(Minghui.org) Studying the Fa and doing the exercises as a group is something that Master has told us to do. With the current situation in mainland China, most Fa study groups rarely practice the exercises together. I once suggested that our group do the exercises together after Fa study. We ended up finding many incorrect exercise movements. Similar problems exist in other groups too. Even some veteran Falun Dafa practitioners had incorrect movements.
For example, some practitioners stretched their whole body before Master's voice told them to “stretch” during the first exercise. Some practitioners wrapped their fingers around their thumbs when they were supposed to make a hollow fist during the fourth exercise. Some also didn't move their hands along the inside and outside of their arms correctly. There were many other things. I would like to suggest that practitioners correct each others' movements after group Fa study. I believe it's an urgent matter regarding our collective improvement.
The second issue is respecting Falun Dafa books. We have to really think about whether we have truly treasured Dafa books.
I'm the one who makes new copies of Falun Dafa books for our group. I noticed some practitioners had stained Master's picture in the book. Some pictures of Master were wrinkled. I was brought to tears seeing this. I apologized to Master in my mind, and replaced the pictures. I feel deeply sorry that some practitioners haven't treasured their Falun Dafa books. Some pages in their books were stained with ink or food. Some book covers were stained or had unrelated pictures or text affixed to them or had broken covers that were mended with sticky tape. Some word corrections in their books were written directly over the old text. Other practitioners asked me to make several copies of certain books and they then put them arbitrarily around their homes. Some others stocked up books.
Master said,
“Some people’s comprehension just doesn’t improve. Some folks just go and start marking up this book of mine. Now, those of us with open Third Eyes can see that this book is full of dazzling colors, and sparkling with golden light, and every word is in my Law Body’s image. If I lied I’d be cheating you, so I’ll tell you: the marks you make are so dark, and you dare to just mark it up like that? Do you know what we’re doing here? Aren’t we guiding you upward in cultivation? You should stop and give a little thought to some things. This book can guide your cultivation—now think, isn’t it precious? You worship Buddha, but can that help you do true cultivation? You’re very pious and you handle that Buddha’s statue like fragile glass, and you burn incense for it every day, yet you dare to tamper with the Great Law that can truly guide your cultivation.” (The Ninth Talk from Zhuan Falun) (Translation Edition (Feb. 2003, North America))
Master also told us,
“This Fa forges the countless Kings and Lords of all the massive colossal firmaments, and it's what ensures the existence of all beings and different elements in the cosmos, which includes the tiny you.” (Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference)
In the same lecture, Master also said,
“But there's one problem, which is, if you don't respect Master, it's wrong according to the principles of the cosmos, and the old forces will take advantage of the gap and destroy you because of this. They'll have seized the biggest excuse to destroy you, since they've seen the entire process of my saving you.” (Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Lantern Festival)
Category: Improving Oneself
