Study the Fa Well; Take Purging Our Own Problems With Righteous Thoughts Seriously By Fahui (Clearwisdom.net) In "Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Fa Conference," Teacher taught us for the first
time to use supernormal abilities to purge the evil in other dimensions: "Another thing is that
from now on at group practice or when there's another big conference like this one of ours, our
students can quiet their minds for five minutes, sitting with their hands in Jieyin and
thinking about eliminating the bad thoughts, karma, bad notions, and external interference in their
minds. As you're like this, think that they die, and then they will be eliminated. Five minutes will
do. (Applause) When we get together for group practice, think about eliminating the evil in
the Three Realms, while holding one hand vertically (li-zhang) in front of the chest, and
just think with True Thoughts for five minutes--this should do it. (Applause) It will work,
because you are, after all, magnificent cultivators and are different from everyday people."
Since then, Teacher has spoken in numerous lectures about the issue of eliminating the evil with
righteous thoughts. Recently, Teacher explicitly instructed disciples: "So, in order to do Fa-rectification
more effectively, while you clarify the facts you have to take sending righteous thoughts very
seriously, and in a timely manner purge the evil and your own problems so that you won't be taken
advantage of by the evil." ("Righteous Thoughts") According to this, then, we can tell that the Fa which Teacher has taught us to send forth
righteous thoughts (namely, to purge the evil with supernormal abilities) is not limited to the
aspect of just purging the evil beings. Instead, holistically, it has two meanings. Firstly, it
refers to using righteous thoughts to remove all evil beings in other dimensions that have damaged
Dafa and persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners. Secondly, it refers to purging the various degenerated
thoughts, notions, karma, and so on, within ourselves. However, in communicating with fellow
practitioners and reading experience-sharing articles on the web, this phenomenon can be seen: in
term of externally purging the evil beings with righteous thoughts, we indeed have done a better
job; however, when it comes to purging our own problems with righteous thoughts, we have failed to
take it seriously enough, nor have we done a good job--we even have some incorrect understandings
of the Fa. Very few practitioners have sat down and spent time to specifically purge their own
problems; some practitioners merely consider eliminating their own problems as the necessary step before
they hold their palms erect to eliminate the evil beings in other dimensions, thinking that its
effect is [merely] to eliminate stray thoughts and to focus their attention and effort in purging
the evil and to send out pure and clean gong. Some practitioners who fail to quiet
their minds while eliminating the evil even skip eliminating their own problems with their hands in Jieyin;
instead, they only hold their palms erect to eliminate the evil beings in other dimensions. This is
all because they do not have a good understanding of purging our own problems with righteous
thoughts as referred to by Teacher--they do not understand the profound meaning of the Fa in this
respect. They fail to understand the Fa from the Fa. This is a loophole in cultivation. I'm a practitioner who cultivates with my supernormal abilities unlocked. I'm writing down what I
have seen and enlightened to in my own realm in order to discuss and share my understanding of the
Fa with fellow practitioners. 1. We Should Take Purging Our Own Problems with Righteous Thoughts Seriously Not long ago, history offered us an excellent opportunity to eliminate the evil. Not only were we
in an absolutely favorable position in terms of the difference in power, we also had sufficient time
to prepare ourselves. After that, quite a few practitioners tried to look for reasons externally
based on the superficial phenomena they observed. Some thought that the evils could not be
eliminated no matter how we tried to eliminate them, and even that the persecution in some local
environments was still getting worse. Accordingly, they are puzzled by this manifestation. Some
doubted that the gong they sent forth had truly achieved such a great effect, and so on.
Actually, everything we encounter and our own impact all have something to do with this. The
problems that exist in our own dimensions are also things that need to be eliminated, which include
this type of questioning, doubts and even looking for external reasons itself. Although the cosmos is indeed extremely complicated, the extent of the complexity I personally
sense in assisting Teacher in the Fa-rectification cannot be described in human language; it is
beyond the imagination of human thoughts. However, the immense force of Fa-rectification is dashing
through, cleaning out, eliminating and assimilating at a speed which transcends all time and space.
