Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:
- Welcome
- What’s Happening?
- Overcoming Sleepiness to Study the Fa
- Cultivating in the Fa by Truly Studying the Fa
- Letting Go of Selfishness and Assimilating to the Fa
- Human Beings or Immortals?
- Western Practitioner: Cultivating and Returning to My Original, True Self
- Studying the Fa Well is the Way to Look Inward
- 1. Welcome
Welcome to the March 2011 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.
In this issue, we have a compilation of experience-sharing Articles gleaned from Clearwisdom that always shine through because of their insights and fine quality of sharing. It is important to read the Clearwisdom, Pureinsight and other Dafa sites.
We make an effort to select Articles from the Archives which people don’t go back to and are relevant even today. Contributions are welcome from practitioners.
Heshi! Hope, you like the selection of Articles and gain some new insights!
Note: "All the contents in this newsletter - except for quotations and excerpts of writings of the founder Mr. Li Hongzhi - are only ideas and experiences of practitioners and do not represent Falun Dafa in itself."
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- 2. What’s Happening?
A Management Institute of the I E S invited a Mumbai practitioner to introduce Dafa and teach the exercises to the students and a few teachers. The exercise VCD’s were given to all and they said they would inform about follow up sessions.
The Bangalore practitioners were invited to the annual school sports of a school where the media were also present. Practitioners were interviewed and the article appeared in one of Bangalore’s popular language dailies.
A practitioner from Bangalore has been participating in several student forums in different parts of the country. He has been clarifying the truth and also getting the petitions signed.
Some practitioners from Iran have joined the online Fa study we have in the night.
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- 3. Overcoming Sleepiness to Study the Fa
(Clearwisdom.net)
Many practitioners have encountered sleepiness during Fa-study. The feeling can be quite painful as the head can start aching. But this is an interference that we need to break through in order to validate the Fa. Below are a few of my thoughts and experiences to share with practitioners. Due to my limited cultivation level, I hope fellow practitioners can kindly point out anything improper.
I always used to think about using methods to deal with feeling sleepy during Fa-study. I knew that it was interference, but the effects of my methods to overcome the interference were always limited. Afterwards, when I felt sleepy during Fa-study, I would move around or do something else. I found that the sleepy feeling would disappear right away when I stopped studying. Later, during Fa-study, I still felt this method was feasible and could enable my mind to remain clear, so I consciously held onto some physical things to do if I felt sleepy during Fa-study. No matter what, I was resolved not to put the book down and go to sleep when I felt sleepy. I continuously resisted the feeling of sleepiness like this.
Then, one day, I suddenly realized that I had not understood overcoming the interference of sleepiness based on the principles of the Fa. The forms I used to resist and overcome it were only superficial forms. Master even said,
"Of course, we don't acknowledge any of the things that the old forces arranged--I as your master don't acknowledge them, and Dafa disciples of course don't acknowledge them either." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference")
The way that I consciously held onto things to counteract feeling sleepy in Fa-study was actually unconsciously acknowledging the interference. If I do things in this same manner and think this way every day, then I actually strengthen the problem. Is it that we expect the same inference tomorrow if it happened today? If we hold onto these things, the evil will take advantage of it and will exaggerate the effect. Then, we will be sleepy every day. It is also using human notions to ask for it. As long as we are sleepy, we will stop Fa-study to do other things? Actually, we have already been forced to do this by the interference. And we still feel that the way we dealt with it is good. Isn't this thinking dangerous?
There is another kind of unconscious interference that is hard to be aware of. For example, when we feel thirsty during Fa-study, we will stop to get some water. When we feel cold or hot during Fa-study, we will stop to add or remove some clothes. These things seem like very normal things to do. But for a practitioner, it is not normal. Sometimes, when I was in a very good state and studying the Fa, suddenly I would feel thirsty. When I stopped to drink some water and returned, my focus would be gone. Why had this happened? Master said,
"When you study the Fa, just study the Fa" ("Teaching and Explaining the Fa
at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference," 4/20/2003).
