FALUN DAFA - INDIA 
TRUTHFULNESS - COMPASSION - FORBEARANCE 
Newsletter for July 2013

Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:

  1. Welcome

  2. What’s Happening?

  3. Don't Focus on Others, Look Within

  4. Western Practitioner: Some Thoughts on July 20 Truth-Clarification Activities

  5. Eliminating the Fundamental Attachments Formed by Pursuit and Bad Habits

  6. Cultivation Is About Removing Ordinary Human Attachments

  7. Addressing Sickness Karma

  8. Things Will Change When We Truly Look Inward


1. Welcome

Welcome to the July 2015 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.

As we start July, the dark memories of 20 July 1999 come back to us. Let us not be despondent but look at how Master has given us the strength in the time of adversities. Master has shown us how to turn crisis into opportunity, by clarifying the truth and exposing the lies .The world has seen for 15 years that the evil has not been able to crush the unflinching spirit of people of a righteous faith.

We should be steadfast in our path and do what Master expects us to do.

It is important for us to keep our righteous thoughts and clarify the truth to the world.

In the context of Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts Master has mentioned many times the importance of sending forth righteous thoughts in his lectures and articles. Master says,

"Let me tell you, all those who remain and that can persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples are due to our students themselves. Students who haven't taken sending forth righteous thoughts seriously: the evil in the dimensions that you are supposed to shoulder and be responsible for has not been eliminated. That's the cause. So you must take sending forth righteous thoughts seriously. No matter whether you think you have the ability or not, you should do it." (from "Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.")


Heshi! Hope, you like the selection of Articles and gain some new insights!

Note: "All the contents in this newsletter - except for quotations and excerpts of writings of the founder Mr. Li Hongzhi - are only ideas and experiences of practitioners and do not represent Falun Dafa in itself."

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2. What’s Happening?


Practitioners from Bangalore, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Varanasi participated in the Shillong Book Fair where they had booked a stall. Practitioners endured arduous journeys and several tribulations but the end result was good. Even with heavy rains, several people visited the Falun Dafa Stall and accepted the fliers and learned the exercises. Practitioners visited a school and introduced the exercises. The school invited practitioners to visit again in February. Practitioners met the Governor and showed him the videos on persecution and he was very much moved. The Shillong Times published a very comprehensive article after practitioners had met the Reporter and gave the relevant material.

Practitioner from Hyderabad had booked a Stall at the Yoga Day Arogya Convention to commemorate the World Yoga Day. Local practitioners and a practitioner from Bangalore distributed fliers, demonstrated the exercises and taught the exercises even to some local Ministers who showed keenness to learn the exercises. They were told about the persecution of practitioners in China. On the concluding day, an interview and demonstration of exercises was done by Express TV which you can watch on YouTube – Yoga Express TV

Practitioners from Bangalore have been going to Dignity Foundation and encouraging them to study the Fa.

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3. Don't Focus on Others, Look Within

By a Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) Though Fa-rectification seems to be in its final stage, some fellow practitioners are still not looking inward when facing a conflict. They still want to find a cause outside of themselves. They have missed many opportunities arranged by Teacher to improve their character. Not able to move past conflicts means they are not keeping pace with the Fa-rectification. Hence, they are impeding both the saving of sentient beings and the Fa-rectification.

In our local area this problem is quite prominent. Even some coordinators also have this problem. A recent incident reminded me very clearly that the real solution is to change ourselves.

After Changing, Teacher Resolves Adversity

My wife and I were operating a small store selling biscuits. Two customers bought two biscuits costing sixteen yuan. After they left, they returned after a short while. One of them claimed that they gave me an extra fifteen yuan and would like to have it back. I didn't remember taking any extra money from them.

At this time more customers had entered my store and this man would not accept my explanation. I realized that I must not be attached to benefits or argue with everyday people. Therefore, I gave him what he demanded. Still, he was angry. But, by this time, the other man noticed that the fifteen yuan was left on my booth. It was embarrassing for him to realize that they did not give me the money, but he handed over the fifteen yuan to me. This conflict was resolved after I changed my thinking to align with the Fa instead of continuing with normal human arguments.

It is clear to me that every time there is a conflict, there is also an opportunity to improve our character. We should not try to resolve the conflict the human way, but to realign our thinking with the Fa. After we have changed ourselves, Teacher will resolve the problem for us.

