Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:
- Welcome
- What’s Happening?
- Cultivation Diary: Live Among Everyday People, Elevate Through Cultivation Practice
- Maintain Xinxing to Substantiate Buddha Nature
- Only by Cultivating Well Can We Validate the Fa Well
- Let Go of Ordinary People's Notions and Walk Righteously On the Path to the Future
- Study the Fa Well, Validate the Fa, and Enlighten to Fa Principles
- The Danger of Laziness and Desiring Comfort
- 1. Welcome
Welcome to the July 2012 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.
As we start July, the dark memories of 20 July 1999 come back to us. Let us not be despondent but look at how Master has given us the strength in the time of adversities. Master has shown us how to turn crisis into opportunity, by clarifying the truth and exposing the lies. The world has seen for 13 years the evil has not been able to crush the unflinching spirit of people of a righteous faith.
We should be steadfast in our path and do what Master expects us to do.
It is important for us to keep our righteous thoughts and clarify the truth to the world.
In this issue, we have a compilation of experience-sharing Articles gleaned from Pureinsight and 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?
Practitioners from Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and Udaipur participated in the Srinagar Book Fair from 2 to 10 June. For the first time Falun Dafa was introduced on such a large scale in this region. Fliers were distributed to all the visitors to the stall and the exercises were taught. Many people showed keen interest in following up on the exercises.
Practitioners from Bangalore made a presentation of Falun Dafa in the context of the Human Rights situation in China to SICHREM-South India Cell for Human Rights, Education and Monitoring.
Falun Dafa was introduced by Bangalore practitioners to the Gogreen group committed to environmental protection and energy conservation. They connected very well with how the universal principles of Falun Dafa is aligned to environmental protection and energy conservation.
Practitioners from Bangalore gave a presentation on Falun Dafa and the Human Rights situation in China to the Vincent de Paul International School in Mysore.
Several Practitioners from Bangalore made a presentation on Falun Dafa to the Byreswara school in Srinivaspur to reinvigorate their interest and start the exercises and Fa study with renewed vigour.
The Ancient Tales of Wisdom was also introduced to some teachers for their feedback which was encouraging.
Falun Dafa was introduced to LEAD INDIA an NGO in Hyderabad where 40 members were present. Practitioners explained about the practice, showed the exercises, clarified the truth and distributed the fliers. The in-charge requested to introduce the practice in schools where they are associated, from last week of June.
Practitioners also met an officer, working with a leading Telugu daily called Eenadu and explained about Falun Dafa and clarified the truth. She promised to go through the books and fliers.
Hyderabad practitioners met the reporters of an English daily The Hindu and explained about the practice and the on-going persecution in China. They promised to study and see the website and do the needful.
Practitioner from Mumbai conducted the 9 day Lecture at one of the centers of Dignity Foundation and introduced Falun Dafa to one more centre of the Dignity Foundation.
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- 3. Cultivation Diary: Live Among Everyday People, Elevate Through Cultivation Practice
Jin Gangxiao
(PureInsight.org) (New England Fahui 2006)
In the past, for a long time I hadn't been able to handle my cultivation practice correctly in relation to my everyday life and work. I went to two extremes, either feeling I could break from the everyday people's world entirely and do nothing but cultivation practice, or being trapped in everyday people's conflicts for a long time. For example, when I first started practicing cultivation, I threw away all my non-cultivation books in front of family, and I often grasped every minute at work to read the Fa, despite how my co-workers felt. When I talked with non-practitioners about how wonderful Dafa is, I was very proud as if nobody else knew more than I did. Now, looking back at my path of cultivation practice over those years, I saw a strong attachment of selfishness.
I was afraid that I couldn't keep up with the Fa-rectification process, so I worked very hard at clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings. I was afraid I couldn't complete cultivation practice without getting rid of so many attachments, so I racked my brains trying to "look inside." I was afraid that everyday people would drag me to their world, so I purposely kept my distance from them in my thoughts and actions. I was afraid of all sorts of obstacles on the path of cultivation practice, so I couldn't do things openly and nobly, and instead was very careful... Put simply, I lacked a selfless and pure heart.
