By a practitioner from Hebei Province

(Clearwisdom.net)I had two memorable dreams that I would like to share with fellow practitioners today. These two dreams were like warnings, which I hope may encourage us to be diligent together.

In one of my dreams, I was not very diligent. I often regard myself as an everyday person and use a variety of excuses not to be diligent. During one particular period, I repeatedly had the same dream. In that dream, the time for my graduate exam was approaching. Because I hadn't worked hard, I was lagging behind. I wanted to make up for those lessons, but not enough time remained. Moreover, I couldn't remember so many lessons. I was very depressed.

Reflecting on the dream, I became enlightened that Teacher was telling me to cherish the time for cultivating in Dafa. Once the whole process is over, what is lost cannot be made up. In "Practicing Cultivation After Retirement" in Essentials For Further Advancement, Teacher says,

"One's lifetime is limited. Oftentimes you plan things quite well, but do you know whether you will have sufficient time left for your cultivation? Cultivation practice is not child's play. It is more serious than anything of everyday people-- it isn't something to take for granted. Once you miss the opportunity, when will you be able to get a human body again in the sixfold path of reincarnation? Opportunity knocks but once. Once the illusion that you cannot let go of disappears, you will realize what you have lost."

In the other dream that I had recently, it seemed that the time for cultivation was over. Many practitioners and I surrounded Teacher. Teacher was arranging Dafa practitioners' cultivation attainment status one by one according to the cultivation of each practitioner. Many practitioners heard Teacher say that they had succeeded in cultivation and become Lords or Kings. When it came to my turn, Teacher took a look at my cultivation process and what I had cultivated. Then He was in a bind and said several things to me. I couldn't remember the original words clearly, but the general meaning seemed as follows: "You didn't succeed in cultivation. It is a pity. However, in one respect you did well (it seemed that Teacher was referring to my solid belief in Teacher and Dafa), so even though you cannot sit in the position of a Lord or a King, you didn't cultivate in vain. I will give you an attainment status that is lower than those of practitioners who have succeeded." Hearing Teacher's words, I awoke in great regret. Looking out of the window, I thought, "It is still dark. I still have time and opportunity, but not much. It is urgent that I be strict with myself and break away from the interference of the attachments and desires of human beings."

In "In Fa-Rectification Your Thoughts Have to be Righteous, Not Human," Teacher says,

"Snap out of it! If even this, the most wicked ordeal ever, can't wake you up, then when the Fa rectifies the human world you will only be able to watch--watch with shock and regret, with angst and lamentful despair for having done so poorly--the magnificent sight of the Consummation of those Dafa disciples who truly cultivated. It's a case of reaping what you sow. "

Dear fellow practitioners, let's be diligent. It is no use crying regretfully over being unsuccessful in cultivation when the whole Fa-rectification process is over.

Date: Aug. 25, 2006

Posting date: 9/4/2006
Original article date: 9/4/2006
Category: Practitioners' Insights
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/8/27/136435.html

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