Position Yourself Within the Fa

(Minghui.org) Recently, I looked at how well I have assimilated to the Fa and I realized that I must position myself correctly within it to cultivate well. I want to share my thoughts so that we can follow Master’s teachings unconditionally, look inward using the Fa as our guide in all circumstances, and remove our attachments. Let us assimilate to the Fa and return home with Master Li.

Since the persecution began in 1999, we have wondered and debated about how to end it. Eventually, the Minghui website was established, where Master officially published his teachings and announced major information. Over the years, practitioners have used the website to encourage, remind, and support each other through adversities. I recall one practitioner sharing that Master gave him a hint in a dream using a couplet: “I can take care of everything; you must be wholeheartedly devoted.”

Today, as we look back on our cultivation journey and our understanding of the Fa, let’s ask ourselves: Have we truly and firmly believed in Master and the Fa? Have we maintained our righteous respect for Master and the Fa?

Master has repeatedly reminded us that tests of our faith will occur until the final stage. Without steady progress in cultivation, our righteous thoughts about Master and the Fa may waver or even be lost entirely due to the old forces’ arrangements.

We must acknowledge the immense burden Master bears for practitioners and all sentient beings. Without Master, none of us would exist today. The significance of Master’s bearing goes far beyond what some practitioners have observed through their celestial eyes or in dreams.

Master has arranged for all sentient beings to be saved—pulling them from hell, cleansing them, and transforming them starting at their most microscopic level, just as he has done for us practitioners. This allows us to understand and assimilate to the Fa. Master does everything; our role is to cultivate ourselves.

If we firmly believe in Master and the Fa, we will not use human notions to measure Master and the Fa. Some practitioners even compare themselves with Master and what they said with the Fa, perhaps unintentionally, while others disregard the Fa altogether.

From Master’s teachings, I understand that the leader of a major project cannot be replaced. If such a replacement occurs, the project and the credit for the practitioners involved may become void. However, if it is unavoidable, we must trust that Master will arrange for the participating practitioners’ merit to remain unaffected, ensuring their cultivation achievements are preserved.

In the Fa-rectification process, whenever we make mistakes—big or small—Master has borne the consequences for us with immense compassion. Without him, we would not have come this far because under the universal principle of “no loss, no gain,” all debts must be repaid.

At this stage, when a practitioner studies the Fa but fails to take charge of himself and gives up his main consciousness, no practitioners can help him. When we encounter such individuals or witness their actions, they serve as a reminder for us: Can we unconditionally look inward and identify our attachments to elevate ourselves?

When we see a person follow evil arrangements and stir up trouble among practitioners, we must remain unwavering and uphold righteous thoughts and actions. Anger and arguments among practitioners will lead us into traps set by the old forces.

I understand that every practitioner is constantly being tested in cultivation. If we immediately distance ourselves from a problem we encounter and don’t use introspection, then we are not consciously cultivating, nor have we understood how to cultivate within the Fa.

Divine beings have arranged everything in this human world. When they arrange chaos, peace cannot persist; and when they set things in order, human efforts cannot create disorder. The old forces have structured their arrangements in an orderly manner, but Master’s arrangements are even more meticulous. Hence, every old force’s interference is an opportunity for us to expose our attachments and improve ourselves.

When we do not want Master to suffer for us, we must maintain unwavering faith and respect for Master and the Fa, follow his teachings, and cultivate diligently. Only by doing so can we eliminate evil, help fellow practitioners progress, and lessen Master’s burden.

Although some practitioners have gone to the other side, the new universe created by Master remains unaffected. However, it is heartbreaking that some do not cherish Master’s boundless compassion and fail to live up to his immense sacrifices. Vows made to Master and the divine must be honored. Those who deceive Master and cause the elimination of countless beings must ultimately pay for their actions.

Fellow practitioners, we must follow Master’s teaching wholly and unconditionally. Forming one body and improving as a whole is not merely about sending righteous thoughts together. Without genuine improvement in character, formalities alone cannot resolve problems. Many human attachments still manifest among us, such as seeing is believing, enjoying lecturing others, imposing one’s ideas, arrogance, and the pursuit of success, fame, and fortune.

Let us cultivate diligently and develop unwavering faith in Master and the Fa. These are my understandings. Please point out anything that is not aligned with the Fa.

Articles in which cultivators share their understandings typically reflect an individual's perception at a point in time based on their cultivation state, and they are offered in the spirit of enabling mutual elevation.