(Clearwisdom.net) One of the requisites Teacher left to practitioners is group Fa study and experience sharing. Our local practitioners actively participate in group Fa study, which has greatly helped our cultivation. That is very good. However, there are some problems that I would like to bring up, as they could create problems for practitioners in the future.
Security Issue Related to Cell Phone Use
For a long time, some practitioners brought their cell phones to the Fa study site. They didn't turn them off or mute them. Very often when we were concentrating on Fa study, a phone rang or someone received a text message. Practitioners pointed out that it was not safe to leave the cell phone open and suggested that it was even better not to bring the cell phone to the Fa study site. Some talked about many published reports concerning security issues related to cell phones. Some responded, “We have strong righteous thoughts. We are not afraid,” or “Our area is so rural. The evils cannot find us,” and so on.
Think about it – maybe you have strong righteous thought, but does that mean that the whole group has strong righteous thoughts?
Remember that Master said: “Dafa disciples are one body” (“Following Master” in Hong Yin III).
We need to keep the following in mind: "What if someone in the group doesn’t have strong righteous thoughts and has been taken advantage off by the evil?" The old forces are monitoring every practitioner at every moment. Aren't we providing an opportunity for the evil to persecute practitioners? Don’t think that only being arrested counts as persecution. The tribulations that practitioners encounter also are persecution.
Some people say that evil in rural areas isn't a match for practitioners and is incapable of bringing harm. In my view, evil is evil, no matter where it is. The reason why the environment in our area is good is because our local practitioners were and are diligent in their Fa study and have strong righteous thoughts. They are doing a good job, so the evil is frightened. However, we cannot ignore the security issues. We need to prevent disaster from happening.
In addition, when our cell phone rings during Fa study, isn’t it disrespectful to our Teacher? A practitioner with an open celestial eye saw that, in other dimensions, the Gods kneel when studying the Fa. From this, we should understand that Fa study is such a solemn event. We are the “practitioners of the Fa-rectification period.” How can we be so casual about Fa study? It is the heavenly Fa we are studying. What is more important than this? Master said:
“Genuinely cultivate Dafa,
Only this is great.”(“Obtaining Fa” in Hong Yin, Version B).
To be responsible to Dafa, to sentient beings, to fellow practitioners, and to ourselves, please don’t bring your cell phone to Fa study or at least take the battery out 200 meters away from the Fa study site. This is of even greater importance when the Fa study site is at the truth clarification material production site.
Everyone needs to pay attention to this issue. Cultivation is serious. We cannot neglect even one single thought.
Be Attentive during Fa Study
Teacher said:
“This is especially true with Fa-study: you really need to study the Fa with utter seriousness. Do you know what has become of Fa-study in many places? In some areas it has lapsed into a formality. When some people read Zhuan Falun they are not concentrating, but rather, thinking about other things, and not able to focus their attention on cultivation. It thus amounts to wasting time. And not just wasting time—instead of it being the time when they are to be elevating, they are using their minds to think over issues and things that they shouldn’t concern themselves with, and thus, not only aren’t they elevating, but on the contrary, they are often dropping in level. If you don’t study the Fa well, there are many things you will not be able to do well.” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference”)
Fellow practitioners, please look inward and see that Teacher is addressing each and every one of us. I think that, in particular, our area falls short in this regard. Some people don’t listen or read attentively while other practitioners are reading the Fa. Instead, they talk among themselves. Sometimes they talk about issues in ordinary society, as if Fa study is a social gathering. Isn’t this treating the Fa study as a formality? Teacher has told us that our cultivation is the priority. Are we really cultivating? Teacher has explained explicitly the issue of Fa study and we have studied the Fa many times. How come we can’t still improve? If we cannot cultivate well, how can we do the three things well? How can we fulfill our grand prehistoric promise that we will return to our origin with Teacher?
“That is why Fa-study is still the most, most important thing—it is the fundamental guarantee for all that you are to do. If you cannot keep up in Fa-study, then there is no hope.” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference”)
Fellow practitioners, please cherish the environment that Teacher has left for us and let it become the true environment for “Compare in studying, compare in cultivating,” so that we can improve every time during Fa study.
