PureInsight | August 11, 2008
[PureInsight.org] Since
starting my cultivation, I've had the experience of being reborn many
times. When I first obtained the Fa, when I eliminated different bad
habits, when I faced evils without human notions, and when I appealed
to the government in 1999, I felt the happiness and beauty of being
born again.
In the past few days, I've had the tests of fame, personal interest, and sentiment (ming, li, qing).
It is like peeling an onion. We must eliminate layer after layer of bad
things and correct everything that is wrong. After we eliminate them,
our Master will purify our bodies. Although we may feel uncomfortable,
our hearts will be full of happiness. The human world is very different
from the cultivation world, wouldn't you agree? In addition, I have
deeply felt the compassion of our Master. It is our Master who has
taken away all of the bad things from my body. It is our Master who has
given me a new life. And it is our Master who has cleared away the
obstacles on my path of cultivation and who guides me to return to my
true self.
Today a big chunk of my karma was removed. I feel like I now have new
skin. I feel that I am totally different from yesterday and that I am
now brand new. The things that had hurt my feelings in the past have
become very small and are far away. They could not even reach me now.
It is so strange that I used to treat them like a big mountain. Now
when I look back, they are very small and not even worthy of mention.
When I make up my mind to firmly eliminate attachments, my body becomes
very light. Cultivation is like climbing a mountain. The higher you
climb, the more difficult it becomes. The higher you climb, the higher
the standard becomes. Only after giving up many things can you can
climb up very quickly.
One time during my sitting meditation, I saw myself working to climb a
big mountain that was so high that I could not even see the top of the
mountain. I felt like I was a professional mountain climber. I was the
only one climbing on this mountain. Other people were climbing other
mountains. Everyone was climbing toward the top of their mountain. I
kept climbing. That mountain was so steep and without any path, and I
could not even see the top of the mountain. A voice asked me, "If you
keep climbing like this, when are you going to finish? Are you going to
continue? If there are no other people on other mountains, and you are
the only one, will you continue climbing?" When I said that I would
continue without any hesitation, I became very light and climbing the
mountain was like flying. All the difficulties disappeared.
Whenever I pass a test or eliminate an attachment, my mind becomes very
clear. I know that our Master is enduring everything. Our Master only
wants to have us change our heart. I cannot use human language to
express these deep feelings.
When I think about it carefully, why do we say that cultivation is so
difficult? How can we say that we have not cultivated well and not
moved forward? We don't have any excuses.
I have felt the beauty of being born again. In addition to the
lightness of being reborn, I do not have any of my previous human
notions. When we look at everything we encounter from a Dafa disciple's
perspective, we can cultivate away any attachment that is hard to
eliminate. Every opportunity is so precious. When I look back at those
mountains and all the obstacles I've passed, I feel from the bottom of
my heart that I'm so happy to cultivate in Dafa.
Translated From: http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2008/7/16/53851.html