Improvement Happens When Cultivators Change Themselves

In the past, whenever I encountered a problem I claimed that the other practitioner failed to align with the Fa. This is a violation of the Fa, because I was looking outside myself for a solution.

For cultivators, the issue is to improve our character by changing ourselves regardless of who is right or wrong. I believe that the desire to change others is arranged by the old forces. In order to avoid following their arrangement we must change our thinking to look within ourselves for solutions. Didn't we decide not to follow the arrangement by the old forces?

Fellow practitioners in our area hope that everyone, including those responsible for coordinating Falun Dafa activities, will focus on changing ourselves instead of others. This is the only way to truly resolve problems.

Why has the period of Fa-rectification been prolonged? I think the reason is because many of us are still demanding that others change. Teacher is providing us more time to improve ourselves and save sentient beings. The cost for doing so is beyond our imagination. If you are true practitioners, truly willing to assist Teacher and are sincere in saving sentient beings, then you must spend more time to improve your own character and not others' character.

This is my personal understanding. Please point out anything that is improper.

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4. Western Practitioner: Some Thoughts on July 20 Truth-Clarification Activities

By a Western practitioner in the U.S.

(Minghui.org) With another July 20 anniversary of the persecution fast approaching, Dafa practitioners are thinking about and discussing among themselves ideas and strategies for this year's truth-clarification activities, not only in Washington DC, but elsewhere around the world as well. Having participated in many July 20 activities over the last eleven years, I've also been thinking about how we can make them more effective. At times I wonder if perhaps we have become stuck somewhere in our thinking, or if the current state of Fa-rectification is now placing a higher standard on us. Certainly the situation has changed every year, but have we kept up with those changes, or rather, have we gone on "automatic pilot" so that our truth-clarification has become a routine duty and not something we carefully consider and energetically carry out? In other words, are we truly clarifying the truth, or just going through the motions?

In the early years before the persecution, Master Li often started out his lectures by advising students not to let the Fa-conferences become mere formalities, but to strive to make each one an occasion through which Dafa practitioners could truly advance in cultivation. It seems to me that the tendency to let things that are done repeatedly descend to the level of a formality is a characteristic of human nature. Thus, the only way to keep this from happening in our truth-clarification is by taking our human sides out of the picture as much as possible, and making sure our divine sides are in charge. And the only way to do this is to constantly look to the Fa for guidance in everything we think, say, and do.

As long as we strictly adhere to the Fa in our thoughts, words and deeds, what could go wrong? All strategies that are inspired by the Fa and carried out in accordance with the Fa are bound to succeed; conversely, those which spring from a human mindset might fail, or have only temporary success before descending into a formality.

Many of Master Li's teachings address our responsibilities in truth-clarification during the Fa-rectification period. Here, I will point out just a few:

Cooperation

Master Li has frequently pointed out that good cooperation among practitioners is an important component--indeed, a requirement--of any successful project. In "Fa Teaching at the 2007 New York Fa Conference," Master states:

"As long as you do well and everyone can come to good understandings, cooperate and coordinate with each other, and have strong righteous thoughts, then there is nothing that cannot be accomplished, for your starting point is matched by no one--it is to save all beings!"

Avoid Mixing Human Notions into Truth-Clarification

Cultivating as we do in the "big dye vat" of society, it's easy to be led astray by worldly ideas, self-interest--any number of low level things. So, in addition to cooperating well with each other, we must constantly strive to set right our own thinking as individuals by getting rid of these human notions. Our goal is to validate the Fa, not our notions, and if our truth-clarification efforts are not going well, we should look within to see if perhaps improper elements are involved.

Question: "When we don't have any [preconceived] notions or preset plans, the effect of validating the Fa is excellent, and when the opposite is true the effect is poor."

Teacher: "Yes, with a lot of things you do, when you are free of human notions your own attachments won't get mixed in. If, beyond being responsible to the Fa, you have no human attachments, none of your own things, and none of your personal factors mixed in, then you are sure to do that thing well. Whereas once you've mixed in your own factors, then you can't do that thing well." (Teaching the Fa at the Meeting with Asia-Pacific Students)

Reaching Out to People Is Saving Them

Often, it seems we can easily get so intensely focused on the narrowly defined objectives of a project that we forget the broader picture of why we are doing what we do. Whether running a website or a TV network, dancing on stage, or passing out flyers on the street, Dafa practitioners are all involved in one essential activity: saving people. Human rights, freedom of belief, the rule of law--these are all good things, and we talk about them a lot in the process of truth-clarification. But they are only vehicles for accomplishing our missions of saving people. We are not crusaders for the principles and ideals that human beings hold dear, nor should we become attached to them. It's easy to forget this, and in doing so go astray in our thinking, thereby reducing our effectiveness, both as individuals and as a group. Saving people is what we are all about; it's the reason for our existence.

"It doesn't matter if it's seeking help with funding, human resources, or material assistance; clarifying the facts to governments in different countries; making contact with civic groups in society; or communicating with other sectors of society, none of these is for Falun Gong's own sake, nor for your own cultivation. These have nothing to do with what one does in cultivation. All these are for the sake of saving people. When you are reaching out to people, that is when you are saving them. When people give support after becoming clear on the truth, thanks to your clarifying the facts, that is saving people; and the positive results they produce after they come to realize the truth is for saving people. In other words, after ordinary people manage to comprehend things and are able to offer support, the impact of that support can itself save people. You can take it a step further and say that when we do things, whether successful or not, those things are saving people all the same and clarifying the facts." (Fa Teaching at the U.S. Capital, 2007)

"The Appearance Stems from the Mind"

Whatever way we choose to clarify the truth, there will of necessity be a personal element involved, and there will have to be some thought given to the best way to accomplish the task at hand. This is especially the case in face to face conversations, but in fact it is present even when editing articles for a website or broadcasting the news on TV. What kind of mental state we are in, what we say, and how we say it all make a huge difference in people's lives. It is crucial that we maintain righteous thoughts under all circumstances, and not lose a cultivator's perspective while clarifying the truth. People's futures are at stake. In this, Master has also given guidance:

"As long as you come into contact with someone, you are doing something to save him--including when you solicit advertisements. Which side a person stands on, and whether he will make it--these are all things placed along the way as Dafa disciples go about interfacing with ordinary people in various capacities, and you shouldn't attach too much importance to those activities in and of themselves. The bigger you perceive the challenges to be, the harder things will be to carry out, since "the appearance stems from the mind." And so the task will become increasingly burdensome. When I say "the appearance stems from the mind," by that I also mean that the difficulty stems from your overstating the importance of the matter itself and seeing yourself in a lesser light. Don't take any such things to be a big deal, for with something as significant as saving sentient beings you should just do what you are supposed to do, going about it in a composed manner. When you encounter things that don't sound so good or that aren't what you hoped for, don't take it to heart, and just nobly and confidently do what you are supposed to. If you don't let the evil's interference sway you, bad factors won't arise from you, the evil will become trivial, you will become towering and massive, and your righteous thoughts will be ample." (Fa Teaching Given at the Epoch Times Meeting)

Do Not Give Up at the First Sign of Resistance

Truth-clarification and saving sentient beings do not take place in one's head as a result of wishful thinking; they require a conscious effort out in the world. Regardless of how high a level one's understanding of the Fa may be, saving people involves communicating with people at whatever level they are on in such a way that their hearts respond positively towards goodness, and, by extension, Dafa. Even relatively good people can be confused and disoriented by propaganda from evil sources, and not just in China, either. It is rare for practitioners to receive absolutely no resistance to their truth-clarification efforts, even in the West. If, when we meet resistance, we just give up and tell ourselves that "this person is hopeless," then we are not living up to our responsibilities. It may be that we will run into such cases from time to time, but we should not accept that easily. For every locked door, there is a key that will open it. Likewise, for every individual who is not open to the truth, there is someplace where they are stuck. When this blockage is removed, they will have a change of heart.

Master said in "Fa Teaching Given at the Fa Conference Marking the Tenth Anniversary of the Minghui Website's Founding:"

"If you are clarifying the truth on a deeper level, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have found the problem and applied the right solution. Wherever they are mistaken, that is where your discussion should head. There are also some factors left behind by the evil at work as well as lies that have been manufactured during the persecution. Once you find the fundamental block that they have, you will be able to resolve it."

