Illustrating What Direct Realization Is with Examples

Question: On my birthday, friends came to congratulate me. Friend A gave 100 yuan, Friend B gave 100 yuan, and Friend C gave 50 yuan. I had forgotten how much money I originally had in my pocket, so I took it out and counted, and discovered: after removing the 250 yuan that came from outside, I originally did not have a single cent. Does this situation count as directly verifying that there was originally no money in my pocket?

Answer: This of course counts as directly verifying that there was originally no money placed in your pocket, because this matter was witnessed with your own eyes and counted with your own hands, actually and presently observed—it is an absolutely true, living fact that no one can dispute, cannot be denied, and must be accepted, rather than something obtained through inference, imagination, conjecture, or estimation. Another example: when doing business, every night when you return home and count your money, once you finish counting, you have directly verified the amount of money you earned that day. This amount is not estimated or imagined, not speculated or conjured up—it is genuinely counted out with your own hands and witnessed with your own eyes. Only this is called direct realization and personal verification; anything else is not.