(Clearwisdom.net) I have encountered interference when distributing truth-clarifying materials recently, so I know that I was not in a good cultivation state. After group study of the Fa, I realized that I have been confused with the differences and connections among: validating the Fa, defending the Fa, saving sentient beings and rectifying the Fa.
I used to treat the persecution as a test in my own personal cultivation. Giving the evil this chance to persecute me, it always arranged so-called tests for me to pass. Luckily, I based my cultivation on countering the persecution and defending the Fa. Otherwise, the consequences would be too terrible to contemplate.
In another case, the things necessary to validate the Fa, save sentient beings and clarify the truth had not been done adequately, and the situation lasted for a quite long period of time. I was even dragged into a depressed state of mind. Not doing well on a long-term basis was a problem of not treating myself as a practitioner during the Fa-rectification. However, instead of totally denying the arrangements of the old forces, I merely treated it as interference and persecution from the evil. While exposing the persecution, did I have the attachment to validate myself instead of the Fa? Did I do things with the mentality of non-practitioners, complaining about the persecution of Falun Gong? These problems had made me unable to reach the goal of defending the Fa and saving sentient beings. In my personal understanding, whether one can do well in the three things is directly linked to whether he can treat himself as a practitioner in the Fa-rectification.
We should validate the Fa in different environments. It will be the way Teacher arranged for us, only if all three things have been done well in validating the Fa. Raising our levels by doing all three things well is the way Teacher arranged for us to truly cultivate ourselves during Fa rectification, to truly validate the Fa in guarding the Fa and to save sentient beings.
