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The Attachment of Pursuit Is a Big Obstacle in Cultivation During Fa-rectification and Truth Clarification
By Yi Yan in North America
(Clearwisdom.net) The attachment of pursuit can appear in almost any
conflict or obstacle of ordinary people. Many troubles and tribulations
cultivators have faced were also the result of not giving up human notions,
which caused many undesired results. For example, when the persecution started, some practitioners took their
personal gain or loss or their fame seriously; or had a strong attachment to
Consummation. As a result, the old forces saw these and used them to create
rumors and deceive people, and thereby extend the persecution. The persecution in China has been very brutal. Many practitioners have been affected, yet they have reacted as everyday people suffering from the persecution, hoping the end will come soon, so that they can get past this painful period. This is understandable from an everyday person's angle. However, as
practitioners, it is very improper to have this attachment. The Fa has higher
requirements for cultivators than for everyday people. When the attachment gets
strong enough, it makes practitioners forget about righteous thoughts and
righteous actions, and forget that as practitioners, their great pre-historic
vow was to save sentient beings. In the past two years, we have seen that people in different areas have seriously violated Falun Dafa's requirements. Although there were
not many of these people, due to their strong attachment, their actions got a
lot of publicity and had a bad influence on the practitioners in the
surrounding areas and local residents. Many of the incidents were directed by
the "610 Office" and police from behind the scenes, but why was there
always a small portion of practitioners who followed and supported them? Through
Fa study, I gradually understood what was behind these phenomena: Other than not
studying the Fa well and too many human notions, one of the main causes was the
attachment of pursuit. The attachment of pursuit is a big obstacle to clarifying the truth.
Clarifying the facts is for the sake of everyday people, who will have a good
future when they understand the truth. However, this outcome is obtained
naturally through our unselfish truth clarification, and based on us being truly
responsible to the audience during truth clarification, telling them about the
greatness of Falun Dafa and facts of the persecution without having any pursuit. When we do it this way, the results are good. Teacher unconditionally rectifies Fa and saves us. He does not want any
compensation in return from us for all that he gives to us. His words and deeds
are what we should follow. Furthermore, it is Falun Dafa practitioners' duty to
save sentient beings, so it should be unconditional and purely benevolent.
However, some practitioners have the strong purpose of establishing mighty
virtue for themselves when they clarify the truth. These kinds of selfishness and pursuit often tend to bring about unexpected problems, and can greatly affect the results. Some practitioners have the attachments of competitiveness and doing things as a job, and especially when they are tired or do not study the Fa well, their attachments emerge: They are interested in the return from clarifying the truth, and they are after what positive words and deeds everyday people will express after hearing the facts. Furthermore, in order to pursue these kinds of things, their attitudes and words are polluted with unkind things and carry some forceful intent.
Cultivation is a serious matter, and our understanding of each principle
Teacher taught us and how we deal with each problem we encounter in our
cultivation reflect whether we are serious and sincere about cultivation. In
fact, many of us carry strong energy fields as a result of cultivation. When our
attachment of pursuit emerges, an everyday person in our field will easily feel
the impure ingredient. If he does not know much about the facts, or even has some bias against Falun Gong due to propaganda he has been subjected to by Jiang and his followers, when he thinks that our efforts to clarify the truth to him are for some ulterior motive, he will instantly stay away from us
and the opportunity will be lost. Then we will have pushed him away, which is against Teacher's requirement for us in "Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People." Furthermore, there are many practitioners who have not been able to get rid
of their attachments for a long period of time. It is because they do not want
to or cannot do so, causing them to be unable to catch up with the progress of
Fa-rectification. To put it briefly, we must let go of the attachment of pursuit, especially as
Fa-rectification has progressed to this point. The period of validating the Fa
by Falun Dafa disciples is also near its end. We should no longer ignore this
issue. September 11, 2004
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