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Righteous Faith
(Clearwisdom.net)
Our computer broke down today, and we could not find a technical problem. We
quickly realized that this was interference and disruption from the old evil
forces against our Fa-rectification. Having established this, the next question
was how we were going to solve the problem and break through this interference.
First, we examined ourselves and discovered some shortcomings. For example,
we were not careful enough when using the computer and developed an attachment
to receiving e-mail messages. Ignoring these minor problems meant that
eventually these loopholes would be taken advantage of by the evil. However, no
matter what attachments we have, we must never allow the evil to make use of
them to damage the process of Fa-rectification.
One of the practitioners wanted to send the computer for repair and believed
that even though we addressed our own loopholes, we still needed to follow
everyday people's way of solving such a technical problem. Repairing the
computer itself on the surface was also denying a fraction of the old evil
force's arrangements. He thought that it was quite simple. If there was a
problem, then it should be fixed, end of story.
Most fellow practitioners did not agree with his view and thought that this
view lacked the appropriate degree of righteous faith in Dafa. At present, we
are in the last moments of Fa-rectification, and what we wanted to do now and
what had happened was by no means accidental. We wondered if we totally believed
in the Fa's power and held the belief that the Fa controls everything. If we are
always holding on to human notions, we cannot achieve a truly and pure righteous
faith.
Teacher says: "If one cannot overcome them, it is actually that he
cannot give up the attachments or does not believe in the Fa. In most cases, it
is because one cannot give up one or another attachment. His failure is all due
to his inability to give up the attachments. Because he cannot back that one
human step, he is not able to overcome them." (Lecture in Sydney)
We further realized that the power of righteous faith does not have or need
to have anything to back it up. We do not pursue any results, nor do we want to
reinforce the righteous faith for a result. Never should we waver based on the
outcome of a success or failure.
At this point, one practitioner proposed to send forth righteous thoughts,
and everybody felt good and righteous about it afterwards. One practitioner
said, "When I was sending forth righteous thoughts, in the beginning, I was
eliminating the factors that caused the breakdown of our computer, but soon I
came to understand that I was rectifying the Fa, and we were rectifying all
things that were not right."
Shortly after, a practitioner turned on the computer and to his surprise
found that it was operational again. One practitioner thought that maybe the
computer did not have a problem in the first place. Perhaps it was not plugged
in properly, and sending forth righteous thoughts was not the reason it was
working again.
However, most of the practitioners felt that this train of thought resulted
from not having a complete or firm faith in Dafa and was caused by his own
doubts. Then thought karma would interfere, and outside interference would take
whatever chance it could to destroy and to disrupt one's faith. In fact, this
can be seen as another test after a victory.
After this experience, we have summarized some experiences and lessons:
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