My Understanding on Looking Inward

By a practitioner from China

(Clearwisdom.net) Each of our disciples is a very tiny part of Master's Dafa. During the process of Fa-rectification, as a single being, each disciple is also a minuscule part of the new cosmos that has been created by Dafa. The gods however can see that Dafa disciples will become very great righteous gods. But no matter how good our inborn quality is or how high a level we came from, without Master's Fa-rectification, there will be nothing, and everything will disintegrate with the old cosmos. Master has said that Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples are great. I believe that this is Master's encouragement and that Master cherishes each one of us. While facing Master and in the Fa-rectification, we should maintain the state of humility. If we keep this state of mind, we will position ourselves correctly and eliminate the attachment to self, especially for those disciples who are coordinators or are in charge of the projects and have made some achievements.

As Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples, if we are not humble and do not have clear understandings of the Fa , we could easily start focusing on our personal abilities and our individual understandings. As a result, we could unconsciously become attached to placing ourselves above other disciples. This attachment would be a major obstacle affecting our ability to look inward.

I find that when many fellow practitioners come to understand some principles through Fa-study, they may not think they should correct their words and actions according to the Fa and improve their xinxing, but instead think that a certain practitioner has a certain attachment and that he or she should improve their xinxing in this regard. There are also some fellow practitioners, who while sharing during group Fa-study, as soon as looking inward is mentioned they say, "We are not on the Fa and we should improve." They are not examining themselves, but examining "us." It seems that they may be looking inward, but actually they are examining others and trying to find others' deficiencies. This is not truly looking inward, but using looking inward as an excuse for looking outward. Other practitioners share with others and look inward, but their mindset is not to correct themselves, but to show that they have discovered their deficiencies and therefore show that they have cultivated well. Unconsciously they have thoughts of placing themselves above others. Actually if they have this kind of thought they are not truly examining themselves.

In my opinion, looking inward involves finding deficiencies in personal cultivation and unconditionally correcting ourselves and harmonizing with the whole body. We should not ask others to improve according to the Fa that we understand, and to harmonize with our personal thoughts. In fact, when we have this kind of thought our attachment of placing ourselves above others is manifesting, and we are seeking to change others, not ourselves.

The above are some of my understandings about the Fa principles regarding looking inward. Please point out anything inappropriate.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/3/28/175272.html

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