PureInsight | February 21, 2026
[PureInsight.org] For a few consecutive years, Shen Yun audiences can hear such words—"Follow Me to the Human World for Fa-Rectification" at the beginning of the show. (This year's first piece is "The Fa Rectifies the Human World", which, of course, is also part of Fa-rectification.) Some fellow practitioners have said, “That’s Master’s voice.” Is it really? I listened more carefully—and it truly is! It is Master! Master’s voice penetrates layers upon layers of the cosmos, again and again awakening us to Fa-rectification!
I. Coming to the Human World for Fa-Rectification
1. Fa-Rectification Was Predestined Long Ago
I thought to myself, “Why did I come down here?” It turns out—it was for Fa-rectification! Master said in The Disciples’ Magnificence from Essentials of Diligent Progress II,“Dafa disciples’ doing Fa-rectification has no precedent in history.”
I didn’t obtain Dafa by chance, or came here to cultivate just for personal consummation. Nor did I decide to participate in Fa-rectification only after gaining the Fa. It was determined long ago, earlier than 200 million years ago (even before the two Earths)—that I would descend with Master, solely for Fa-rectification.
2. Saving Sentient Beings through Fa-Rectification
Why rectify the Fa? What does it mean? From my understanding, Master explained (in essence) that the entire universe had deviated from the Fa, so it needed to be rectified. Sentient beings were heading irreversibly toward destruction, trapped within the cosmic cycle of Formation-Stasis-Degeneration-Destruction. Fa-rectification makes it possible for beings to transition from the old universe into the new.
This process is the salvation of countless beings in the cosmos. But how are they saved? Do they all have to descend to the human world? No. Representatives—Lords and Kings—are sent down. And who will save them? It’s you, me, and others—today’s Dafa disciples!
II. Saving Sentient Beings from Within the Human World
Master said in Congratulatory Statement to the New York Fa Conference from Essentials of Diligent Progress III, “All that you are doing is for sentient beings.”
Master said in 20th Anniversary Fa Teaching from Collected Teachings Given Around the World, Volume XI, “If you can, in whatever realm you are at in your cultivation, save the beings that you should save; if you can set free the beings that you should save out from among humans…”
How do we save beings from within this world? Do we need to walk on knives or jump into fire?
No. Cultivating our hearts is enough.
Now that we are cultivators, every event we encounter has deep inner meaning—it’s no longer mundane. The appearances may look like everyday issues—fame, gain, emotion, and so on—but they are not the same for cultivators.
For example: if someone offends you, takes your things, and you fight back like an ordinary person—you may gain something in the human world. But in the corresponding universe tied to you, entire realms and sentient beings will instantly disintegrate and be eliminated—because the tide of Fa-rectification waits for no one.
But if instead you resolve it with Dafa—remembering that a cultivator harbors no resentment or hatred, that you descended for Fa-rectification, and that your heart is meant to be compassionate and peaceful—then in that moment, the celestial beings you represent will be saved.
Why is this? Because, as I understand it, everything we encounter here is a reflection of our cosmic systems and sentient beings under the impact of Fa-rectification. All of it must manifest in this lowest dimension—the human body—because we are the representatives. Through the mystical connection between the human form and the cosmos, when we do well here, beings there are saved.
Master said in Teachings from a Tour of North America, “The reason is, that gigantic cosmic body is below you, it’s almost like your body, because that’s how gigantic you are. There are countless sentient beings and countless cosmic firmaments inside there.”
Master said in Fa Teaching Given at the 2015 New York Fa Conference, “And with Dafa disciples, your each and every thought is determining the survival of many beings; how you handle things, and whether you do them well or not, is deciding the future existence of those beings. Could they possibly not be concerned, then?”
III. Breaking the Interference of Personal Cultivation Thinking
The mindset of personal cultivation is deeply ingrained in us. Through countless reincarnations, we have practiced personal cultivation—arranged by the old forces. But they never understood what Fa-rectification truly is—they only know personal cultivation.
This personal cultivation mindset greatly interferes with Dafa disciples in the Fa-rectification period: We hesitate to see ourselves as divine. We doubt our purity and lack of attachment. And we don’t dare to stand as Lords or Kings to rectify the Fa.
Instead, we’re always thinking: “I still have this attachment.” “I must improve.” “I can’t be left behind.”—all self-centered thoughts.
How can we break this habit of personal cultivation interfering with Fa-rectification? Let’s try to realign and rectify this through Fa principles—truly shifting toward Fa-rectification cultivation.
1. I Have No Attachments; Human Thoughts Are Not Me
Master said in Teachings from a Tour of North America, “By July 20th of 1999 I had already pushed all of the pre-July 20 students to their positions—I pushed you to your highest positions.”
