(Minghui.org) There were times when I couldn't calm my mind when studying the Fa. My eyes were looking at the Fa and my mouth was reading the Fa quietly. However, my brain was busy thinking of all kinds of everyday issues. After recognizing this interference, I tried to stop my extraneous thoughts and was successful on and off. But, without noticing, these distracting thoughts sneaked back into my mind. Generally, when I realized that my thoughts were interfered with, I re-read the Fa, but I was worried about my inability to rid myself of this interference.
If we cannot study the Fa with a calm mind, we not only fail to assimilate to the Fa, but also are disrespectful of Master and the Fa. I worry about it and know that this is interference. I tried different approaches, trying to eliminate these extraneous thoughts, but couldn't fundamentally solve the problem. The interference is sometimes less and sometimes worse. A few days ago, my mind was wandering again. I suddenly thought that, if this is interference, I should be able to eliminate it by sending righteous thoughts, shouldn't I? I thought that this idea might have been a hint from Master to help me after seeing my deep concern and my hopes to rectify this situation.
I put down {Zhuan Falun}}, closed my eyes, and repeated three times in my mind what Master said,
"thinking about eliminating the bad thoughts, karma, bad notions, and external interference in their minds. As you’re like this, think that they die, and then they will be eliminated." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Fa Conference”)
Then I opened the book and continued to study the Fa. The result was very good and I felt as if my mind was cleansed. No distracting thought arose again and the reading went very well.
I understand that when we read the Fa, our bodies in different spatial layers are continuously assimilating to the Fa. The karma and notions in our bodies in different dimensions are constantly eliminated. The karma and notions are lives, too. They don't want to be eliminated. They will interfere in a number of ways. We must recognize the interference, clean it up with righteous thoughts, and study the Fa with a calm mind.
There are other practitioners that have the same problem as I outlined above. They've shared their thoughts by publishing articles on the Minghui website. I also would like to share my understanding on the matter of interfering thoughts and hope it will help fellow practitioners. I hope that all practitioners can eliminate interference and study the Fa with a calm mind. I hope that we constantly rectify ourselves, assimilate to the Fa, and assist Teacher better during this Fa-rectification period.
The above is my personal understanding. If there is anything inappropriate, please kindly point out where I could improve.
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