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Some Understandings of Fa-Rectification Cultivation (Clearwisdom.net)
How should we understand Fa-rectification cultivation? How should we
understand and handle the relationship between self-cultivation and Fa-rectification?
Several of our practitioners have shared experiences, and the following is what
we have enlightened to. Please point out anything that may be inappropriate.
Recently, many tribulations were encountered whenever we worked on a Fa-rectification
project. We clearly knew that the old forces contributed to the interference,
but our opinions differed with regards to how we viewed and handled the
situation as Fa-rectification disciples.
Some practitioners believed that we should strive forward and cultivate
ourselves solidly to improve our xinxing, because in those tribulations,
the evil would not have interfered if we had kept up with the requirements of
the Fa. The other practitioners quoted Teacher's words, "I can tell you
that all the suffering and tribulations endured by our Dafa disciples is not
only aimed at their own cultivation--it's also due to high-level beings testing
Dafa using students' karma, using 'improving them' as an excuse, and using the
persecution that's being carried out by degenerate beings at low levels. In
fact, all of these have harmed the Fa-rectification" (from "Speech by
Master Li Hongzhi at the Western US Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference of
Falun Dafa"). These practitioners believed that it would be just like
giving the evil an excuse for interfering with and undermining the Fa, and we
wouldn't be able to completely deny the evil's arrangement, if we took
improving our xinxing as a prerequisite for safeguarding the Fa.
Through sharing our thoughts, we came to realize that as Falun Dafa
disciples, there shouldn't be any prerequisite for us to rectify the Fa and
to clarify the truth when we eliminate the old forces' arrangement. Though we
are still in the process of cultivation and though we still have all kinds of
human thoughts and attachments, we need to eliminate the human notions during
the process of assisting Teacher to rectify the Fa. As Teacher said,
"Over the course of prehistory, everything of yours was being
created, all along, according to how magnificent the disciples would be in
the Fa-rectification period. So, it was arranged that when you reach the
standard for ordinary Consummation, you still have, in the human world, all
kinds of ordinary human thoughts and karma. The purpose is so that while
doing Fa-rectification things, you clarify the truth, whereby you all bring
in, for the consummation of your paradises, beings that can be saved. As you
consummate your own paradises you are, at the same time, eliminating your
last karma, gradually getting rid of your human thoughts, and truly stepping
forward from humanness"("Fa-Rectification Period Dafa
Disciples").
Teacher also said, "Consummation is the conclusion of a Dafa
disciple's cultivation, while Fa-rectification is a Dafa disciple's mission. For a Dafa disciple, Consummation is only a matter of the time of his
return, whereas Fa-rectification is to be left for the future"
("What Are Supernormal Abilities"). Thus, it is important to realize
that we are the beings created for rectifying the Fa, and as such are different
from any other forms of lives. We will consummate everything of ours during the
Fa-rectification process.
Some time ago, I had a "karma-elimination" experience. I knew that
it was the evil's interference because I was unable to truly practice the
exercises. I would get a little better after sending forth righteous thoughts;
however, I did not feel sure whether Teacher arranged any part of it. It
seemed to me that Teacher wouldn't eliminate a Fa-rectification disciple's
karma in such a way. Wouldn't the evil would take advantage of me and interfere
with me endlessly if I accepted this as "karma-elimination." How could
I allow it? However, another thought came to me. If it really were arranged by
Teacher to eliminate my karma, how would the karma be eliminated if I didn't
allow it? Because I didn't have a clear understanding, my righteous thoughts
were not so powerful. So I still suffered the pain in my legs. After studying
the Fa, I gradually came to realize that my understanding of this matter was
still based on self-cultivation. I was still attached to my own loss and gain.
It was the selfish heart that made me confused. Teacher said, "As Dafa
disciples, under the current circumstances, you should clarify the truth to the
world's people and expose the evil, and thus safeguard the Fa. Your own
improvement and consummation will be along this process"
("Suggestion," draft translation, subject to further improvement). I
soon learned that Teacher used this matter to make me further understand what Fa-rectification
period Dafa disciples really are and how we should totally deny the old evil
forces' arrangement. When I finally enlightened to this, I felt that my
righteous thoughts became so powerful that nothing could stand in their way. Of
course, the "karma-elimination" was gone by the next morning.
During our study, we discussed Teacher's words, "I completely don't
acknowledge this evil test arranged by the old forces"
("Suggestion", draft translation subject to further improvement),
and "That's why I said before that I turned the tables and made use of the
old forces' arrangement" ("Lecture on the Fa at the Washington, DC
International Conference"). Are these two statements contradictory? Our
understanding is, No. Teacher said, "Most fundamentally, you all still need
to establish your great mighty virtue in the process of eliminating the old
forces' persecution, and return to your highest positions" ("Fa-Rectification
Period Dafa Disciples"). "Clarifying the truth isn't a simple
matter--it's not only a matter of exposing the evil. When we clarify the truth,
we are saving sentient beings, and at the same time it involves the matter of
your own improvement and your elimination of attachments during your
cultivation, and the matter of Dafa disciples being responsible to the Fa in
their cultivation, as well as issues like how you fill and enrich that paradise
of yours in your final Consummation" (from Teacher's "Lecture on the
Fa at the Washington, DC International Conference").
We think that as Fa-rectification disciples, all the things that happen in
our cultivation and our future Consummation are actually based on eliminating
the old evil forces' arrangements. The only reason that the old evil forces'
arrangements are allowed to exist is so that during the process of eliminating
them we can be established as Dafa disciples.
Then does it mean that by not acknowledging the evil's arrangement, we can
slack off and there is no need to look within? It is not the case. Teacher said,
"Because in Fa-rectification every stage is a trial, a test, being left for
different situations in different future periods of history, this is a
magnificent Fa being left for the history of the cosmos" ("Teaching
the Fa at the 2001 Canada Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing
Conference"). As Falun Dafa disciples, we must be the most righteous. We
must assimilate to "Truth, Compassion and Tolerance." We must be pure
so that we can send forth the most powerful righteous thoughts. So we need to be
strict with ourselves and not relax the requirements for Fa-rectification
disciples. We must take the Fa as Teacher to purify ourselves, for only by doing
so can we fulfill our responsibilities as Fa-rectification disciples.
A few days ago, the attachment of fear surfaced in some trivial matters. I
thought that I should not have acknowledged it; however, I felt that the evil
still existed there. Later, I realized that I am composed of Truth, Compassion
and Tolerance. The fear was not mine. Then when I sent forth righteous thoughts
to eliminate the fear, everything changed. Without cultivating ourselves
solidly, the evil will not be completely eliminated and will continue to exist
in other dimensions.
For Fa-rectification disciples, everything must be based on Fa-rectification.
Posting date: 2/5/2002 |