My Understanding from Studying Master's New Article "In Fa-Rectification Your Thoughts Have to be Righteous, Not Human"

I am now clearer with regards to the seriousness of cultivation and the urgency of saving sentient beings after studying Master's new article, "In Fa-Rectification Your Thoughts Have to be Righteous, Not Human." I should look inward, let go of all human thinking, and purify myself while taking the Fa [universal principles, the teachings in Falun Gong] as the teacher.

Master said,

"My Dafa disciples who have strong human thoughts: the path I'm leading you down heads toward godhood, yet some students just tenaciously cling to human notions. Before, in personal cultivation you always saw Dafa's benefits as benefits for human society; during the tribulation, you've taken the persecution of Dafa disciples by evil beings in this cosmos using bad people to be human acts; and when hardly any of the evil remains in Fa-rectification as Dafa disciples validate the Fa with righteous thoughts and clean out the evil, and as the world's people begin to see things clearly, you are putting your hope for an end to the persecution in ordinary people." (From "In Fa-Rectification Your Thoughts Have to be Righteous, Not Human.")

From Master's Fa, I understand that how Falun Dafa practitioners treat Falun Dafa, how they see Dafa, how they see every thing in human society, and how they place themselves correctly in relation to Dafa and human society is fundamental and very important. If one doesn't have a clear understanding about these issues, then it will become an issue of whether one can truly assimilate to Dafa, reach consummation, and return to one's original self.

Recently, when we heard the news about the former President of China, Jiang Zemin, stepping down, did we truly feel unmoved in our hearts without any attachment of pursuit, or did we have a slight heart of zealotry either consciously or unconsciously? Or did we have strong hope that Jiang would die soon, so we could ask the new leaders to "restore" the reputation of Falun Dafa quickly, and thus rely on ordinary human beings to end this persecution? This is also an opportunity to see how each one of us thinks, to check ourselves, and to purify ourselves.

From the Fa, we know that everything in human society today is here for the Fa. Everything is arranged the way it is. Jiang's stepping down and perishing are bound to be that way as a result of history. It is a natural manifestation in the progress of Fa-rectification. It is also predestined that the reputation of Dafa will be restored and that Dafa will win enormous respect in the human world. However, all these are not the final goals of our Dafa practitioners' validating the Fa, as the sacred law of the cosmos should not have been persecuted. In addition, no one can damage the Fa. It is the evil old forces that arranged this unprecedented calamity with the warped principles of the old universe. Their fundamental purpose was to keep their original things unchanged and was done out of selfishness. As a result, they created a huge obstacle for Master's Fa-rectification. Master not only does not acknowledge all of this, but also asks us to completely oppose it.

We must always be clear on this: It is Master who is rectifying the Fa. Dafa practitioners are assimilating to the Fa and validating the Fa. It is we who are the main characters in this historic play. Everything in the universe, including all the things of human beings, is the target of Master's rectification. The purpose of Master's spreading Dafa is to rectify the principles of the universe and to change the cosmos that deviated from the Fa to its original, best state. Meanwhile, we Dafa disciples who came to this human world can truly step out of humanness and become enlightened beings, and can achieve the true elevation of our beings and reach consummation.

Human beings are the lowest level beings in the universe. We are just here using this place temporarily to save the world's people, to realise our great vows, to assimilate to Dafa, and to return home with Master when Dafa is widely spread. How can we rely on ordinary people to take care of a matter as sacred as Fa-rectification? Isn't this the biggest disrespect to Master and Dafa? Where have we placed ourselves?

Master said in "Digging Out the Roots": "From what standpoint you view Dafa is fundamental..." If one tenaciously clings to human notions, viewing Dafa as something that just benefits human beings, to taking this persecution as humans behaviour towards humans, hoping ordinary human beings will end the persecution, and forgetting the sacred mission of Dafa disciples' coming to the human world, then one has been sorely mistaken. The fundamental problem with these notions is that they are from the standpoint of those who don't practise and are maintaining human things. It shows one's unrighteous understanding of what cultivation in Fa-rectification is and the essence of the persecution. Master warns us seriously in the article:

"Snap out of it! If even this, the most wicked ordeal ever, can't wake you up, then when the Fa rectifies the human world you will only be able to watch--watch with shock and regret, with angst and lamentful despair for having done so poorly--the magnificent sight of the Consummation of those Dafa disciples who truly cultivated. It's a case of reaping what you sow. I don't want to leave behind even one single Dafa disciple, but you have got to improve yourselves through real Fa-study and cultivation! With validating the Fa, you should save the world's people and do well the three things Dafa disciples are supposed to do. Be diligent! Cast aside your human attachments. Godhood isn't far away." (From "In Fa-Rectification Your Thoughts Have to be Righteous, Not Human.")

Cultivation is a serious matter. It is impossible for one to step completely out of humanness if one does not change one's human notions and resolve these issues at their roots. Let's not create eternal regret for ourselves. Now the Fa-rectification is pushing forward rapidly and few evils are left in other dimensions. The head of the evil stepping down is a sign of this. The environment for letting the world know what's going on and saving sentient beings is getting better and better. This also shows that the Fa-rectification has truly reached the final stage. The time left for saving sentient beings has become very short. We should not take it lightly and slack off at all. We must take it seriously and seize the limited time to clarify the truth comprehensively in order to save more people. At the same time, we should pay attention to cultivating our minds, purifying ourselves, and being diligent until the time when the Fa rectifies the human world.