Display a Dafa Disciple's Compassion

Although there are many aspects to effective truth-clarification, I believe the most important is the Compassion of a Dafa cultivator. We may present ourselves well in expensive suits and dresses, we may be sharp in our thinking, speak in eloquent phrases and rattle off fact after fact without pausing. We may be able to fulfill all of the outward requirements for making a good impression on people, but if we fail to display a cultivator's Compassion, our success will be limited.

"So as you clarify the truth, you should do so with awareness and rationality. If you, as Dafa disciples, want to effect change in a person when you clarify the truth and want to save him, you must not arouse the negative elements in that person. You must hold to being shan, and only then can you resolve problems that may arise and save that person." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference")

"When this compassionate goodness emerges, its strength is without equal, and it will disintegrate any bad factors. The greater the compassion, the greater the power." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference")

Do Not Let Up

After eleven years of persistent efforts one might begin to have doubts, thinking, "Is what I'm doing working? Is it having an effect?" Although we've seen many encouraging changes take place in the process of clarifying the truth, without solid faith in Master and in the Fa, doubts about the progress of the overall situation could creep in and with them, the attachment to comfort. This could easily cause us to fail at the crucial last step of our great historical mission.

"In this final phase you should do even better with it, and make it more powerful. You cannot let up. The more circumstances ease up, the less you can let up. The more comfortable things get, the easier it is for you to ease up in your thinking and relax. That won't do. It is imperative that you do well with it." ("Fa Teaching Given at the Fa Conference Marking the Tenth Anniversary of the Minghui Website's Founding")

My hope is that by keeping these and other relevant Fa-teachings uppermost in our minds, our truth-clarification activities will not become formalities, but will remain pure and retain their vitality and effectiveness into the future, for however long it takes to fulfill our mission.

Please point out anything that is incorrect.

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5. Eliminating the Fundamental Attachments Formed by Pursuit and Bad Habits

By a practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) I'm a veteran practitioner who was fortunate to begin Falun Dafa cultivation practice in 1993. Before cultivating, I was considerate and understanding in the eyes of others. In 1951, I started work in a textile factory, first as a worker, and later managing people. I am capable of handling relationships with all manor of people very well, and would rather bear hardship, suffer losses and exhaust myself, than see other people unhappy.

Since I started to cultivate, I gradually began to realize that the "kindness" and "consideration" that I had towards others was not pure enough and I was not naturally a good person. Most of the time my "kindness" was not genuine. Just as Master has said in Zhuan Falun,

"When some people say that you're good, you might not really be good, and when some people say that you're bad, you might not really be bad."

As I began to raise my xinxing, I managed to dig out the fundamental attachment hidden behind my fake "kindness." With the pursuit of fame, I was afraid that others might criticize me, and I only wanted to listen to good comments about myself. Before I retired I was already managing others in the workshop and had been seriously polluted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) culture. I treated all the different conflicts that I encountered in my work with the "philosophy of struggle," that I had learned from the CCP's education. By this, I mean that I was trying to prove that I was strong, but was still not a bad person. Gradually, these notions became habit and part of my personality. When I began to cultivate, these dirty notions kept interfering with me, making it very difficult for me to walk on a righteous path.

When I studied the Fa, this strong attachment prevented me from truly understanding the Fa. When I talked about my understanding of the Fa, it seemed that I was pretty good, but when it came to taking real action, I always used the Fa to conceal my selfishness and I wouldn't let go of the attachment to pursue fame.

Master once said,

"Any type of habit that you form is in fact a material product. In other dimensions that material is there, and only thus does that state manifest here in this dimension... "

"I will remove that material substance, but the associated habits and traits that you've formed have to be eliminated by you." ("Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan")

It is only when I read this part of the Fa that I realized that the notions and habits we form after we are born are the degenerated substances in our dimension. They will not disappear just by talking; we have to snatch and pro-actively eliminate them during our Fa-study and true cultivation.