Now, I really regret for that and feel sad. Because of my shortcomings, non-practitioners couldn't understand me, and I couldn't approach them and tell them the truth about Dafa. I lost many opportunities to save people just because of my going to extremes and selfishness.
Today, I once again read Master's lecture, Teaching the Fa in San Francisco 2005. Master said, "As I have said before, this is the form that Dafa disciples' cultivation takes today - the cultivation is done among ordinary people, and you cultivate without breaking from the secular world. I discussed this before in teaching the Fa: It's precisely because Dafa disciples cultivate this way that they can achieve something never seen before in history - a human becoming divine through cultivation." I didn't understand until now that it is because the Fa is so grand that even when we live in the secular world we can achieve such high realms. It is truly a "great way without form." I came to understand that maximally conforming to the human society does not mean we should become everyday people. Even if we do our jobs well and take care of our families well, we won't become everyday people because the Fa is in our hearts measuring everything. Our heart is full of compassion and won't be affected by the human world.
When I was able to conform to the human society well, I found it very easy to validate Dafa and save sentient beings. During those times, I was very close to non-practitioners and they enjoyed spending time with me. Therefore, face-to-face opportunities were created for me to tell them the truth.
Today, I met a person and clarified the truth to him. He reminded me not to treat other people's hardships and unhappiness with an air of superiority, and that nobody liked to accept pity, which is almost like taking charity. Upon hearing his words, I felt it was Master's hint to me. I realized more and more that the closer to the end, the more calm and sober I should be, and I must be a Falun Dafa practitioner who has a heart of saving people and whose behavior conforms to everyday people's society.
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- 4. Maintain Xinxing to Substantiate Buddha Nature
By a Dafa practitioner in the USA
(Minghui.org)
I would like to share some of my experiences in recent Fa-study and cultivation. Please kindly point out anything improper.
The Fa-rectification has progressed to date, and every Dafa disciple can feel that it has come to the very last stage. We understand from the Fa that the closer we are to the end the more we need to pay attention to cooperation and coordination as one body, and we must not leave any loopholes for the evil to take advantage of. How do we achieve this? I realize that one of the aspects is that we must maintain our xinxing. Often, practitioners find it hard to get along harmoniously. There are a lot of reasons for this. I believe that the following are the main reasons for the discord: mistrust and dislike.
1. Mistrust
The main reason for mistrust, to my understanding, is that we have each failed to maintain our xinxing and have indulged our demon nature. From the Fa we understand that humans have both Buddha nature and demon nature. We are human beings who have taken up the path of cultivation, which requires us to constantly get rid of our demon nature and to substantiate our Buddha nature. Therefore in the course of our cultivation, there are bound to be many occasions when our demon nature would manifest. As for damage done to us as one body, I feel the most important reason is that we tend to unwittingly infer, assume and make conclusions through our own judgment.
From the Fa we have learned that the human mind has been tainted with much contamination and has deviated from the universal law, and, therefore, when we think about things with demon nature, we have already deviated from the Fa. Most importantly, we are not aware of this at all, and very often we even think we are in the Fa, when in fact we are assisting the old forces in damaging the Fa. What shows on the surface is mutual suspicion and talking behind each other's back. As a result, plans for promoting the Fa take a long time to surface, with much time and energy wasted. And at the same time it has given rise to negative energy, which in turn has canceled out the energy from our righteous thoughts. This is what makes us the saddest.
How can we do better? The answer is to uphold and maintain our xinxing. No matter what kind of people or situations we face, we must at all times remind ourselves to hold onto our righteous thoughts--the righteous thoughts of Dafa disciples. We must suppress our inclination to guess, to infer and to imagine with our own notions. We need to think: what would I do in such a situation if I were a Buddha. In fact, when our righteous thoughts are strong, we will unconditionally look within ourselves when conflicts arise. The more we point fingers at others, the more problems we have. Furthermore, the demon nature will expand, harming both ourselves and others. More importantly, it will affect us as one body. Therefore, as long we can hold onto our xinxing, we will be able to suppress the demon nature.
2. Dislike
Many practitioners, when seeing this word, would say they are not like this, because all this is qing [emotion or sentimentality]. However, when we interact with fellow practitioners, we have already unwittingly done some information processing: this practitioner gets on well with me, and we have a lot in common in our views; I cannot accept what that practitioner is doing; how come this practitioner behaves this way; how can that practitioner be like that ... ...; when we meet next time, we would inquire how come so and so did not come, and may feel a bit lost; or how come that practitioner has come, his ideas are different from mine, etc. Right now, I think very few practitioner would say these things in the open, but such thoughts are turning around in their mind, intentionally or unintentionally causing gaps between practitioners. I'm writing this because I know that every Dafa disciple knows that this should not happen among Dafa disciples. This is qing, and as Dafa disciples, we must treat this issue seriously. We must hold onto our xinxing and not indulge our demon nature and allow our qing to affect us as one body.
I realize that my understanding on this issue is very limited and there is much more I cannot express in words. What I have written here only serves as reference and I hope it can offer a few ideas to solicit other practitioners' deeper understandings.
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- 5. Looking Inward and Ascending as a Whole from the Fa
By a practitioner from Heilongjiang Province, China
(Minghui.org)
A practitioner from our Fa-study group, who is the son of an elderly practitioner A, was and imprisoned. Due to persecution in prison, his blood pressure reached 240. The prison sent him to the hospital for a checkup. He called his mother (practitioner A) and said she should send money to pay for the expense. Practitioner A discussed this with other practitioners. Practitioner B said: "You know that sending money there is not right, however, if you just cannot let it go, then it is not wrong if you want to do it at your current level."
I was worried after hearing this and said to practitioner A: "It is wrong to do so! Master said: 'No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil’s demands, orders, or what it instigates.' (“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts are Powerful” in Essentials for Further Advancement II) When you send him money, aren't you acknowledging that the evil persecution is right? Your son was very healthy before being imprisoned. Now he has been persecuted like this. The prison should pay for his medical expenses. Furthermore, our cultivation path is the guidance we leave for future generations. We should walk our paths well......"
Practitioner B said: “When this thing happened it didn't matter who was right or wrong. What's important is how everyone is thinking and improving as a whole body after sharing our understandings on the Fa. You have an attachment to pursuing perfection when doing things.” I was not happy hearing this. I did not share my understanding further. I thought what I said was right and I left with resentment.
I discussed this matter with another Fa-study group. Practitioner C said that in order to be responsible for fellow practitioners, we should share our understandings on the Fa with practitioner B and improve together. Seeing sincerity in practitioner C's eyes, I recognized my unrighteous thoughts. On the surface I was being considerate of fellow practitioners, but in essence I was protecting myself. I was afraid of being blamed by fellow practitioners, and I have an attachment to validating myself. Practitioner C said that if we are involved in the rescue team, we should do it well. This is what Master wants. Hearing this, I saw where I fell short. Although I have been involved in rescuing fellow practitioners, my heart has not been truly involved in it. I did not treat practitioners' things as my own things and did it superficially. I decided to eliminate these attachments.
Practitioner C and I went to practitioner A's home that night. Because my thoughts had changed, the fellow practitioners were very happy to see us. The unpleasant things that happened before were gone, like nothing had happened. Practitioner C and practitioner A shared their understandings calmly, and practitioner A kept nodding in agreement. The compassionate field also affected me. I remembered what Master said: “And when you are thinking things over, whether you use human notions or the righteous thoughts of a cultivator is going to determine the different results you get.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference”) Practitioner A said she was driven by human emotion and was not being responsible for the Fa. She said she would never send money to the evil, and she would firmly believe in Master and Dafa.