Master said in Teachings at the Conference in Canada, “Your most microscopic part is your true self, and I begin to transform you from the most microscopic level.”
Master said in For Whom Do You Exist? from Essentials for Further Advancement, “In fact, other than a person’s innate purity and innocence, all notions are acquired postnatally and are not a person’s actual self.”
Master said in Teachings at the Conference in the Eastern U.S., “What I want to give you is the ability to reach the purest realm since the creation of Heaven and Earth.”
Master said in Teachings at the Conference in Switzerland, “Human beings have many attachments, all kinds of notions, and a range of emotions and desires. All these thoughts are in your head, yet none of them are you. I’ve said that this door is wide open and that only your heart matters. It’s just up to a person’s heart whether he can cultivate, and whether he can still have the thought and intention of returning to his origin and true self. So I’m telling you that everything that interferes with your thinking might not be you. As for some people who can’t forgo their self-interest while it is at stake among everyday people, or those who can’t tell which thoughts are theirs and which aren’t, and who even think that those bad thoughts are theirs, we definitely won’t keep looking after them. Why? Because those people have taken those bad thoughts to be themselves, and yet these things of ours are not to be given to those bad thoughts.”
Master said in Teachings at the First Conference in North America, “This time, you leap out from them. If you can truly discern them [as not you], it equates to your having made a clean break from them and having found yourself. Doing this is itself cultivation, and it can remove them quickly. If you can truly discern them, they will be scared since it’s time for them to be eliminated.”
Master said in Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa from Collected Teachings Given Around the World, Volume XI, “I can tell you that your fundamental being understands things even more clearly than I’m putting them. The reason is, Master is now using the language of human beings to speak, whereas your true selves are very much aware, only it’s that postnatal factors of the Three Realms as well as those bad things have given rise in you to notions, experiences, and accumulations of things, burying you like dirt would, and preventing your true thoughts from coming back to the surface. So you have to cultivate. You have to climb out, wipe away those contaminating things, and wash yourself clean. That is precisely what you do in the cultivation process, and at the same time, while amidst ordeals, you must save people.”
From these teachings, I understand that Master has pushed us to the highest divine position in the new universe—a completely Fa-conforming, pure state—so we can rectify the Fa and correct all that is unrighteous. We must be clear and firm in believing this! A being full of attachments could not bear this responsibility.
So why do attachments appear in our thoughts? Though arranged by the old forces, they reflect the deviation of sentient beings within our cosmic realm—something for which we are responsible as their main Lords or Kings. Every improper thought appears in us to be rectified. If it doesn’t align with the Fa, it’s eliminated. We ourselves have already been rectified by Master, so we can go forward and save sentient beings.
Though those bad thoughts appear in us—they are not us. It’s like a parent: if their child makes a mistake, the parent is held responsible, but the error wasn’t committed by the parent.
2. Our Motive for Letting Go of Attachments Is Saving Sentient Beings
Master said in Teachings Given on Lantern Festival Day, 2003, “Except for newer students, from July 20 of 1999 on, Master hasn’t created any personal cultivation tests for you, and that’s because overall your personal cultivation has changed in every respect so that it’s in the direction of saving sentient beings and validating Dafa.”
I previously struggled to grasp the meaning behind this. How should I shift from personal cultivation to validating the Fa and saving sentient beings? How do I change my thoughts? How do I understand Dafa and the problems that arise?
Now I’ve gained a new understanding: When attachments appear in our thinking, if we believe “I have such-and-such an attachment, I must eliminate it,” or think “I need to distribute more truth materials so I don’t fall behind,” or “my family members are there to help me cultivate, so I must treat them well,” or “I’ve done so much for Dafa, I should reach consummation”—these may seem right, but they are all based in personal cultivation—they are self-centered.
That’s why you may remove some bad things—but progress is slow, interference is great, and tribulations are many.
But if we see every human attachment as interfering with Fa-rectification and saving beings,
if we clearly know that our true self is pure and has no such things, if we stand as Lords or Kings, from a Fa-rectification perspective, and eliminate them from top to bottom, it becomes thorough, swift, and reduces difficulties.
Why? Because that aligns with the Fa’s requirement for cultivators in the Fa-rectification period.
There is no personal cultivation now. Our basis for removing human attachments is to save sentient beings. We do our jobs, play roles in our families—not for ourselves, but to help people develop righteous thoughts toward Dafa and thus be saved. Even dressing neatly when we go out is to leave a positive impression of Dafa—so people can be saved.