We have formed different habits and notions at different ages, through different life experiences, and in different work environments. Little by little these habits and notions develop into very strong attachments and become part of our personality. Some attachments are so strong that we know they exist, but there are others that are buried deep inside and are not easily recognizable. If someone's personality is pretty strong, they tend to be self-centered and look down on others. It is certain they won't allow others to say anything bad about them, and will explode whenever anyone does. But these are actually the substances that create a false personality in our dimension. It is its own reflection. If people don't recognize it, they will take it to be themselves, and as a result will find that that is why their level never improves, no matter how they cultivate. It weakens a person's main consciousness, and is actually the act of indulging. The reality is that the attachment is not recognized, and therefore people can't get rid of it. Master said,

"If you do not change the human logic that you, as an ordinary human, have formed deep in your bones over thousands of years, you will be unable to break away from this superficial human shell and reach Consummation." ("Cautionary Advice" from Essentials for Further Advancement)

I now have a better understanding of the Fa. When we can't jump out of those human notions, we humanly foster and nurture these demonic substances. They exist in our dimension, and not only prevent us from validating the Fa, but also attract more demonic substances which act to bring more tribulations to our cultivation and break our will to remain diligent. When we are not aware of it, it forms an invisible persecution.

The situation of Fa-rectification is rapidly pushing forward. We need to dig out the root of our attachments. No matter what kind of conflicts we encounter, we must look inward. Master has said a lot regarding this. My understanding is that the phenomena that occurs in the environment around us is caused by our own hearts. I believe that I can eliminate the bad habits and all the demonic substances by "looking inward."

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6. Cultivation Is About Removing Ordinary Human Attachments

By Lu Ping, a practitioner in Jilin Province

(Minghui.org) I had not been able to walk normally for two years, but now I can. Two years ago I had an injury that affected my bones, causing me to walk with a limp, but I have recovered without any medical treatment or therapy. I have learned from the Buddha School cultivation way of Falun Gong that a person's pains and troubles in life result from one's own karma. I had faith in Teacher's Fa, and I had faith that Teacher would help me walk again.

Cultivation is not easy and human attachments typically prevent a cultivator from evaluating the tribulations they encounter. If a cultivator should fail to have a good understanding of the Buddha Fa, the old forces and evil elements from other dimensions are likely to exploit this loophole. In my humble opinion, this is the main reason why many cultivators suffer from tribulations for a long time. Unless a cultivator can recognize the importance of identifying their human attachments, they are likely to never find, or look for, the root cause of their suffering.

I knew it was not enough to passively eliminate my karma by enduring the pain I experienced from walking. Before my feet touched the ground I had already anticipated the pain that was to come from simply trying to walk. Due to this attachment, and the expectation of pain, I had a limp for two years.

This spring was very cold, so our schedule to farm the land was postponed for two weeks. When we finally started the spring farming, I would get up earlier and work late to make up for the lost time. Because of my busy schedule, I completely forgot about my feet, and before I knew it I had stopped limping. When I had calmed down from the initial excitement, I began to contemplate what the problem was and how it had suddenly disappeared. I realized that the pain was caused by my human attachment, as I had always anticipated pain when I tried to use my legs. It was my own notion that caused me to limp.

From this experience I have learned that it is more significant to a cultivators development to remove their human attachments or notions and transform their mind nature, than to simply endure suffering.

In my understanding, the old forces and evil elements typically exploit human attachments that a cultivator has harbored for a long time. Therefore, in order to be free of tribulations and advance towards Consummation, a cultivator must be diligent and live up to the high standards required when it comes to cultivating in the Buddha Fa.

These insights are limited to my present level of cultivation. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate or erroneous in my understanding. I hope that we will advance together in our cultivation and assist Teacher in Fa-rectification.

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7. Addressing Sickness Karma

By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Beijing, China

(Minghui.org) I recently came across an article on the Minghui website that addressed practitioners passing away from sickness karma. It made me sad to read it.

As for myself, I recently passed a very critical tribulation that lasted 21 days.

Teacher talked about sickness karma in the early stages of our cultivation in detail. He also discussed sickness karma in his lectures and publications, including in Zhuan Falun, Essentials for Further Advancement, and the Lecture in Sydney.

All practitioners should ask themselves as to how much they believe in the Fa. Does one fully believe in the Fa and Teacher? If not, how much do we believe in Teacher and the Fa? Or to what degree do our actions comply with the Fa?

Old Forces Take Advantage of the One Thought

Whenever one experiences sickness karma, an external factor is present. The manifestation is the same for practitioners and ordinary people in terms of symptoms. In essence, however, it is completely different. If one's thoughts are in line with that of an ordinary person, one accepts the illness, so one may "catch" it.

