(Clearwisdom.Net)
Greetings Teacher! Greetings fellow practitioners!
My mother and I attained the Fa on February 6, 1996. Whenever people ask me what the happiest moment in my life was, I always think about this moment for which I have waited tens of thousands of years. I recalled Teacher's words, "Those who really have a predestined relationship and can enlighten will come one after another, entering the Dao and obtaining the Fa. They will distinguish the righteous from the evil, obtain true teachings, lighten their bodies, enhance their wisdom, enrich their hearts, and board the boat of the Fa, sailing smoothly. How wonderful! Strive forward with every effort until Consummation." ("Enlightenment," Essentials for Further Advancement)
Looking back over the past 6 years, my cultivation path seems to have been just a transient moment. As cultivators, we surpass everyday people's sentiments, but we also have tribulations in our cultivation paths that help us upgrade our levels, as well as the joy and amazement of different levels after we have passed various tests. It is the Teacher's great benevolence that enables me to "be calm and unperturbed amidst the tribulation." It is the Teacher's strengthening that enables me to sail lightly and fast. The tribulations and understandings in the past appear to be trifles now, yet I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of my recent enlightenment in Dafa. I hope that fellow practitioners could kindly point out anything inappropriate, so that we could improve together.
From personal cultivation to cultivation in the Fa rectification period, from passive endurance to eliminating evil with righteous minds, the Fa rectification process pushes us to advance earnestly straight forward, especially recently. Practitioners overseas are clarifying the truth with all means. Practitioners in China proclaimed "Changchun Falun Dafa Day" despite the huge pressure of the persecution. One by one, marvelous scenarios in this human dimension unfold. This is the opening of our wisdom which we are using to validate Dafa and clarify the truth from various aspects.
While we were in the stage of personal cultivation, we saw the corruption of human society, and when we look back we recognize that it was in great danger. I tried to be a cultivator living in a clean and quiet environment, eliminating my attachments. I also knew clearly that human beings in the future would definitely be not like this. I knew that I would reach consummation and return together with Teacher, and the human world would enter the best historic period after the Fa rectification. However, I never thought that I myself would be involved in this history-making period.
When the Fa rectification entered this stage, my wisdom consequently was opened to this level following the dramatic changes in the colossal firmament. As we will cultivate to be great enlightened beings, as we are the pure guardians of the Fa, as we are the practitioners for the Lord of Buddhas and have the great fortune of "assisting Teacher in the human world," a chance that even all the gods and Buddhas would envy, we have to let this period of "human and divine beings co-existing in the human world" shine in its best purity and glory. Dafa created all levels of the universe, including the human level. I realized that in the human society, we should manifest ourselves as the people that best fit the standard of the Fa at this level--the people that best fit the characteristics of cosmos--"Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance." The current standard of human society is distorted, no longer living up to the standard of true Law at this level. The lifestyles of human beings after the Fa rectification will be the true way of living as provided by Dafa. Therefore, before the Fa rectification reaches the human level, I should try my best to explain my understanding of "Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance" at the human level to people using the means that are acceptable to them and words that they can understand. Helping people to return to their original nature is also a manifestation of protecting the Fa at this level.
Not being attached to human culture does not mean that we are not able to appreciate or utilize human culture, and certainly not avoiding even talking about it. The less we are attached to it, the more we are able to surpass it, and the easier we are able to "use at will" the things that are at lower levels. Everything should be within the great freedom that we enlighten to. Teacher said: "In other words, I'm telling you that many situations aren't without a reason. Everything in the world came for this Dafa, was formed for Dafa, and was created for Dafa." ("Lecture on the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Conference") Teacher also said, "Actually, what a Tathagata means by 'emptiness' is being free from every ordinary human attachment. Non-omission is the true essence of emptiness. To begin with, the universe exists because of matter and is composed of and remains as matter. How could it be empty?" ("What is emptiness?" Essentials for Further Advancement). The Universe itself is of vast variety and grand beauty. Since Teacher has given us the holy mission of creating the future, I shall try to use the wisdom of great ease in my realm to clarify the truth and save human beings.
Recently, I decided to switch my college major to media communications. After I applied, I realized that my TOEFL score did not meet the admission requirements. However, I thought that Dafa created everything at every level and everything today has been formed for Dafa. It is a university's blessing to be able to play a role in clarifying the truth. Therefore, I strengthened my righteous mind and wrote an essay to the university. On the surface, I was demonstrating my English level and seeking admission. In fact, this was based on the principle of "Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance" and to introduce Dafa to this University. A few days later, the director of the admissions office called me for an interview. I took some news footage that I recently made promoting Dafa in my current college. I played the program to the professors during the interview. I told them that I knew that this program was far from perfect but that I only wanted to show them my strong interest in this area. Just two days later, I received a letter of acceptance from this university for January 2002 admission. The major is Visual Media in media communications. My mother could hardly believe it upon receiving the letter. However I knew it. As long as it is needed for the Fa rectification rather than for personal interests, we Falun Dafa practitioners can attain whatever we want. To Falun Dafa practitioners, the future Buddhas, Taos, and gods, there is nothing that we can't accomplish now. Teacher said: "When it's difficult to endure, you can endure it" (Zhuan Falun). It all depends on whether we can enlighten to it, whether our actions are based on the Fa, and whether we have powerful righteous minds and pure enlightenment. Teacher said in the article, "What Are Supernormal Abilities," "For instance, while doing Fa-rectification, when the righteous thoughts are very pure, their [practitioners] supernormal abilities are comprehensively utilized. Moreover, with righteous thoughts in their minds many disciples are able to use them at will--whatever they want to use, they almost always have it."
Based on my current understanding, I think that everything belongs to Dafa. Now, Dafa practitioners are using their wisdom, given by Dafa, to create a new future, a wonderful future. We are Dafa particles and we are also one body. We are utilizing all kinds of human means to clarify the truth to people. Let us together with our fellow practitioners in China welcome the moment when the whole universe will be celebrating together!
With deep appreciation of Teacher!