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Master said in the “20th Anniversary Fa Teaching”:

“They will only feel okay with it when you meet the standards that they acknowledge; only then will they let you progress upwards free of interference; and only then will they think that you are qualified to save them.”

“If Dafa disciples don’t do well, if they lower their standard for their cultivation and if those old, higher beings—those layers upon layers upon layers of simply countless Gods and those countless Kings—all do as I just described, then think about it, how much difficulty will that bring to Fa-rectification?”

I realized that as a veteran practitioner who is able to follow Master in the Fa-Rectification process, in this period of time, I really ought to examine myself according to the Fa to see if I have reached the standard after all.

Do I still reckon that there is time, so I can be unhurried? Do I still desire leisure and don't want to validate Dafa due to being too busy at work? Do I still have lots of ordinary people's wishes and aspirations, and are they taking up too much space in my head? Am I lost amid secular life and sentimentality, and thereby unable to make breakthroughs in level? Is it impossible to make a breakthrough due to not clarifying the truth enough, or as a result of having adopted a limited approach and fallen into the long-term state of thinking, “I've already participated in the Fa-Rectification”?

Am I drowsy when I send forth righteous thoughts? Do I carelessly think of random thoughts when I study the Fa? Are the results of my truth-clarification efforts not good due to fear (including fear of being unsafe or being harmed)? Could it be that I'm grasping humanness with one hand and grasping Buddhahood with the other?

When cooperating with practitioners in certain projects, am I able to mercifully deal with other practitioners' shortcomings? Am I able to look within and cultivate myself and be responsible to the Fa when being accused of something? Am I unable to reach the standard and hence occasionally face dangerous situations?

There are really too many questions. I wrote these down because I think fellow practitioners and I, more or less, all have these issues.

As Fa-Rectification period Dafa disciples, we are all aware of the mighty mission that we shoulder. The Fa has been taught very clearly. We need to save as many lives as possible. There are high-level lives at many levels behind each worldly person. Only by reaching the standards of those high-level beings of the old universe would they consent for us to save them. If disciples don't do well and if they don't even reach the lower standards of the old universe, then that would cause interference to Master's Fa-Rectification at many levels. Disciples' cultivation would also be constantly interfered with. How is this assisting Master?

For myself, the most serious issue is not eliminating lust for a long time. From time to time, I was interfered by those dirty websites. I knew it was not right and would cause trouble, yet I never cleaned out such lust completely, which directly affected my individual cultivation state and the salvation of sentient beings.

On the basis of the Fa I realized that it could be resentment of beings from my numerous lifetimes that enabled the old forces to use this form to interfere. I have to try to benevolently resolve such resentment. I also discovered that I had a notion that behavior between men and women is wonderful, and I was unwilling to part with it. However, since the notion interfered with me, it absolutely is not me. It's the old forces imposing bad things upon me.

Thus, I must send forth righteous thoughts to clean it all up. Oftentimes, it's at my workplace that a state of not having sufficient righteous thoughts and feeling confused and deluded comes about. I then usually increase Fa study and make a point of attending group Fa study. Once I study more and the Fa enters my heart, my righteous thoughts become stronger and stronger. Then, when I'm in the everyday people's environment, I'm able to maintain righteous thoughts. The more I do so, the better my situation and the stronger my righteous thoughts become. It's fundamentally impossible for various bad factors to get near Dafa disciples when our state is righteous. Studying the Fa well is the fundamental base of removing all troubles and interference.

To truly assist Master, we must study the Fa well. From one's inner heart to every word and action, one must act according to the Fa's requirements and constantly be like a cultivator. One must start cultivating by being a good person and then purge the dirty, trouble-causing factors in one's dimensional field. One must unceasingly elevate oneself, surpassing the old universe's standards and assimilating to the characteristic of the universe. It is not that we acknowledge the old forces. We need to save sentient beings and avoid being interfered with. We should seriously send forth righteous thoughts to clean out the old forces' evil factors and interference to Fa-Rectification.

The above are some understandings that I have gained from studying Master's “20th Anniversary Fa Teaching.” Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.

Category: Journeys of Cultivation