(Minghui.org) After I started cultivating Falun Dafa, I looked within to identify and eliminate attachments revolving around “self.” It was very hard to eliminate attachments this way, and it seemed that these attachments kept coming back after I thought they had been eliminated.
I recently came to understand that, during the Fa-rectification period, a Dafa practitioner’s life is valuable because a practitioner has the ability to save sentient beings. I am not just paying lip service: I understood this from deep within my heart. I deeply believe that this understanding was an enlightenment from Master: Sentient beings are in danger, and I have the responsibility to awaken them. Since coming to this realization, my cultivation seems to have improved tremendously, and I have found the motivation to be diligent in my cultivation.
I understand that Master and Dafa are saving sentient beings, and I just have such a wish. I am one of many Dafa practitioners, a particle of the Fa. Master has bestowed upon every Dafa practitioner the ability to save sentient beings. I also know that the persecution of sentient beings and the evil Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) attempts to destroy sentient beings is just a display on the surface. The true culprit that causes the persecution is the specter behind the evil Party and the old forces that manipulate it. The persecution is not one between people.
Although I have the wish to save people, and I want to do my best to fulfill my responsibility as a particle of the Fa, I have accumulated a lot of karma throughout my lifetimes of reincarnation. Upon falling into this human realm, where everything is part of the maze, my mind and body have been immersed in human feelings and attachments. These things are stopping me from completing my mission of saving people. Only the Fa can get rid of the dirt and purify me. During the process of assimilating to the Fa, I need to let my innate compassion command everything so that I am better able to save sentient beings.
Having understood these things, I have experienced the following changes:
I have started to study the Fa differently. I used to study the Fa to maintain good health, increase my gong, and improve my cultivation level. My motive was for myself. I now strive to study the Fa well so that I can save people. My motive is for others. As I study the Fa, I curb all sorts of disturbances, such as feeling sleepy and seeking comfort.
I am now also able to make reasonable arrangements for my time. For example, when I have tasks to complete, I think about how to do them so they won’t interfere with my Fa study and my efforts to save people. I have set fixed times to study and memorize the Fa. I join Fa study groups, and I seek to ensure that I really study the Fa, to get the Fa into my heart, to obtain the Fa as I study it.
It is easier to get rid of attachments now. In the past, I seemed to have been trapped in different types of attachments and could not seem to completely eliminate them. My attention is now on how to save people, so I am no longer so attached to things like fame, gain, and emotion. I now feel that those things are very ugly.
In the past, I placed great importance on my own understandings and often found it hard to accept others’ opinions. Now, as long as someone’s suggestion is beneficial to saving sentient beings, I will happily accept it.
In the past, I was often obsessed with superficial right and wrong when I looked at other practitioners. I can now see that every practitioner deserves my respect. Although they may have attachments, we form a gigantic righteous field and we are the hope for sentient beings to be saved. Every practitioner is fulfilling his mission in different ways, so I cherish every practitioner from the bottom of my heart.
I have the wish to save people, and chances to save people are everywhere. I know that sentient beings all came to this human world for Dafa and a chance to be saved. Apart from arranging fixed times for face-to-face truth clarification every day, I also clarify the truth when opportunities arise. When I am taking public transportation, I send forth the following messages to the minds of every person onboard: “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and “The Heavens are eliminating the CCP so you should quit the Party and its affiliations to stay alive.” I also recite the Fa-rectification verses. I usually carry truth-clarification stickers in my bag so that when I am taking care of things or walking, I can paste them in suitable locations. Whoever sees them will benefit.
I know that my family and friends who have yet to cultivate are all sentient beings who have a great affinity with Dafa and are waiting to be saved. My relationship with them is that between a person who saves and the people who are being saved. The reason they formed an affinity with me was to come to seek Dafa for salvation. My speech and behavior is a window for them to understand Dafa, so the righteousness of my speech and behavior directly affects their understanding of Dafa.
When I am living with my family, I try my best to abide by the requirements of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance and traditional standards for interactions between people. In the face of self-interest, I am not afraid to suffer losses. Whenever my relatives or friends need help, I will happily offer it to them. I clarify the truth about Dafa to them at suitable times, based on their misunderstandings about the Fa, and select approaches that can help them understand better.
These are some of my understandings at my current cultivation level I wanted to share with fellow practitioners.
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