(Clearwisdom.net) In this article, I want to share an example of human notions.

There was a practitioner at my place of work that was very diligent in her Fa-study and doing the exercises before the persecution of Falun Gong started. One day she told me that she was probably "an average" person mentioned by Master

("When a wise person hears the Tao, this person will practice it diligently. When an average person hears it, this person will practice it on and off. When a foolish person hears it, this person will laugh at it loudly. If this person doesn't laugh at it loudly, it's not the Tao." (Zhuan Falun)

I was surprised and said to her, "You are not an 'average person' and you cannot think that way." Soon afterwards, the persecution started. Because of fear (her family had a capitalist background and had been a target of criticism during the Cultural Revolution) and other attachments, she stopped her practice and died of illness. At that time, I was thinking, "Would she have died if she considered herself a 'wise person' instead of an 'average person?' No, absolutely not!"

Cultivation is serious, and it has not been easy to cultivate through to today. Some practitioners sometimes say, "I am doing poorly and I am not a practitioner." When I hear that, I often remember the above story of an "average person." Please stop saying that, since that is a human notion and you are restricting yourself and leaving loopholes for the old forces to take advantage of. We may not have sufficient confidence in cultivation, but that could just be one level of cultivation. As long as we have faith in Dafa and Master, as well as look within to let go of human notions, we will be busy doing the three things and have no time to think about these things.

Very often I have done poorly. For example, I only ask people I know, and not strangers, to quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. But I still know I am a practitioner.

Let us all do the three things well.