A Cultivator Has to Maintain a Good Cultivation State

These words are often used by fellow practitioners, "My 'cultivation state' is not good." This sentence is often heard when one of the following conditions occurs to a practitioner, such as their physical condition is not good, their Dafa projects are not going smoothly, or after being released from prison or forced labour camp. The real meaning of the sentence is more like, "I want to stay away from other practitioners, and don't want to perform the same work that I did before." Here, I would like to share my understandings of these words. Please kindly point out any mistakes.

First of all, the cultivation state of a practitioner is adjustable. We should never be controlled by the "bad cultivation state," or "bad conditions."

The so-called "cultivation state" is the mental and physical situation of a person. For a cultivator, the "cultivation state" is the current mental and physical state of a practitioner during the cultivation process. It's unavoidable to have some depressed times in our cultivation, such as physically not feeling well, or having no reasonable explanations for doubts or a depressed mood. However, at such moments, we should actively control our state instead of being controlled by "a bad cultivation state."

Master mentioned in the article, "Be Vigilant"
"Cultivation is about removing human thinking and attachments."

If we really search inward, we can always find the reasons for "not feeling comfortable," "doubts," or "feeling depressed." Of course, the reasons must rooted in some hidden human notions, and, the corresponding malicious materials must exist in other dimensions. In order to avoid the control of the "conditions," we should eliminate the malicious materials with our righteous thoughts and destroy the foundation of the bad "conditions." Then, we have to be steadfast in studying the Fa, eliminate human attachments, adjust our mindsets, and be determined about our righteous thoughts. When we do this, our cultivation state will again improve.

Secondly, we have to reject the arrangements of the old forces and actively refuse the bad "conditions."

The practitioners who tell others that their current conditions are not good seem to have the mindset, "I am pushed into this situation. I can do nothing except for wait for someone to alter my conditions." Only the old forces would force bad "conditions" onto us. Master told us that the old forces arranged every Dafa disciple's life in detail. They will take advantage of any attachment that we have. In order to destroy a practitioner, they test us with "discomfort," "doubt," and "depression." If we cannot recognize their intention and reject their arrangements, we will be guided by the old forces and deviate from the right cultivation path. Therefore, we have to be firm and determined to reject the arrangements of the old forces with righteous thoughts.

An article on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website tells a story about a practitioner. When she showed sickness symptoms, she was forced to go to a hospital by her family. When she heard that she had stomach cancer, she walked out of the hospital and said calmly, "Impossible. A Dafa disciple will not have a disease." On the way back to her home, she felt very uncomfortable. However, her righteous thought about "no disease for a Dafa disciple" never changed. As soon as she stepped into her home, she vomited a lot a foul substances. From that time onward, she regained her health and her "cancer" disappeared. Because she firmly rejected the arrangement of the old forces, the old forces could do nothing to her. Therefore, the sick "condition" could not last without any reason.
Finally, the Fa-rectification process is really fast. There is no time for us to be in a bad cultivation state.

Anyone of us could be in some bad "condition" sometimes. However, we should never passively wait for it to pass. Instead, we need to adjust our cultivation conditions immediately to match the requirement of Fa-rectification. It's useless to wait for Master to eliminate the sickness karma for us and give us a good "condition." If we do not cultivate ourselves, the good "conditions" will never come.

Fellow practitioners, we have suffered a lot in the past 10 years. We should be mature now. In order to see our maturity, Master has been waiting for a long time and has done so much for us. Dafa disciples in the Fa-rectification period, the time is extremely precious now. The Fa-rectification process and the expectations of Master require us to stay in a good cultivation state. Let us be buoyed up, follow the Fa-rectification process, and fulfil our sacred mission.