After seeing how practitioner C was being responsible to others, I decided to go to practitioner B's home and share understandings on the Fa and improve together. I remembered that I grew up hearing praise from others. All the ups and downs after I got married made me always feel afraid of being looked down on by others. I tried to do everything well in order not to leave any room for others to pick on my flaws. I have an attachment of seeking perfection. I felt relaxed after finding my attachment. After arriving at practitioner B's home, I frankly shared my change of thoughts with her. She said: “You were not wrong. I was wrong. I shared my understanding not from the Fa, but from human emotion.” She also talked about the feelings she encountered in cultivation during the process of elevating her and how she found all kinds of attachments.
Through this incident, I realized that everything happens in order to expose one's attachments. It is normal to have different opinions and attachments. The most important thing is whether our first thought is looking inward at ourselves from the Fa. It is important to let go of the attachment to changing others and instead understand fellow practitioners from their perspectives. Only by sharing our understandings on the Fa and ascending as a whole body can we walk a righteous path in rescuing fellow practitioners. This is what Master and gods expect from us.
Finally, I want to use Master's Fa to encourage fellow practitioners and myself so that we can be more diligent in our cultivation.
“Study Fa, obtain Fa,
Compare in studying, compare in cultivating,
Examine each and every deed,
Accomplishing is cultivating.”
(“Solid Cultivation” in Hong Yin)
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- 6. Let Go of Ordinary People's Notions and Walk Righteously On the Path to the Future
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China
(Minghui.org)
Even now, there are still many news stories about the persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners in China. Besides feeling sorry, I also started to ask myself, "Why are there still many practitioners being persecuted when it's so close to the end of the Fa Rectification period?" We can't just simply blame those practitioners as having xinxing problems. We are a group as a whole. Their problem is our problem.
I reviewed the thoughts of some fellow practitioners, as well as my own, and found that we were being blocked by everyday people's notions. We often unconsciously fall into the trap of everyday people's logic. For example, when something happens to us, we normally react by thinking: "How can we resolve the issue? How can we prevent it from happening again?" But we have not gone beyond the surface to look at it at from the level of the Fa and look for problems in our xinxing.
For example, some firm practitioners have done a lot of truth-clarification work, but they may still have some ordinary people's notions and thoughts. "What if I am arrested? What if the policemen do not follow the law? Now that the government does not follow the law, how can an individual go against the government?" When these notions pop up, most of the time the practitioners can "suppress" them. But, if they do not understand these issues based on the Fa, their human notions may pop up when they are arrested. Then, they may acknowledge the evil persecution unintentionally, which in return will lead to them being persecuted.
Therefore, I would like to share my understanding about this issue. If my understanding is not on the Fa, please kindly point it out to me.
First, can the evil do anything they want and use the human government to persecute us at their will? Of course, the answer is no. Many practitioners feel that there are no "protections" for their safety. Some practitioners think that if they are arrested it is because they did not believe in Teacher and the Fa strongly enough. I don't agree. I think that "believing in Teacher and the Fa" is based on rationality. In other words, it is because we have a clear understanding of the Fa that we "believe in Teacher and the Fa." This belief can't be forced or created by anyone. Nor can it be achieved by irrational actions under human sentiment.
What are the characteristics of the universe? They are "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance." The law of the universe is spread over every level, including the human world. Wasn't the evil that persecutes Dafa and practitioners also created by Dafa in the beginning? In other words, in addition to being restricted by the evil, practitioners are being restricted by the Fa as well. So it is not simply that if the evil finds a gap in our cultivation, then it can persecute us at its will. Dafa is fair. It restricts you, and it restricts them too. Not only does Dafa have requirements for the righteous and benevolent lives, it also has requirements for the negative and evil lives. If the evil wants to take advantage of Dafa practitioners' gaps, can't practitioners take countermeasures too?
When the evil does something against Heaven's law, we can follow Dafa to solemnly clear and eliminate them. That is because all lives must act according to Dafa. That's the only thing allowed. No life can do anything at their own will. Teacher said, "everything has an origin." (Zhuan Falun, Lecture Nine, "A Calm Mind," 2003 translation). Therefore what happens in the human world is not accidental. The persecution was created by the old forces. But if we did everything absolutely right and had all our understanding totally based on the Fa, this persecution would have never happened.
