(Clearwisdom.net) Presently, some practitioners have been experiencing various tribulations, and the effects of their sending forth righteous thoughts have not been very good. The following are some of my understandings in regards to this issue.
Master said in the article "Expounding on the Fa," "If it continues endlessly and if there do not exist other problems in your xinxing or conduct, it must be that the evil demons are capitalizing on the weak spots caused by your lack of control." Here, Master mentioned xinxing. Then what is xinxing? It is said in Zhuan Falun, "It includes de (a type of matter), tolerance, enlightenment quality, sacrifice, giving up ordinary people's different desires and attachments, being able to suffer hardships, and so on. It encompasses various things." Xinxing encompasses so many aspects, including forbearance; then again, in forbearance there is also the principle of "beyond the limits of forbearance." Dafa particles are incomparably pure, so how can we passively endure the persecution and any evil interference? Therefore we should not allow any of this persecution, not even a bit of it, to exist and we should eliminate it completely.
If we cannot maintain righteous thoughts, but allow ourselves to endure a bit of interference, then the evil will intensify its rampant persecution, taking advantage of our compassion. If we cannot maintain righteous thoughts even when dealing with small matters, are we not indulging the evil? The "immediate retribution in this lifetime" in the Fa-rectification verses is not the same as everyday people saying, "good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil." It's not that this is not going to happen, it's simply that time is not up yet. It is not a matter of waiting for the right time or a matter of having to physically endure, but a serious and compassionate warning and punishment to human lives on earth. In addition, "immediate retribution in this lifetime" itself is compassionate salvation of those involved as well as the great masses of sentient beings on a much broader scale.
Having a passive attitude and feeling passive and perplexed when sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil does not have a good effect, and does not conform to the principle of Dafa. There is also a test of one's belief in the Fa. Master once said, "doing yet not pursuing." [from Master's poem collection, "Hong Yin"] Master also said, "Get rid of any attachment you might have, and don't think about [such] things. Just do everything a Dafa disciple should do, and everything will be covered." (Lecture on the Fa at Washington D.C. International Conference) I feel incomparably honored to be a Dafa particle. I am placed in the most difficult and the most complex situations so as to play the role of a Dafa disciple, and to rectify all that is not righteous. Even if I can only eliminate one evil being in the face of ten thousand, I will do it. Also, I firmly believe that the magnificent power of the Buddha Fa controls all dimensions and the universal Fa of "Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance" can rectify all that has become degenerated.
We are one body and are indestructible. Let us learn from each other by exchanging views and advance together, perfecting everything in this unprecedented rectification of the colossal firmament.
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