"...every minute there are countless immense universes that are being swept through by the
force of Fa-rectification and at the same time being quickly rectified by the Fa." ("The
Effect of Righteous Thoughts"). As to the stage that the Fa-rectification has reached today,
the remainders of the old cosmos only exists in the cosmic bodies that correspond to our Dafa
practitioners, and in these Three Realms where human society exists. Of course, these cosmic bodies
are also immense, boundless cosmic bodies. This human society also corresponds to countless other
human societies in the microcosm. In the dimensions that the Fa has finished rectifying, the Fa-principles
of the old cosmos have been eliminated--nothing of them exists anymore, and their entire dimensions
are now a big empty void. How, then, could we still be looking for external reasons? "Let me
tell you, all those who remain and that can persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples are due to our
students themselves. Students who haven't taken sending forth righteous thoughts seriously: the evil
in the dimensions that you are supposed to shoulder and be responsible for has not been
eliminated. That's the cause." (Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida) In the cosmic bodies that Dafa practitioners correspond to and in the Three Realms where we are,
the old Fa-principles are still taking effect, restraining everything within those places. The bad
thoughts, karma, bad notions, external interference, and so on, in the minds of Dafa practitioners
are the physical elements the old forces use to obstruct the Fa-rectification. If these degenerated
elements are not eliminated, they will severely hinder us from improving our xinxing, and
they will constantly play a destructive role, interfering with our cultivation. Take the example of
eliminating the evil substances in other dimensions that protect the head of the evil. This is done
to create a just, fair and peaceful environment in which to clarify the truth before the immense
force of the Fa-rectification arrives, in order to offer salvation to the greatest extent to those
sentient beings who have been unknowingly led by the evil lies to the brink of annihilation. This is
the genuine Shan (Goodness) that Falun Dafa practitioners have cultivated in Dafa. However,
while the old forces have been desperately protecting the head of the evil, their complete set of
degenerated arrangements--including interfering with and obstructing every thought and every action
of Dafa practitioners--have made us fail to accomplish such a sacred mission. In the process of
eliminating the evil elements in other dimensions with righteous thoughts, various troubling
thoughts have appeared in our minds. For example, "waiting and watching,"
"doubt," "imagination" and "suspicion" are the substances that the old
forces use to shake our belief in eliminating the evil. Evil thoughts, hatred, the combative
mentality, emotion, being irritable, the mentality of accomplishing a task, and so on, have
diminished the effect of our eliminating the evil. In addition, looking outward instead looking
inward, and bad coordination among Falun Dafa practitioners, are all the old forces' interference
and damage. These "problems in our own selves," including thought karma, if viewed from
another dimension, are the physical elements which the old forces use to restrain us from elevating
in cultivation, and are the materially-existing elements which the old forces use to interfere with
our eliminating the evil. I have seen the following: when Dafa practitioners' minds were not pure
and clean enough, the colors of the gong they sent out were not pure and clear, and the gong
potency was also very weak, and it indeed was not capable of completely eliminating the evil
substances layer by layer down to the root and origin of the evil. Some were only capable of
destroying the evil substances' existence in a few dimensions. This has led to the situation wherein
some practitioners do indeed eliminate the evil on a daily basis, yet the evil that they have
actually eliminated has not been that much. Because the root has not been eliminated, the evil will
regenerate very quickly. Therefore, it is very important to eliminate our own problems with
righteous thoughts, to clean out the warped, physical elements in other dimensions that interfere
with us. We should take this seriously. Teacher says: "As you know, the persecution that Dafa disciples in Mainland China suffer is
quite severe, so each student has to truly, clearly realize what his responsibility is, and when he
sends forth righteous thoughts he has to be able to truly calm his mind and truly produce the effect
of righteous thoughts. So this is something extremely critical, extremely important. Then if every
student is able to do that, I can tell you, with five minutes of sending forth righteous thoughts
together, the evil in the Three Realms will never exist again--that's how important this is."
(Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida) 2. From Other Dimensions, Our Own Problems Can Be Viewed As A Partial Factor Seriously
Contributing As An Impediment To The Fa- Rectification By The Old Evil Forces. During the historical arrangement that took millions of millenniums, the universe became
extremely deteriorated after it followed the old Fa principle of formation, stasis, degeneration,
and destruction. Sentient beings had deviated en masse. Layers upon layers of old forces wanted only to protect their own self-interests. They wanted to
change others but not themselves. Their warped thoughts and perceptions of resisting and defying
Dafa nurtured a huge amount of evil beings. We Dafa disciples were also part of the old universe
before we obtained the Fa, and we were also among those who were polluted. Our many deviated
thoughts, perceptions, and attachments were closely related to the old forces. When viewed in other
dimensions, these were some of the factors from the old forces contributing to the serious
impediment to the Fa-rectification and preventing sentient beings from obtaining the Fa. Because the
old, degenerated Fa of the cosmos has not been destroyed, it is still playing a role in its own
dimensions. Therefore, the old Fa will continue to govern all the beings remaining to be saved.
When the Fa-rectification eradicates the evil and re-positions sentient beings according to the
standard of the new Cosmos, when Dafa disciples continually assimilate to Dafa and transform their
corresponding cosmic bodies and save the sentient beings in those cosmic bodies, they will encounter
serious resistance and obstruction from the old forces. That is why every step along the path of our
cultivation will be arduous. Our cultivation is a process of persistent Fa study and cultivation of
our hearts, of breaking through selfishness, breaking away from the old forces, and restoring
ourselves to become new lives that meet the standard set by Dafa. I can see that every attachment we have in the human world to reputation, self-interest,
sentimentality, or selfishness, and every thought and perception that does not conform to Dafa, are
all factors in other dimensions that can be utilized by the old forces to undermine the Fa-rectification.
All sentient beings living within our corresponding cosmic bodies were completely immersed in this
black, corrosive, and degenerated substance. The sentient beings were as though in hibernation after
being polluted by the immersion. They showed no signs of life. Different attachments and acquired
perceptions correspond to sentient beings at different levels and dimensions. Some fellow
practitioners had strong attachments, especially those who had not even gotten rid of their
fundamental attachment. Their corresponding sentient beings were soaked in this black, degenerated
substance. In fact there were countless cosmic bodies from top to bottom, and each cosmic body
represents innumerous sentient beings. "The reason is, that gigantic cosmic body is below you,
it's almost like your body, because that's how gigantic you are. There are countless sentient beings
and countless cosmic firmaments inside there." (Touring North America to Teach the Fa,
unofficial translation) I could see that for all those practitioners who could not get rid of their fundamental
attachment and who signed the "three letters" (documents that denounce Dafa) under
coercion against their conscience (without making a solemn declaration on Minghui and resuming their
cultivation), their divine bodies in other dimensions were disintegrating. For those who enlightened along an evil path, their corresponding cosmic bodies were dark and
gloomy without sunlight. Their bodies in other dimensions no longer had Teacher's Fashen and Falun.
Their entire bodies were black. The degenerated evil beings in that dimension not only control and
persecute these practitioners, but they also infiltrate dimensions corresponding to other
practitioners and persecute them in those dimensions. Some evil beings participate directly in supporting the evil head. I could see the entire work of theoretical indoctrination by the mainland governing Party
manifesting itself as a demon-like degenerated substance in other dimensions. For fellow
practitioners who had worked for the Party and government organizations, especially those who were
involved with social sciences, such substances were pressed into their heads and directly influenced
their dimensions. All those degenerated substances were alive. Under their interference, these
practitioners could not achieve tranquility, felt unsettled in their minds, and could not absorb the
