(Clearwisdom.net) I used to think that I should do my best so as not to be taken advantage of by the evil. So whenever I found that I had some problems, I became nervous. I made sure that I was diligently studying the Fa, practicing the exercises, and sending forth righteous thoughts. And when I was doing truth-clarification work, I took care to maintain righteous thoughts. If I was lacking in any of the three things, I felt bad. I reminded myself not to walk the path arranged by the old forces, as if what I was doing was in response to them, and not because it was what a practitioner should do. My standpoint was incorrect. It was selfish, and I realized that I had not stepped out of the principles of the old cosmos.
Master Li said:
"We negate even the very emergence of the old forces and everything that they've arranged; we don't even acknowledge their existence." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference")
How can I use the concept of "not letting the old forces persecute me" as a standard, while at the same time trying to get rid of my attachment of fear? The problem is that I didn't fundamentally negate the old forces' existence. We should not even acknowledge its existence. Practitioners need to follow what Teacher said and do the three things required of us during the Fa-rectification period. This is the most fundamental requirement. We must do our best to meet the standards of the new cosmos and save more sentient beings.
In 1999, at the Eastern United States Experience Sharing Conference, a practitioner asked Master Li, "The blood of a cultivator is very precious. How can we let it be sucked away by mosquitoes?" My understanding from Teacher's answer is that it's because our blood met "the mosquito's standards." Otherwise, if the blood were pure, the mosquitoes would not be attracted to it.
Therefore, if we have problems within ourselves, our field is not righteous and evil will appear. If our field is very pure and righteous, then evil will be disintegrated and can no longer exist. If we all look within as we cultivate ourselves and correct our omissions, our field will be very pure, and there will be no room for the evil. We need to use the Fa as the standard at all times. We should be looking within ourselves at all times and measuring ourselves according to the Fa.