Teacher said in "A Brief Explanation of Shan"
"If a nationality is to be truly virtuous, it must have little karma; it is certain there will be no wars against it. This is because the principles of Dafa prohibit it, as the nature of the universe governs everything. One doesn't need to worry that a virtuous nation will be invaded. The nature of the universe--Dafa--is present everywhere and encompasses the entire cosmic body, from the macroscopic level to the microscopic level."
What I understand is that if we truly act righteously, Dafa will not allow the persecution to continue. The reason that the persecution exists is because we do not have a clear understanding of the Fa. In addition, our "experiences" based on human knowledge and notions interfere with our righteous thoughts, making us feel that we can't do anything to stop it, hence acknowledging the evil persecution to a certain extent.
Teacher has said, "You're a practitioner, so if you always think it's a health problem you're actually asking for it - you are asking for that problem, and now it's able to set in. To be a practitioner your character has to be high. Don't always be afraid that it's a health problem. Fearing that it's a health problem is an attachment in itself, and it can bring you trouble just the same." (Zhuan Falun, Lecture Six, "Qigong Psychosis," 2003 translation). Fellow practitioners, have you ever thought that our fear and worry is actually a form of "asking for it?" Since you "asked" for the persecution, who can stop it?
Teacher also said, "In our universe there's another law: if it's about something you're seeking or just want, nobody can stop you." (Zhuan Falun, Lecture Three, "Spirit Possession," 2003 translation). Because the universe has this law, if our thoughts are not righteous, especially if we do not have a clear understanding of the Fa, the evil will use that as an excuse to continue the persecution.
However, from another angle, do they really have the "right" to take advantage of our gaps? We are Teacher's disciples. Our cultivation paths are arranged by Teacher. Does our cultivation matter to others?
Of course, we should be strict with ourselves. But, since the evil is not our teacher, does it really have the right to "test" us or pick on our "gaps?" Fundamentally speaking, we cultivate to be responsible to ourselves, not for the evil. So, it should not interfere with us at will.
Moreover, we will for sure still have some attachments during our cultivation. If we had already let go of all of our attachments, we would have already reached Consummation. Actually, it is good enough for us cultivators to meet the Fa requirements at our current level. The evil should not persecute us using the excuse that we still have gaps if those gaps are against the standard of a higher level that we will raise up to later.
I think that the persecution against some practitioners is largely related to their not clearly understanding the Fa. So, I have shared my understanding with everyone. I hope we all understand the Fa clearly, so that the persecution can be reduced and we can walk better and more righteously on our cultivation path until the very end.
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- 7. Study the Fa Well, Validate the Fa, and Enlighten to Fa Principles
By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China
(Minghui.org)
I obtained the at the beginning of
1999 and have cultivated for over ten years. In the beginning, I
was very diligent. When the overwhelming suppression started, I had
only cultivated for four months. But with firm belief in Master and
Dafa, as well as a solid foundation from Fa study, under Master's
care I was able to make it through many hardships and walked my
path to this day.
When we talk about studying the Fa, every practitioner would
say, "Don't we study it every day?" That is true, and I do, too.
However, I felt that the result was not as good as in the
earlier days. Why was this? I could not figure it out, and it was
really bothering me. In every Fa conference, Master has emphasized
Fa-study, again and again. Why? Only when we study the Fa well can
we do the well, do better in assisting Master in
this Fa rectification period, and save more sentient beings. How
exactly should I study the Fa? How exactly should I look inward?
For a long time, I seemed to be lost in answering these questions.
It seemed that every day I was reading the books and trying to
study the Fa well, but it had become more like a formality.
Finally, one day, I encountered a stubborn attachment.
Studying the Fa and Breaking Through Confusion
Over decades, I had formed a mentality of needing to protect my
reputation and not wanting to be hurt. I was concerned about my
reputation, liked to hear compliments, and hated to be wronged. As
a matter of fact, I did know that I had this attachment, but I
barely thought about it and did not dig deeper into it. However,
cultivation is serious, and Master is always watching us. Finally,
one day, a fellow practitioner brought it up to me that I was
improving too slowly in cultivation, that there was an attachment
that I was not able to get rid of for years, and also that I was
not as diligent as before. He also said that I had formed a small
group of fellow practitioners that praised each other, and that it
was very dangerous to continue like that. It just so happened that
around the same time, Master's article "Be Vigilant" was published.
