Being on Guard against Interference
October 29, 2015 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China
(Minghui.org) I
would like to share some recent observations made of fellow
practitioners, both in China and Hong Kong. I have noted several issues
that I feel practitioners need to be aware of, as they can cause
interference on our cultivation path and make us less effective in
fulfilling our mission in the Fa-rectification.
The Situation in China vs. Hong Kong
Not
long ago I went to Hong Kong and saw Falun Gong practitioners
wholeheartedly participating in activities to introduce Falun Gong and
expose the persecution in China. On the other hand, practitioners in
China, despite the fact that the environment has become less severe than
before, are not as enthusiastic and proactive as they used to be.
Most
of the practitioners I know have been through extremely difficult times
over the past 16 years of persecution. However, some of them are
becoming less diligent as practitioners, acting just like ordinary
people. They don't do anything to save people and only want a stable
life. They want to make more money, travel to more places and live a
better quality life. Various human notions have emerged, just like how
it was after the persecution started back in July 1999. At the final
moments of saving people in history, no matter what the excuses are,
these notions are the result of acknowledging the persecution.
There
isn't any reason to slack off in the practice. We are cultivating and
not playing games. We have made it through until this moment, after 16
years of relentless persecution. We didn't submit to the evil and
continued to walk our path. Now we must be firm about our practice and
never be arrogant, too comfortable, numb or passive. We are not to be
zealous when events take place in our favor, for this amounts to
satisfying our attachment of wanting to reach consummation and ceasing
to be a practitioner.
Every true practitioner
should do well what he or she is supposed to do, every step of the way.
Teacher is doing everything for us in other dimensions. We have no
reason to slack off. It's our responsibility to do well and if we don't,
it's because there is an attachment waiting for us to eliminate it.
Shaken by a Practitioner's Comment
A
practitioner in Hong Kong once told me that he lacked confidence in
Fa-rectification and said that many practitioners felt that way. I was
both surprised and shaken by the comment. The practitioners I know in
China never talked about such an issue. From our point of view, it isn't
even something for us to discuss or ponder. From what I know,
Fa-rectification has already succeeded. It's only a matter of how many
people can be saved, including practitioners.
Teacher says,“In
any case, why do I say that “Fa-rectification is sure to succeed”? The
reason is, the Fa has already been completed, from start to finish, with
merely the salvation of sentient beings left to carry out.” (“Dafa
Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington
DC Metro Area Fa Conference”)
It
is a serious matter if a large group of people think this way about
Fa-rectification. It could lead to practitioners misunderstanding the
teachings or even going astray in their practice.
Let's Not Be Moved by External Factors
Recently,
many practitioners are paying a lot of attention to politics. They
watch programs on the NTD television station. We should know better than
that, as NTD targets non-practitioners in its choice of programming. As
practitioners, we shouldn't have these attachments. We should eliminate
our notions, because every one of them will hold us back and cause us
not to progress diligently in our cultivation.
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