(Minghui.org) Many practitioners have been practicing Falun Dafa for a long time, but when they encounter a problem they haven't realized that their first thought is still based on non-practitioners' conventions, concepts or experiences. Some are even indifferent when other people point it out to them, and they don't accept criticism. Although they might accept it on the surface, but in their heart they may not have accepted it.
I think we have to pay attention to this issue, as these phenomena shows that there are practitioners who haven't cultivated well, or that they don't treat their cultivation seriously. From their actions one can see that they haven't let go of their human notions.
For example they may say, my stomach always aches, my family has this type of genetic disease, so I also have such and such problems, or I can't stand for long as my feet were hurt when I was young. They use this excuse because they don't want to do the standing exercise. Some practitioners say that they are getting too old or ask how old I am. I have heard comments like, “You will probably be worse than me when you get to my age,” or “I feel awful if I eat certain types of food.”
If you think you are old, that thought is a human one and your xinxing level is only as high as that of everyday people. The old forces won't let you off the hook, and may make your face look that age. Some practitioners get tired when they do things and will sit on the sofa and start complaining. They have forgotten that they are cultivators. If we use everyday people's logic, we will feel like everyday people. Master said “With this body, one cannot put up with it if the body is cold, hot, tired, or hungry.” (Zhuan Falun)
We are cultivators, and we need to gradually leave the state of ordinary people. If we always think our body is unwell, isn't that an ordinary person's thought? Practitioners need to change their human thinking and let go of all their human notions.
We must study the Fa more and treat ourselves as cultivators whenever we come across problems. We also need to use the Fa to restrain our thoughts as well. If we always satisfy our desires, then we will be the same as everyday people who need to eat, drink and sleep. Everything that happens in our daily life has something to do with our cultivation. This is to see how we handle it. Whether we can treat ourselves as cultivators, remember the Fa and act accordingly, let go of our human notions, will all show whether we have understood the Fa or not.
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