The Importance of Cultivating Diligently

(Minghui.org) I attend group Fa-study, memorize and hand copy the Fa. This helps me understand the Fa’s principles. But for a period of time I encountered a bottleneck—I wasn’t focused when I read or memorized the Fa, so I wasn’t able to grasp the inner meanings of the Fa’s principles. I decided to change the way I studied the Fa. I first read each word repeatedly until I understood each sentence, and then each paragraph. I found that studying the Fa was a wonderful and extraordinary experience. I also felt I was repeatedly purified by the Fa.

Understanding the Fa’s Principles and Rectifying Myself

I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1998. Sometimes I cultivated diligently, but other times I had difficulty passing tests and relaxed in my cultivation for a few days. But I broke through the tests by studying the Fa a lot or with the help of Master’s hints. Afterwards I cultivated diligently.

Master published the article “Expounding on the Fa” in 1997. Due to my poor enlightenment quality, I didn’t understand the deeper meaning until recently. Falun Dafa practitioners have a side that’s already obtained the Fa. When our human notions become rampant, we should use our divine side to rectify ourselves. We should adjust ourselves with divine thoughts and cherish every minute of the Fa rectification period and do what Falun Dafa practitioners should do.

As a veteran practitioner, I don’t do bad things, say anything irrational or have bad thoughts. But sometimes I still unconsciously display my demon nature.

One practitioner asked me to make chive flower sauce for her a few days ago. I agreed reluctantly. I didn’t cut the chives into pieces before I mixed it. As a result it took me four hours to complete the job. I complained in my heart that the practitioner wasted my time. When I delivered the sauce to her, she said that another practitioner wanted me to make chive sauce. I got angry and said, “It is too time consuming. I won’t make it for her.”

She said, “That practitioner won’t ask you to make the sauce. Why do you get angry? If she indeed asks you to make it, just tell her. Why do you have a long face and get angry?” Her words awakened me. Yes, I shouldn’t get angry. I didn’t maintain my xinxing on this issue. I shouldn’t use my being busy validating the Fa as an excuse, but didn’t maintain my xinxing. My cultivation level was not up to par.

I didn’t accept the clients’ gifts or bribes after I practiced Falun Dafa. But after I retired, I accepted gifts from a practitioner that I felt close to. Every time she came to my home, she brought some food and said she had plenty and it would be wasted if it wasn’t eaten. I accepted everything and did not feel bad. But every time I accepted her food, the water leaked at my home. When I later had COVID-19 symptoms, I looked within to see where I had an omission. I realized I shouldn’t accept the practitioner’s food. Master mentioned the Fa principle of “No loss, no gain” in Zhuan Falun. As soon as I realized this, I felt the bad substances leave my body. My fever lessened and I was completely recovered the next day.

I realized that I should cherish my predestined relationship with other practitioners and we should remind each other to diligently cultivate ourselves. When I shared this with that practitioner, she said she had the same realization. Cultivation is serious. Our selfish notions will be exposed so that we can eliminate them.

Telling People About Falun Dafa

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) encourages people to report practitioners who distribute truth-clarification materials in the residential compounds and awards them cash bonuses. But sometimes this financial inducement doesn’t work.

I’d like to share a few stories here to remind myself that I should always keep in mind my responsibility as a Dafa practitioner in the Fa-rectification period and be aware that people are eagerly waiting to be saved.

I saw an elderly lady sitting on a bench in the park in a wealthy residential compound. She seemed she was lost. When I greeted her, she invited me to sit down. As we chatted, I learned that she was retired, and once worked in a government department. She also graduated from a famous university. She received a large pension when she retired. She said, “What’s the use of a high pension or a degree from a famous university? I thought my child would be successful. But what’s the point of being successful?” She seemed very unhappy and lost.

I said, “I retired from a business organization. I don’t have a big pension, but I’m happy and live a fulfilled life every day because I have a belief.” I told her what Falun Dafa is, how Falun Dafa keeps people fit and healthy and how I recovered from serious illnesses through practicing Falun Dafa. I said that Falun Dafa is a righteous Fa that saves sentient beings, and that it’s important to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations to keep herself safe. She had good enlightenment quality and thanked me for telling her this. She was willing to quit the CCP and said she would remember “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good”. She repeatedly thanked me and reluctantly said goodbye.

I was very touched. Yes, her knowing side knew that everything in this world was an illusion. People are really waiting for Falun Dafa and to learn the truth about the persecution.

I noticed a young man in trendy clothes park his motorcycle and start to read messages on his mobile under a tree beside the road. I hesitated whether I should go and talk to him because I worried that young trendy people won’t accept the facts about the persecution. But on second thought, I might not have another opportunity to see him again. I went over and greeted him. He was in his forties but looked young. He said he was in the coal business and made good money. He didn’t know anything about Falun Dafa or the three withdrawals. I then clarified the truth to him and explained why millions of Chinese have already withdrawn from the CCP. He happily agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. He accepted the pamphlets I gave him and expressed his thanks to me by bowing to me several times.

One day I went shopping in a morning market and saw a lady in her forties sitting on a stone step scrolling through her cell phone while eating breakfast. I started a chat with her. She said she was visiting her relatives and was doing some shopping for them. She said that she didn’t know much about Falun Dafa, but saw the truth-clarifying messages on money. I told her how Falun Dafa teaches people to be good, how dangerous it is nowadays because people don’t have moral standards and how important it is for people to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. She listened to me attentively and agreed to quit the CCP. I gave her a pamphlet. She then read it attentively. She came to the market to learn the truth!

We are on the last leg of the Fa-rectification period. I should make full use of the time to do the three things well, keep righteous thoughts at all times, let go of attachments and leave no regrets for the future.