(Clearwisdom.net) I discovered today that because I have been content with maintaining the status quo, I have not strived forward in cultivation.
This manifests in the following circumstances. Although I do the three things every day, I don't set high standards for myself and sometimes do things only superficially. For instance, I study the Fa, but don't let the Fa enter my heart or attach much importance to it. I do the exercises, but don't complete them, nor do I take them seriously. I explain the facts about Falun Dafa, but do it in a leisurely fashion and at irregular intervals. Since I haven't taken these things seriously, the effect has not been good. I hadn't thought about how I could improve further and break through to higher levels. I send righteous thoughts as prescribed, but don't make it up if I miss one. I am not diligent in sending righteous thoughts to address the particular needs of my local area. I feel like I could go on and on.
What's behind all of this is an attitude of satisfying the status quo and just meeting the needs of the present circumstances. I felt that everything was fine. My attitude is that there are practitioners who are doing better than me, but there are also practitioners doing worse. I thought I would be OK doing things this way.
Rather than striving forward bravely and vigorously, I feel that I am marching in-place most of the time due this complacent attitude. I am not resolute in my determination to remove attachments. It sometimes looks like they have been severed, but in actuality they have not. I am in a muddled frame of mind. I have often judged myself based on my past, compared myself against the practitioners around me, and even compared myself to some everyday people. I found that I have fallen short in keeping up with the pace of Fa-rectification. There is a huge distance between myself and practitioners who are steadfastly moving forward. I need to think of ways to catch up with the Fa-rectification and measure myself against the Fa, to see whether I am conforming with the requirements of the Fa at different levels.
Master has required that the closer it gets to the end, the more steadfast we need to be. Yet I want to move at the same pace as before. In the process of Fa-rectification, as we approach the end, the requirements are higher and more strict. I don't think about striving forward, but rather maintain the status quo. I will feel great regret if I continue like this.
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