(Clearwisdom.net)
I began practicing Falun Dafa just over a year ago. Many of the other new practitioners tend to be anxious about learning Falun Dafa so late, so they went to extremes and were taken advantage of by the old forces. I'd like to share my understandings on this.
As new practitioners, we are still Falun Dafa disciples being saved by Teacher himself. Sentient beings in the cosmos admire us because of this. Of the countless sentient beings in the cosmos, we are one of the millions of Teacher's disciples. We are very lucky. Now that we have obtained the Fa, we need to use our time wisely to strive forward diligently and understand the Fa from within the Fa. We should think about it like this.
Of course, we have missed a lot during this Fa-rectification period. However, it is not right to get worried or upset over this. Getting upset because we didn't start to practice Falun Dafa earlier is not in line with the Fa principles. It is a selfish thought that we should eliminate. We came for the Fa. Now that we have obtained the Fa, we should study the Fa well. Clarifying the truth to people and doing other Dafa work are all based on our Fa-study. In order to catch up with the Fa-rectification process, we need to study the Fa more and practice the exercises more. We need to improve our xinxing level instead of simply clarifying the truth for the purpose of clarifying the truth.
Just imagine, if we really sat up on the lotus flower with dirty things all over our bodies, we'd be embarrassed. Think about it: even if we don't reach consummation during the Fa-rectification period because we didn't cultivate long enough, we still have time to continue with our cultivation when the Fa rectifies the human world. Isn't that good, too? The thing that truly determines our fruit status is our xinxing level and our gong, not which period of Dafa disciples we belong to. We cannot be attached to anything. Any attachment is a barrier on our way to consummation.
When the Fa rectifies the human world, it will purify human beings' culture, and the great Buddha Fa will once again be exhibited in ordinary people's society. It is our grand mission to help with this. We also have other tasks to carry out since we started practicing Dafa at the current stage of Fa-rectification. The arrangement for each of us was set by Teacher and it is therefore the best arrangement for us. We need to rationally recognize this.
Of course, we need to try our best to work on the three things that Teacher has asked us to do during the Fa-rectification period. However, we shouldn't force anything. Otherwise, the evil will easily take advantage of us and cause losses. Everything is based on our studying the Fa well. Everything should be natural. We should strive forward but not get anxious. What we want is to truly improve our xinxing. Compassion and selflessness are required when saving sentient beings. We shouldn't do it just to get something for ourselves.
We are new practitioners. However, our inborn quality should be good, too, since we started to practice Dafa during the Fa-rectification period. We have our own true homes. Eventually we will be able to return to our true homes, which was our original wish before we came down to this world.
Everything is arranged by Teacher. Teacher controls the future. We need to follow Teacher's arrangement. That's our Dafa disciples' future. Teacher arranged our cultivation path. It is the best path for us. Thus, we need to walk down the path arranged by Teacher. We need to truly cultivate ourselves.
Xinxing level determines our fruit status.
The above is my limited understandings. Thank you.