Does an ordinary person have a choice in life? For the vast majority of ordinary people, the answer is almost no. Because many people are essentially "pre-made." What we should be most wary of is not pre-made dishes, but pre-made people. The so-called pre-made person is someone who, in the first twenty years, has had a set of "life operating systems" installed early by society, education, and environment. The process is almost identical: studying → going to college → finding a job → getting married → buying a house → having children → supporting children’s education → children going to college → children getting married and having kids → retirement and old age → paying back the hospital with a lifetime of earnings. Coming into the world with nothing, leaving with melted high temperatures—decades just like that come to an end. You think this is your own choice, but in fact, most paths have already been arranged.

Seeing this clearly is very important. Because only when you see it clearly can you start to truly think: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going? If you have never realized this question, you cannot be truly awakened. Ding Yuan Ying once said: When you know yourself, you are no longer yourself; when you don’t know yourself, you are yourself. This is "pre-knowledge."

So-called awakening is not about suddenly becoming smarter, but about one day starting to ask: Who am I? Why am I here? Why am I playing this role? In the remaining decades of my life, where am I headed? The root of many people's anxiety lies here. They clearly live as pre-made people, yet they use grand narratives to manipulate themselves every day. They are not living their own life, but the life imagined by others. When you are emotionally ignited by grand narratives, and then look back at your reality, only a huge gap and pain remain. Because you have no backbone, you do not live in your own world, and you simply cannot find yourself.

The normal life direction is to find yourself, not to imitate others. Live within your own cognition, establish your own coordinate system. When I talk about "human nature awakening," essentially I am teaching you a few things: see through the underlying logic of human nature, build relationships based on human nature, stay proactive in relationships instead of being consumed, cultivate manners that do not harm others, and develop a presence that is not easily hurt. Understand wealth logic based on human nature, and avoid being harvested or cut like chives—these are truly the things that ordinary people should learn.