In the article, Master talked about the Qingxin Discussion Board.
This practitioner compared me with those practitioners on the
Discussion Board. I immediately got angry and could not bear it. I
even argued with him using very drastic words. Basically, I was not
behaving at all like a Falun Dafa practitioner.
Anything that we cannot be let go of is due to human thoughts.
After I watched Master's Fa Teaching Given to the Australian
Practitioners more than a dozen times, I suddenly realized a
lot of things. I deeply understood how arduous it is for Master to
save us. Master has taught us so much on so many occasions, but how
is it that I just couldn't get it? Master's words deeply touched
me. The feeling of being maligned, feeling uncomfortable, the
attachment to reputation--all these attachments and notions became
completely worthless. As a matter of fact, all the above
attachments evolved from emotions and are based on selfishness.
They are things from the old forces. Because Dafa practitioners are
beings that want to be assimilated to
Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, the goal for us is thus to
cultivate until we are selfless and do things for the benefit of
others. What the old forces want are all selfish and for
themselves. If I hold onto my attachments and do not want to
eliminate them, then am I not walking on the the path arranged by
the old forces? When I thought about it, I realized that it was
just that dangerous. I was holding onto my own attachments and did
not want to let go of them; if I could not even do well
myself, then how could I save others? I really got it then.
Study the Fa, Find Attachments, and Dig Deep for the Root
causes
Now when I study the Fa, I feel that Master's every sentence is
so deep and so broad. I have never had this feeling before. One
sentence that Master said can make me realize many things. In
Lecture Six of , "Demonic Interference in
Cultivation," Master said,
"If you do not practice qigong, the environment is quite
peaceful, but once you begin the qigong practice, it is like this.
Many of you have never thought about it further. What's really
going on? You only find it odd and feel quite disappointed about
being unable to practice qigong. This 'oddness' will stop your
practice."
I enlightened when reading this and realized that for anything
we encounter, if we do not think about our attachments, do not dig
deep for the root causes of our attachment, and merely stop
thinking about it with a sense that something is odd, then we will
not understand anything and will not be able to eliminate the
attachments. This is because we have not truly cultivated with our
hearts, and that is exactly what Master looks at. When I clarify the truth, sometimes it goes very smoothly, but other times not.
Why is that? The cause is that sometimes I validate myself instead
of the Fa. I only care about what I say but do not pay attention to
others' feelings and thus the evil takes advantage of that.
I had been making flyers for truth clarification in our area for
a while and had printed several dozen issues. All of a sudden,
another practitioner jumped in and started to make flyers. My heart
was immediately moved, and all the human thoughts came out: "How
could that person do that? I was doing everything quite smoothly...
man, that's so annoying!" In my mind I was even blaming fellow
practitioners on Clearwisdom. After some discussion, my son, who is
also a practitioner, and I decided to just let that practitioner go
ahead and do it. My son said, "Let's just wait for a bit. If a new
issue doesn't come out for a while, then we can work on it again.
Basically, as long as it doesn't hold up validating the Fa, then
it's fine." Although we made that decision, I was not able to let
my attachment go. From time to time, it still reared its head. When
I dug deeper, I found that it was the attachment to reputation. I
was attached to being praised. Now that I think about it, Master
must have arranged this on purpose--it was an opportunity for me to
eliminate those attachments and notions. All of my abilities were
given by Master, so what is there to show off? Just because of
this, I had already fallen to an everyday person's level.
We must fundamentally eliminate everyday people's notions, and
only by doing so can we succeed in cultivation. I will take
Fa-study more seriously and eliminate the attachments to fame and
gain, jealousy, competition, and many others. I feel that, by doing
so, I will be more effective in doing the three things and saving
sentient beings.
