(Clearwisdom.net) Master said that the path of cultivation is coming to the end of the end, so the standards for Dafa disciples are becoming more and more strict. This reminds me of a veteran carpenter teaching his apprentice. The veteran passes his skills to his apprentice for many years before the apprentice can finally do the job by himself.
The situation is the same for Falun Dafa practitioners today. During the many years that Master has taught us the Fa and encouraged us, He has not only given Dafa disciples the highest cultivation principle of the universe, enabling us to enlighten and give up our attachments, but also He has guided our cultivation so that Dafa disciples are truly able to return to their original, true selves.
As long as we enlighten according to the principles of Dafa, we will have the power and ability to protect ourselves. However, because we cannot understand the principles at that level, or we lack self-confidence or sometimes we even ask for Master's protection unconsciously, that is just like an apprentice who cannot do his job without the carpenter 's help. How is it possible for the apprentice to become a master in his field? Will he just be an apprentice for his whole life?
We must now be independent so that Master will no longer worry about us. From my understanding, we should use Dafa principles to discern right and wrong in every moment. By consciously training ourselves to do this in every moment soon it will become automatic so that finally we will look inwards with full awareness of everything. Whatever we do, it should reflect that "Gods walk the earth, validating the Fa" (Hong Yin volume II, What's to fear).
We should use our divine power, instead of treating everything in our cultivation using a human mindset and understanding. We need to pay particular attention to the teamwork among practitioners, so that Master will not have "clean up" things for us. Obstacles will manifest for our divine sides if we are stuck in our human mindsets.
In the beginning Master taught us the Fa of why Gods in the universe descended to these lower levels. Master said,
"a collective form of social relations develops in which some people may develop selfishness and gradually their level will be lowered. If they cannot stay at this level, they must drop down further. At that level, however, they may again become not so good and not be able to stay there, either. They will continue to descend further until, in the end, they reach this level of human beings."(Zhuan Falun)What we do today here on this low level, working as a team and giving up our selfishness--isn't this returning and upgrading the normal social relations among people in the higher level of the universe as well? If we cannot coordinate ourselves well, how can we reach the higher level? Our time for cultivation is nearing its end, but we still remain stuck in the same mindsets, so then how can we become divine beings?
From my understanding practitioners working in teams should think about the other person at all times. This will help us give up all of our notions and attachments, including attachments of liking, disliking, distrusting, etc., and reach the standard required to fulfill our vows and reach consummation.
Above is just my understanding, if there are any inappropriate statements, please point them out.
Aug, 17th, 2009