Fa into their heads, to the point of even seeing other words and phrases during Fa-study. Furthermore, those practitioners who had practiced sham Qigong, phony Qigong, and Futi Qigong,
and those practitioners who had studied and researched Zhouyi, Bagua, Taiji, Hetu, Luoshu, Danjing,
Daozang and other religious works and writings, Teacher purified their bodies and removed all the
bad things after they started practicing. However, those messages formed from past memory had been
pressed into their heads. There were still fragments remaining in other dimensions. They caused
interference during Fa-study and cultivation in the form of thought karma. All the manifestations listed above were our own problems. When viewed from other dimensions,
they were some of the factors contributing to the serious impediment to the Fa-rectification and
preventing sentient beings from obtaining the Fa by the old evil forces. We must purge all of them
with righteous thoughts. 3. Solving Our Own Problems with Righteous Thoughts is Eliminating the Old Forces and Offering
Salvation to Beings in Our Cosmos Teacher explicitly told Dafa practitioners in Touring North America to Teach the Fa,
"your own cultivation is saving the beings in the gigantic cosmic bodies that you
represent." (Unofficial translation) Every time I sit in the lotus position with my hands in Jieyin and silently recite,
"sitting with their hands in Jieyin and thinking about eliminating the bad thoughts,
karma, bad notions, and external interference in their minds. As you're like this, think that they
die." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Fa Conference," Guiding the Voyage)
I can see that Falun automatically helps me eliminate degenerated substances in other dimensions;
each time I realize that some strong attachments and external interferences are manifestation of the
old forces and I erect my palm to eliminate them, my gong would disintegrate these
substances. As my righteous thoughts eliminated these internal problems, the attachments and
acquired degenerate notions on my part would decrease; my xinxing would improve and the Fa of
that corresponding cosmic body that the old forces used to restrict and obstruct beings from
obtaining the true Fa, would be eliminated. The black degenerate substances that permeate beings
would disintegrate. The beings saved are glittering with golden rays; upon their salvation, they
greet you with both hands up and they are infinitely grateful to you for saving them. "...They
will truly regard you as their Lord, their King, and have boundless reverence for you, because you
saved them, you sacrificed for them, and you gave them everything they have." (Touring North
America to Teach the Fa, unofficial translation) Regarding the issue of clearing out our own problems with righteous thoughts, generally speaking,
the longer the elimination time, and the more specific and focused we are to the problems, the
better the outcome. Solving our own problems with righteous thoughts requires a large amount of Fa- study as a
prerequisite. "The reason is, your surface, which is still assimilating to the Fa, needs to be
constantly improved, and as you constantly improve, the things that you need to cultivate away have
to be arranged for. Every realm has its own state of being. If you remain stagnant, you definitely
won't be able to keep up with the Fa-rectification... As a Dafa disciple, no matter what the
situation or what the circumstances, you have to study the Fa, and you can't neglect your own
assimilation and improvement; you can't forget to study the Fa." ("Teaching the Fa at the
2002 Fa Conference in Boston") "The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all
evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts." ("Drive
Out Interference," Essentials for Further Advancement II) Dafa practitioners are different from all other beings. We are cultivating in the era of Fa-rectification.
We are changing everything that corresponds to our cosmos through our cultivation and improvement.
This is a process of continuous Fa- study and assimilation to Dafa. As our human mind studies the Fa,
we might suddenly realize a Fa principle, and as a result, spectacular changes would take place in
the corresponding cosmic bodies; maybe because of our improvement in the Fa, countless levels of the
universe and beings in those cosmic bodies would be able to assimilate to Dafa and become new beings
that conform to the standards of the future firmament. I have always studied the Fa diligently during cultivation and have eliminated attachments,
acquired notions and other types of problems. I realized through Fa-study, with Teacher's Fa, that
to eliminate our own problems with righteous thoughts in a timely manner is of utmost importance.
