(Clearwisdom.net) I want to share some of my understandings of Teacher's article, “Pacify the External by Cultivating the Internal.”

I have been persecuted three times over the past few years. The fundamental reason for my persecution was because I became relaxed in my cultivation and didn't let go of my attachments for a long time. The old forces took advantage of my loophole and persecuted me. If we relax in our own cultivation and don't maintain strong righteous thoughts, how can we shatter the old force's persecution? The old forces will be there unless we eliminate them by sending forth righteous thoughts, and they are watching us very closely and waiting to persecute us. Therefore, in order to succeed in cultivation during the Fa-rectification, we must cultivate ourselves well. We are practitioners with the goal of reaching consummation. If we do not cultivate ourselves well and do not succeed in cultivation, then where are those sentient beings who were saved by us going to go?

The first two times I was persecuted in the forced labor camp, I had a lot of human attachments. I wanted to break through the persecution using ordinary people's methods, which didn't work at all.

The persecution is not at an ordinary human level; it is the old forces in other dimensions that are using people to persecute us. If we use ordinary people's methods, how can we stop this? I intensified my Fa-study and sent forth more righteous thoughts. When I was illegally arrested the last time, the persecution seemed to be getting worse. But I was in line with the Fa this time, and was able to break through the persecution more easily and left the prison with dignity. The situation seemed to be very serious, but when all the local practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts together, it gradually became more relaxed.

Teacher's article is also referring to our work. Many of my experiences have shown that when I do the three things well, my business ventures go very well. But if I don't do them well, then no matter how many human methods I try, my business just isn't good. I enlightened that since we are practitioners, everything we have comes from the Fa, and without this Fa, nothing we have will exist. Teacher has endured huge karma for us, and all that we do is actually for our own consummation. If we don't do the the three things well, even the divine beings will look down on us, but if we can save a lot of people, the divine beings will be happy for us.

We have learned from many sharing articles on the Clearwisdom website that practitioners who are good at solving technical problems always look inwards and adjust their hearts before actually doing their repairs and fixing problems. If practitioners pay attention to their cultivation, it is much easier for them to find solutions. If we always look at things with human notions, it will be hard for us to solve those problems.

These are my understandings. I hope fellow practitioners will share their understandings so that we can improve together.