The meaning is in fact very profound. It encompasses how to treat Fa-study, how to be strict with ourselves in Fa-study, how to improve our character, how to focus on Fa-study, and so on. It encompasses a lot of heavenly secrets. As a practitioner, I realized that if we cannot understand this issue based on Fa principles and cannot tolerate it when we have some kind of problems during Fa-study, then how can we possibly improve our character?
With righteous thoughts and righteous actions, I gave up my previous thoughts about how to prevent sleepiness during Fa-study. On the contrary, I first finished all the things I needed to do, and then I started to study the Fa with a calm mind. It was just like what Master said,
"As soon as your thoughts are righteous, the evil will collapse"(Provisional translation of "What to Fear" from Hong Yin (2)).
I don't get the sleepy feeling anymore. After a while, if I encounter some interference, I will focus myself and not acknowledge it. First, I try reading faster. Secondly, I read aloud (when reading aloud our sound should not get quieter and quieter under the interference, to the point where we only use our eyes to look at the book instead of reading it, because at this point we will close our eyes under the interference). Thirdly, I stand up when reading the book. Fourthly, I will send forth righteous thoughts and then continue to read. I quickly overcame the tribulations by myself. It was just like what Master said,
"the shade of willows, the blooms of flowers, a place to rest my head!" (From "The Ninth Talk" of Zhuan Falun)
Note: overcoming the sleepy feeling does not necessarily include when there is a lack of sleep or when we are experiencing body purification.
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- 4. Cultivating in the Fa by Truly Studying the Fa
(Clearwisdom.net)
For many years, Master has asked Dafa disciples to genuinely study the Fa.
After so many years of cultivation, I came to realize that we may have been
cultivating under the old force' plan, which includes eliminating the various
attachments and types of persecution they set up for us. It made me think that
if Dafa disciples really did a good job studying the Fa, our Master would not
have to emphasize the importance of Fa study again and again. If we really,
truly studied the Fa with our hearts, we would remember we are Dafa disciples
wherever we are, in whatever situation we are in, and with whomever we face. We
would remember what Master teaches in the Fa, and catch our weaknesses in
cultivation, strengthen our righteous thoughts, and cultivate ourselves
according to the Fa's requirements. We would then be cultivating ourselves in
the Fa.
Truly studying the Fa is not only a long-term issue but also a daily
necessity. There are still a lot of practitioners passively cultivating
themselves in the interference and persecution. They realize the situation needs
to change only after some bad things happen, and then double, or triple the
effort is required to change the situation. From my personal point of view, this
is a typical representation of not truly studying the Fa. Certainly,
continuously and genuinely studying is itself a practitioner's level of
cultivation, and whether the 3 things we do every day meet the requirement is a
test of studying the Fa. For a long time, some of our practitioners study the Fa
with' attachments and they can not see the deep meaning of the Fa. Some are too
busy to have any time to study the Fa. Some study the Fa because they still want
to pursue benefits in the ordinary human world, and so on.... The above
phenomenon indicates that how, and how well we do studying the Fa, are the
fundamental problems.
I have a traditional way, which is to recite the Fa. During repeated, solemn
recitation and true cultivation of our xinxing, we will naturally
understand deeper meanings of the Fa as the quality of the Fa study improves. In
fact, even successful people in ordinary human society are able to be well
versed in the books of their fields. For Dafa disciples who have waited for the
Fa throughout millions of lives, shouldn't we put more energy and mindfulness
into studying the Fa?
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- 5. Letting Go of Selfishness and Assimilating to the Fa
(Clearwisdom.net)
Master says,
"Studying the Fa with attachments is not true cultivation"
("Towards Consummation" in Essentials for Further Advancement II)
We are the lives created in the old cosmos,
and self-interest is a major characteristics of the old cosmos. When we stepped
through the gate into cultivation, we also came in with selfishness. For
example, some people want to treat their diseases and some want to obtain a
Falun or become a Buddha or a Tao and solve the problem of life and death. Some
practitioners do not have a clear understanding of cultivation practice in their
minds and do not assimilate to the Fa during the process of cultivation.
