(Clearwisdom.net) Master disseminates the great Buddha Fa, and the Fa-rectification deeply stirs every life's heart. At this critical historical moment of transition from the old cosmos to the new one, choices made by the cosmos' beings determine their future, and, thus, are crucial. As Dafa disciples in the Fa-rectification period, as Master's disciples, validating the Fa and rescuing sentient beings are our sacred historical missions.
Weathering the wind and rain for the past seven years we have experienced disappointment, done wrong things, and fallen down. We went through all this by firmly believing in Master and Dafa. Dafa disciples' feeling of responsibility is becoming stronger and stronger. Master has compassionately borne so much karma for us, and it is Dafa that has enabled us to understand the meaning of life. We are more and more aware that only by studying the Fa well can we walk well the path that Master has arranged, and that only by studying the Fa well can we do well what Dafa disciples should do.
First, Master requires that we must study the Fa well. Master taught in a number of lectures that we must study the Fa well and study the Fa more.
"So in other words, Fa-study truly is extremely important for a Dafa disciple, for a cultivator. No matter how difficult your environment is, no matter how busy you get, you cannot forget to study the Fa. You must study the Fa, because it is the absolute, most fundamental guarantee of your improvement." ("Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A." December 29, 2001)
"The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts." ("Drive Out Interference" in Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Whatever Master says, we should follow, and we must do well. I have enlightened through Fa study that sometimes, no matter what kind of interference I have before studying the Fa, during Fa study I could always see clearly that something I have done does not conform to the Fa's requirement, find my hidden attachments and bad notions, and have new understandings of Master's words. I was more clear-headed and wiser following Fa study. I had previously been busy with my job and things for the family and society. I had wanted to calm my mind to study the Fa well. However, I only studied for a short time, rushing every day, encountering more and more troubles and chores, and my mind wasn't calm. I found the reason by using the Fa to measure things: By not putting the Fa first; and taking care of personal things first, many selfish attachments churned up, so the evil used this loophole to make me have even less time for Fa study. I couldn't be like this any longer. So I used the time when distracting thoughts churned up and all my spare time to memorize Zhuan Falun and Master's articles and lectures.
I tried to memorize as much as I could, and when I did this I put my mind in the Fa. At night I read at a fixed time what I had memorized during the day to have a deeper impression about the Fa. Thus, I both memorized and studied the Fa. The result turned out to be very good. My mind was calm and pleasant, my righteous thoughts were stronger, and the interference was gone. I feel that every day I should spur myself on by asking myself if I am putting the Fa first and how well I studied the Fa.
Dafa is compassionate, and it is dignified, too. Its principles at different levels must be followed by beings at these levels.
"Dafa is the Fa of the cosmos, and Dafa has created all beings in the cosmos. Dafa has established living environments and standards for the beings at different levels of the cosmos, and it has created for the beings at different levels different forms of wisdom, including the culture of humankind. The purpose of spreading Dafa far and wide is to rectify the Fa in the cosmos, and, at the same time, to have Dafa's disciples in the human world reach Consummation. Dafa is also creating a new humankind, and will likewise bring to humankind a new culture."("Using at Will" in Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Dafa creates everything, encompasses everything, balances everything, and controls everything. Dafa is the most precious, and is most worthy of being treasured. Studying the Fa is what a life should do the most, and lives that melt into the Fa are the happiest. The more I study the Fa, the more deeply I feel the Fa's real existence and its omnipresence. Dafa is so wonderful, so profound. Only those who truly become one with the Fa are beings within the Fa, and (only by becoming one with the Fa) can higher principles manifest to us. All righteous thoughts, all wisdom, and all the abilities Dafa disciples have are given by Dafa. The old forces insist on destroying Dafa disciples' righteous beliefs, and make sentient beings deviate from the Fa, leave the Fa, and commit crimes against the Fa to destroy Dafa disciples and sentient beings. We firmly walk the path that Master has arranged for us because we are here to become one with the Fa, and we have the great mission of validating the Fa and rescuing sentient beings. Safeguarding Dafa is forever our responsibility. So what else, other than Dafa, should we use to measure things? Only righteous thoughts can lead to righteous actions.
Studying the Fa well is a requirement for Fa-rectification, for validating the Fa and rescuing sentient beings, and for us to do the three things well. An extended period of time has gone by before the cosmos became what it is today. Beings yearn to be rescued today after having gone through an extended period of the historical process. Master has taken on so much sin and karma from a great number of beings, and sentient beings long for the light of life. So we must do the three things well. With the mighty force of Fa-rectification pushing forward, various changes take place in the world: there are this and that situations, the environment gets better, people wake up, evildoers interfere, and disruptions happen. So to be unaffected by the environment we should measure everything with the Fa. The mighty force of Fa-rectification is progressing rapidly. So how can we catch up with the progress of Fa-rectification? We need to study the Fa better. We can only study the Fa better and not slacken a bit. We should study well and steadily, and rectify all that is not righteous. We cannot always be interfered with, and then admit our mistakes. Instead, we should know what should be done beforehand since all that directs us is in the Fa.
What we should do now is do the "three things" well. I try to send forth righteous thoughts at every hour's set time or for a longer time if possible. I feel that if I study the Fa well it is easier to calm down to send forth righteous thoughts, I can send them for a longer time, and the results are better. It is the same with truth clarification. Sometimes I wanted to arrange time for things and do things in a particular way, but the results were not like what I imagined as I wasn't using the right basis. Master told us that what Dafa disciples cultivate is compassion, and that we are for the good of sentient beings. Only by remembering Master's teachings, getting rid of personal notions in our thoughts; (doing things) completely for the good of others, and thinking of others from their perspectives can one achieve good results in doing things. I feel that, when our mind is on the Fa, whether we make truth materials, distribute materials or do other things, it always goes as smoothly as we had hoped. Master has arranged the best path for us, and only because the mind is not on the Fa are there man-made limitations or obstacles. There have been too many losses caused by not studying the Fa well. A great number of sentient beings need us to save them, so we should be strict with ourselves, study the Fa, and study the Fa well.
Master is placing hope in us, and sentient beings are placing hope in us. So we should treasure the time, hurry up with things, study the Fa well, do the three things well, be responsible for ourselves, for sentient beings and for Dafa, walk firmly the glorious path that Master has arranged, deserve to be lives forged by Dafa, and be Master's good Dafa disciple.
The above is my personal enlightening for the current period of time. Please, fellow practitioners, correct me with compassion if there is anything inappropriate.
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