(Minghui.org) With regard to attachments, fellow practitioners have different understandings, such as:
“I have a lot of attachments. For example …”“I don’t think I have attachments.”“I will send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate my attachments.”
I was not very clear which understanding was correct and which were not. One day when I was sending forth righteous thoughts, I suddenly realized why practitioners had different understandings on the issue of attachments.
Negate the Old Force and Its Mechanism
Master told us:
“The old forces have arranged for all Dafa disciples a set of their things, so if a Dafa disciple doesn’t follow Master’s requirements, he must be following the old forces’ arrangements.” (Be Clearheaded, The Essentials of Diligent Progress III)
My understanding is that the old forces operate a set of mechanisms in practitioners’ bodies. These mechanisms generate attachments. If the mechanisms are not eliminated, we will not be able to enter the new universe because the new universe is pure and won’t allow elements of the old forces. We cultivate to eliminate everything the old forces have arranged.
I now understand the meaning of what Master said about all Dafa disciples being pushed to their proper places before July 20, 1999. Though Master arranged for us to reach our proper places before that time, the old force’s mechanisms are still there. That is why we still have human hearts and attachments. If we do not eliminate the old forces’ arrangements inside us, we will never reach the standard of the new universe.
Proactively Eliminate Attachments Generated by the Old Forces’ Mechanisms
The moment I understood this principle, I felt a surge of energy shatter the things arranged by the old forces. My righteous thoughts became very strong, to the point that I could feel that the part of me that was fully cultivated had no attachments.
I negated all the notions and attachments I had, because they were forced upon me by the old forces’ system. I now eliminate them before they surface or manifest in conflicts.
I also realized that our thoughts and attachments are all physical matter and won’t disappear merely because we negate them. We have to use the energy from our cultivation to eliminate the attachments along with the old forces’ system that generates them.
We also need to study the Fa attentively because the Fa helps us identify and remove those things the old forces forced on us. Master says many times in Zhuan Falun, “Think about it, everyone.” Not thinking based on the Fa is a state arranged by the old forces because they want us to lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong and deceive us. Some practitioners who can’t think based on the Fa are interfered with relentlessly, and they need to send forth righteous thoughts to clear such interference.
Be Aware of the Different Forms the Old Forces Use to Persecute Us
We should avoid those who deviate from Fa and not give them an audience. They operate under the old forces’ mechanisms. They might be able to quote Master’s Fa left and right and sound reasonable, but if you listen and watch closely, you’d find their words and deeds contain a lot of hidden intentions and are far from the Fa. The best thing to do is not to associate with these people outside of Fa-study group.
Fa-study is a Dafa activity Master has approved of. I’ve heard about practitioners outside of China being dragged into different chat groups that have nothing to do with Dafa initiatives. Pushing practitioners into such groups is itself disrupting the Fa. Think about it: Is that the form that Master left for us to cultivate? If not, you do not have to comply.
On another note, I have seen fellow practitioners repeatedly go through tribulations brought on by family members. Many of those tribulations are actually arranged by the old forces. We should look beyond the surface matter and eliminate the old forces’ meddling.
Undermining our financial security is another way the old forces persecute us. Many practitioners have financial difficulties, such as when they have their pensions withheld, can’t find a job, or are fired from their jobs. When I realized this, I kept sending forth righteous thoughts, and I stopped suffering financially. I encourage fellow practitioners to use the ability Master granted us to resist financial persecution.
Modern technology is one of the old forces’ things, and being addicted to cell phones is common among practitioners. Everything on your phone—whether it’s shopping, web pages, videos, news, novels, songs, or movies—has an entity behind it. When you are addicted to a cell phone, that thing will latch onto your body. It might manifest with symptoms of a stroke and paralysis; some have even felt that an entity crawled inside their body and made them miserable.
Practitioners addicted to cell phones have a hard time staying focused when they study the Fa or try to cultivate diligently. As time goes by, you will deviate from the Fa and your body will be full of degenerate elements. The old forces will then hit you with tribulations, which you will find hard to withstand. Even if you send righteous thoughts to eliminate the degenerate elements, it will be hard for you to clear out all the pictures, videos, music, and other things instilled inside your body over such a long period of time. Some practitioners do not make it.
If you need a cellphone for work, Master will protect you; if not, it means you are pursuing it yourself, and Master cannot intervene. Cell phones and networks are a death trap set by the old forces and we must not fall for them. Cultivation is not easy. We have gone through so many trials and tribulations; we cannot fail in the end because of our addiction to cell phones.
This is my understanding at my level. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
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