This is how I cultivated during this period while assisting Teacher to rectify the Fa. I realized
that the process of eliminating our own problems with righteous thoughts is the process of
eliminating the evil and offering salvation to sentient beings; it's the process of improving
ourselves and reaching higher levels; it's the process of breaking away from the old forces and
changing from a human to a divine being. I see that when our own problems fill up our minds, we feel dizzy and muddle-headed and cannot
study the Fa properly. We forget very quickly what we have just studied. Studying the Fa in this
manner is a waste of time. How can the Fa be given to those bad things? The only way to solve this
problem is to do as Teacher has told us in Zhuan Falun--pour the dirty water out of
the bottle: "You pour out some of its dirty contents. The more you empty the bottle, the higher
it will float in the water. If it is emptied entirely, it will float on the surface
completely." After we have eliminated these degenerate substances and study the Fa again, the
Fa will enter our head, like streaming water. Of course, sometimes there are evil beings from our
own and external dimensions that interfere with our Fa-study, our practicing the exercises and
sending forth righteous thoughts. In such a situation, we must first eliminate interference from
external evil beings, followed by elimination of our own problems. We must have clear goals but no
pursuit when sending forth righteous thoughts to achieve an effective outcome. When eliminating our own problems with righteous thoughts, we must firmly remember to cultivate
inside, and look inward. Cultivating inside and looking inward is the realm Dafa practitioners
should achieve. Only by looking inward at all times can we see and be aware of our own problems at
any time, can we quickly enlighten to the hints Teacher kindly drops us from time to time during our
cultivation. Only then can we eliminate all kinds of problems as they arise and improve ourselves. I can currently see that every day, many evil beings escape into the Three Realms from the
corresponding cosmic bodies of our Dafa practitioners. They persecute Dafa and Dafa practitioners,
and they support the head of the evil. Why is it that there are evil beings in the corresponding
cosmic bodies of our Dafa practitioners? That is, as Teacher explained, because our Dafa
practitioners were also part of the old cosmos before we obtained the Fa. During the process of
universal degeneration and beings' deviation [from the Fa], we were also polluted. Those
degenerate thoughts and notions of the old cosmos are fully reflected on our practitioners. If the degenerated part of us that had deviated and resisted the Fa before we obtained the Fa has
not fundamentally changed through cultivation and the part of our mind that had deviated from the Fa
does not assimilate to Dafa; if practitioners do not look at things from the perspective of the Fa
but instead understand things from deviation or even opposing the Fa, then, in my understanding, the
part of us that had deviated and resisted the Fa before we obtained the Fa will produce evil beings,
for it has not yet assimilated to Dafa, and the Fa of our corresponding old cosmos is still
restraining everything there. Those practitioners who have enlightened along an evil path and
opposed Dafa have many evil beings in their corresponding cosmos. Since we practice cultivation
during the Fa-rectification era, we change everything within our corresponding cosmos through
continuous assimilation to the Fa. When we improve in the human dimension through Fa-study, and when
we understand the Fa principles at a certain level, the material elements that deviate from and
resist Dafa and produce evil beings in our corresponding cosmic bodies will disappear as we
assimilate to Dafa. The Fa of the old cosmos will then disintegrate at the same time. As we
eliminate attachments and degenerated, acquired notions, the material elements in our corresponding
cosmos that obstruct beings from obtaining the Fa are eliminated, and the beings are saved. We
should cultivate inside and look inward. Therefore, as Teacher has often reminded us,
studying the Fa more, eliminating more attachments and truly improving in the Fa is most fundamental
and most important. "Your cultivation determines whether those gigantic groups of beings are good or bad, and
whether they can be kept or not." (Touring North America to Teach the Fa, unofficial
translation) At the same time, when we eliminate certain attachments through cultivation, Teacher
will evolve our gong in certain aspects and enrich what is involved in certain parts of our
world. It's an extremely orderly and complex process. Therefore, we must make sure to keep up with
Fa-rectification and do well in what Teacher has required of us. My understanding is that using righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil is a special Fa Teacher
has taught to Fa-rectification disciples during this unprecedented Fa-rectification period in the
cosmos, and it has to do with the special issue of the old forces rampant attempts to destroy Dafa.
It shows the boundless benevolence of Lord Buddha towards sentient beings, and we should
exceptionally cherish it and do well. "So you must take sending forth righteous thoughts
seriously. No matter whether you think you have the ability or not, you should do it. What you
eliminate from your own mind are ones which have an effect within the expanse of your own body; at
the same time, you need to eliminate the external ones, which are directly related to the dimensions
you're in. If you don't eliminate them, then they not only persecute you and restrain you, but also
persecute other students, other Dafa disciples." ("Fa-Lecture at the Conference in
Florida, U.S.A.") 4. Purge Our Own Problems with Righteous Thoughts and Improve as One Body--This is the Way We
Can Achieve the Consummation Arranged by Teacher. Looking at Dafa disciples as a whole, we still have a large disparity in the number of
practitioners using righteous thoughts to purge their own problems. I saw from my level that those
practitioners who did not pay attention to purging their own problems, nor search within to improve
themselves, had only saved 20 to 30 percent of the sentient beings from their cosmic bodies--some
even less. Only very few practitioners have achieved saving 70 to 80 percent of their sentient
beings. I have seen: The sentient beings in other dimension who have not been saved are really
looking forward with eager expectancy for their lords to cultivate well so that they can be saved.
