(Clearwisdom.net) Teacher has given us a heavenly book and told us the universe's laws and principles. He has also taught us a dual cultivation method for both nature and longevity, so in addition to cultivating our character, we cultivate longevity at the same time. Every day we act according to what Teacher has taught us, we study the Fa and do the exercises, send righteous thoughts, clarify the truth and save sentient beings. If we do these things well, we are qualified Dafa disciples. But on the path of cultivation it's not always easy. Sometimes we're not able to put into practice a god's righteous thoughts, and instead use old human thoughts, and the difference between these two mindsets is huge. Master said "the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences " (Lecture 4, Zhuan Falun). Below are some things I've enlightened to during my cultivation. I'm writing them down here to share them with practitioners so that we can learn from each other.
Sometimes when I study Zhuan Falun, I feel it's difficult, I get sleepy, and often lose my place. At these times I can't read the book and put it down. I use a god's righteous thoughts to eliminate demonic interference. "I won't let it interfere with a Dafa practitioner studying the Fa, whoever interferes like that is committing a sin." I sit quietly in meditation for a few minutes then read the book again, and find it's not hard anymore. If I use human thoughts, put down the book and sleep for a while, then that's just being human.
When practicing the sitting meditation I sometimes feel cold. A god's righteous thoughts: I'm a Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciple. Nobody can interfere with my practice. "I'm not cold, I'm not hot, and I'm not attached to anything." After a short while the feeling is gone. Using human thinking: "I just have to put on a few more layers of clothing."
I have an introverted personality. I don't like talking much or having dealings with people. I move slowly and am stubborn. In order the clarify the facts and save sentient beings I have to change this personality, I have to step forward.
One day in 2004, I steeled my will that I would go out to clarify the facts. I prepared a small bag and put some water in it. After eating lunch I shouldered the bag and went out. That afternoon I clarified the facts to a number of people, and they all agreed to make the "three withdrawals". Some even asked me to teach them the sitting meditation, so I performed it for them. I have a neighbor who has an illness. After making the three withdrawals, I suggested she listen to Teacher's lectures, and she agreed. She said she didn't have a tape player, so I said I would buy one for her tomorrow. My first attempt at clarifying the truth had been successful beyond my expectations! I was so happy. My attachments of excitement and showing off emerged: "People listened to my words and, what's more, all of them withdrew from the party!"
On the second day after eating breakfast I shouldered my bag and went out. I went to the shop to get my neighbour a tape player. Halfway there, my leg started feeling sore, but I could still walk. But when I was almost at the shop the pain had become unbearable. In my heart I thought: "It doesn't matter how painful it gets, I just have to buy this tape player and return." After I bought the goods, I walked out of the shop and hadn't walked far when the pain became like stabbing needles, and I was unable to walk another step. All I could do was stand there. Before long someone passed by, and I saw that it was a relative. He said to me: "Are you waiting for someone? Organizing some kind of activity?" He works at the Public Security Bureau and knows I am a Falun Dafa practitioner, but I wasn't afraid in my heart. I took a look at the situation and thought, "I can't just keep standing here." At that time, a taxi came and I boarded it and returned home. In the evening my granddaughter returned from school, and helped me deliver the tape player to my neighbor.
My leg continued to ache for several months. At that time I wasn't able to look within. With such a strong attachment of excitement and of showing off, how could the old forces not take advantage of the loopholes in my thinking? I called to Teacher for help, but he was unable to help me, because I didn't have righteous thoughts. At that time I only felt it was strange: why are my legs in so much pain? I wasn't able to enlighten to it.
Through studying the Fa, I was eventually able to find the source of my problem. Teacher said:
"In the process of cultivating in other settings, too, you have to be careful that you don't get too engrossed. Demons will probably manipulate that kind of attachment." (Zhuan Falun)
These are just some things I've enlightened to during my cultivation. If anything is not appropriate, please point it out.
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