Now when I study the Fa, I feel quite different from before. I
feel that I am able to understand it at a deeper level, and I am
able to read more. I want to say that when we study the Fa, we must
study it from our hearts. Otherwise, when we encounter problems, we
will be unable to remember Master's words.
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- 8. The Danger of Laziness and Desiring Comfort
By a practitioner from Heilongjiang Province, China
(Minghui.org)
Recently, my printer would not work, so I took it to a maintenance shop. The owner performed a lot of checks but was not able to find any problems. Nevertheless, my printer still did not work. I then used my computer to log in to the Internet, and that also took a long time. I am relatively young, but I felt fatigued. In addition, whenever I climbed to the second floor, I was out of breath. My sending forth righteous thoughts could not achieve good effects, and I also could not concentrate when studying the . Master sent me a hint to help me realize that what affected my cultivation were laziness and the attachment of seeking a comfortable life.
My house was responsible for supplying materials, and I was the local coordinator. I was very busy every day clarifying the truth. My laziness and the attachment of seeking a comfortable life were growing bigger and bigger without my awareness.
These attachments were hiding within my dignified project of saving people, and they also hid in my cultivation. It was like a slow-acting poison, which could not be easily noticed. It made me lazy and slowed my pace; it also prevented the truth-clarification project from moving forward. I developed a feeling of waiting and depending on others. However, I did not recognize any of these things.
My laziness and the attachment of seeking a comfortable life destroyed my will to cultivate forward diligently and tried to drag me down.
I recalled that when I had obtained the Fa, my child was still small. Every day, I needed to go to his kindergarten four times to pick him up and drop him off. I also needed to provide a change of clothes for him and to cook three meals a day. After dinner, I would put my child on my back and go to the practice site to study the Fa and practice the exercise. Even strong winds and rain could not deter me. When I arrived home, it would be after 10 p.m. After my child was asleep, I would very diligently continue to study the Fa. Every day at 4 a.m, I would join a group of practitioners to practice the standing exercises. At that time, I could manage to finish practicing all five exercises every day.
Seventeen years have passed, and my child has grown up and no longer requires me to worry about him and to care for him. He also can help me with doing some house chores, printing Dafa materials and other things. My family’s financial situation has also become better, and I do not need to work the whole day like before.
Recently, I got busy printing truth-clarification materials and doing other things. I could not even finish reading one lecture of a day; sometimes I was only able to read one or two pages. I used to practice five sets of exercises daily, but now I only practiced four sets of exercises each day, which gradually reduced to three, two and then just one set. The time I spent on sending forth righteous thoughts was also reduced. I was busy clarifying the truth, but I deviated from the right cultivation state. I treated doing things as cultivation. During the busy time, I neglected to cultivate myself and let the laziness and the attachment of seeking a comfortable life grow.
Master sent hints to enlighten me. I suddenly realized this as if I woke up from a dream. I was very surprised and thought: How could I have allowed myself to become like this? I felt ashamed. I looked within and found the existence of dangerous phenomena in my cultivation. I also found many human attachments.
Master said:
“Only if one can persevere and continually forge ahead does it amount to true diligence. It’s easy to talk about, but putting it into action is tremendously difficult. That is why it’s said that always cultivating as if you were just starting will surely result in achieving your ultimate rank.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference.”) “Right now, the evil in other dimensions has been badly decimated, and its ability to control people has waned. So, for Dafa disciples, things overall have become ever more relaxed and comfortable. But as things get more comfortable, the pressure lessens; and when the pressure is lessened, it’s apt to lead to a desire for comfort, to wanting a little more ease, to relaxing a little bit, and to seeking some relief. But the reality is, each Dafa disciple’s life has been tightly wed to, like links in a chain, his cultivation. So when you relax yourself, it amounts to relaxing in your cultivation.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference.”)
I tried to instill Master’s words in my mind very sincerely. I realized the danger of my laziness and the attachment of seeking a comfortable life. I decided to strongly remove all kinds of attachments and rectify myself in the Fa. I shall walk fast on the path of cultivating to godhood. I shall cultivate myself well while doing the to save more sentient beings.
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