(Clearwisdom.net) After reading a practitioner's article entitled "Sense of Mission and Attachment of Doings Things," was posted on the Minghui Website on July 10, 2009 (http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2009/7/10/204268.html). I shared a similar view. The attachment of doing things is an attachment a cultivator should eliminate. However, that does not mean we should do less or do nothing to save sentient beings as we cultivate away the attachment of doing things.
It seems that some practitioners have been using the attachment of doings things as justification for not clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings, or as an excuse for not stepping forward, for being passive, or not working hard enough to save sentient beings. If you fear that you'll have the attachment of doing things, that you will be persecuted, not want to or not do enough to save sentient beings, how are you going to save more people? We use every possible means to clarify the truth and save sentient beings: explaining the facts about Falun Dafa and advising people to do the three withdrawals face-to-face, distributing fliers, and sending email. Practitioners makes good use of his/her talent, form and not disappoint Teacher's expectation, so that we can save more sentient beings. Many practitioners have participated in many projects to save people. With so much needing to be done, can we not do these things?
Haven't we often heard this? When a practitioner is persecuted, some practitioners do not first eliminate the evil, instead, they check to see if the practitioner had any omission, and blamed the practitioner. My understanding is that we should first negate the persecution, eliminate the evil beings and elements, then search within ourselves to see if we have any shortcomings. We should see if we can have a positive impact, and if we don't do well this time, we'll do better next time.
We are cultivating in the human world, we therefore cannot possibly be free of attachments. Without attachments, we cannot stay in the human world even if we want to, which means that we won't be able to save people. My understanding is that the way practitioners cultivate in the Fa-rectification is different from what ordinary cultivation will be in the future. In Fa-rectification cultivation, Dafa practitioners are faced with all the filthy, evil beings and elements which are controlled by the old forces, and which penetrate anywhere and everywhere. While cultivating among ordinary people, it is difficult for Dafa practitioners not to be polluted or interfered with. Practitioners cannot possibly be like gods, and will always have bad human attachments or bad behavior. "Cultivation depends on one's own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one's master." (Zhuan Falun)
We should persist in studying the Fa and cultivating our xinxing, be strict with ourselves, and restrict our human attachments, in particular, we should eliminate bad thoughts as soon they emerge, then our human attachments will eventually be eliminated. As long as we are genuine practitioners who follow Teacher's requirements, Teacher will definitely eliminate that mark of the human world for us.