Master says in "For Whom Do You Practice Cultivation" in Essentials
For Further Advancement:
"The greatest reason for religions being undermined is the
degeneration of the human mind. People worship Buddha not to cultivate
Buddhahood, but to seek Buddha's blessings so that they can make a fortune,
eliminate adversity, have a son, or lead a comfortable life."
Think about it, how many practitioners had these kinds of thoughts around
July 20, 1999? Having the mindset of curing diseases to become healthy or of
being a heavenly being and not paying off their debts while still accruing a lot
of karma makes self interests the basis of cultivation.
A few years have passed since Master published the article Towards
Consummation. I suggest that those practitioners who still have not
understood the article memorize it--learn it by heart--and compare themselves to
the Fa. Fundamentally we do not admit the existence of the old
forces at all, however, the old forces are making use of our loopholes. If we
study the Fa with the same attachments as when we started cultivation and don't
change ourselves, we are simply making use of the Fa for personal benefit and
are not assimilating to the Fa. We will then be easily controlled by the old
forces and interfered with by them.
Our cultivation is to achieve selflessness by constantly improving ourselves
and letting go of selfishness. By cultivating well and dissolving the evil by
denying the arrangements of the old forces, we walk on the path that Master
arranged for us. We then will be able to assist in rectifying the Fa without
letting the evil take advantage of any loopholes.
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- 6. Human Beings or Immortals?
By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Henan Province, China
(Clearwisdom.net)
After going through six years of brutal persecution,
some practitioners consider themselves as divine beings already, but why are
they still under persecution? Why can't they eliminate the evil? Some other
practitioners consider themselves human beings and therefore lack the power to
eliminate the evil. Indeed, what are we--humans or divine beings?
Teacher said in Hong Yin,
"Distinction Between Human and Enlightened Beings
What is human? Sentiments and desires fill the body.
What is immortal? Human mentalities do not exist.
What is Buddha? Benevolence and virtue in abundance.
What is Dao? A pure and tranquil true being."
What does it mean to be a divine being? They are benevolent and
compassionate. Regardless of who or what situation a divine being faces, he or
she always has benevolence and compassion -- only out of compassion does a
divine being save sentient beings. In order to save all beings, a divine being
clarifies the truth, steps forward to validate the Fa, and resists the
persecution.
A colleague of mine used to have some conflicts with me. Our manager asked
the colleague to monitor me, but I said to her, "I have only love in my
heart, with no hatred." I behaved in accordance with those words, and my
sincerity moved her. After she realized the truth, the colleague said these
heartfelt words to me, "I have never considered anyone great, including all
of our leaders. But I think you are truly great -- you treat everyone fairly and
justly. From head to toe you radiate kindness, a sort of light. Your heart is
translucent. I think you will achieve something great." She also asked me
to clarify the truth to one of her classmates. As a result, another person got
to know the truth. What is a miracle? Isn't this a miraculous embodiment of the
Buddha Fa in the human world? Dafa thus resolved a poor predestined connection.
Some practitioners think we need to eliminate barriers among us, but what are
those barriers? Aren't they our human attachments, notions and karma? In Zhuan
Falun (Lecture Nine), it says,
"It is because one with good inborn quality has a lot of the white
substance that is assimilated to our universe and to the characteristic
Zhen-Shan-Ren without any barrier. The characteristic of the universe can
manifest directly in your body and be in immediate contact with your
body."
In my understanding, when practitioners have only compassion and no human
attachments, there are no barriers separating us. This is why Teacher asked us
to not even acknowledge the very existence of the old forces. As long as we
assimilate to "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance", then all evil
will be dissolved, including the old forces. When every Dafa disciple has
nothing but compassion, the evil will be no more and finished.
