(Clearwisdom.net) A fellow practitioner had a serious illness. A family member, also a practitioner, asked: "How much do you believe in Teacher and the Fa?" The practitioner thought for a moment and replied: "Eighty percent!" Although other practitioners continuously tried to help from their understanding of the Fa and sent forth righteous thoughts, eventually the practitioner failed to fundamentally deny the arrangements of the old forces, and passed away.
On hearing the news, I just could not figure out how this practitioner made such a reply. As a practitioner, I should look inward when I encounter a problem. From this event, I reflected and asked myself how much I believe in Teacher and the Fa. After a detailed examination of myself, the result was astonishing: in studying the Fa, it took me a long time to finish reading Zhuan Falun; when I was tired from work, I had an attachment to the easy life, and I would be reluctant to practice; I would not always send forth righteous thoughts four times a day on time; I did little on truth-clarification and was not active; in personal cultivation, I had a lot of attachments and took a long time to eliminate them, which resulted in various problems and little improvement in my character. In many specific aspects, I did not ask myself to strictly follow Teacher's Fa with a high standard. I felt ashamed of myself.
Not to mention a twenty percent lack of belief in Teacher and the Fa, not believing in Teacher and the Fa by as little as one percent, or zero point one percent, can become a loophole for the evil to find excuses to persecute us and make difficulties for us. I hope that those practitioners suffering from interference in the form of illness and those not working hard on cultivation can look inward according to Dafa's standards, and examine how much they believe in Teacher and the Fa. In the last stage of Fa-rectification, Master said, "I hope everyone will do better and better at the end. Be sure not to become lax. You must not slack off, and you must not become apathetic." ("Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles")