(Minghui.org) After sharing with a few practitioners recently, I discovered a trend. There are quite a few practitioners who have issues in their cultivation that are hard to rectify or areas in which they are not very diligent. They experience similar tribulations again and again, causing these practitioners to linger at the same level for a long time. Even a slight improvement takes a lot of effort and feels difficult.
It's not that these practitioners are not looking inward. However, oftentimes, the process of looking inward seems to stop at the surface level.
Many practitioners think, “A long as I have looked inward and identified my attachment, Master will help me remove it.” Therefore, they have lowered the requirement for themselves.
In the process of looking inward, they don't actively change their human mindset and unrighteous behavior that results from the attachments. Instead, they rely on Master's help to remove the core issues that are supposed to be addressed and cultivated away by them.
They have not actively controlled their human attachments. In effect, they have not set strict requirements for themselves according to the standards of the Fa. They stumble again and again when faced with similar tribulations and do not truly elevate. When the next tribulation comes, they cannot make it through and still do not know how to cultivate.
Just looking inward on the surface is not enough in cultivation. We need to be able to find the attachment and then remove it through cultivation. In this way, we can truly transform to become a divine being.
The most difficult issue in cultivation is how to change ourselves, which includes changing our mentality, notions, perspectives, and standpoints. We must change ourselves to the point where we can let go of grievances, adjust our own state of mind, and control our emotions.
We must maintain calmness, compassion, and harmony, and remember our holy mission at all times. We must also have strong righteous thoughts of saving sentient beings. That is our responsibility and what we need to do to meet the standard of the Fa-rectification.
As cultivators, we cannot merely use looking inward, which is the magic tool in cultivation, on the surface level. In the process of looking inward, we should genuinely reinforce our righteous thoughts and rectify behaviors that are not aligned with the Fa.
We must change our selfish mentality of considering self-protection as the first priority. We need to learn how to think of others first and put ourselves in their shoes. We should evaluate ourselves based on a broader perspective. To be responsible for the sentient beings of the universe, we must evaluate things from a high realm.
There are fundamental differences between human and divine beings. A being's thoughts reflect that being's true realm. When a cultivator is tolerant of others and places salvation of sentient beings first, he is not selfish anymore. He carries the power of righteousness, the power of Dafa. What he says can touch people's hearts and change them. He can then play a bigger role in saving sentient beings and a righteous role among fellow practitioners.
The more a cultivator is purified by Dafa, the stronger his cultivated side is and the less he is restrained by his human side. He can then have stronger divine powers.
The gaps in cultivation levels among practitioners are expanding. Genuine cultivators must be diligent. How long can this period of human-divine coexistence last? Don't leave any regrets for the future, when the truth is revealed!
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