(Clearwisdom.net) Teacher told us,
"Dafa disciples are the sole hope of salvation for the beings in each nation. If you want to do well the things of saving sentient beings, you have to cultivate yourself well first. Only by studying the Fa more can you have ample righteous thoughts. Only by studying the Fa well can you accomplish your historic mission as Dafa disciples." ("To the Brazil Fa Conference")
When I read Teacher's Fa above, I suddenly thought of the harvest season not long ago, when I was busy doing field work and didn't study the Fa well. I took the false-self as my genuine-self. During that period, I was not focused while studying the Fa. I slacked off in cultivation and experienced heavy interference from human thoughts.
What made me feel even worse was that I didn't even manage to give out one copy of the Shen Yun Performing Arts DVDs the first two times I went out to distribute them. Nobody would allow me to approach them. The third time, I managed to give out three copies. One fellow practitioner told me that she couldn't distribute the Shen Yun DVDs whenever she was in a poor cultivation state. Now, it was my turn. I felt an unspeakable, bitter suffering at the moment, just like that of swallowing bitter medicine. As a Dafa practitioner, I couldn't save sentient beings, and damaged Teacher's reputation. The fundamental reason was that I didn't study the Fa well, nor did I cultivate myself well.
Teacher has emphasized again and again the importance of Fa study. Teacher said,
"No matter how difficult your environment is, no matter how busy you get, you cannot forget to study the Fa. You must study the Fa, because it is the absolute, most fundamental guarantee of your improvement. "(Fa Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.)
In his recent Fa lectures, Teacher told us repeatedly, that we should cultivate ourselves well. Otherwise, we not only couldn't improve ourselves in cultivation, but also we would delay saving sentient beings. Is this a minor problem? As soon as I realized this, I started to make great efforts towards studying the Fa. I felt ashamed of myself because I was far away from the requirements of the Fa, and performed so poorly. Was Teacher pointing out my problem? Teacher told us again and again to eliminate the habits that we have formed, but I didn't eliminate them. I also found a big attachment -- competitive mentality. In the meantime, I know deeply that such a mentality is part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) culture, and that I must disintegrate and eliminate it. After I adjusted my cultivation state, I successfully distributed the Shen Yun DVDs. People not only accepted them, but also wanted to pay me. When I declined, they expressed their thanks.
Several days ago, one practitioner said, "We took the risk to descend to this earthly world. Why can't we discard those filthy things and that false self? Only when we cultivate well can we become divine beings and save sentient beings." Let's improve together, follow Teacher, cultivate ourselves well, do the three things well, save sentient beings and accomplish our historic mission.
October 26, 2009
