By a Dafa practitioner in China

(Clearwisdom.net) We should study the Fa, keep making breakthroughs from the standpoint of Dafa, destroy layer after layer of interlinked arrangements set up by the old forces without being confused or influenced by the old forces' arrangement at any level.

In my understanding, our not having cultivated to the level of our original realm is manifested as us being covered and surrounded by layers upon layers of old forces. In the process of shattering all the old forces' arrangements and making breakthroughs, a seeming "shattering" on the surface or in a small scope probably still falls within a bigger range of arrangement of the old forces. Thus, the thoughts of Dafa disciples should be absolutely righteous! We must persist in Fa-study and be absolutely clear-minded, so as to avoid the situation that seems to shatter the old force's arrangement at a certain level while still maintaining the arrangements of higher-level old forces.

Teacher told us, "How was the cosmos created? It was created just by a Great Fa Enlightened Being's one thought." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.") The old forces attempted to use Dafa disciples' thought of conforming to how they want to create the new cosmoses, but their attempt will definitely be in vain.

If we Dafa disciples do not treat every single thought, word, or action of ours seriously, we will gradually conform to the old forces' arrangements at various levels, and enlighten along an evil path. This is very dangerous. Generally speaking, before Dafa disciples reach enlightenment, we do not know what the old forces want, and there's no need to know. But if we follow the old forces' arrangements, meaning in our minds there's a thought that conforms to the old forces' arrangement, then that thought is what the old forces want. That thought will create all that the old forces want, which cannot be accepted or considered valid. The old forces are the real issues that the Fa-rectification will solve. Dafa disciples cannot become so-called "mature through tempering" in the old forces' arrangements. The new cosmoses cannot be established according to the old forces' thoughts.

Speaking from another angle, the thought that created the lives of Dafa disciples is to study the Fa, obtain the Fa, assist Master in the Fa-rectification, and forever safeguard Dafa after reaching consummation in Fa-rectification cultivation, preserve Dafa to be pure and indestructible like a diamond. These are Dafa disciples' forever and most magnificent missions and the most significant meaning of being.

I personally think we should constantly pay attention to the intention of our every single thought, word, and action. In the Fa-rectification, Master rectifies the old Fa-principles with the righteous Fa-principles. For disciples, we are using the Fa-rectification abilities we grasped (actually Master bestowed on us) to rectify the deviated and degenerated beings and factors in the old cosmoses. Thus Dafa disciples' participation in the Fa-rectification must be based on the Fa. Searching inward is to find the conducts of the deviated and degenerated beings and factors that do not conform to the righteous Fa-principles; while not searching inward is the biggest problem that causes beings to deviate from Dafa. Meanwhile, only by searching inward from Dafa's standpoint can we truly find where the unrighteousness is.

If we think of Dafa first, and base our thoughts and actions in Dafa, then when we look back to see whether every single thought, word and action we have had is righteous or not, we will be able to measure every aspect of the Fa-rectification work based on righteous Fa-principles. In this way we fundamentally break away from the old Fa-principles, and only by doing so can we break away from the control of the old forces at every level. Only this way can we keep making breakthroughs and rectify all that is not righteous. If we don't pay attention to every single thought, word and action, and instead we base our thoughts and actions in human notions, it means we are following the arrangement of the old forces at current or higher levels instead of connecting to Dafa. Then we would definitely be restrained by countless layers of old forces from higher levels, and would conform to their plans unconsciously, which means falling into their arrangements.

February 7, 2003

Posting date: 2/20/2003
Original article date: 2/19/2003
Category: Practitioners' Insights
Translated on 2/11/2003
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/2/8/44188.html

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