On Not Falling into a Low-Level Way of Thinking

After so many years of cultivation, although it seems that I have been studying the Fa every day, doing things Dafa disciples are suppose to do, and have never stopped cultivating for a single day, it has been only recently that I truly realized what cultivation is and how to cultivate. To mention this is very embarrassing: I have not really cherished this precious period of cultivation. As a matter of fact, the reason for my poor understanding is fairly simple: I have not put my heart into Fa study and did not truly look inward, cultivate myself, or let go of everyday people's notions.

During lifetime after lifetime of reincarnation, human rationality is set deeply in our bones, in the form of everyday people's notions. No matter what we encounter, we judge things automatically using such notions. Those notions are always the first thoughts that come to our minds. Some examples are: it is easier to get flu and fever when the weather is cold; it is easier to have a stroke when the weather is hot; it is a good thing to be comfortable and a bad thing to be uncomfortable; we will be happy when we gain something and angry if we lose something; we will be moved when seeing beautiful people of the opposite sex; etc. In Fa rectification cultivation, similar notions are manifested as: we will be arrested, sent to forced labour camps or sentenced to prison if we step forward to validate Dafa; we will be reported or persecuted if we clarify the truth and advise people to do the three withdrawals (withdraw from the Chinese communist party and its related organisations); we will be caught and persecuted if we go on-line to read articles on the Minghui website, etc. Those kinds of bad thoughts were formed through the forced brainwashing in a closed environment by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Those notions and the logic of the CCP, in addition to the fear deeply planted in people's hearts through the CCP's terrorist tactics of killing and bullying people during the numerous political movements, are basic barriers and a tremendous impediment for Dafa disciples to become mature and do the three things (study the Fa [the teachings of Falun Dafa], send forth righteous thoughts and clarify the truth about Falun Dafa and about the persecution to the world's people) well according to Master's requirement; they are also the major excuses that the evil forces use to persecute Dafa disciples.

During cultivation, I often feel these kinds of notions, especially fear, following us like shadows, interfering with us and destroying our righteous faith, righteous thoughts, and righteous actions. However, as Dafa disciples, we should continuously eliminate these notions and attachments. If each one of our thoughts are on the Fa, we will have very righteous thoughts, the thoughts of a divine being, namely, a high-level way of thinking; if we are not in the Fa, our thoughts will be on a human level-- notions, and attachments, namely, a low-level way of thinking. In our Fa rectification cultivation, if we do not fall into a low-level way of thinking, we can then keep the thoughts of a divine being. We can remain in that state and be equipped with all kinds of abilities, and do the three things arranged by Master well to save more sentient beings. The interference from the evil will then not have any effect.

Master has given us a hint in Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003:
"Your thinking at that time won't have this human way of thinking or structure, that is, the thought structure of your fully-cultivated part will have been shaped according to a God's best standard. That way, the way of thinking won't be a low-level way of thinking, but you'll know everything at lower levels. Actually, you know, be it Buddha Shakyamuni or some other God or Buddha, they know the thoughts of even cattle and horses, and they know the thoughts of even lower beings, they know it all, and fully, but they won't go inside there. They just know everything, that's all."

Obviously, a god absolutely does not fall into a low-level way of thinking to figure things out because once he enters that state, he would fall from his world to a lower level. As Dafa disciples, if our thoughts are not on the Fa, we are thinking on a low level; conversely, if every single thought of ours is on the Fa, we are then thinking at a high level.

Therefore, during cultivation, if we can continuously judge and measure everything with the principles of the Fa, we will be able to inhibit the human thoughts and the thoughts of a divine being and righteousness will prevail. This way, we will not fall into a low-level way of thinking; actually, we will enter the state of high-level beings, miracles will happen, and we then can better validate the Fa.