Break Through the Old Forces' Interference with Respect to Time and Finances

(Clearwisdom.net) After reading the article "How to Eradicate Interference That Takes Away Our Time for Doing the Three Things", I would like to share my experience and understanding. Quite a few attachments have been exposed which I had to get rid of. I hope this article can provide fellow practitioners some reference. As my understanding is limited by my level, please correct any mistakes.

I was frequently interfered with by the old forces regarding my financial condition and available time (especially with my financial condition). The appearance of the situation was this: I was out of work since my previous company went out of business. I found sales work with another company, but there was no guarantee of income; that is, no base salary. I spent all of my time burying myself in the company culture. It was equivalent to a gradual brainwashing. I was worried about the situation. I could not study the Fa, could not clearly understand the situation from the viewpoint of the Fa, and could not look inward; therefore, the tribulation became even worse as time passsed. After a period of time, a fellow practitioner found a stable and more suitable job for me. However, I often had to work overtime and could not find time to study the Fa. Moreover, I did not receive my salary on time, so my daily life was affected and I was almost broke.

After studying the Fa with a calm mind, I read several articles about rejecting the persecution of the old forces on the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net). I suddenly realized that my situation was another form of persecution from the old forces. After that, I did not treat my financial condition as a problem any more. In addition, I realized the importance of sending forth righteous thoughts and paying more attention to eliminating any kind of persecution and interference from the old forces. Shortly after that, my company surprisingly solved our salary problems. Master told us in "Fa Rectification and Cultivation" from Essentials for Further Advancement II, "If a problem isn't caused by our own attachments or mistakes, then it must be that the evil is interfering or doing bad things,"

After this incident, I realized that the appearance of any kind of interference is due to our own omissions. Therefore, I think that we have to study the Fa with a calm mind, make sure that all our thoughts are concentrated on the Fa, and understand the Fa from within the Fa. If we just look at the problem from the surface, it is difficult for us to break through the the concepts of worldly notions. However, this is not to be self-imposed. When our xinxing reaches that level, everything will follow.

Master said in "Dafa Is All-Encompassing:"

"Everything you, a cultivator, encounter is related to your cultivation and Consummation, or else those things absolutely would not exist." and "A stable job also prevents a cultivator from being held up, due to problems of food and shelter or survival, in his cultivation, in his spreading the Fa without worries, or in his clarifying the truth and saving the world's people." (Essentials for Further Advancement II)

If we continue to look at our problems on the surface and fail to improve ourselves in the Fa, the tribulations could become even worse.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/4/19/152970.html

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