While assisting Teacher in rectifying the Fa, I met a god who told me that his lord is living at a
province in the south and is very diligent in cultivating himself. He was so proud when he said so.
I understood his feelings. We are cultivating in the maze. While the differences in the effort we
put into cultivating may not be remarkable in this dimension, in other dimensions, the disparity is
huge. The sentient beings in heaven can see this clearly. The hearts of the sentient beings who are
hoping to be saved are really unsettled, as they anxiously look forward to our cultivating well.
"When you cultivate well, few beings in the gigantic cosmos turn bad and get weeded out."
"If you don't cultivate well, many beings will be weeded out," "Those who have
cultivated well will truly have a grand Consummation when they return--all the sentient beings who
put infinite hope in them will be saved by them." "If you don't cultivate well, many
beings will be weeded out, and when you reach Consummation, when you return to your place, you'll
find that an extremely large number of beings who at one time put infinite hope in you have been
weeded out. Then in this cosmic colossal firmament, it's very possible that the cosmic bodies you
represent will be in a broken and incomplete state, and countless sentient beings will have been
weeded out." (Touring North America to Teach the Fa, unofficial translation) "At present, humankind's every day is arranged according to Dafa's needs; Dafa disciples'
performance in the human world is to be left for history." ("What are Supernormal
Abilities," Essentials for Further Advancement II) "Dafa disciples are now sentient
beings' only, sole hope for salvation." ("Righteous Thoughts"). "Cherish the
present time and make the best use of it---this time is meant for the disciples."
("Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Fa Conference," Guiding the
Voyage) As the Fa rectification of the human world is approaching, Dafa disciples' mission
appears more and more arduous, and the responsibilities we bear are shown to be more and more
significant. We will not only cultivate ourselves well, save the sentient beings in our own cosmic
bodies, and reach the Consummation of Dafa disciples' personal cultivation, but also strive hard
together, improve as a whole, allow the sentient beings in all Dafa disciples' cosmic bodies to be
saved, and achieve the grand Consummation of Dafa disciples' cultivation as an integrated entity.
Even more importantly, we will clarify the truth while breaking through the old force's persecution,
save all salvageable beings who are poisoned by the deceitful lies and brought to the edge of death,
and create the grand Consummation in the history of the cosmic Fa-rectification. Dafa disciples are an integrated entity, "Strive forward together, A bright future lies
ahead." ("In Harmony With the Fa," Hong Yin) During the years that Teacher
taught the Fa, the cultivation practice form he left for us was to "do the exercises as a group
in parks in order to form an environment. This environment is the best way to change the surface of
a person." ("Environment," Essentials for Further Advancement) The evil's
insane persecution destroyed the cultivation environment in Mainland China. Dafa disciples thus lost
their cultivation environment and their cultivation has been affected. Some young practitioners saw
that the last test for Dafa disciples' cultivation is to test their ability to cooperate with each
other, and test Dafa disciples as a whole. It was pointed out that the purpose of opening the
heavenly circuit is to bring all the channels into motion with one energy channel and open up all
other energy channels. Have we really understood the principles in this? This is similar to two
people playing Chinese checkers. It does not mean much if only one or a few pegs lead up to occupy
the other part's position, only when all pegs reach the other shore can one win the game. Do we not
consider those around us who have not stepped forward, or who have dropped down, or even went to the
opposite side to be our Dafa disciples? "As for those who've gone to the opposite side during
this persecution or even done terrible things, let me tell you that Master still doesn't want to
abandon them." (Touring North America to Teach the Fa, unofficial translation) Think
back how we previously treated these fellow practitioners. Did we censure, complain, and look down
on them; or did we use our compassionate hearts and responsibilities to help them
improve themselves from the perspective of the Fa? Wouldn't it also save a massive group of beings
if we helped a fellow practitioner who dropped down to get back on the right path? Moreover, our
personal improvement in cultivation is also a part of the process. We know that Teacher has taught
