(Minghui.org) I think all Falun Dafa practitioners cherish Dafa books. As truly cultivating practitioners, these books are our life! There is no doubt about that. I help practitioners make Dafa books. But, for so many years, I have noticed a particular problem.
As the Fa-rectification is nearing the end, our understandings of the Fa principles are becoming clearer and clearer, and we all know the seriousness of cultivation.
To be responsible to fellow practitioners, I would like to share this problem through Minghui.org to encourage each another to cultivate diligently and take a righteous way during this last phase of our journey.
Practitioners often want me to help them make the new version of Zhuan Falun. To be responsible to them, I do not readily agree to their request and often ask them for the reason first.
In the earlier years, some practitioners had their books torn or burned by family members, etc. I would then exchange cultivation experiences with them and remind them to look within, treat cultivation seriously, and be responsible for saving sentient beings. This is not a problem about damaging the book(s), but more about the shortcomings that are present in our cultivation. If we had correctly found our problems and corrected our mistakes, our family members would not have committed such a serious crime.
I continue to share experiences with these practitioners like this so that when they finally get the new book, they will cherish it more and treat cultivation seriously.
In recent years, many practitioners have wanted the new Zhuan Falun, and I ask them why. If it’s because there are new practitioners or people who want to read Dafa books, of course, I will be more than happy to accede to their requests.
However, some practitioners just want a new copy as the older version’s font is small, making it hard for them to read. Some are embarrassed to ask for it themselves so they ask other practitioners to get a copy from me. I understand their thinking, but we need to cultivate ourselves based on the Fa! Some practitioners already own three or more copies of Zhuan Falun.
Be it the older or the newer versions of Dafa books, they are Dafa books! Every word is beaming with golden light. They are precious Fa tools. How can we treat them with ordinary attachments?! Some even have the attachment of liking new stuff and detesting old stuff. We should think about whether our hearts are righteous or not, and if we’re being respectful in our attitude towards Dafa.
Is It Because of Old Age?
As people age, their vision becomes relatively weaker. In our area, this happened to a majority of practitioners. Almost all the practitioners from one village had to wear reading glasses. Some had poor eyesight before they reached 50 years old.
Master Li Hongzhi said,
“The issue of cultivating both mind and body has already been explained to all of you. Cultivation of mind and body refers to cultivating one’s xinxing at the same time that one’s body is being cultivated. In other words, benti is being transformed. In the process of transformation, human cells will be gradually replaced by high-energy matter, and aging will slow down. One’s body will appear to gradually return to youth and experience gradual transformation until, in the end, it is completely replaced by high-energy matter. By then, this person’s body will have already been converted to a body of another type of matter. That body, as I said earlier, will have transcended the Five Elements. Since it is no longer confined to the Five Elements, this person’s body is now a body that will no longer degenerate.” (Lecture Five, Zhuan Falun)
Master said in “How Humankind Came To Be,” “Heaven and Earth, just as with man and the divine, were made by the Creator, and it is never the case that He plays favorites with some lives and shortchanges others.”
In that case, why are some practitioner’s eyes degenerating instead of returning towards youth? However, why are there many practitioners who had impaired vision but miraculously recovered after cultivating in Falun Dafa? This shows that we are not all cultivating like when we first started. The fundamental reason for our weakening vision is not due to our increasing age.
In my understanding, some of the attachments that caused this state relate to seeking comfort, wanting to sleep more, being impatient, etc. The more critical problem is that we unintentionally acknowledged that we have "aged." We did not deny the old forces’ laws, which involve "aging, illness and death."
How well we do the three things is also critical. There are practitioners who do the three things really well and maintain their xinxing. These practitioners are different. Even as they have aged, they are even healthier looking than when they were younger. These are the differences in our cultivation states.
Being able to make Dafa books is my honor. I just hope that we can cultivate correctly and cherish Dafa books so that we do not waste resources and leave regrets for ourselves.
Kindly correct me if there is anything that needs to be improved in my sharing.
Heshi.
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