Life and Death

(Clearwisdom.net) In "Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference," Our esteemed Teacher said,

I've personally experienced what the above passage of the Fa teaches. I am writing it down in the hope that it will provide some inspiration to those fellow practitioners who have made mistakes.

Because I was unable to clearly see through notions that derived from human beings' warped sentimentalities, the evil was able to take advantage of me, and I made a pledge that was unbecoming my position as a Dafa disciple (I will write down the specific details of what had happened in a separate article). Afterwards, in my dream, I saw that I was captured by my opponents in a battle, and they were going to use me as a hostage to trade for things that they wanted. I told them that it wouldn't work because my father wouldn't condone their actions. One of them told me gleefully, "Even your father can't do anything because you made the pledge yourself. Even if we decide to take away your life, there is nothing that he can do about it!" (In my dream, my father was the king of a heavenly paradise, and I went to assist Teacher to rectify the Fa at his command). With their gleeful laughs ringing in the background, I saw that I was bound by the pledge I had made due to my sentimentalities. As a result, all the sentient beings that followed me were captured because of me and were slaughtered by my opponents at will. The scene was so grim that it was as if the sky had turned pitch black, and there was so much blood that it flowed like a river. I saw countless sentient beings in front of me. There were so many of them that "countless" is the only word that could describe how many they were. But none of them complained at all. They willingly died for me, even though it was I who had made the mistake. I was stunned by how they peacefully accepted their fate of being slaughtered without expressing even a trace of complaint or regret. I truly came to understand that as a Fa-rectification Period Dafa disciple, my every single word and every single action determines the life or death of countless sentient beings. How true it is that we can't afford to make a single mistake!

After I woke up, I couldn't forget what I had seen in my dream for the longest time. I told Teacher, "I know that I've made a mistake. I will definitely do well again!"

After a period of time, while meditating, I saw that because I have been doing well, my sentient beings were born again. They were born again with the kind of purity that exceeded their previous lives. I felt so much peace and tranquility in my heart. After experiencing the life and death situation, I have truly come to understand how much weight the words carried when Teacher said, "If you've fallen don't just lie there" (from "Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference"). Falling down is not a scary thing. Having made a mistake isn't a scary thing either. The scary thing is to just lie there after falling down.

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