(Minghui.org) Today I came to realize that cultivation and eliminating attachments is, in fact, not difficult. The question is whether or not we want to get rid of our attachments. My understanding is that it is difficult to cultivate if our main consciousness is not strong. When our attachments surface, it is important to have righteous thoughts and recognize that bad thoughts are not our true self, meaning our main consciousness can differentiate good from bad. Then, Teacher's Law-Body can eliminate that bad thought of ours.
However, during this period of Fa-rectification, it's not sufficient to just have a strong main consciousness to eliminate bad thoughts or notions. We also need to send righteous thoughts because these bad thoughts are forced upon us by the old forces.
If we can't realize an attachment, if we can't recognize when a thought is not based on the Fa, if a thought is driven by an attachment or feeling helpless, then these improper situations are hard to manage. If our main consciousness is not strong, even Teacher can't help us. In this situation, it is hard to eliminate attachments.
For example, one can read all kinds of news on the Chinese website Dongtaiwang.com. If practitioners are very interested or care a lot about worldly things, it becomes an attachment because they want to view the “news.” If we regret doing it afterwards, why look at them in the first place? Viewing everyday people's news is an attachment that is a substance in another dimension. If this kind of substance is not eliminated, it will emerge again next time. If we are not determined today, it will become a regret tomorrow. When I was able to recognize that the thought of wanting to view those news programs was not mine, I then sent righteous thoughts to eliminate it, and it was very effective.
The next time I went on the Dongtaiwang website, I immediately went to the Minghui website instead. Of course, attachments are eliminated at different levels—some are eliminated after only sending righteous thoughts once or twice, while other attachments require sending forth righteous thoughts many times. However, we need to have confidence that we can eliminate the attachments.
Teacher said,
“Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master. (Zhuan Falun)
At high levels, cultivation is a choice. My understanding is that as long as we constantly study the Fa, pay close attention to our thoughts, and recognize and eliminate our notions, our attachments can be easily eliminated.
Fellow practitioners, please kindly point out any errors.
