Sometimes we feel that the tribulations we come across in cultivation are difficult. I myself have felt that it is really difficult to eliminate the attachment of selfishness. However, I don’t know if anyone else has discovered this, but when we say this we are always talking with a weak will and without a strong main consciousness. It has not come from our enlightened, original nature. Therefore, I don’t allow myself to talk in such a way. When we do come across a tribulation, what should we do? I will inspire myself with a firm will, and I say to myself: “It is not difficult, I can definitely do it well!” The result is entirely different, because “good or evil comes from a person’s spontaneous thought”.
In fact, when we really calm our minds and think about it, is cultivation difficult? To me, it’s really not. On the contrary, I feel blissful and happy from the depth of my heart. Actually, this is also related to ones personal cultivation state. If you feel more painful, the pain then may stay with you for longer. If one can let go of everything, then everything passes all at once and it is very free and relaxed (because the burdens are unloaded).
True, during this special historical period of time, as Fa-Rectification disciples, from the 'lower level' perspective it is really so: Teacher has borne an incredible amount for us, meanwhile, given us everything that is best.
Therefore, I want to say that whether cultivation is difficult or not is not the problem, the key point is how we treat the tribulation in cultivation.
Translated from Chinese at http://www.yuanming.net/articles/200211/14427.html
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