(Minghui.org) I would like to share my personal understanding of a practitioner's blessings.
Almost every Dafa practitioner experiences this at the beginning of his or her practice: a healthy body, a harmonious family life, or the improvement of living conditions. Some have even survived near death experiences unharmed; some have experienced unexpected fortune. Such may be considered blessings in the human society.
However, such blessings are in my view precisely what cultivators should take lightly.
As our cultivation progresses and we break through towards higher realms, the blessings may look different. Even though Master has eliminated a majority of our karma for us, we still have to pay back part of it. Hence, portions of our karma are divided into different levels for our xinxing improvement.
Each practitioner is different, and so is his cultivation state, karmic debts and his living environment. Some cultivators' living conditions are good. Their family environment is harmonious. Yet some practitioners' are harsh, and they bear hardship in every aspect of their lives.
No matter what kind of situation a cultivator is in, his mind should be serene. One should not be carried away by affluence, thus pursuing leisure and comfort. On the other hand, one shouldn't feel resentful towards hardship, either.
As we continue on our cultivation journeys, we become less affected by the superficial material things. We care less about the blessings or difficulties in ordinary society. In my view, it's good enough for a cultivator to improve his xinxing, truly achieve the state of no pursuit, and solidly do the three things well.
Maybe some want to say, Master told us, “People who practice Dafa have blessings.” (“Teaching the Fa in New York City” from Lectures in the United States). How can we convince others of our blessings if our living condition is so harsh?
Here's my personal understanding on this: we should not try to convince others with superficial material blessings, as such “persuasion” is not going to be genuine. People will take notice and marvel at Dafa cultivators' serene and calm composure in all circumstances, as practitioners don't get carried away by good fortune. They don't become deflated under harsh conditions.
Cultivators' natural display of their broad mind and noble virtue, as they assimilate to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, will touch the hearts of people and bring about positive changes in them.
When a cultivator lets go of his various attachments and eliminates karma, he does not lose anything. No matter what a cultivator faces during the Fa-rectification period, Master has arranged his ultimate blessings in the cosmos—his mighty virtue and fruit status at Consummation.
Any hardship that we bear in ordinary society pales in comparison to what Master gives us. A cultivator who assimilates into the Fa will naturally reveal his character of selflessness via saving sentient beings. This, is the incomparable blessings of cultivators.
Category: Improving Oneself
