(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa in 2022. Before that, I endured immense suffering. My primary reason for cultivating Dafa was that living this life felt too painful—I sought to escape the suffering of reincarnation and to become a higher being through cultivation.
I embarked on the path of cultivation for this reason. Yet I failed to realize that this itself was a significant attachment—the attachment to achieving consummation.
One night I had a dream that I missed the last train home and had to spend the night at the station. Sitting on the station steps, I stared blankly at distant fireworks. When I woke up, I was overcome by a wave of negativity.
I’d had many similar dreams, the first one shortly after I began cultivation. In that one, I was at a train station, waiting to take a train home. The train was about to depart, yet I was buying cabbage and other groceries that I could easily have purchased back home. I was wasting time.
When I woke up, I realized: This was Master enlightening me not to cling to worldly things, to return home sooner—for home has everything. Later, I dreamed that I was in my college dorm playing around with my roommate and forgot the time on my train ticket. By the time I noticed, it was too late to get to the station. My roommate said, “No worries. You can buy a ticket for tomorrow morning and leave later.”
When I woke up, I realized my lack of diligence had delayed my return home, so I began cultivating earnestly and diligently. Still later, I dreamed of going to the station and walking through the ticket gate. Standing on the platform, I waited for the train I could hear approaching. I knew it was Master encouraging me and giving me the confidence to continue my cultivation.
That first dream where I missed the train left me unable to calm my emotions for a long time, plunging me into a state of hopelessness. I lost all confidence in the tasks I had to accomplish that day and simply sat on my bed in a daze. Fortunately, through Master’s enlightenment, I realized the nature of my attachment—this attachment to Consummation. How intense it had become!
After finding this attachment, everything suddenly became clear to me—Master was enlightening me. Thinking about it now, it’s pretty amusing: How could Master allow a disciple to achieve Consummation while clinging to such an intense attachment?
Since I haven’t been cultivating for very long, I sometimes wonder if I am part of this group of disciples or the next one? Now I understand that this is entirely up to Master. My only concern is to walk the path Master has arranged for me, because Master’s path is surely the best! I must do what I should do and cultivate myself well.
After I started cultivating, I endured countless hardships. Gradually, I grew weary of suffering, and the attachment to seeking Consummation quietly took root within my heart. Master revealed this deeply hidden attachment to me through dreams. Thank you, revered Master!
Many fellow practitioners may have started to cultivate because they sought to escape worldly suffering—from physical ailments, mental anguish, or other reasons. It would be wise to ask ourselves if we are harboring such attachments. If we cling to achieving Consummation, that too is a significant attachment!
From the Fa-principles, I understand that attachment to Consummation is a selfish pursuit that seeks only personal liberation. As Dafa disciples in the period of Fa-rectification, we have the mission to assist Master in Fa-rectification, safeguarding Master’s reputation, and saving sentient beings.
Suppose one’s cultivation is solely focused on whether or not one can achieve Consummation rather than following Dafa’s requirements. In that case, one is far from the state a Dafa disciple needs to be in to reach Consummation. This is my shortcoming and where I need to improve in cultivation.
A few days after finishing this article, I dreamed I boarded a train. I could see the beautiful snowy scenery outside the window and felt the snowflakes drifting onto my face inside the train—it was magical and soothing. My mood was exceptionally cheerful.
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