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Only By Cultivating Ourselves Well Can We Do the Three Things Well By a practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) A practitioner's progress in cultivation and xinxing
improvement depend on studying the Fa. Studying the Fa made me
realize that the evil persecution of Dafa and practitioners over the past seven
years happened because practitioners did not truly achieve total negation and
eradication of all of the old forces' arrangements. Many of us today still have
varying degrees of fear. This fear has slowed the Fa-rectification down,
meanwhile prolonging the existence of the old forces. If practitioners had used
righteous thoughts together to eliminate all the evil factors damaging and
interfering with Master's Fa-rectification in other dimensions, the old forces
would have nowhere to hide. This equally applies to anti-persecution efforts
when exposing the persecution to the public and clarifying the
truth. If everyone managed to maintain powerful righteous thoughts, many
fellow practitioners would have avoided persecution. To rid ourselves of fear, we must have a solid foundation in the Fa and
understand the Fa well. We must truly cultivate ourselves amidst a tribulation
to get rid of it. Fear gives birth to many other bad notions and thus blocks our
efforts to save sentient beings. If we do not study the Fa well, comprehending
the Fa and raising our levels will be difficult. This will make it virtually
impossible to abandon the mentality of fear. To do well the three things Master has asked us to do, we must
cultivate ourselves well. "The Buddha School emphasizes cultivating Shan of Zhen-Shan-Ren.
Because the cultivation of Shan can generate great, benevolent compassion, and
when compassion develops one will find all beings suffering, the Buddha School
thus develops an aspiration to offer salvation to all beings." (Lecture
One, Zhuan Falun) "Coming to the play only for living beings"? ("Descending to
Earth," Hong Yin II) If we want to get rid of fear, we must study the Fa more. The Fa will help us
get rid of fear and we will thus constantly improve our comprehension of the Fa. "In the Fa-rectification, there are those who ascend, there are those
who descend, and there are those who are destroyed. Regardless of whether they
are gods, humans, or ghosts, all will be placed anew in one of the positions
in different realms--from survival to total elimination."
("Determination and Solidity," Essentials for Further Advancement) Master's Fa has been put forward for all beings, and the Fa-rectification
encompasses all beings. Doesn't this also include the old forces? As practitioners, what do we have to fear? We practice Truthfulness,
Compassion, and Forbearance. The old forces are controlling wicked people to
defame and slander Falun Gong, but practitioners continue to clarify the truth;
it is the sacred duty of practitioners to firmly safeguard Dafa. In the
bone-chilling winter, we deliver truth-clarification materials with no
complaints or regrets. In the sweltering summer, we still have no complaints or
regrets when delivering truth-clarification materials. We have Master and the Fa
to guide us and we are protected by Master's law bodies at all times. What do we
have to fear? In my opinion, it is just an issue of how we look at things. The second time I went to Beijing to appeal, as soon as I arrived, a fellow
practitioner told me that everything was being closely monitored there. My
thought at that time was that it was because the old forces were afraid of us.
There were indeed guards and plainclothes officers everywhere looking for
practitioners. Why were the old forces afraid? Numerous practitioners went to Beijing to
validate the Fa. If they shouted, "Falun Dafa is good!" and unfurled a
banner, they were arrested and put in prison and tortured. In fact, the old
forces were afraid because Falun Dafa is the Universal Law, the righteous Fa. If
you shout "Falun Dafa is good!" at an evil place, of course the old
forces will be afraid. Practitioners had not realized this at that time, but if
we had, the persecution may not exist today. The wicked beings are continuing to
use their tricks to try to mislead the Chinese people. They are unable to back
down yet afraid. However, despite the efforts of the old forces in the
persecution, countless indestructible and steadfast Dafa practitioners have
matured through cultivation. Posting date: 5/12/2007 |