This is also a reflection of the old forces taking advantage of practitioners' loopholes, because they have found an excuse.

It took me a while to realize the seriousness of this issue. If I had negated the issue and refused to recognize it, the illness tribulation would have been much less severe and not lasted as long. But I did not enlighten to it because my thoughts were not righteous concerning this issue.

To call it an “illusion of sickness karma” is more appropriate, as one does not acknowledge it as an illness, but rather as a fake phenomenon. Although one says that it is an illusion, one has to suffer the same degree of pain, which can be very real. At this point, it brings up the question of believing in Teacher and Dafa.

When they began cultivation, Teacher purified practitioners' bodies in other dimensions, so that they could develop energy and cultivate to higher levels. At that time, practitioners all shared the same feeling, which included feeling light and being illness-free. Teacher eliminated karma to the point that practitioners would then be able to endure the remaining portion.

Teacher said:

“It will be divided into numerous portions for different phases of your cultivation practice. They will be used to upgrade your xinxing, transform your karma, and increase your gong.” (Lecture Three in Zhuan Falun)

I came to understand that one needs to be extremely steadfast in one's cultivation practice, be able to endure hardships, and have righteous thoughts.

Thinking Like an Ordinary Person

Though both practitioners and ordinary people live in regular society, a practitioner should have a different understanding of sickness. A practitioner needs to eliminate karma, whereas an ordinary person will have illnesses. Although both suffer, in essence, it is very different.

When an ordinary person is ill, he or she needs to seek treatment, which complies with the principles of human society. A practitioner must let go of the thought of illness and go beyond humanness.

Teacher protects practitioners after they develop energy. Such illnesses will dissipate as soon as they develop. In addition, we have Teacher's Fashen, as well as Falun, to protect us.

One can then no longer can be considered an ordinary person. If you still want to go to a hospital, you are admitting that you have an illness, which means you have lowered yourself to the level of an ordinary person.

A cultivator also understands that when an ordinary person takes medication, it kills the germs on the surface, but they will come to the surface again in the future. Everything is alive in another dimension.

When a practitioner suffers a hardship, one can eliminate karma, while at the same time improving one's xinxing. Teacher will also convert our virtue, a white substance in another dimension, into energy.

Practitioners who do not look at tribulations as part of their cultivation only want to gain but not lose. Thus, it seems that they may not gain anything.

Enduring Hardship

A cultivator needs to endure hardship. An attachment to comfort can keep us from enduring hardship and prevent us from improving.

Especially when it comes to practitioners with spouses who also practice, they should follow the Fa and not treat the other person as if he or she is ill. By doing so, the practitioner may be harmed.

One should not study the Fa and practice the exercises perfunctorily. Additionally, if one takes medication, the situation could deteriorate. In the end, one could lose one's life.

Teacher said:

“Even if you have a little hardship, if you steel your will and withstand it, you’ll find afterwards that everything you do will proceed differently. I’d say it’s nothing more than just hardships that humans have to endure when they practice cultivation. If you’re able to let go of [the fear of hardship] you’re sure to reach Consummation. Speaking from a higher perspective, if you’re able to let go of the thought of life and death, you are truly a God!” (“Teaching the Fa in New York City” in Lectures in the United States)

If one has let go of life and death, how could that person be afraid of hardship? Hardship would be a piece of cake.

For a practitioner, enduring hardship is a good thing. When I was going through sickness karma, I could not eat for three days. My husband, an ordinary person, was not feeling well. He was in pain and had diarrhea, but was fine once he took some medicine. I was a bit jealous.

Immediately, I reminded myself, “This is a test.” I used the Fa-principles to rectify myself. I thought to myself: “Comfort for an ordinary person is temporary, whereas the problems that I resolve are permanent.”

Importance of Cultivation

Among veteran practitioners who have cultivated for between 10 and 20 years, most are in their 60s or 70s, and some are in their 90s. Most of them have had their lives extended. One practitioner told me that her life was extended by 13 years.

Among practitioners who passed away due to sickness karma, most of them were seniors. Some were treated in hospitals a few times. Most of them passed away in the hospitals. Why is that? Because the universe has the principles of “formation-stasis-deformation-destruction,” whereas, for a human being, one has to go through birth, old age, illness, and death.

