By Chunzhen, a practitioner from China

(Clearwisdom.net) Every time when we can't understand or get confused by some Fa principles, it is because we reached the limit of our wisdom at our level at that time.

When I first read Teacher's lecture "Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles," I couldn't understand why Teacher answered a practitioner's question about sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the old forces' persecution in that way. I was confused. Immediately, some disrespectful thoughts about Teacher came to my mind. I drove away those unrighteous thoughts at once and said, "Those thoughts didn't come from the real me." In fact, just because I was confused, the evil tried to take advantage of it to force those thoughts on me.

Based on my experience, after starting to study Zhuan Falun, each time I didn't understand some Fa principles, some thoughts doubting Teacher and disrespectful to Teacher would come into my mind. At the time, I didn't know that I should remove those thoughts. However, as I studied the Fa more, I was able to find answers to my questions. Now I have realized that whenever I feel confused about some Fa principles, it is because I reached the level of my wisdom and that was my level at the time. It was because I had a limited realm and wisdom. Therefore, whenever this happens, we need to be clearheaded and we need to watch out for this state so we won't get stuck in the confusion. We need to firmly eliminate those messy thoughts and we need to study the Fa as soon as possible since it happened because we couldn't catch up with the Fa-rectification progress and it was time for us to improve as quickly as possible.

As I repeatedly studied Teacher's lecture "Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles," gradually I understood those Fa principles. It wasn't simply because I read it more and therefore I came to understand more. Instead, it was because when I studied the Fa more, the Fa gave me more wisdom and the Fa removed those barriers that blocked me from improving myself. It was the Fa that improved me. I came to know why Teacher kept asking us to study the Fa more and study the Fa more. It was because,

All of our improvements came from the Fa. It is true.

When the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Sujiatun Concentration Camp was exposed, some of my local fellow practitioners couldn't understand how this kind of brutal thing could be allowed to happen. Some even doubted Teacher and the Fa. Some developed the attachment of fear.

Let's think. Without Teacher's protection, would we be able to come this far during the persecution? Back when the old forces did evil upon us, would we be able to sit here today if Teacher hadn't spent almost one year to eliminate the evil for us? Isn't it true that Teacher has been protecting us at every step in our cultivation? How can we simply forget all this when we can't understand some Fa principle? We need to remember that when disciples have sufficient righteous thoughts, Teacher will have boundless power to do anything to help us.

As long as we have enough righteous thoughts, Teacher can help us with anything. It is critical whether we can really treat ourselves as Teacher's disciples and whether we have enough righteous thoughts. Teacher cannot unconditionally protect an everyday person. Therefore, when we can't understand some Fa principles, we shouldn't quickly jump to conclusions. We shouldn't develop doubts since that will restrict us from studying the Fa more to improve ourselves. All the doubts will eventually go away. Please think, didn't our improvements happen when we constantly removed our confusion and were enlightened to higher-level Fa principles? It is true.

Could the essential reason that we develop doubts towards the Fa be because of our everyday people's notions and attachments? Could it be a manifestation of our poor xinxing level? Could it be because our hearts weren't righteous? Definitely. As disciples of Teacher, we need to unconditionally believe in Teacher and the Fa. Whatever Teacher asks us to do, we need to do it since Teacher will only arrange what's best for us. Teacher cherishes us more than we do. Therefore, our hearts must be righteous. We should not intentionally create side paths and barriers for our own cultivation. Even more, we should not stop moving forward.

If we recall our progress along our cultivation paths, we will realize that tests on whether we firmly believe in Teacher and the Fa have never stopped. From the 1996 Guangming Daily incident to the most recent Sujiatun exposure, each of the tests blocked some practitioners from going forward. Some practitioners even left Dafa because of those tests. They were restricted by their own realms and wisdom. However, they didn't realize this and therefore they didn't try to improve themselves in the Fa in order to eliminate those barriers in time. Therefore, we need to study the Fa more to catch up with the progress of Fa-rectification. We must not drop out and be weeded out.

Therefore, we must be clear-headed. We must be determined. We must closely follow Teacher in walking down a righteous path.

Posting date: 5/17/2006
Original article date: 5/17/2006
Category: Practitioners' Insights
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/4/26/126089.html

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