(Clearwisdom.net) Currently some elderly Dafa practitioners are in a state of severe sickness karma; they have serious problems with their legs, back, heart, etc. My mother and mother-in-law, who live in my hometown, as well as several veteran practitioners I know, are experiencing this situation. I feel that a lot of elderly practitioners have the following issues. I am writing this article to share with elderly practitioners. Please point out anything inappropriate.
First, they have not studied the Fa well and cannot keep up with the requirements for practitioners in the Fa-rectification period. They either don't read, don't finish reading, or just take a quick glance at and immediately give away Master's lectures and articles published after 1999. They don't dare to keep at home the Minghui Weekly, which helps practitioners to share experiences and improve together. They are reluctant to or dare not participate in group Fa-study. They have strong attachments to fear and sentimentality. They are diligent in doing the exercises and only read Zhuan Falun. It looks like they are reading the book and doing the exercises, but their physical conditions are getting worse. Of course their families cannot understand when they refuse to go to the hospital. Seriously speaking, this is using Dafa to cure disease and strengthen the body; it is not serious cultivation. They are either not doing or are perfunctorily doing things to validate the Fa and save sentient beings. And they don't have a sense of responsibility and mission that comes from the heart. There are many veteran practitioners who are willing to distribute Shen Yun performance CDs, but not the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. Please look inward and find the attachment that is causing this.
Second, they have been unable to recognize their attachments and misunderstandings. Often they are stuck at one level, but they are not willing to listen to others who point out their problems. Many elderly practitioners think they are veterans and don't want to hear from others, especially new practitioners, who point out their problems. Since Master uses others to point out your problem, then it means you need to promptly look inward. If you conceal your attachments and misunderstandings and do not let other people point them out, how can you improve? This has a lot of similarities to the “self-monitoring” and “self-improvement” advocated by the evil Party and the Party's not allowing criticism from others. In fact, when someone points out your problems, aren't they helping you to improve? Correct it quickly when you are wrong; get up immediately when you fall down.
Third, they are unaware that they should have a more urgent sense of cultivation than young practitioners. Many elderly practitioners started their cultivation due to serious illness. If they didn't cultivate, many of them would have passed away already. In other words, many people's lives were extended by Master for them to cultivate, validate the Fa, and save sentient beings. If you don't do well for an extended time, you can easily be taken advantage of by the old forces who keep an eye on you and will persecute you physically! Some can even lose their lives! Some elderly practitioners are complacent, thinking they have cultivated well and steadily if they have not been detained. But the evil forces can drag you down in different ways. Isn't their not letting you do the three things well another form of persecution? Isn't their ultimate goal to keep you from succeeding in cultivation and to destroy you?
The above is my superficial understanding. I'm writing it out to share with fellow practitioners. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
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