Stay Far Away From Peril

Dafa is here to save people at the end times; Dafa is cultivation. Although some individuals are within the environment of Dafa disciples, they haven’t actually entered into genuine cultivation, and at crucial moments, they always use human attachments, human notions, and human emotions to evaluate things; some even claim, “I’ve done such and such for Dafa, I’ve contributed so much to Dafa,” and so on. These people are also the most prone to being exploited by the CCP’s evil spies.

Dafa has always existed, and its manifestation in the human world is to save people during the end times. Are “humans” needed to do anything for Dafa? It’s Dafa that’s saving “humans”! It’s not “humans” doing something for Dafa! In cultivation, the injustice that “humans” suffer and “humans” being persecuted by the evil—that’s Master protecting you while at the same time enduring the sinful karma for you. Master is not indebted to you! Master is being slandered by the evil Party only because He is saving all of you. The creditors of the karmic debts you’ve owed lifetime after lifetime and even the victims of your massive karmic debts insist that you pay, so what can be done? The Fa principles of the universe are also assessing every single person, so that’s why there will be tribulations in cultivation and why persecution occurs. But then you don’t do well amid the persecution, which causes the tribulations to become even more rampant. When you can’t make it through, you start to complain about Dafa, and some even complain about Master. It is you yourself who has the problem; Master doesn’t owe you anything. While Master is saving you, He also bears your sins for you and even finds all kinds of ways to offset your karma—it is you who is indebted to Master. Don’t think that just because you’ve clarified the truth, attended some Dafa activities, or participated in Dafa projects that you’ve done something for Dafa or for Master. That’s Master telling you to mutually save and help each other, to save others while saving yourself—this is sentient beings saving each other at the end times. This is not done for Dafa’s sake. Dafa inherently exists; no one can do anything to it. Dafa is here to save people at the end times, otherwise people wouldn’t even know that Dafa exists in the universe.

The purpose of Dafa disciples spreading the truth is to be able to temper themselves amid tribulations and thus shed karma while consummating themselves, and this makes practicing cultivation even more meaningful and magnificent. This isn’t done for Dafa, either; it’s done for the cultivators themselves. The ill-treatment and injustice you suffer in the persecution are also eliminating your own sins, not eliminating anything for Dafa, and certainly not eliminating anything for Master! Dafa is here to save sentient beings, and that includes you! How could one be indebted to you while saving you? It was you who wanted to sign an agreement to come to the world before the final disintegration at the end times so you could cultivate in Dafa to save the beings you represent. In other words, you used your life to sign a pledge to become a Dafa disciple because you wanted to cultivate in Dafa. When you first attained the Fa, it was Dafa disciples who told you Dafa was here, and that’s how you started cultivating—no one forced you. A person can choose to not cultivate; even if you used your life to sign a vow when you descended into the world, breaking that vow is also your own business and has nothing to do with anyone else. Whether you cultivate or not is your own business!

Some people say they are cultivators, but in reality none of the things they do are things that cultivators should be doing, and they even often bring disgrace to the title of Dafa disciple.

Therefore, I am telling those of you who are not genuinely cultivating and those who have become resentful after failing to pass tests in cultivation: Cultivation practice is to cultivate yourself. Everything you do, including what you do in clarifying the truth as well as the persecution you endure, is a process of cultivation and something that must be done, and being forcibly persecuted by the old forces is also caused by the karma you have. None of this is done for Dafa, nor is it done for Master, but rather, it’s because you have a karmic debt that the old forces have something to grab onto.

Is it because out of His mercy for sentient beings Master has borne too much for you, or that in His hope that you can succeed in cultivation He has done too much for you, that all of it is being taken for granted? Some even think Master will somehow gain some benefit from you. Other than bearing things for you, Master doesn’t get anything from you. It’s only because Master cherishes sentient beings that He does this! Whether or not you succeed in cultivation is also your own business. The Fa-rectification of the universe has arrived at the end times, and after this period is over, there will be a serious selection and elimination process. Look out for yourself! Dafa disciples who have gone through this historic period, even the gods respect you. You, too, should cherish yourself for having been able to make it through this unprecedented, most evil persecution. Become a truly enlightened one! Only this is what the gods think is magnificent!

Master Li Hongzhi
August 31, 2023

(Translation by Team Blue. Translation updated September 6, 2023.)