Everything we do is rooted in saving beings. That is the shift from personal cultivation to Fa-rectification cultivation. It is a top-down cleansing of attachments from the standpoint of Fa-rectification, not bottom-up from a personal cultivation perspective.
Whether dealing with human attachments or evil persecution—it’s the same. Human thoughts and every notion were arranged by the old forces. They first intensify your attachment, then launch persecution.
Looking from the perspective of Fa-rectification: Family members and those around you are beings to be saved. We must be tolerant and kind to them. No matter how much you’ve done for Dafa, you should have done it—you're a particle of Dafa. Does your heart demand praise for beating? Would it show off? Of course not. If it doesn’t do its job, the body collapses—and it self-destructs.
If you don’t see yourself as a Dafa particle and aren’t melted into the Fa, then you stand outside the Fa and bargain with it.
If you don’t believe “I have no attachments,” you’re still in personal cultivation. If you don’t believe “I am the purest,” you haven’t shifted your thinking to Fa-rectification cultivation. If your motivation isn’t for sentient beings, you’re not a qualified Fa-rectification practitioner.
IV. Truly Assisting the Master in Fa-Rectification
1. Understanding the Scripture Expounding on the Fa
I have come to realize that in the scripture Expounding on the Fa, Master had already awakened us to the need to shift our mindset—from focusing on personal cultivation to Fa-rectification cultivation. We must not confine ourselves to the old universe’s understanding of cultivation, as doing so will interfere with Fa-rectification.
Master said in Expounding on the Fa from Essentials for Further Advancement, " For a long period of time the sentient beings in Dafa, especially the disciples, have had a misunderstanding of the Fa at various levels regarding xinxing improvement. Whenever a tribulation comes, you do not see it with the side of your original nature but view it completely with your human side. Evil demons then capitalize on this point and inflict endless interference and damage, leaving students in long-term tribulations. As a matter of fact, this results from an inadequate understanding of the Fa by your human side. You have humanly restrained your divine side; in other words, you have restrained the parts that have been successfully cultivated and have prevented them from doing Fa-rectification. How can the uncultivated side restrain your main thoughts or the side that has already attained the Fa? Having humanly fostered the evil demons, you allow them to capitalize on the loopholes in the Fa. When a tribulation arrives, if you, a disciple, can truly maintain an unshakable calm or be determined to meet different requirements at different levels, this should be sufficient for you to pass the test. If it continues endlessly and if there do not exist other problems in your xinxing or conduct, it must be that the evil demons are capitalizing on the weak spots caused by your lack of control. After all, a cultivator is not an ordinary human. So why doesn’t the side of you that is your original nature rectify the Fa? "
The Fa contains infinite inner meanings. From my current understanding, I see that because the old universe only allowed for personal cultivation, every time tribulations arose, we naturally responded from the human perspective, leading us to rely entirely on our human side to understand what happened. For example, when faced with conflicts or emotional entanglements, we may think, “I have a heart of competitiveness,” or “My emotions are too strong. I need to eliminate them.” We believe this is how we improve xinxing. But this is a misunderstanding in the context of Fa-rectification cultivation—it no longer fits.
In Fa-rectification cultivation, we are required to use our innate nature to understand tribulations when they arise. The "innate nature" refers to the true self—already in a state of consummation, pure, detached, and fully in harmony with the Fa. It would never say things like “Oh, I have competitiveness.” Instead, it directly recognizes and rectifies any unrighteous thoughts or beings—it eliminates them. Its only role is to rectify the Fa.
The true self clearly understands that the existence of such thoughts or beings is destructive to sentient beings. Where do human notions come in? Eliminate them! Who threw them at me? Eliminate them all! As soon as these thoughts arise, you gradually learn to distinguish them and ultimately, in a split second, identify them and stop being swayed. This rapid recognition and disintegration of unrighteous thoughts with righteous thoughts is the true manifestation of xinxing improvement.
If we cling to the misunderstanding of traditional personal cultivation, we end up suppressing the main Consciousness (true self, innate nature) and preventing it from rectifying the Fa. This negligence creates loopholes, trapping us in endless tribulations caused by repeated clashes with human attachments—because we have mistaken these attachments for ourselves. Evil beings seize this opportunity and constantly throw corrupted elements at us, forcing us to endlessly “cultivate” them.
So how do we break free from this misunderstanding? Master has told us directly in Expounding on the Fa, “So why doesn’t the side of you that is your original nature rectify the Fa?”
Thus, the true self must base everything on Fa-rectification: outwardly, it eliminates all evil that interferes with saving sentient beings; inwardly, it eliminates all human attachments and unrighteous thoughts that are not aligned with Dafa.
