(Clearwisdom.net) As cultivation in the Fa-rectification period approaches the end, belief in Master and the Fa obviously becomes more and more important. This is a point that our Fa study group gained better understanding on recently.
If we are able to believe in Master and the Fa in our daily lives and during our truth clarification efforts, it has a direct impact on how effective we are at saving sentient beings. The old forces arranged every nuance of our lives, each sentence, idea, or thought was initially arranged by them. Of course, Master also arranged everything for us. If we are not walking on the path that was arranged by Master, then we must be unknowingly entrapped in the old forces' arrangements, and we may not even sense it. As Fa-rectification moves forward, one thought or idea in our daily lives becomes a battle between good and evil. Moreover, each thought is a pass that practitioners have to go through. It also reflects the fundamental question—whether we believe in Master and the Fa. This is because of our human thoughts, our human thoughts were previously suppressed, but when we were caught because of a loophole by the rotten demons, our human thoughts were enhanced. When our human thoughts were stimulated and enhanced in this way, our human thoughts went wild and pulled us down. At this critical moment, we must overcome this kind of situation with our standard of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" to keep our thoughts righteous.
On the issue of sleep, for example, accepting ourselves to be lax or tired a tiny bit gives the demon of sleep power. Soon, we may barely be able to open our eyes during Fa study, or have a murky head when sending forth righteous thoughts, and/or not be able to stay awake to send forth righteous thoughts at 1200 a.m. After our Fa-study and evaluating this issue with the Fa, we realized that the demon of sleep is really those rotten demons who take advantage of our pursuing comfort and interfere with us. We then firmly cleared out the sleep demon. We keep eliminating them with righteous thoughts if the sleepiness does not stop. Nowadays, we can keep a clear head when studying the Fa and sending forth righteous thoughts, and we feel energetic.
If we have ordinary thoughts in our daily work, we will do the work out of habit, just for the sake of the work, and completely separate ordinary work from Dafa. However, if we believe in Master and the Fa and keep the Fa in our hearts, we would see our ordinary environment and work as full of chances to save sentient beings. Thoughts of compassion and kindness would naturally emerge, and every move or sentence would have the full effect of saving sentient beings. We would leave behind compassion and benevolent thoughts as well as the willingness to learn the truth even to those passers-by that we didn't have time to talk to.
Regarding the relationship of husband and wife, this is also an issue. If we have one bit of human thought, we will fall into human desire, even if the couple are both practitioners. From the Fa's perspective, the thought of lust must be eliminated. Otherwise, not only couldn't one consummate, but it would damage the relationship. Even when there is no lust between husband and wife, desire is the issue. This issue of desire should be resolved, and can only be resolved when we are following the Fa.
On the issue of listening to and reading news, some practitioners crave all kinds of news. They are often controlled by curiosity, thoughts of seeking knowledge, thoughts of depending on news, and other human thoughts. They use time that could be used for studying the Fa and doing exercises on listening to news, reading newspapers, and watching TV. They are unknowingly accepting the evil Party's cultural poisoning. Some have even developed the intention of depending on ordinary people. If we believe in Master and the Fa, we would look inside of ourselves, unconditionally abide by Master's instructions, make studying the Fa and cultivation the first priority, and assimilate to Dafa. When encountering ordinary news we should treat it like: "listening, but not hearing; watching, but not seeing." If we know some news, we should always measure it with Dafa and then use it in clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings (if appropriate). We should not do so just to satisfy our curiosity and desire for knowledge; we should further let go of the thoughts of depending on the news.
On the issue of educating children, we shouldn't act as we did before when we felt upset and disappointed whenever our children got into trouble. Instead, we should steadily look inside to improve ourselves by eliminating all of the evil's interference with strong righteous thoughts. Then all questions will be solved at once. For example, a child of a fellow practitioner didn't follow instructions, so it made the couple very angry. However, once they thought about what Master said - that we should look inside whenever we run into a problem, they found their attachment in the situation. The child, who previously never admitted a problem, immediately admitted it to them. That problem was solved very easily.
Now, when facing the arrest of fellow practitioners, we do not have as strong a fear as before when we stopped all projects of validating the Fa and only focused on how to protect ourselves. Instead, we firmly believe in Master and the Fa and put safeguarding Dafa as our priority. We used precautions and eliminated the evil with righteous thoughts. The Fa-rectification work didn't stop. Moreover, we should focus on doing the work even better.
Practitioner A takes every chance to study the Fa each day and sends forth righteous thoughts over ten times a day. Even under long-term close surveillance, she bought a copy machine and makes copies of fliers and materials whenever she has time, and she goes out to post or distribute the materials. Because of her strong righteous thoughts, her husband, who works in the CCP's critical department, and who has been opposed to her cultivation, remains silent about her activities. He has no other choice. When the evil persons were following her and searching for her as she was clarifying the truth, distributing fliers and mailing letters, she successfully avoided any problems with righteous thoughts.
She once successfully went through a guard pass when entering a compound. She distributed all of her materials. Then, when she was leaving, someone found her and asked her, "What are you doing here?" She replied, "Nothing." She then felt that reply was not right. She thought, "I am here to save people. I am doing the greatest thing. How could it be nothing?" She then added, "I am here for a very important and urgent thing." That person did not ask any further questions after that, and that person didn't move either. Then practitioner A smoothly left through the entrance.
Practitioner B has been working diligently on the three things. She used all her savings on Dafa and recently helped a few people to start practicing Falun Gong. One person was not very old, but the person had cancer. Practitioner B taught the person to recite from the heart, "Falun Dafa is good" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." The person soon saw the beneficial effects; so the person's confidence dramatically increased. Then practitioner B further clarified the truth to her, and taught her the exercises and how to study the Fa. The rapidly growing tumor didn't continue; instead, it shrank. The patient also changed his/her attitude towards Dafa.
Practitioner C has been busy at work, but she has never relaxed on doing the three things. She made good use of the talent that Dafa gave her; she is offering salvation to a broad range of sentient beings. (For the sake of security, we omit further details.)
Regardless of what practitioners come across, belief in Master and the Fa should be the first righteous thought. Moreover, to keep the righteous thought at every moment we have to persistently study the Fa and do the exercises.
The above are what we have experienced and learned. Please feel free to correct anything inappropriate.