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Setting Right the Relationship Between Cultivation and the Autumn Harvest
By a Falun Gong Practitioner in Heilongjiang Province
(Clearwisdom.net) In our district, we specialize in planting corn. Every
autumn, we are very busy harvesting the corn. So at the end of each day, we are
sleepy and exhausted. Because they were so focused on bringing in the harvest, some practitioners
separated their cultivation from their job. They stopped studying the Fa,
sending forth righteous thoughts and did not have time to clarify the truth.
They concentrated on the autumn harvest and only resumed their cultivation after
it was over. They took off about a dozen days to recuperate from the heavy work
and then they resumed their experience sharing and the group Fa-study. Some
practitioners were unable to regain their state of diligence after the harvest.
This happened every year and they thought that this was normal. Actually, this
is not normal and this is precisely the old evil forces taking advantage of our
loopholes. The old evil forces are trying all ways and means to stop us from
doing the three things required by Master. When we separate our
cultivation from the harvest and allow it to disrupt our cultivation, this is
precisely taking the path arranged by the old evil forces. Our cultivation is
affected and the saving of sentient beings is affected. If we arrange our time more wisely and place the Fa as the fundamental basis
and starting point, we will be able to set right the relationship between
cultivation and the autumn harvest. If we treat the autumn harvest as the path
that we should walk and a tribulation that we have to pass, if we treat the
autumn harvest as a test of whether our cultivation is steadfast and solid, it
would as Master said in His Fa, "Only in the most complicated crowd of
people, or in the most complicated environment, can you cultivate to high
levels." (The Ninth Talk, Zhuan Falun) If we handle the relationship
between cultivation and the autumn harvest well, wouldn't we be achieving high
gong in this complicated environment where it is both full of hardship and
tiring, mixed with having to overcome attachments to gain, family conflicts, and
the physical state of our bodies? If we are able to meet the requirements of the
Fa and study the Fa well and able to do the exercises with a tranquil state and
send powerful righteous thoughts, as well as thinking of using all means to save
sentient beings in this complicated environment, aren't we achieving high gong?
If not, then we should also make use of this opportunity of autumn harvest to
check ourselves and see which attachments have yet to be eliminated and get rid
of them when they are exposed. Then we can improve in the process. I have an example. We have a pair of practitioners who are a mother and her
daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law shared with her mother-in-law, and
suggested that they try to make a breakthrough this year during the autumn
harvest. They would wake up early and absolutely guarantee that they do the
exercises in the morning. They would also send forth righteous thoughts and do
their Fa study. Then on the way to the fields, they would clarify the truth to
whoever they met and urge the person to renounce their CCP membership. After
discussion, they managed to do what they both agreed to do. In the end, they
managed to harvest all the corn easily before the snow and furthermore they did
not feel the aches in their arms, legs and mid-sections as in previous years.
Their harvest was orderly and they managed to keep up their cultivation as well
as saving sentient beings. The above sharing is a suggestion for fellow practitioners to face the
problem and address it, instead of avoiding it. Cultivate oneself during
tribulations and save sentient beings.
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