Only by simultaneously doing both the internal and external work, can it be considered complete Fa-rectification. As righteous thoughts grow stronger during Fa-rectification, one’s xinxing improves as well. In this way, the misunderstanding is broken and the arrangements of the old forces are completely negated.
2. Correctly Approaching Fa-Rectification Cultivation
The shift from personal to Fa-rectification cultivation means that personal cultivation, as previously understood, no longer exists. This doesn’t mean we stop cultivating ourselves or cease looking inward. Rather, the inner meaning and starting point have changed—it is a fundamental transformation. We still look inward and cultivate ourselves, but now the foundation is entirely for the sake of sentient beings, not for ourselves.
Fa-rectification cultivation demands a higher standard and greater discipline. Eliminating attachments must be done with greater intensity—because there is a responsibility involved! If you cling to human notions, insist on being “right,” then you are effectively destroying the beings who have pinned all their hopes on you.
If you constantly lose your temper, feel resentment, seek comfort, live in fear, obsess over money, or are controlled by lust—and you continue to be led by these things—you fail to distinguish them from your true self. You do not rectify them. This is not merely a matter of failing your own cultivation. You are destroying sentient beings. It is a crime. In the end, you yourself will be eliminated.
Master said in Fa Teaching at the 2016 New York Fa Conference, “With regard to the things you need to do, you argue and fight with human attachments, without ever thinking that you are a Dafa disciple! How enormous is the responsibility you shoulder! You’ve never considered issues on such a basis as saving sentient beings, but always think with human notions!” “If you really cannot treat things properly, problems will really appear. Those will not be just small problems, as your life and the eternity of your life will be terminated by the old forces.”
This shift in mindset manifests in every moment of our daily lives. No matter where or when, as soon as a negative thought arises, the “innate nature” must immediately rectify it! For instance, while distributing materials, if a fear suddenly arises, immediately recognize it as interference in saving beings, “This doesn’t belong to me. Don’t add these things to me. Disintegrate and eliminate it immediately!” Never say, “I have fear and need to eliminate it.” Fear is a foreign entity implanted by evil beings—we must not acknowledge it.
As for sending forth the righteous thoughts at the regularly scheduled times, follow the instructions as taught by Master. Let the main consciousness lead—pure, detached, righteous. That is the will of a Vajra!
When we diligently do the work and truly elevate our xinxing, deeper meanings of the Fa will naturally unfold before us.
V. Creating Enlightened Beings of the New Universe
Why must our thinking shift from personal cultivation to Fa-rectification cultivation? Why must everything we do be based on saving sentient beings and placing others first? It is so we can rise out of the selfishness of the old universe, lead sentient beings out of its constraints, and meet the standards of lives in the new universe—so that they may endure eternally!
Master said in Teachings at the Conference in Switzerland, “I spoke about the future universe’s not becoming extinct, and all of you were happy about it. Do you know why it can be that way? Some people say, ‘If a person is not out for himself, he’ll be damned by the heavens.’ Some people have taken this as their motto. Actually, you don’t yet know that this selfishness reaches all the way up to very high levels. As a matter of fact, for cultivators in the past to say, ‘I’m doing such and such,’ ‘I want to do such and such,’ ‘I want to obtain such and such,’ ‘I’m cultivating,’ ‘I want to become a Buddha,’ or ‘I wish to attain such and such,’ none of that was outside of selfishness. But what I want you to do is to truly, purely, and unselfishly Consummate with the real righteous Fa and righteous Enlightenment—only then can you achieve eternal non-extinction. So I’m telling you that you have to consider others first in everything you do.”
Master said in Teachings at the 2004 International Conference in New York, “But the fact is that Dafa has been imparted to you, and it was given so that you could save all beings, it’s for you to establish even greater mighty virtue and be responsible to all beings. Haven’t I said this before: lives of the future do things for others’ sake, not for their own? This process is exactly one in which such qualities are forged in you, so you can’t think about only yourself.” “When a being is considerate of others in doing things and displays tolerance in the process, it’s because his starting point is selfless.”
Master said in Fa Teaching Given at the Washington, D.C. International Fa Conference from Guiding the Voyage, “While suffering tribulations and enduring the agony of the persecution, the students inside China have been clarifying the truth to sentient beings, which has displayed the Great Enlightened Beings’ magnificent feats before they are born.”
The Master’s call echoes through the cosmos, reminding us not to forget our mission of Fa-rectification and saving sentient beings. We must not slack off! Think of the countless sentient beings in other dimensions watching us with longing eyes—we must not give up lightly! Let us treasure this extended time and do even better.
The above reflects my current level of understanding and is shared for mutual improvement among fellow practitioners. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate with compassion.
Chinese version: https://www.zhengjian.org/node/250867
