Remain Steadfast, Avoid Laziness and Slacking Off

(Minghui.org) In thinking back to when I was illegally detained, even though I was physically abused by the police and prisoners, I persisted in practicing the Falun Dafa exercises, reading Zhuan Falun, and telling people about the persecution. However, after I was released and my situation became easier, slacking off and laziness appeared in my cultivation.

I especially sought the comfort of staying home by taking advantage of the COVID-19 lock down restrictions. I thought it was okay if I could just study the Fa more at home. I made the excuse of checking my phone to see when the closure would end or what was going on in other places, then ended up watching videos. This attachment to comfort can make even those who cultivated very well fall.

But whether there was a city-wide or village lock down or a road closure, can it really block a divine being? In fact, can the mound at a village entrance, or the barrier on the main road stop a divine one? In fact, it was my own human attachments that caused a blockage.

Master Li said this about tribulations,

“As long as you upgrade your xinxing, you can overcome them. Unless you, yourself do not want to do so, you can make it, provided you want to overcome them.” (Lecture Four in Zhuan Falun)

During that period, I knew that my state was not right, but it was difficult to break away from. I was given several hints that I wasn’t doing well in my dreams. In one dream, the other students were already halfway through a class I was supposed to attend when I woke up from a snooze and frantically started running up a staircase to the classroom. On another occasion, I saw the substance of lust dangling in front of my eyes like a piece of stinky feces.

When I truly had the desire to go out to save people, I found that things went smoothly. I remember when I asked a practitioner to go out with me to put up stickers and spray-paint messages about Dafa, he refused, saying he had not studied the Fa well or practiced the exercises recently. Because it’s comfortable at home, one can easily slack off, which is exactly why we should go out to cooperate, find our gaps, fulfill our mission, and motivate ourselves to cultivate diligently. If we stay in that comfortable environment, won’t we become less diligent in cultivation?

In fact, when I had the courage to step out the door, I found a very good environment. There were fewer cars on the road, which made it easy to put up stickers and messages. People in the village weren’t going out, so it was also the right time to distribute pamphlets. 

Before the pandemic, people were busy earning money. But now they stayed home and had time to read our pamphlets. I felt it was a good idea to put up some display boards, so I made some boards and taped them to the public announcement cases at the village entrance and on the roadside, or hung them between two trees. 

At a glance, people walking by could see the facts about Falun Dafa, photos of the Great Law spreading around the world, the history of the CCP’s tyranny, as well as making the three withdrawals from the communist Party organizations. When the lockdown ends, more people will see the things I posted.

We want to be Master’s genuine disciples, to return home with Him, and to be able to fulfill our missions. But, first, we must truly cultivate ourselves. Truthfulness is the first part of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, it also contains steadfastness, not only being steadfast when facing tribulations, but also being steadfast in not succumbing to a comfortable environment. Under all circumstances, we should stay steadfast in our cultivation.