(Clearwisdom.net)
I often see articles published on the Clearwisdom website and PureInsight Weekly written by fellow practitioners about why we must strive forward diligently. I have learned a lot from those articles and I agree with them.
We are the Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples taught directly and personally by Teacher. "When the highest type of men hear the Dao, with diligence they will practice it."(Zhuan Falun) Otherwise, we won't be able to be brave through the Fa-rectification period. We won't be able to assist Teacher with Fa-rectification. We won't be able to reach consummation and return home with Teacher. We won't be able to save the sentient beings in our own realms. This is a fact. During my cultivation, Teacher has repeatedly reminded me and gave me hints in order to help me enlighten to the Fa principles. Here I'd like to share my experiences and Teacher's hints.
I first started to hear about Falun Dafa in1996. Back then, I read the books China Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun, and The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa. For various reasons, however, I didn't really practice Dafa until January 2004, after my practitioner husband had talked to me many times. Soon after that, all my illnesses disappeared. I looked at least ten years younger. My celestial eye has been opened, so I can see many magnificent things in other dimensions.
Even so, I have not always been as diligent as some of my veteran fellow practitioners. I had a notion that I probably wouldn't be able to reach consummation when the Fa-rectification ends since I started to practice Dafa very late. Because of this, sometimes I cut myself some slack. Then Teacher would give me hints. One time, when I was sending forth righteous thoughts, I saw myself standing in the clouds. There was a splendid golden gate in front of me. Inside the gate were tons of shining things. However, I couldn't step through the gate no matter how hard I tried. I kept wandering around outside of the gate. Suddenly, I realized Teacher was trying to tell me that I wouldn't be able to get into that wonderful world if I did not strive forward diligently. Another time, I fell asleep while sending forth righteous thoughts. I saw a queen wearing a golden crown and sitting in a huge chair. She was leaning back in the chair and dozing off. I was struggling to sit upright. I saw that she couldn't sit up straight, either. My palm was curved. Hers was, too. I shouted at her, "Why are you sleepy, too?" Then I woke up right away. I realized that I am a Dafa disciple. Teacher was trying to make me a king of a high realm, but I wasn't being diligent. What a shame!
Later, I wasn't diligent again, and Teacher reminded me again. I was doing the meditation exercise. I saw myself sitting in the lotus position on the top of a mountain. There were countless people at the foot of the mountain and to the far horizon. They were walking towards me, kneeling down and kowtowing to me on each step. I came to realize that they were the sentient beings that were waiting for me to save them. I have to strive forward diligently to save them! Fellow practitioners, whether we can be diligent determines whether those huge numbers of sentient beings can be saved or not!
On those days when I did the three things well, I could feel my righteous thoughts were very strong. Once as I was sending forth righteous thoughts, I saw myself once again sitting on the top of a mountain. On the slope and at the foot of the mountain, there were countless people sending forth righteous thoughts along with me. They all sat upright with their legs crossed. I held my palm upright. They did the same thing. When I changed my hands to the lotus position, they all followed me in unison. It looked very solemn. I was moved. I came to understand that when we have strong righteous thoughts, the sentient beings will also have righteous thoughts and righteous actions. This will have a very significant impact on the progress of Fa-rectification in the whole cosmos. Similarly, if we don't strive forward diligently, it will have a huge negative impact on the sentient beings.
Once I had illness karma. I didn't study the Fa that much, and I sent forth righteous thoughts less often. I didn't do well with truth-clarification, either. When sending forth righteous thoughts, I saw in my dimensions the sentient beings clustered in groups. They looked frustrated. The whole atmosphere was very sad. I cried and my heart hurt. I decided I should focus on what I should do to strive forward diligently with righteous thoughts and righteous actions. Interestingly enough, with this thought, the next time I sent forth righteous thoughts on the hour at night, I saw countless people dancing in cheerful rhythms with colorful scarves around their waists and in their hair. They were celebrating. Fellow practitioners, it is true that whether we can be diligent determines whether those huge numbers of sentient beings can be saved or not!
Sometimes, I got worried that the Fa-rectification progress seemed too slow since those evil government heads are still brutally persecuting Dafa disciples and the Fa. Teacher gave me hints to help me calm down and not go to extremes. When I sent forth righteous thoughts, I saw that the evil Jiang doesn't have anything left inside. Nothing human was there, only a black framework supporting its skin. Then, it assumed the skin of a toad, and I saw ropes pulling the skin. I came to realize that Jiang has been driven to hell already.
Fellow practitioners, we have been given a once-in-a-million-years opportunity. We must respect Teacher and believe in the Fa to strive forward diligently so as not to let Teacher down. Teacher has been suffering for us. I feel we are near the end of the Fa-rectification period. There isn't much time left for us Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples to cultivate and validate the Fa. We won't be able to make it if we do not get rid of our attachments and strive forward diligently.
Recently, my daughter, who is also a practitioner, had a dream. In the dream, she saw red dragons smashed into pieces by an enormously powerful energy. There were only a few dragons left in the sky. They made movements to pretend they were strong. Strangely, they were biting each other very hard, trying to swallow each others' heads. They were near death. I believe this means that the Fa-rectification has entered this dimension and it's time for the evil Chinese Communist Party to disintegrate. Under such circumstances, we all should try our best to do well the three things that Teacher has asked us to do. We need to truly strive forward diligently to keep up with the Fa-rectification progress so that we can follow Teacher to the end, fulfill our historical vows, reach consummation and return home with Teacher.
