Self-discipline is more important than heteronomy
Self-discipline is the internal cause, heteronomy is the external cause, and the external cause works through the internal cause. People living in such a complex society must have the ability to self-discipline. In this way, under certain circumstances, people can "come out of the mud without being stained." At present, the law is improving day by day, but the number of people committing crimes is still not decreasing. The reason is self-evident. Therefore, self-discipline is very important in society and daily life.
If everyone has a high level of self-discipline, then the various machines of the country will not need to exist, and everyone will live in peace. On the contrary, even under strict legal supervision, people will go their own way. Therefore, self-discipline is more important than heterodiscipline.
Comrade Liu Shaoqi once gave a profound definition of self-discipline, that is, even when an individual is independent, unsupervised, and has the possibility of doing any bad things, he should be "cautious about independence" and not do anything. bad thing. "Be cautious about independence" can make us deeply understand how important self-discipline is. In any situation, the most important thing for a person is to grasp himself. It is unrealistic to always rely on others. The supervision of others must have certain limitations, and it is impossible to follow you anytime and anywhere. Therefore, the key to a person's quality and moral cultivation is his self-discipline ability. In the "Implementation Outline of Citizen Moral Construction" it is pointed out that the emphasis is on construction and people-oriented. Establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life, and values ??in the entire nation, and vigorously advocate the basic moral norms of "patriotism and law-abiding, courtesy and integrity, unity and friendship, diligence, thrift, self-reliance, and dedication" throughout society, and strive to improve the moral quality of citizens and promote the all-round development of people. development and cultivate generation after generation of socialist citizens with ideals, morality, culture, and discipline.
Nowadays, many colleges and universities have proposed to enhance the initiative of college students in receiving education and continuously improve their awareness and ability of self-education. Doesn’t this beneficially illustrate the importance of self-discipline? Therefore: everything must be solved with self-discipline as the main method and heterodiscipline as the supplement. Finally, I would like to reiterate our point of view: self-discipline is more important than other-discipline.
Self-discipline is more important than other-discipline. A person is self-centered first, and then integrates into society. Therefore, people should have autonomy. In fact, human qualities do not show up only at critical moments, but are present all the time. In this case, self-discipline becomes particularly important. You always want others to influence your consciousness and restrain you. What choice will you make if you are alone in danger?
Many criminal youths in society are resigned to degeneracy and have no pursuits. Despite parental control, legal control, and state control, they repeatedly commit crimes and do not repent. This is all due to their lack of strict self-discipline. Let’s talk about another example around us. Now, we are facing the six-subject examination. Success does not depend on the pressure of the examination system, the pressure of parents, the pressure of teachers, but depends on your own pressure, the correct attitude towards learning, and the ability to discipline yourself. Learn to manage yourself, find a learning method that suits you, and take the initiative to explore. How can you not succeed? If you don't even complete your homework every day, but rely on the supervision of teachers and parents, and do not have strict self-discipline in your studies, then failure will belong to you.
If a person lives and relies on others to manage him every day, then his mind is unhealthy. Some people say: "If the quality of the whole people is improved, it will be difficult for others to improve." Don't you think this statement is very irrational? This sentence is only suitable for individual people to think about. Assume that more than one billion people in China think like this: When everyone's quality has improved, it will not be too late for me to do it again. So who is leading the way? Who has such a great ability to mobilize the entire people to improve their personal quality by himself, then he is really amazing!
So: "No matter what you do, you must strictly demand yourself." Only by improving one's own quality can we adapt to the development of society. Therefore, we believe that self-discipline is more important than other-discipline.
In many cases, heteronomy cannot restrain human behavior everywhere. And we need more self-discipline. If you find a wallet on the street, should you put it in your pocket or hand it to the police? If you are given extra change in a store, should you pretend you don't know or give it back? These phenomena reflect: which is more important, heterodiscipline or self-discipline. Just imagine, the law stipulates the limits of people's behavior. He restricts you and supervises you so that you do not commit criminal acts. But if people lack the ability to self-discipline, heteronomy can only be a piece of paper. Measuring a person's quality is what choice he will make when no one knows. This is a sign of self-discipline, which is more effective than others' evaluation of us. Therefore, we must adhere to self-discipline to continuously improve our own quality.
Heteronomy must always be realized through self-discipline. Self-discipline is the carrier of heteronomy. Without self-discipline, heteronomy will have no object and will promote its original meaning. Just like the police and the thieves, with the police, thieves still exist! As for the subject of the thief, if he does not realize it through self-discipline, there is still nothing he can do, and heteronomy is obviously meaningless. Some socialist criminals are willing to degenerate, know the law and break the law. Despite the strict management of the law, they still slide into the abyss of crime. "The lotus emerges from the mud and remains unstained" entirely because of its own binding force, which prevents it from changing its noble sentiments.
If you completely rely on heteronomy, once the external environment of heteronomy disappears, you will lose your restraints and you will do whatever you want, and do all kinds of evil.
It can be seen that self-discipline plays a decisive role!