(Clearwisdom.net) Whenever I go on the Minghui website and read about how practitioners are following the three things diligently in all kinds of projects, I am very encouraged. Reading Minghui has allowed me to realize my inadequacies, for example; "Compare in studying, compare in cultivating" ("Solid Cultivation" from Hong Yin), and correct myself in time. Currently, together with another practitioner, I am following Master's Fa-rectification and fulfilling my responsibility to save sentient beings. Here, I would like to share a few cultivation points with everyone.
1. The Fa must enter your heart when you study
Master has repeatedly asked us to "study the Fa well and abundantly--and do so frequently" ("To the First Fa Conference in India"). There is no doubt as to the importance of studying the Fa. It is the foundation and ensures that we will be able to do the three things well. Over the past few years, clearing my mind and studying the Fa has become one of my most important daily tasks.
Whenever I study the Fa I sit in an upright position. Normally I sit in full-lotus (sometimes when my legs get tired I will switch to half-lotus). Each time I read one or two lectures, and the result is very good. I constantly remind myself that as a cultivator I have to respect Master and the Fa at all times. Also I focus so that I don't get sleepy or lose my concentration. As a result I am able to truly calm and clear my mind and heart, and have the Fa enter while I study.
Master told us,
"If we look at the cultivation state of Dafa disciples as a whole, we find evidence from the path walked thus far that tells just how important Fa-study is. A human being is like a container. If he is filled with Fa, he will--this being the Fa of the cosmos--naturally have righteous thoughts and play a positive role. That's for sure."
"When you go to clarify the truth, only when your mind has stored up ample Fa will you be able to save people. That is when your words will have the power to move them." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference")
2. Maintaining a divine state with righteous thoughts
Whenever I have the time, I read Minghui online every day and immerse myself in Dafa disciples' cultivation sharing. Throughout my cultivation I have benefited so much from this sharing. It has helped to overcome my laziness and numbness, so that I could continue to be diligent in resisting the persecution, saving sentient beings, and doing the three things well.
I remember there was a period of time when work became very busy and I did not treat sending righteous thoughts with importance. Even during the four set times for doing so every day, I could not do it well. Sometimes I would do it wrong and have to redo it, but I'd be very regretful afterwards because this is definitely not a state a practitioner should be in. Around this time, there was a series of articles published online by other practitioners discussing their experience in sending righteous thoughts. It inspired me deeply and also corrected my cultivation state.
Master has told us very clearly, "But that said, when Dafa disciples around the world send righteous thoughts together at the same time, the power is boundless." ("Fa Teaching at the 2007 New York Fa Conference") Recently, Master has told us again, "If every Dafa disciple could manage to treat sending righteous thoughts correctly, and routinely have strong righteous thoughts, then all evil spirits throughout the entire world could be quickly dissolved." ("Fa Teaching Given at the Epoch Times Meeting")
From Master's teachings, I have come to again realize that sending righteous thoughts is divine and powerful. In stopping the evil persecution, it can eliminate all evil factors directly at the source. Its effects are huge. The numerous examples online of retribution suffered by the persecutors are clear evidence.
In other words, in doing the three things well, sending righteous thoughts is one of the very important tasks that we cannot be lax about. It is definitely not something that we can just do or not do as we like. If we do not do it well, we'll delay the eliminating of evil beings with our righteous thoughts. This might bring about losses in our clarifying the truth to save sentient beings and in validating the Fa. Thus, one can see that Master wants us to cultivate our righteous thoughts and cultivate strong righteous thoughts. In assisting Master in Fa-Rectification, no matter where we are or the situation we are in, we have to use righteous thoughts in facing and solving any problems. We have to maintain our divine state steadfastly, and that is a core cultivation principle for us to follow.
3. Saving sentient beings is our responsibility
"And since this evil persecution has not yet ended, we have absolutely no reason to slack off." ("Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan") Due to my work commitments, I have to go to many different places and talk to people from many different social classes, some of whom are in leadership roles. No matter where I go, I always clarify the truth so that more people can be saved in this special moment in history.
Master told us, "Saving sentient beings is first and foremost. Just try to save more and more people." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference") Everyone knows that the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party has won people's hearts. It has had a huge impact in exposing the evil nature of the Communist Party and helping people escape from its grasp. Therefore, over the past few years, I have been persistently talking about the Nine Commentaries. Once, when a company manager came to my house, I gave him a Nine Commentaries CD. When we met again, I told him about ancient prophecies and how he should save himself by withdrawing from the Party. His mind was very open and he knew a lot of information from within and outside China that is not generally known, so he agreed to quit the Communist Party.
Later I found out that while watching the Nine Commentaries at home, he found software to overcome the Internet blockade on the CD. He began actively reading websites from outside China and even gave the software to his friends and colleagues.
Whenever I travel, I always take a Shen Yun Performing Arts DVD with me as a "greeting gift" for customers. Sometimes there would be too many customers and I did not have enough copies, so some people did not receive one. From then on, every time I make Shen Yun DVDs, I make many back-up copies.
In reality, the back-up copies have had a significant impact on several occasions and fulfilled the wishes of sentient beings. I feel that we need to regard saving sentient beings as our own responsibility and consciously treat all sentient beings as our family members. We have to think from their perspective. We should treasure every occasion that we meet sentient beings and do everything wholeheartedly. Only then can we leave without regret and fulfill our prehistoric vows.