Explain with Examples What Is Actual Realization

Question: On my birthday, friends came to congratulate me. A gave 100 yuan, B gave 100 yuan, and 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 that came from outside, I originally did not have a single cent. Does this situation count as personally verifying that I originally had no money in my pocket?

Answer: This of course counts as personally verifying that there was originally no money in your pocket, because you saw it with your own eyes and actually observed it directly in the present—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. For example, when doing business, every night when you return home and count the money, after counting you have personally verified the amount of money you earned. That amount is not estimated or imagined, not speculated or conjured up—it is counted out for real, seen with your own eyes; this is called personal verification and direct realization.