When I see practitioners quarrel and fight with their family members, bear
hatred and feelings of grievance when persecuted, look down upon or idolize
other practitioners, or even deceive each other by telling lies, I feel very
sad. Is this how divine beings act? Teacher taught the Fa to us so that we can
cultivate solidly and act according to it. Some practitioners still have fear
and refuse to step forward using various excuses, and this is even farther away
from having righteous thoughts. If a practitioner just thinks about it at home
without actually doing the truth clarification, how could all beings understand
the truth? How could a practitioner dissolve the evil and reach consummation
while carrying fear and selfishness? Teacher said, "If a Dafa disciple
cannot validate the Fa, then he is not a Dafa disciple." ("On
"The Dignity of Dafa"") Teacher wants us to consummate everything
of our own in the process of validating Dafa and establish our mighty virtue
through resisting the persecution.
Fellow practitioners who still have various human attachments, please ask
yourselves seriously: Am I truly selfless? Am I truly benevolent? Is my mind
pure and translucent? Can I look at my heart and truly be worthy of judgment
before heaven and earth? If the answers are in the negative, then you are not a
divine being. If you can say yes to the above questions, you are a great divine
being, with the power to dissolve all evil and all unrighteous things. No
obstacle can hinder you. Instead, obstacles are opportunities for you to
establish your mighty virtue through your efforts against persecution.
The above are only my personal understandings. Please correct any mistakes
that I have made.
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- 7. Western Practitioner: Cultivating and Returning to My Original, True Self
By a practitioner in Los Angeles
(Clearwisdom.net)
I am both honored and humbled to stand before you, my
fellow practitioners today, as I have been practicing Falun Dafa for just a year
and a half. In this short time, my life is becoming utterly transformed. What I
want to share about today is my experience, as I understand it, of returning to
one's original true-self, something I feel has always been a deep wish.
Along with having a teaching which could clarify feelings and beliefs - I
remember learning the story of Jacob in the Old Testament. He had a dream of a
ladder ascending to Heaven. I knew that this dream was more real than anything
in my human world.
What I could not have predicted is how difficult letting go of human
attachments would be. I understood the basic principles and had already come to
accept that this was the only way to really live in this chaotic world. I
remember using the very phrase, being lost in a maze, as Zhuan Falun says
, and was quite resolved in wanting out of the human delusion. Knowing all this
surprisingly did not make it any easier.
When I first began to cultivate, I had tremendous fear and apprehension about
letting go of certain attachments; I had so identified with 'sentimentality',
like Master says, "They just live for emotion
(Zhuan Falun, Lecture Six)". As an artist, it was the source of
everything I did, all my work, thoughts and behavior. In order to free myself of
this incorrect thinking, I would remind myself of Master's words, "If
something is yours, nobody will take it away". If it's really mine, it
can't be taken away from me; I understood that if I let everything go, what is
really mine, my true essence, cannot be taken from me, as it is therefore only
something I do not want!- and if it is not my true self, then I am happy to let
it go, for the opportunity to know, and to live my true self.
I am constantly baffled by these contradictions, by the tenacity of my human
attachments, especially to sentimentality. I know it is common to have one
attachment which is greater than all others, for which the karma is most dense.
As a single woman, I was filled with romantic aspirations and desire, and then a
great deal of disappointment, hurt, loss and confusion almost always
accompanying the experience of connecting to a man. The more I desired for this
connection, the greater the karma. In Zhuan Falun, Master Li explains the
desire for the third eye to open:
" And there are some people who really want to get their Third Eyes
opened, but the more they practice, the less likely they are going to open.
What's the reason? They're clueless about it. The main reason is that you
can't seek the Third Eye--the more you seek it, the more you won't have it.
The more you seek it, not only won't it open, but worse yet, something will
actually flow out from inside your Third Eye, it's something you can't quite
call black or white, and it'll cover up your Third Eye.)" ( Zhuan
Falun, Lecture Two)
Thus, the more I was seeking it, the more lost in the maze I became - more
hurt, confusion and now creating distorted notions about myself and the world. I
formed beliefs about myself that were neither truthful nor compassionate,
separating me further from the nature of the universe and my true self. As
Master said in Zhaun Falun, " It forms a field around your body and
envelops you, it cuts you off from the nature of the universe, to be True, Good,
and Endure" (Zhuan Falun, Lecture Four).
