(Clearwisdom.net) Mankind's divinely-bestowed culture existed so that today's people would be able to understand the Fa, obtain the Fa, and be saved. However, I have recently realized that the significance of the divinely-bestowed culture does not stop there. The principles established by the divinely-bestowed culture have a lot to do with Fa-rectification Dafa disciples' cultivation and validating the Fa.
Master said in "The Decline of Mankind and Dangerous Notions" in Zhuan Falun (Volume II):
“If back in ancient China someone spoke of cultivating the Way, people would say he had a 'virtuous foundation.' Those who talked about Buddhas, Daoist deities, or Gods were considered really good. Yet, today, talk of cultivating Buddhahood or the Dao invites laughter. Mankind’s moral values have undergone enormous changes.”
In the society currently permeated with the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) culture, belief in Buddhas, Daos, and gods is considered stupid superstition. Lack of belief may not be a matter of a person's inborn quality, but a matter of enlightenment quality caused by few elements of divinely-bestowed culture and too many elements from the CCP and other distorted cultures in a person's mind.
In order to interfere with the Fa-rectification, the old evil forces used the evil CCP in the human world and sabotaged divinely-bestowed culture in China. This created a large obstacle in everyday people's understanding of Dafa and their coming to join Dafa cultivation. This has also had a very bad impact on the elevation of today's Fa-rectification Dafa disciples' cultivation and their ability to validate the Fa.
If a practitioner's mind in the human world has a foundation built on the divinely-bestowed culture, then he can avoid unnecessary interference and do better in individual cultivation or projects for validating the Fa. However, since the old evil forces have destroyed the divinely-bestowed culture, some Dafa disciples cannot handle things appropriately or realize their mistakes for lack of a solid foundation of thoughts along the line of the divinely-bestowed culture. This has caused losses in individual cultivation and setbacks in Fa-rectification projects. From this perspective, those who have ruined the divinely-bestowed culture have committed a huge sin.
For example, in ancient Chinese culture there was a high moral standard: "A gentleman does not say bad things about another after they have terminated their friendship." As gentlemen, even if two people stopped being friends, they did not speak badly of each other behind each other's back. Intellectuals in ancient China held to this standard very strictly. However, many of our fellow practitioners haven't cultivated their speech well.
Validating the Fa is the most sacred and honorable deed in the universe. As Fa-rectification Dafa disciples, shouldn't we handle everything with a pure and compassionate mind? Dafa disciples are validating the Fa in the human world. We must conform to ordinary society, and we will not appear to be divine in this world. Therefore, we have projects that conform to ordinary society that involve media, legal issues, fine arts, and others.
Although these projects seem to be nothing out of the ordinary, their purpose and standards are far from ordinary. Their underlying meaning is extraordinary, as these projects are undertaken for the sake of saving sentient beings. They are significant and sacred. When our righteous thoughts are not strong enough, we oftentimes cannot sense their significance.
Why do we have so many human attachments when carrying out projects? The main reason is that some Dafa disciples have not realized the sacredness of the projects and treat them as ordinary projects. Some practitioners don't even work as hard as ordinary people do. These practitioners work on projects when they are in the mood, and they quit when they don't feel like doing it anymore. They don't care about how their actions will impact these projects or validating the Fa. Does this meet the standard of Dafa disciples? Can we leave such unrighteous manifestations for the future? Of course not.
When some practitioners have conflicts with project coordinators, they quit the project. A practitioner does not have to be involved in any single project; there are plenty of Fa-rectification projects. However, some practitioners have not been able to cultivate their speech well after leaving a project. They complain about the coordinator among practitioners, which escalates the conflicts. Some even use their networking abilities and influence to drag other team members away from a project, as if only ruining the project will satisfy their attachment of competitiveness. This is not the type of behavior Dafa disciples should have.
We don't work on projects for the coordinators. We also don't cultivate for the coordinators. Everything we do today is for cultivating ourselves well, validating the Fa, and reaching consummation during Fa-rectification cultivation. How could we stop cultivating when a project coordinator doesn't do well? We need to continue being responsible for the project and to our one body.
The stories of Zhuge Liang and Yue Fei teach one to be loyal to the emperor, who was the highest-ranking person in charge, even when he was not wise. This is an element in the divinely-bestowed culture and a piece of the foundation of thoughts left for today's Dafa disciples. Of course, with the Fa as our ultimate guide, we will be able to rectify anything when we cultivate according to the Fa.
