(Clearwisdom.net) Currently, there are some areas that appear to have situations that are inconsistent with the Fa. The following are some examples: (1) One person kept on talking from the beginning to the end for hours. (2) Some practitioners brought all the Dafa books, which were filled with bookmarks. When someone spoke, others would help him find Teacher’s quotations; (3) Some practitioners recited some of Teacher's words from memory and referred to them during group discussion. After reading a passage from a lecture, the person would ask others a question. If no one could answer the question, the person would then explain its meaning. (4) Instead of sharing how to do the three things well, how to look inward to improve one's xinxing, or how to save sentient beings with righteous thought, some people only spoke of their own understanding of the Fa. When other practitioners considered that their approach didn't match the Fa requirement, they would quote Teacher's lecture to defend themselves. (5) Some practitioners don’t pay attention to safety issues, such as removing the battery from cell phones, or taking calls during sharing. When some practitioners brought up safety issues, they would argue these practitioners had fear. On many occasions, there was evil harassment right afterward and practitioners were persecuted. Even after, they still failed to be aware of the situation.
Teacher said:
“I can see that everything is heading into the final stage. It’s just that many people are afraid to acknowledge this reality and its progressive unfolding; that the number of lives to be saved before the final moment arrives has not reached the amount it should; and that there is still a portion of Dafa disciples that hasn’t kept up. That is the key reason why the end of this undertaking still hasn’t been enacted.” (Be More Diligent)
From the Fa, I realized that the time given to humans is running out and the time for assisting Teacher in validating the Fa is limited. Dafa disciples need to walk well on the final path, do the three things well, and help fellow practitioners who have not come out yet to validate the Fa and to improve themselves so as to save sentient beings. Dafa disciples should take the Fa as teacher, become mature rationally, and walk well on our cultivation path to not let the evil take advantage of us.
Dafa has boundless inner meanings; each practitioner can only recognize a little bit of the boundless Dafa. Because everyone has a different understanding of Dafa, individual understanding cannot be treated as an absolute understanding of the Fa. Therefore, we cannot use our own understanding to explain Teacher's Fa. Of course, nor can we consider our own understanding the highest and thus deny other people's understanding and awareness. There is no example in cultivation; we should take the Fa as our teacher and cannot take other practitioners as teacher. Guiding our practice is Dafa and not the understanding of fellow practitioners; otherwise we will have deviated from Dafa.
It seems that practitioners are learning the Fa well when they can memorize a part of Teacher's lecture. But it depends on their starting point. If we can unconditionally assimilate into Dafa, learning the Fa without pursuing gain, we are worthy of admiration. If one explains the Fa just to validate oneself, he or she has already gone astray and can also adversely affect fellow practitioners. Fellow practitioners cannot blindly follow others.
Regarding the safety issue, Teacher said:
“There are also people who haven't been clearheaded or calm, they aren't mindful of security matters, and even less so are they mindful of other people's safety. Back when this [third] group of students joined the ranks of Dafa disciples, it was known that, when they experienced trials, when they experienced tribulations, and as their enormous karma was reduced and eliminated, their tests would be severe; but it wasn't known at that time whether they would be able to make it.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference”)
Teacher said explicitly in “Master's Comment on a Student's Article,”
“All Dafa disciples, whether they are in Mainland China or other parts of the world, should, with the approaches they take to counter the persecution, keep close in mind the safety of Mainland China's Dafa disciples. All actions that jeopardize Dafa disciples' safety should be stopped.”
Therefore, we should take the necessary safety measures, such as taking out one's cell phone battery in advance, when we have group discussion and experience sharing. In doing this we will avoid being taken advantage by the evil.
Fellow practitioners, let us take the Fa as teacher and become mature in a timely manner!
