Some Understanding of "Don't Think About Anything"

Tong Zhen

On many occasions, Teacher has mentioned the requirements for practitioners regarding the principle of "don't think about anything." Let us revisit the lectures of Teacher:

"Get rid of any attachment you have, and don't think about anything. Just do everything a Dafa disciple should do, and everything will be covered." (Guiding the Voyage -- "Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Fa Conference")

"Don't entertain or get attached to any human thoughts, and just do what a Dafa disciple should do." ("Fa-Lecture During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference")

"Don't think about anything, and don't worry about anything. Master is compassionate, and he'll definitely arrange for you what's the best." ("Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003").

My understanding about "don't think about anything" is: not to have attachments, not to let one's imagination run wild, not to contemplate how to achieve consummation, or what level one has achieved, or when the Fa-rectification period will end, and so on. These are not what Dafa practitioners should be thinking about and they should not become attachments. To not be concerned with such matters is the manifestation of a practitioner who has discarded his attachments and is naturally following the Fa. It is a reflection of his realm and level he has attained. These are attained naturally through the process of validating the Fa and cannot be achieved by force.

However, in the process of validating the Fa, fellow practitioners often comment: "Teacher has said, "don't think about anything," we should just simply perform the work and that will do." I feel that such an understanding is unilateral and superficial. Teacher lectures on the Fa and these words must be viewed in relation to the whole context of the Fa. They are not related to any particular method of our work nor to allowing us the use of our human notions to strive for something. We cultivate and validate the Fa to gradually understand the principles of the Fa lectures by Teacher so as to elevate ourselves and comprehend the different levels and the connotations at each level. We must not mechanically and superficially adopt what is in the text, or simply quote the words out of context. If in our work in the Fa rectification, we do not even have properly developed thoughts, and neglect to consider where we have gone wrong when there are problems, and do not carefully contemplate how we can do better in our clarification of the facts, then how can we do our work well in saving sentient beings?

Therefore, I understand that it is only by being tranquil when studying the Fa, completely abandoning selfishness, joining our hearts with the sentient beings and steadfastly performing the three things Teacher requires us to do, that we can manifest the great wisdom of enlightened beings. Only then can we really comprehend the meaning of the Fa principles, and be able to complete our historical mission of saving the sentient beings.

The above are my personal understandings. If there is anything inappropriate, fellow practitioners are requested to correct me with compassion.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/8/8/55289.html

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