I started to have deeper awareness about how this happens, the cycle, the
constant painful reminder of how I elude and mask my original true self.
It reminds me of what Master Li delineates when he talks about, "demonic
interference of ones mind- transformation follows mind intent." One's
impure thoughts, of either grandeur or worthlessness, can create a mirrored
reality which affirms the false premise.
He says,
" Everything in your dimensional field is controlled by the thoughts
in your brain. In other words, when you look at things with your Third Eye, if
you calmly observe with no thoughts added in, what you see is real. But as
soon as you use your mind, even if it's just a little bit, everything you see
will be false, and this is "breeding demons in your own mind," which
is also called "transforming according to thoughts." It's because
some practitioners aren't able to act as cultivators" (Zhuan Falun, Lecture
Six)
I thank Master Li, who has taught me the principle of wuwei, (non-action)
for this alone has revolutionized my life.
Almost a year ago, a fellow practitioner asked me if I wanted to write movie
reviews for the Epoch Times. My first response was 'sure', but within a few
hours I was laying in bed awake recounting all the reasons why I could not do
this. I had never done journalism after all, I could not type, could not spell,
did not have a computer, etc. And then it occurred to me that thinking "I
can't" was also an attachment that I needed to get rid of. This new way of
thinking, or thinking less perhaps, has profoundly changed me.
As one who perceived myself as unable succeed in many areas, because of
learning disabilities as a child, I now was freed to know that the Fa can do
anything, and can accomplish anything through me. My writing is improving all
the time, as well as many other skills as I have many opportunities to learn and
expand constantly.
Each new thing that presents itself, feels actually like an old skill or
talent, or interest, that was never realized or developed because of some false
notion I had--karma no doubt. In this sense, I feel that this is one
manifestation of returning to my original self- innate abilities and tendencies
which I had discarded, as I had loved to write as a child.
Additionally, writing for EET's Arts and Entertainment section, both
nationally and locally, has meant interviewing various artists. I learned a new
level of clarifying the truth.
A few months back I interviewed a director at a lunch meeting. He invited the
leading actress of his newest film and play. They were a couple, but this was
not public information. We were very congenial and I was able to tell them all
about the Epoch Times, which they both thought was wonderful.
The following week, I met up with the actress to give her a copy of the
article. I admitted that I hadn't used her best quotes as I was honoring her
privacy about the relationship. She was stunned, "You know, no one does
that," she said. "No one else would have done that." She paused
and said, "But I guess that's what your paper is about, isn't it?"
I have discovered a real appreciation in making these personal and sometimes
intimate connections, as I have always preferred one on one situations.
Again, I started to feel that these arrangements for me, though I could not
have imagined it so, were perfectly suited to both my abilities and to where I
still needed to improve myself.
Most recently, I was talking to an acquaintance, a filmmaker, who was reading
a book about directing. When I inquired about the book, he asked "Are you
interested in directing?" I said, yes, but no, but yes. He asked me to
clarify my ambivalent response. I explained that in my practice, I don't pursue
anything, yet if I am to be honest, the memory came rushing back, that 15 years
prior, directing was a real secret desire of mine. But I had so many reasons why
I could never do it. Now that I have given up this attachment, I guess I have to
say that I am interested.
Right then and there, this friend offered to take me on as a student and
mentor me. I felt immediately that this was Master Li's arrangements and that I
should work hard.
As Master states in Zhuan Falun,
" So you cultivate in a state of nonaction and just focus on cultivating
your character, then you'll be making breakthroughs in your level, and you'll
definitely have whatever you should." (Zhuan Falun, Lecture Two)
This has been the most salient and profound part of cultivation for me, the
continuous shedding of the layers. As I have been able to discard being led by
selfish desires, and the tiresome existence of trying to figure everything out
myself, or futilely trying, to do, make, and have, the things of this world, I
get closer to these other parts of myself. Through adopting wuwei as a
guiding principle, and deepening my ultimate trust in the Fa I have experienced
so many of my old, or original, wishes being realized--wishes even I had
forgotten.
I finally have found my true ladder to heaven.