us the importance of improving as a whole on a number of occasions. "If a cultivator can let go
of the thought of life and death under any circumstance, evil is sure to be afraid of him. If every
student is able to do this, evil will of itself no longer exist." ("Eliminate Your Last
Attachment(s)," Essentials for Further Advancement II) "Then if every student is
able to do that, I can tell you, with five minutes of sending forth righteous thoughts together, the
evil in the Three Realms will never exist again --that's how important this is." ("Fa-Lecture
at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.") Every one of us is part of this integral entity, and is
a particle of Dafa. Let us take Teacher's teaching as mutual encouragement. To fulfill the sacred mission of saving sentient beings that history has bestowed on us, the Dafa
disciples, the first precondition is that every one of us has to cultivate well and improve as a
whole. Unfortunately, some fellow practitioners do not know how to cherish this period of time. They
do not make the best use of their time to cultivate themselves and save sentient beings. Instead,
they simply wait for the day when the Fa rectifies the human world, hoping it will come soon so that
the evil beings will be weeded out. They wait for Teacher to use his divine power to change the
local odious environment. This is an evasive thought that seeks help from outside. Good will be
rewarded with good, while the evil will meet with retribution, and it is no doubt that the Fa will
eventually rectify the human world. However, have we thought about how we have cultivated? How many
sentient beings have we saved? Have we fulfilled our missions and responsibilities as Dafa
disciples? When that day really comes, do we still have the chance to remedy what we have not done
well? In fact, these are caused by the old force's arrangements. The old forces made detailed
(including every single thought we will have) and collective deviated arrangements as well as
special deviated arrangements. Among these, the most deeply rooted is to search outside, rather than
within; and only want to change others instead of oneself. When there is something wrong with
disciples in the same practice, others listlessly look on, irresponsibly talk about it or judge it,
or even complain as if to give vent to, or censure and even ridicule them. The purpose of this
arrangement is to hinder us from improving ourselves in cultivation and prevent us from forming a
consolidated integral entity. We should eliminate the old force's deviated arrangements with our
righteous thoughts. When we use our righteous thoughts to eliminate the old force's deviated
arrangements, and purge our own problems, we will realize the arduousness of our mission and the
significance of our responsibility. Every single minute and every single second of our cultivation
time should be cherished. Only at this point can we really experience and understand that Teacher
has given all sentient beings, one after another, chances to assimilate to Dafa, and has prolonged
the cultivation time for practitioners time and again. That is Teacher's immense mercy and
tolerance. When we realize this, we will accelerate and strive forward in our personal cultivation,
and the collective force as one body will form. Furthermore, we will be able to do better in
fulfilling our mission that history has bestowed upon us. Fellow practitioners, during this last historic moment in the Fa rectification, let us put 100%
faith in Dafa, 100% belief in our Teacher, follow Teacher's Fa to do what we are supposed to do, pay
special attention to purging our own problems, and make the best use of our time to do well! During the process of writing this article, I experienced and realized the broadness and
profundity of Dafa. It is as vast as a sea and boundless from whichever point you enter it. Limited
by my level, I could understand it in my heart but found it very difficult to express or was unable
to accurately express it. What I wrote was incomplete and shallow. I wish fellow practitioners would
correct with your kindness whatever is not proper. At present, China is holding the 16th Party Congress meeting. In other dimensions, the
massive evil beings once again have gathered in Beijing. This is another great opportunity to break
through the old force's deviated arrangements and directly eliminate the evil factors in other
dimensions. We should sum up our experiences, find out where we fall short, and understand the Fa
better from the perspective of Fa. While studying the Fa well, searching within, and purging our own
problems, use the opportunity to steadfastly send forth pure and powerful righteous thoughts. Fully
pay attention to sending forth righteous thoughts until the old forces are completely eliminated. November 7, 2002 Posting date: 11/17/2002 |