as far as possible unaffected by external things, and begin to truly understand their virtues, with conscious energy above 200 levels.
In the process of practicing "Ming Ming De", we will go through four stages: elementary, elementary, intermediate and advanced. The level of consciousness should break through 200 levels, 200-500 levels, 500-700 levels and 700- 1000 levels respectively. Among them, the advanced stage is the representative of divinity and Buddha nature, which is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, so the following focuses on the first three stages.
The first is to start, realize your emotional reaction, and let your conscious energy break through 200 levels. In our work and life, we should consciously realize that we are in the state of "object case" at present, and we can find that this state has made us have obvious emotional reactions. This is the entry level of "Ming Ming De". If you can't even get in, let alone practice. Therefore, being aware of your emotional reaction is the minimum requirement for every blogger.
After getting started, I began to learn knowledge by learning things, and entered the primary stage of practicing things-learning to think rationally, and my conscious energy was between 200 and 500 levels. As a result of learning to think rationally, we will rationally face all changes in the outside world. Even if things outside are changing rapidly, we can still take our time and remain unaffected.
If you want to improve your rational ability, how should you practice in your work and life? The way is to do your best, and do your due responsibilities and obligations seriously no matter where you are.
For example, if you are a student, practicing is to study hard, increase your knowledge and broaden your knowledge; If you are old and young, both parents and children, then practice is serious work and serious life for you. You should not only make a difference in your work, but also support your family, and seriously study how to create the best life for the elderly and how to provide the best education for children.
In the primary stage, our use of the mind is based on rational thinking, which is based on serious study, work and life. Therefore, people below 500 energy level are essentially rational explorations of the material world, and have not yet involved in the construction and practice of the mind, and have not yet reached a real understanding.
Rationality in the primary stage is a passing line for practicing "Ming De", and it is also the realm that every practitioner must reach. Only when you reach the passing line can you say that you are a practitioner, but rationality is just a beautiful scenery on the road of "Ming Ming De" practice. Our real goal is to enter the intermediate cultivation stage, have our own independent spiritual world, and the conscious energy reaches more than 500 energy levels.
Why must we enter the intermediate level and raise our conscious energy state to above 500 energy levels? Compared with people below 500 energy level, what is the difference? The difference lies in whether you have an independent spiritual world or not, and whether you really know what you are doing.
People below 500 energy levels have only the material world in their hearts, and the basis of all reactions and choices is the material world. Therefore, the result of practice is that we will still be influenced by things, and the core performance is "happy because of things, sad because of things." In fact, we haven't really reached the understanding of things.
People above 500 energy levels have not only the material world but also the pure spiritual world in their hearts, and in this spiritual world, they are their real masters. The core performance is "not happy with things, not sad with things", which is the real achievement.
If you are still influenced by external things, happy because of the happiness of things and sad because of the sadness of things, it means that you are still dominated by things and have not really achieved the purpose of understanding things. For example, in the relationship between husband and wife, if one party loves himself and his family very much, the other party will certainly feel very happy, but if one day one party doesn't love the other party, or if his eyes are only on work and there is no original expression of love, then the other party will definitely be hurt and miserable.
In fact, as long as everything that has nothing to do with your spiritual world belongs to the material world, no matter how the other person treats you, it is her choice and her business, and it has nothing to do with you or your spiritual world.
In addition, at work, we are often occupied by things and the material world. For example, we often consider others' comments on ourselves, whether the boss approves of you, and whether colleagues have a good impression on you, and always try to figure out others' comments the next day.
What is really necessary is to have your own evaluation system. In this system, all evaluation indicators do not depend on the evaluation of external things, but only on yourself. At this point, your conscious energy has reached more than 500 energy levels. No matter whether the outside world praises you or blames you, you can transcend the secular world and feel at ease as the master of your own spiritual world.
The goal of practicing "Ming Ming De" is also the realm that we have to achieve at the intermediate level-to establish our own independent spiritual world, so as not to let the external material world affect us any more, and we don't care about the external evaluation of ourselves, because in this spiritual world, you are self-defined, and all evaluation systems depend only on you, not on anyone.
Finally, to sum up, in the process of practicing moral integrity, we will first perceive the emotional response and find ourselves in a state of being "restricted". As long as we realize this, we will enter the "introductory" stage of physical integrity practice. After the introduction, we began to learn to think rationally, so that we would not be affected by any troubles from outside, and work hard and live our own lives according to the principle of "doing our best", which is the passing line for spiritual practice to enter the "primary" stage. However, the practice of "Ming Ming De" does not stop there. Having our own independent spiritual world and establishing our own evaluation system is the intermediate stage of our practice and the ultimate goal of ordinary people.