PureInsight | November 21, 2025
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Greetings, compassionate and great Master!
Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I obtained the Fa in 1997 and have cultivated in Dafa for twenty-eight years through many trials and hardships. Looking back, I feel deeply moved. It is our great and compassionate Master who has constantly held my hand and guided me step by step through the Fa’s principles. I am endlessly grateful for Master’s tremendous compassion and endurance for the disciples. I can only repay this grace by being ever more diligent—cultivating myself well, saving more people, and walking the final stage of the Fa-rectification path with righteousness.
1. Flying Toward the Blue Sky, Returning Home
One morning, after completing the five sets of exercises and sending forth righteous thoughts at six o’clock, I looked out the window. A few white clouds floated in the bright blue sky. Suddenly, I saw a large flying object moving swiftly from east to west, trailing colorful ribbons. When it reached in front of me, it rose upward and paused for about five seconds before continuing westward.
A thought immediately surfaced: was it a balloon? A kite? No—it wasn’t. Though I couldn’t see clearly, a firm thought came to me: it was a celestial being! My heart remained calm and peaceful. I understood that Master was encouraging me to be diligent and to return to my true, heavenly home.
I knew this was not a coincidence but Master’s compassionate arrangement to enlighten me. We all descended layer by layer from the immense cosmos to this human world to obtain the Fa and fulfill our vows—to assist Master in Fa-rectification and to save sentient beings. Here, we temper ourselves, eliminate karma, and find joy in hardship, shedding the human body to form divine bodies. Our stay in the human world is brief—our true home is in heaven. Only by removing human attachments and meeting the standard can we return.
I asked myself, “Am I truly cultivating? Do I completely believe in Master and the Fa? In tribulations, is my first thought human or divine?”
I felt ashamed. I had not done well—sometimes diligent, sometimes lax. In key moments, human notions prevailed. I regretted missing many chances for improvement. Yet I remain confident, for I am Master’s disciple walking a divine path toward the new universe as a being of Buddha, Dao, or God.
I also realized that we were once Master’s close kin, protected and guided by Him throughout lifetimes. Master has exhausted Himself to awaken us from delusion. My gratitude is beyond words. Whenever I faced obstacles or pain, I asked myself: who are my true family—parents, children, siblings? None of them truly are. All human ties are karmic, meant to help me improve and reach consummation. They too are beings to be saved in my world.
To live in the same time as our great Master is an immeasurable honor and joy. Master has bestowed upon us so much, far beyond what we can comprehend.
It was Master who opened my wisdom and allowed me to see the truth—that gods truly exist among us. Genuine cultivators can feel and experience this. We are deeply lost in worldly illusions, yet we must see through them, let go of attachments, and eliminate karma formed over countless lifetimes. In resisting persecution and assisting Fa-rectification, we refine our true selves, for we were once divine beings and will return to our heavenly homes as such again.
2. Removing Fundamental Attachments, Finding the True Self
Master said in Essentials for Further Advancement II (“Towards Consummation”), “What is a fundamental attachment, then? Human beings acquire many notions in this world and are, as a consequence, driven by them to pursue what they yearn for.”
Master also said in Essentials for Further Advancement III (“To the Chicago Fa Conference”), “Whatever you experience during your cultivation--whether good or bad--is good, for it comes about only because you are cultivating.”
Some time ago, I went to a new Fa-study site on the fifth floor. I climbed the stairs too quickly and strained my left waist. That night, turning in bed was painful. The next time I was supposed to go, I hesitated, but a fellow practitioner reminded me, “Be sure to come next time.” I realized Master was using her words to enlighten me—that group Fa-study is required by Master for overall elevation. I shouldn’t stop because of physical discomfort.
I endured it passively without righteous thoughts, and the condition lingered. Later, my toe was also injured, making walking difficult. I realized this wasn’t normal—it was interference. I calmed down to look inward. At first, when my waist was strained, I didn’t immediately reject the notion; instead, I thought, “I should’ve been more careful, my waist was weak before,” treating it as ordinary injury or karma elimination. This gave the old forces an excuse to persecute me further.
Reflecting deeply, I realized those negative thoughts weren’t my true self—they were postnatal notions and false selves formed over time. I denied and eliminated them. Indeed, these tribulations were good things—opportunities to improve and ascend. I found many hidden attachments: showing off, joy, saving face, fear, resentment, looking down on others, seeking comfort, pursuit of perfection, attachment to a good life, affection for family—all human attachments that I hadn’t fully let go.
I used to think I was cultivating these away, but in truth I only examined the surface. The root was selfishness—self-centeredness, the hallmark of the old universe. As I sent forth righteous thoughts to clear them, my main consciousness grew stronger and more awake. Recognizing them for what they were dissolved their power. When the true self emerges, everything in the human world is seen as illusion, fleeting like smoke.
Cultivation has no small matters. In daily life, in every conflict, thought, and action, I must stay clear, unaffected by appearances—including physical illusions. With the Fa to rectify myself and by completely denying all old force arrangements, I entrust everything to Master, letting go of human thoughts and even life and death. When one truly elevates in the Fa, all evil interference and so-called sickness karma dissolve.
By diligently doing the three things, true cultivation manifests in all aspects, and everything begins to change.
Grateful to Master.
Thank you, fellow practitioners.
These are my limited understandings. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
Chinese version: https://www.zhengjian.org/node/298629
