My Understanding of the Attachment to Emotion August 16, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net)
Recently, some practitioners have become increasingly perplexed by emotion (qing).
I think this may be a manifestation of Fa rectification reaching the human
realm.
Whether we treat human emotion as an obstacle or as interference in the path
of Fa rectification, my personal understanding is that we should see the problem
in a harmonious way.
Emotion is a substance in the Three Realms and it is also a god. Human beings
live for emotion, our every cell is submerged in it, and life in this
environment exists in this state. As Dafa practitioners during the Fa
rectification period, if we equate eliminating the attachment of emotion with
ignoring our children and treating our spouses as interference with Fa
rectification, or treating normal dating and marriage as obstacles in Fa
rectification, we are deviating from the principle of this cultivation method.
Removing the attachment of emotion is not to avoid or escape from the
environment of sentimentality to "having no emotion." What we need to
do is cultivate our pure compassion in this complex environment.
Our cultivation is done in ordinary people's society, and we should conform
to the state of everyday people to the maximum extent possible. Today's way of
cultivation is saved for future reference and we cannot go to extremes.
Moreover, there is the issue of predestined relationship involved. It is not to
be done as we wish. Many Dafa practitioners married each other perhaps because
they had this wish for many lives and they wanted to obtain the Fa, validate the
Fa and save sentient beings together and then return with Master Li.
Due to the rapid speed of Fa rectification, the old forces' real
behind-the-scenes helpers interfere with Fa rectification and they would rather
face destruction than change themselves. If our minds are not righteous, emotion
will be used by the old forces to interfere with us and undermine us. Whether it
is "being attached to emotion" or "indifferent to emotion,"
these are both forms of sentimentality. The only difference is that they show up
in opposite forms. The important thing is that we need to have a clear
understanding of sentimentality, as this is also part of the Fa rectification.
Actually, the purpose of Master Li leaving us with this little bit of human
surface matter is not for us to attach to anything in the human world; it is for
us to be able to cultivate among everyday people, clarify the truth and save
sentient beings while at the same time keep our process of cultivation for
future reference. Therefore, every step is critically important and cannot be
taken lightly, and more importantly, we cannot go to extremes. As we
continuously study the Fa and remove our attachments, and as we gradually put
all our hearts into compassionately saving sentient beings, we will gradually
remove human emotions and no longer be bothered by sentimentality; thus we will
walk out of humanness and go towards consummation step by step.
When your heart is filled with compassion, no matter where you are, people
will not feel that you are either "too sentimental" or
"heartless." They will only feel your compassion, kindness and the
care and warmth. What manifests through you is peacefulness, righteousness,
generosity, magnanimousness, understanding and responsibility, and what your
compassion creates is a rectified environment that is pure, harmonious, happy
and full of lives.
This is only a personal understanding, and if there is anything improper,
please kindly point it out.
Posting date: 8/31/2003 |