My Understanding of Wanting to Reach the End of Cultivation

(Minghui.org) Except for rare moments when I lost hope, I have not yearned for the end of my cultivation, because I know that the current time was extended for us through Master’s enormous suffering. I also don’t want it to end, because I know that I haven’t cultivated well, and that many lives have yet to be saved.

Most of the practitioners I know look forward to the end of their cultivation, and I can’t persuade them otherwise. All I can do is to explain to my child, who is also a practitioner, “If our cultivation ends now, we won’t have a chance to do things right again.”

Some practitioners believe that after the Fa rectifies the human realm, we can still cultivate, or that Master will just remove the attachments we haven’t eliminated. I think that’s a misunderstanding, because if we can still cultivate and clarify the truth after that, then it means that people who haven’t learned the truth will remain in the world.

This is not possible, because after that day, people who have not heard or refuse to listen to the truth will no longer have that chance, meaning that practitioners will no longer be clarifying the truth. More importantly, the consequence of breaching the contracts we signed before we came is dire. Many practitioners do not realize this, and that’s why they hope for the end of Fa rectification and want the Fa to rectify the human world.

When we miss a window of opportunity to save people, though there might be other windows that remain open, those who were supposed to be saved through that window will never be saved. I can use myself as an example.

Back when I was able to purchase phone cards and clarify the truth via phone calls, I didn’t work as hard as I could have. For a few days, I studied the Fa in the morning and called people for seven hours, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. That way, I had ample time to thoroughly clarify the truth to whoever answered, and the results were very good. During that time, Master encouraged me by showing me scenes from Shen Yun.

Unfortunately I only kept it up for a few days. After that, I slowed down and spent only two hours each day calling.

One day phone cards were no longer available in the stores. I couldn’t stop regretting the time I’d lost and blaming myself. Because of my laziness, some people I was supposed to help save by calling them would never be saved. It pained me to think that I didn’t cherish the lives of sentient beings and do my best to call as many hours a day as I could.

Years ago when I studied the Fa and did well in my cultivation, Master showed me what it will look like after the Fa rectifies the human realm. Similar to what one can see in a Shen Yun performance, the sky opened up, letting out thousands of beams of light.

The divine beings revealed themselves, with one goddess colossal and absolutely beautiful, her skin the color of white jade. The water in heaven was sky blue and transparent. When a barefoot goddess flew to the middle of a river, people on earth started to chant, “The Fa rectifies the human realm,” as practitioners levitated, one after the other.

When I levitated up into the air, a pair of large wings grew on my back. Suddenly a sense of fear emerged, not because I was floating in the air but because of the persecution I was suffering at the time. As soon as fear emerged, the wings disappeared, and I fell from the sky and woke up. I knew then that Master was telling me I couldn’t bring any attachments with me to heaven.

We should not hope for our cultivation to end. When the Fa rectifies the human world, practitioners who haven’t reach the standard will lose the opportunity to cultivate, and people who haven’t been saved will not have a future.

The above are my thoughts based on my current understanding. Please kindly point out anything not in line with the teachings.