If one lowers oneself to an ordinary person's level, one will be governed by ordinary people's principles.

Teacher said:

“Meanwhile, it is also a cultivation practice of mind and body. When you continually practice cultivation, you will constantly prolong your life. With consistent practice, your life will be constantly prolonged. Those elderly people with good inborn quality will have sufficient time for practice. There is a criterion, however, that the life prolonged beyond your predestined time to live is completely reserved for your practice. If your mind goes wrong a little bit, your life will be in danger because your lifetime should have long been over. You will have such a restriction until you reach Beyond-Triple-World-Fa cultivation. After that, one will be in another state.” (Zhuan Falun)

Therefore, practitioners whose lives are extended have to recognize the importance of cultivation. If one's life was extended, one must practice cultivation and not live as an ordinary person.

If one claims that one's spouse and children made them go to the hospital, one is putting blame on someone else and shirking one's responsibility. It boils down to the fact that one was moved by fear.

One should just say, “I won't interfere with you, so please don't interfere with me. Whether I go to the hospital or not is my call. Please respect my choice.”

When I was suffering from sickness karma the most, my husband was very worried. “How can you not eat anything at all?” he said. “There must be something wrong with your stomach. Why don't we go to the hospital? Let's just get you looked at, then we won't worry about taking any medicine.” Of course, I refused.

We must be firm and leave no room for negotiation.

Some practitioners get a sense of satisfaction when their spouses care about them or when their children are concerned.

They may not realize that the old forces use sentimentality, something that a practitioner must let go of, to try to push us off our cultivation path. We should instead consider that, if our cultivation is ruined because they took us to the hospital, they, too, committed a sin. If we pass the test, keep our hearts unmoved, and truly believe in Teacher and Dafa, then we save ourselves and them, too.

If the person does not pass away, it is because the person has not yet reached the end of his or her life. The person is given another chance to continue with cultivation.

No one dares to persecute someone who is completely on the Fa. Teacher will not allow for this person to be persecuted.

When it comes to opposing the persecution from the old forces, one can send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the persecution and truly look inward to cultivate oneself. Every attachment has to be found and eliminated. Once that is done, we can improve our xinxing, the persecution will end instantly, and we can pass the test of life and death.

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8. Things Will Change When We Truly Look Inward

By a practitioner from Helongjiang Province, China

(Minghui.org) I was very stressed a few years ago by a conflict between my practitioner husband and Practitioner A. The more my husband disliked the way Practitioner A did things, the more problems he encountered.

We were looking for a new apartment when our lease was due to expire, when Practitioner A happened to visit me and told me that a relative of his had a house to lease. He said he would ask his relative whether we could lease it. My husband later asked Practitioner A several times about it, but A just brushed him off, saying things like, “Just wait a few days.” We waited and waited, but Practitioner A never gave us an answer.

My husband didn't understand why he would behave like that, and every time I mentioned it, he revealed his dissatisfaction. I tried very hard to calm him down, saying, “Doesn't this help you to improve your xinxing? Isn't it a good thing to eliminate your resentment? There is no reason to be angry. Isn't this a setup by the old forces to create barriers between practitioners? You shouldn't be fooled.” Yet, my husband replied every time with dissatisfaction, “Your level is high, mine is not.”

When the topic came up again a few days later, I thought of Master's words,

“If a third person witnesses the conflict between the two, I would say that it’s not accidental for that third person to see it, and he too should think it over: “Why did I see their conflict? Is it because I still have some shortcomings?” (“Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. Fa Conference”)

So this time I didn't try to persuade my husband like before. Instead I looked inward. Although I had no resentment towards Practitioner A, I must have been jealous. Master said,

"Buddha’s light shines everywhere, propriety and righteousness harmonize everything." (Zhuan Falun)

I realized that, had my energy field been truly pure, my husband would not have revealed this resentment in front of me. So I sent forth righteous thoughts to get rid of my jealousy. Soon, I heard my husband say to himself, "Actually, I should not be angry. Practitioner A did not help us to find an apartment, but didn't this become a good thing!” Just like that, when I looked inward, the barrier between my husband and Practitioner A easily diappeared.

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