Four Awareness Campaign

Four Awareness Campaign

First Awareness

I am aware that smoking is bad for health and detrimental to the cultivation of the mind.
I am aware that sickness caused by smoking habit takes away my positive energy. Consequently, the quality of my life, study and career will suffer.
I am aware that sickness is a family burden.
Loss of life due to diseases related to smoking habit means loss of family support.
I am aware that smoking sometimes leads to drug addiction which is harmful to my body and mind.
I am aware that smoking pollutes the fresh air and that second hand smokers have the higher chance to be infected with smoking related diseases. Smoking is therefore an act of killing.
I am aware that the tobacco business generates huge profit. Businessmen therefore manipulate all means to encourage smoking habit by creating false impression on such habit. This is act of killing induced by greed.
Due to increase of smokers, the society that I am living in is losing population of healthy and good quality.
Smoking habit burns off resources of society.
This is my FIRST AWARENESS.
By virtue of my FIRST AWARENESS,
I hereby vow to abstain from smoking if I am not a smoker;
I hereby stop smoking with immediate effect if I am able to do so;
I shall repent if I fail to do so ;
Notwithstanding my failure to stop smoking, I pledge to keep the people around from smoking chain and tobacco industries. I shall keep the people from being second hand smokers.


Second Awareness

I am aware that heavy consumption of alcohol
is bad for health， leading to drunkenness，and
loss of a conscious mind.
I am aware that irretrievable mistakes may have been done in drunkenness, and loss of conscious mind.
My life, study and career will be gravely affected by the destructive force of such mistakes.
So do the life, study and career of the others.
I am aware that my family members are ashamed, hurt and grieved due to my association with alcohol and being an alcoholic .
Drunkenness is one of the root causes of family violence, leading to the breakdown of marriage.
The consumption of alcohol means loss of family income.
I am aware that slander, assault and insulting remark may have been done to my friends, partners and customers in drunkenness, loss of conscious mind, leading to loss of business clients and income.
I am aware that drinking of alcohol
is not a heroic behaviour.
I may put myself in embarrassing situation for action done in the state of drunkenness.
I am aware that problem will not be resolved through heavy consumption of liquor.
Problem remains when drunkenness is over.
Drunkenness creates more problems.
I am aware that wine and beer have been made the main items of beverage in social functions and dinners.
I am aware that the manufacture and sale of liquor generates huge profit. Businessmen therefore manipulate all means to encourage drinking of liquor by creating false impression on such habit.
However, I am aware that social activities can be carried out without indulging in liquor.
Tea art, sports and organic food are better alternatives.
Indulgence in liquor leads to degeneration of the human quality, interpersonal relationships and human life.
Indulgence in liquor can lead to fatal diseases.
It is therefore an act of killing.
Society is gravely affected by indulgence in liquor,
domestic violence and degeneration of the quality
of life .
Drinkers are to pay for liquor consumed. Financial provision is needed to solve problem caused by indulgence in liquor. Treatment for person who suffers from alcoholism requires monies.
In other words, indulgence in liquor is detrimental to the society.
This is my SECOND AWARENESS.
By virtue of my SECOND AWARENESS,
I hereby pledge not to consume liquor if I am yet a drinker;
I hereby stop the consumption of liquor with immediate effect if I am able to do so;
I shall repent if I fail to stop to do so.
I shall endeavour to reduce the comsumption of liquor
I pledge to ensure that people around me are abstained from consumption of liquor, not to offer liquor as beverage in social activities and not to engage in liquor industries.


Third Awareness

I am aware that violence causes suffering to the body and mind. It sometimes causes destruction of life.
I am aware that violence causes suffering to individual, family and society.
I am aware that those who have been brought up in violence will habitually resort to violence as a mean to problem-solving.
Fighting, domestic violence, terrorism are the consequences of violent way.
I am aware that the cause and effect of violence are intertwined.
I am aware that dispute leads to anger and discontent; domestic violence leads to hatred, grievance, disharmony and disrespect; racial massacre leads to loss of lives and enmity; religious conflict leads to irrational retaliation; and war leads to suffering, destruction, killing and hostility.
I am aware that violence causes loss of properties, lives and human resources.
I am aware that violence and hatred make peaceful mind, good interpersonal relationships, happy family life, peaceful society and world, impossible.
People will then live in worry and anxiety.
I am aware that I do not wish to be a victim of violence and so do the others.
I shall start with myself, and with the co-operation of others who share the same ideal, to stop all harmful action, violence and hatred.
I am aware that happiness, harmony and peace begin from my mind.
This is my THIRD AWARENESS.
By virtue of my THIRD AWARENESS,
I pledge to train my mind to be compassionate and free of greed, hatred and ignorance;
I hereby pledge to train my mind to be mindful of every thought and action so that it is not harmful, and free from violence and hatred.
I hereby pledge to be open minded and forgiving.
I hereby pledge to end the suffering of living beings and help them to attain ultimate liberation.
I shall refrain from all harmful acts, dispute, domestic violence, racial and religious conflicts and war.
I shall fill my mind with loving kindness, compassion, harmony and peace.

Fourth Awareness

I am aware that committing suicide is a harmful act against my body and life.
The mental struggle leading to suicide is harmful to my mind.
I am aware that this harmful act is equivalent to committing violence against myself.
I am aware that destructive force will be created by harmful acts.
In other words, suicide has negative effect on individuals, family and society.
Destructive force caused by deep depression at the time of my suicide gravely affects my next birth.
The negative force resulting from my sudden death brings sorrow and sadness to my family.
The negative force generated from my suicide encourages those who are in deep depression and in unstable mind to follow suit.
I am aware that committing suicide is not a solution to my problem.
It creates more problems.
I am aware that it is foolish to commit suicide out of
retaliation.
I should be aware that I may have given up my life due to deep depression
but I might have overlooked that I would be reborn in a new form of life at another space and time.
My problem is not solved by committing suicide.
Instead, the destructive force caused by my act of suicide will persist and gravely affects my next birth.
I am aware that I have to resolve my problem in present life with wisdom and courage.
I shall not avoid my problem by committing suicide.
This is my FOURTH AWARENESS.
By virtue of my FOURTH AWARENESS,
I hereby pledge to calm my mind and strengthen
my mental state of mind.
I shall not give my hope for life
when I am mentally weak
I know that I am mentally incapable to resolve my problem but I believe there are those who are willing to render assistance.
I hereby pledge to share my problem with those I have confidence in and are willing to help me.
I shall look for counseling service as an effective way to resolve my problem.
It is not an act of cowardice to do so. It requires courage to seek counseling .
I shall be proud of my brave choice.
I am aware that others do face problem in life.
I therefore pledge to care for people around me and to render my assistance in times of need.
I hereby pledge to train my mind to be mindful of every act and thought of the people around me
so as to render assistance as and when necessary.
I shall help them to be mentally strong and healthy.

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