(Clearwisdom.net) We discovered through our experience sharing that practitioners have varying degrees of dependency on other practitioners. When big or small things happen, or bad conditions occur, some practitioners look for others to help them send righteous thoughts. Of course, this is not to say that helping other practitioners send righteous thoughts is incorrect, but rather that we need to improve and share experiences based on the Fa, and attach importance to looking within. This habit concealed practitioners' attachments to dependency and pursuit. They ignored the effectiveness of their own righteous thoughts.
No matter whether it is a small or large matter, there are some practitioners that have sought the help of Master or other practitioners. They have excessively depended on Master or other practitioners to resolve their problems and attachments. They have formed notions and habits. When they sent righteous thoughts, it wasn't as effective as it should have been.
Some practitioners read the experience sharing articles about how they helped other practitioners send righteous thoughts and their effects. So when they had problems, they also sought other practitioners to help them by sending righteous thoughts. They thought that they could resolve their problems this way. However the results were different. Why?
Master said,
"We have said that good or evil comes from a person’s spontaneous thought, and the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences."
(Zhuan Falun)
Is this thought with or without pursuit? Is it the attachment to dependency or does the practitioner truly lack the ability? This one thought will bring about different results. Some practitioners failed to realize the basic issue is to look within. They forgot they were cultivating and looked and undervalued their own ability.
Master said,
"Actually, every Dafa disciple has abilities. It’s just that the abilities do not manifest in the surface dimension, so they think that they don’t have supernormal abilities. But regardless of whether they can manifest in the surface dimension or not, when a person’s True Thoughts come forth they are very powerful.
(“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts are Powerful” from Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Master also said,
"One must maintain a righteous mind; no one can practice cultivation for another. Only when you truly practice cultivation on your own can you upgrade your level."
(Zhuan Falun)
We are able to resolve all issues when we let go of attachments.
Master said,
"Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master."
(Zhuan Falun)
There are some practitioners that relied on a certain practitioner who had studied the Fa well. They considered that if they studied with him, they would improve quickly. Once this practitioner no longer attended the Fa study group, they didn't go either. This practitioner would then go from Fa study group to Fa study group in order to make those who depended on him study the Fa well. This was very inconvenient for other practitioners. These practitioners did not study the Fa. Some practitioners cannot tolerate loneliness. When they have extra time they don't increase their Fa study or clarify the truth to save people, but instead find other practitioners to chat with, waste time with and to disturb. This behavior originates from human sentimentality. Some study groups had more than ten people that attended. They shuttled in and out. Some practitioners proposed that the study group should be divided into a few smaller groups for reasons of security. But these practitioners refused and said that if we didn't let them come, they would't study the Fa. There was nothing that the other practitioners could do.
Wake up practitioners! Everyone think, for whom do we exist? What is our mission? We need to elevate based on the Fa. We need to give up human attachments. We need to be truly considerate of other practitioners and all sentient beings. We can't be controlled by our emotions. We need to always remind ourselves that we are practitioners. We need to meet the standards and requirements of Fa-rectification Dafa disciples. We need to improve based on the Fa principles and wisdom. We need to do the three things well, with a clear and alert mind. We need to give up human attachments and walk our own righteous paths!
