Are We Treating Cultivation Seriously?

(Minghui.org) Are we taking the three things Master asked us to do seriously? As practitioners we should conduct ourselves according to what Master requires us to do. If we deviate slightly, we may fall short of Falun Dafa’s standards. We will no longer be following the path Master arranged for us—instead we may be following the old forces’ arrangements, which may cause us tribulations. I’d like to point out some issues I observed.

The Teachings

We read the Fa (teachings) every day, but are we taking the Fa principles to heart?

Our Fa study group read Lecture Two in Zhuan Falun, and we stopped to send forth righteous thoughts at the designated time. Before we continued reading, I asked, “We just studied the chapter ‘The Issue of the Celestial Eye’, in which Master talked about three factors that determine the levels of our celestial eye. What are they?”

Even though we just read the chapter, no one could answer my question. I then asked, “In Lecture One of Zhuan Falun, Master talked about why some people who practiced qigong for a long time, and yet their gong did not increase. What are the two reasons?” Again, everyone was quiet and nobody was able to answer the question. I was really surprised. How could we not remember what Master said?

When I visited my mother, I asked my relatives the same questions (they are all practitioners). Some were able to answer, but others could not. Some only had a vague understanding.

From this, we can see that many of us failed to study the Fa wholeheartedly. Are we just going through the motions? If we study the Fa without obtaining the Fa, we may deviate from the Fa in our conduct, which is very dangerous. Of course, we have layers of beings in our bodies, and those that obtained the Fa might not be the same as what we see on the surface, and my understanding is also limited by my cultivation level. I’m only trying to draw attention to this important issue of studying the Fa well.

Practicing the Exercises

Master provided us with a video in which he teaches the exercises, as well as step-by-step illustrations of the exercises. Have we watched them carefully and are we truly following the instructions? Are we doing the exercises as Master taught us?

I went back to my mother’s place for a visit again a few days ago, and we talked about our cultivation experiences. When I mentioned the exercise movements, my younger sister stood up and showed us how her husband did the stretching movement in the first set of exercise. We all laughed, as the movement she demonstrated was not what Master taught us. She told us that even though she pointed this out to her husband many times, he wouldn’t correct himself.

Some practitioners, when doing “Holding the Wheel Above the Head” in the second exercise, instead of following Master’s instructions in The Great Way of Spiritual Perfection, “Have the fingers of both hands pointing toward one another, and the palms facing downward,” they hold their hands with the palms facing each other. Some practitioners do the movements quicker instead of following the instructions. When they do the fifth exercise, some practitioners’ movements are incorrect and their consciousness is not focused, which shows that their main consciousness is not really in control.

I don’t wish to criticize anyone—I just wanted to tell practitioners some issues I noticed so that we can all move forward diligently in cultivation, truly believe in Master and the Fa, and walk well the cultivation path Master arranged for each one of us so we can all return to our true homes with Master.

Please kindly point out if there is anything not in line with the Fa in the above sharing.