Towards Consummation
Studying the Fa with attachments is not true cultivation. Yet
during the course of cultivation a person may gradually become aware of his
fundamental attachments, rid himself of them, and thus meet the standard for a
cultivator. What’s a fundamental attachment, then? Human beings acquire many
notions in this world and are, as a consequence, driven by these notions to
pursue what they yearn for. But when a person comes to this world, it is karmic
arrangements that determine his course of life and what will be gained and lost
in it. How could a person’s notions determine each stage of his life? So those
so-called "beautiful dreams and wishes" become pursuits that can never
be realized, despite painful attachments.
Dafa has boundless inner meaning and has created everything
at each level of the cosmos, including, of course, everything of humankind. So
with the exception of those wretched humans who have been used by sinister, old,
evil forces—which are themselves being eradicated—to persecute the Fa,
people are able to see in the Fa things they consider good. Some truly see the
Fa-principles of Dafa; while many other students have found with their human
notions various yearnings and wishes in Dafa, and, compelled by these human
attachments, they have come to practice cultivation in Dafa.
Some people think that Dafa is in keeping with their own
understanding of science; some people think that it agrees with their own code
of conduct; some people think that it speaks to their own dissatisfaction with
politics; some people think that Dafa can salvage humankind’s degenerate
morals; some people think that Dafa can cure their illnesses; some people think
that Dafa and Master are righteous, and so on and so forth. It isn’t wrong for
human beings in this world to yearn with these attachments for beautiful dreams
and wishes. But a cultivator definitely shouldn’t be that way. You may start
on the path of Dafa with those thoughts, yet over the course of cultivation you
need to regard yourself as a cultivator. During the course of cultivation,
however, through reading the books, studying the Fa, and diligently making
progress, you should clearly recognize what your thoughts were when you first
came to Dafa. After cultivating for a period of time, are your thoughts still
the same? Are you continuing on the path because of those human attachments? If
so, you cannot be counted as my disciple. It means that you haven’t gotten rid
of your fundamental attachments and that you are unable to understand the Fa
from the Fa. Those who have been weeded out during the evil tests that Dafa has
encountered in China are all people who have not gotten rid of those
attachments. At the same time, they have had a negative effect on Dafa.
Despite this, and the situation in which a large number of
disciples who are true cultivators are suffering severe hardships, the time of
conclusion has been repeatedly postponed so as to wait for those people to
recognize their own fundamental attachments. This is because many among them are
predestined and have the potential to reach Consummation.
Do you know that one of the biggest excuses the old evil
forces use at present to persecute Dafa is that your fundamental attachments
remain concealed? So in order to identify those people, the tribulations have
been made more severe. If you’re attached to Dafa’s consistency with humans’
science, they manipulate wicked human beings to spread lies that Dafa is
"superstitious"; if you’re attached to Dafa’s power to heal
illness, they manipulate wicked human beings to spread lies that Dafa forbids
people to take medicine and that this has led to 1,400 deaths; even if you say
that Dafa isn’t involved in politics, they have wicked human beings spread
lies that Dafa and Li Hongzhi have foreign political forces behind them, and so
forth; if you say that Dafa collects no fees, they say that Master has sought to
accumulate wealth through dishonest means. Whatever you’re attached to, they
have evil ones concoct lies about that. Even if you’re afraid that Dafa is
being damaged, they fabricate articles allegedly written by Master. Think about
it: the enormous test at present is exactly to see how Dafa fares and how
students conduct themselves in Master’s absence. How could Master speak out?
How could I again tell you what to do? Additionally, they manipulate wicked
human beings to examine Dafa and its disciples, putting them through a
comprehensive and destructive test that targets all human thoughts and
attachments. Had you truly been able to get rid of those fundamental human
attachments in your cultivation, this last tribulation would not have been so
vicious.
Even now some people still can’t concentrate when it comes
to reading the books. Those of you who do work for Dafa, especially, shouldn’t
use any pretexts to conceal your not reading the books or studying the Fa. Even
if you do work for me, your Master, you still need to study the Fa every day
with a calm mind and cultivate yourself solidly. When your mind wanders all over
the place as you read, the countless Buddhas, Daos, and Gods in the book see
your laughable and pitiable mind, and see the karma in your thoughts controlling
you, which is detestable. And yet you cling to delusion and fail to wake up.
Some volunteers go long periods of time without reading or studying the Fa. How
could they do Dafa work well? You have unwittingly incurred many losses that are
hard to recover. Past lessons should have made you more mature. The only way to
prevent the old, evil forces from taking advantage of the gaps in your mind is
to make good use of your time to study the Fa.
What’s unfolding at present was arranged long ago in
history. Those disciples who have stepped forward to validate the Fa in the face
of pressure are magnificent. When I questioned the last group of high-level
beings who are about to be weeded out why they have been concocting lies about
me and Dafa, they replied: "There’s no other way. The path you have taken
is so righteous. How else could Dafa and your disciples be tested?" Those
who damage Dafa are only a handful of evil forces. All they are doing is using
those evil beings who they, too, think should be eliminated. The immeasurable
and countless Buddhas, Daos, and Gods in the cosmos and the beings in even
larger cosmic bodies are all watching everything on this tiny speck of dust in
the cosmos. Dafa has already consummated everything in the cosmos. The mighty
virtue is magnificent and everlasting. Those disciples who have come through the
comprehensive and most rigorous tests have laid a rock-solid foundation for Dafa
in this world, have displayed in the human world the true manifestation of Dafa,
and at the same time have consummated their own most magnificent positions. The
evil will soon be completely eliminated, the vile ones in the human world will
receive due retribution, and sins can no longer be allowed. Disciples are
waiting to reach Consummation, and I can wait no more. Everyone’s behavior,
good or bad, fully reflects the outcome he will obtain. Sentient beings, your
future positions are chosen by you, yourselves.
Li Hongzhi
June 16, 2000
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