| Published: Saturday 31st December 2005 |
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By Jin Feng
Having recited Zhuan Falun four times, I couldn't understand why I never seemed to have many of the experiences described in the articles shared by fellow Falun Gong practitioners, such as "the feeling of being reborn" and "the manifestation of the boundless Fa principles." During the past three years, when I was reciting the Fa1, similar tribulations occurred again and again, but every time I felt the same helplessness and was unable to handle them completely with righteous thoughts.
Recently I tried to exchange my thoughts with a fellow practitioner. I asked why I did not have such feelings or understandings when I was reciting the Fa. The fellow practitioner said, "There is something separating you from the Fa. Human attachments and the mentality acquired in the human world are stopping you from unconditionally assimilating to the Fa." Upon hearing this I was deeply touched.
Ever since then, I started to pay more attention to every thought of mine and have tried to distinguish whether it comes from the perspective of the Fa or from human attachments. At the same time, I realise that, in order to genuinely get rid of the human mindset and attachments, I must consider it important to study the Fa carefully. I have started to recite all the short articles written by the founder of the practice, Master Li in 2005. I notice that in many articles, Master asks us to let go of the human mindset.
"Don't use human notions to judge the Fa-rectification or the form in which Dafa disciples cultivate, and don't always prolong the process of improving your understanding due to your human thoughts." ("New Year's Greetings")"Some students really haven't regarded studying the Fa as something important, and often look at situations that arise among Dafa students with an ordinary human mindset; and it's not limited to blindly admiring certain people. The display of this human mindset truly, in fact, bespeaks of the [difference between] a cultivator and an ordinary person." ("Shed the Human Mindset")
"For cultivators travelling a divine path, is it really that hard to get rid of those attachments that arise from human thinking and to change those notions?" ("The Closer to the End, the More Diligent You Should Be")
These articles are not long, but still they are not so easy to learn by heart. It often happened that I could recite them in the morning but forgot them by the afternoon, or I could remember them one day but forgot them the next day. Thus, I kept reciting the articles during the two hours on my way to and from work. In this process, I suddenly realised the boundless benevolence of Master who constantly instructs, protects and rectifies disciples, as if he is holding a child by the hand, helping him move forward with great patience. Sometimes, the inner meaning of a sentence in the Fa manifests itself to me, which is inexplicable. I have been moved to tears many times on the bus.
I have sincerely experienced the power of the Fa. When you look within and find your own problem, during the process of studying the Fa and reciting the Fa, the Fa will keep eliminating the bad things. Everything comes from the Fa!
Note:
1. Fa: Law or principle, the teachings in Falun Gong.
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