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- 8. Studying the Fa Well is the Way to Look Inward
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in the Ningxia Autonomous Region
(Clearwisdom.net)
Not too long ago, several fellow practitioners suffered severe "sickness." Other practitioners and I sent forth righteous thoughts with them and shared our understandings based on the Fa. When considering looking inward and completely denying the old forces' arrangements, the "sick" practitioners’ reactions are similar: "I looked inward, but I could not find any problem. I did not acknowledge the old forces' arrangements; I am doing the three things, but…" They seemed frustrated.
After exchanging opinions, I thought to myself,
"...when a conflict arises between two people and it’s seen by a third person, even the third person should think to himself, "Oh, a confrontation is happening between them, so why is it that I was there to see it? " ("Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Australia")
I realized that now that I had seen this issue, there must be something I need to improve on. As a matter of fact, I am also the kind of person who thinks, "I looked inward, but I could not find any problem."
I have cultivated for ten years and experienced so many tribulations. Some fellow practitioner said I had cultivated well, and I was happy to hear that. I was studying the Fa, practicing the exercises, distributing truth-clarifying materials, and setting up truth-clarification materials production sites, and though I was not as diligent as some fellow practitioners, I had stepped forward for Dafa. Thus I thought, "Shouldn't I qualify to be a 'Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple?'"
However, whenever I encounter problems, my human notions would come forth. When studying the Fa, practicing the exercises and sending forth righteous thoughts, I could not keep my mind clear, and often felt sleepy. Every time I looked inward, I looked from human notions, not from the Fa: "I am studying the Fa, sending forth righteous thoughts, and doing the three things, how could I not improve? How could I still suffer "sickness"? How could I have so many interferences?" As a result, "I looked inward, but I could not find any problem." Yet I knew I was not in a correct situation, and felt frustrated.
Whether a person knows how to look inward, is the fundamental difference between a cultivator and an ordinary person. Master told us clearly,
"...the two reasons for not being able to increase gong. Without knowing the Fa at high levels, one cannot practice cultivation. Without cultivating one’s inner self and one’s xinxing, one cannot increase gong. These are the two reasons." ("Lecture One" in Zhuan Falun, 2000 translation version)
"The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts." ("Drive Out Interference" in Essentials for Further Advancement II)
If a Dafa practitioner does not do well in cultivation, it must be that he did not study the Fa well. If one does not understand the Fa, how could one look inward? I made up my mind to let go of the attachment of doing things and to calm myself down to study the Fa.
Several days ago when studying the Fa, I suddenly had a new understanding about a sentence Master told us. Master said,
"Since everything in other dimensions has life, karma is also the same. When one begins to practice cultivation in a righteous way, one must eliminate one’s karma. Eliminating karma means having karma wiped out and transformed. Of course, karma will resist, and so one will have tribulations and obstacles." ("Lecture Six" in Zhuan Falun)
Now I understand that karma has life; it will "actively" block our cultivation path, which is why it is so difficult for us to improve. Since karma and the old forces are lives, they can clearly see our attachments and shortcomings in other dimensions, they will work together to stop us from doing the three things well, and especially, stop us from studying the Fa well. This is because when a practitioner studies the Fa well, he will identify and eliminate his attachments and warped notions.
"Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master." (Zhuan Falun)
Master will also help us to eliminate these warped things. Of course karma does not want us to do that and it will do whatever it can to stop us from doing that.
In the process of coming down to the human world through different levels, we accumulated notions of each level. By the time we arrived in the human world, we had accumulated lots of warped notions and degenerate things in this long process. This is truly karma built upon karma. Our bodies and fields are full of degenerate things, creating a field of karma. There would be no hope for us to return to our true home if it were not for our Benevolent Master saving us. Now under the guidance of Dafa, we started moving up. We must fundamentally change our conventional thinking and eliminate all the warped notions and karma. This is the only way for us to improve and break through each level.
Thus, studying the Fa with a calm heart is the key; we know "how" to look inward to find problems when we understand the Fa clearly. The attachments have nowhere to hide when we measure everything against Dafa. Once I understand this, I do not feel that studying the Fa is a simple task. Rather, it is studying to assimilate to Dafa and return to my true nature; this way, I know how to look inward. Last night I felt anxious all of a sudden, yet my heart was not moved. I calmed down to examine why I felt anxious. I thought about a personal business matter in which I may lose some benefits if it is not dealt with carefully; also there were some misunderstandings among fellow practitioners. As a matter of fact, the Fa clearly told me how to deal with these situations, so why did I feel anxious? Wasn’t it because of my selfishness and attachments? These should be eliminated in my cultivation, but if I don’t truly look inward to find these attachments, they will not disappear automatically.
This morning when I did the sitting exercise, I could not calm down no matter how hard I tried. All kinds of thoughts came and went. Why? All of a sudden I realized that all the thoughts were based on the theme of "selfishness," I knew these thoughts were not truly mine since my mind could not control them. When I looked deeper, I realized that all these thoughts existed to feed my attachments. The "self" formed in the human world enjoyed these thoughts, and this gave these thoughts a reason to exist.
Since these thoughts have lives in other dimensions, they will be active. In the name of "meeting my wishes," they exist in my thoughts, interfering and trying to replace my true nature. In addition, they make all kinds of efforts to stop me from assimilating to Dafa, making me feel sleepy when studying the Fa, interfering with me when doing the exercises, etc. They even know how to coordinate with the evil persecution from outside. We must pay attention to eliminating these human thoughts while eliminating the outside evil factors.
Each Dafa practitioner’s body corresponds to a giant cosmic body. If we cultivate ourselves well and eliminate the evil factors in our own field, a large cosmic body will be clear and transparent, all lives in that cosmic body will be rectified. If we all cultivate well, the righteous factors will be very powerful.
When clarifying the truth, sometimes we lack confidence. On the surface this was because the evil Chinese Communist Party is still very reckless, many fellow practitioners have been arrested and persecuted, the media is full of evil propaganda, many people are controlled by the evil, and the righteous factors are not strong enough. As a matter of fact, if we examined ourselves carefully, we would see that the bad thoughts and degenerate notions in our minds all reflect human beings’ degeneration and warped human notions. When our righteous thoughts could not maintain control, isn’t that situation somehow similar to the reflection of the external environment?
If every cell in our body exactly reflects our own image, the surface reflection of the external situation represents some factors that are not cultivated well by every practitioner. It has been more than seven years since the persecution started, and many fellow practitioners, amongst the pressure and pain, are wishing the moment of Fa-rectification reaching the human world to come early. Actually we do not need to wish for the moment; all we need is to examine ourselves: Do we have righteous thoughts all the time on all matters, did we eliminate all the degenerate thoughts in each level, is our every single thought in accordance with the Fa? If we could all achieve all of these things, that is the moment that the Fa-rectification reaches the human world. This is my understanding of why we must look inward to cultivate.
Master said,
"Without any notion, one will resolve issues with his true good nature, benevolence controls. The more you reveal your true nature, the higher level you reach, the closer you are to your true nature." ("Buddha-nature" from Zhuan Falun II, unofficial translation)
I believe this Fa has told us the standard we must reach, and studying the Fa calmly is the only way to reach such a level. If we cannot learn the deeper meaning of the Fa at a higher level, we will not be able to cultivate to that level. Though evil factors are interfering, the reason we do not know how to look inward is because we do not understand the Fa clearly. I believe if we truly appreciate this precious cultivation opportunity and have firm faith in Master and Dafa, we will have powerful righteous thoughts to break through all obstacles, study the Fa calmly, and all the interference will be eliminated in our powerful righteous thoughts.
Karma is formed in the human level, so it cannot reach the microscopic level. As soon as a righteous thought comes from Dafa practitioners, everything can be changed. Master told us repeatedly of the importance of studying the Fa. Let us all cultivate diligently, study the Fa well and look inward to cultivate, do the three things well with pure minds and truly accomplish the mission of Dafa practitioners.
Above are my personal understandings. Please kindly point out any mistakes.
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