Focus and Persistence Can Achieve Miracles

Xuefeng

February 12, 2015

When something thought to be impossible happens, it is a miracle. This could include various supernatural abilities, miraculous cures for terminal illnesses, gender transformations, rejuvenation, turning stones into gold, traveling through wormholes, and so on. The realization of the most cherished wishes is also considered a miracle.

The changes in all phenomena in the universe are governed by programs. As long as these programs are activated, they will operate automatically, bringing about the outcomes people passionately desire. For example, just as a sexual encounter naturally leads to climax once the program is triggered, or breastfeeding automatically produces milk once a child is born, miracles will occur when the proper programs are set in motion.

We hope for miracles, but in reality, their occurrence is rare. The things we long for often do not materialize, and the phenomena we wish for do not happen. This is not because miracles do not exist, but because our efforts are insufficient. "Three feet of ice do not form in a single day, and a drop of water wears through a stone not in one day." Without deep effort and proper execution, miracles will not happen.

"The five colors can confuse the eye; the five sounds can deafen the ear." When our goals are scattered, when our wishes are numerous and varied, when we are inundated with information, and when our awareness is distracted by various studies and marvels at countless changes, it becomes difficult to achieve miracles. Only focus and persistence can lead to miracles.

By concentrating all energy on a single point and persisting, miracles will occur. People often seek quick results, dabble briefly, and never delve deeply. Everything remains superficial, and thus miracles do not occur. Our desires are too many and too superficial, which prevents miracles from happening.

There are no impossible things, only those that cannot be transformed by our thinking or imagined by our consciousness; there are no unattainable goals, only efforts that are incomplete and abandoned halfway. In my discussion on elementary self-improvement, I suggested spending three minutes each morning praying to the Greatest Creator, and clearly expressing your wishes. By doing this consistently, the universe will align to help realize your ideals and fulfill your wishes. The issue is whether we maintain this practice daily. Turning water into wine is not difficult, but do we consistently focus our consciousness on a glass of water in a calm state? If we merely think about things occasionally, make sporadic efforts, and fail to maintain focus and persistence, our desired outcomes will not materialize.

Now you understand what the right fruit is. The right fruit is achieving a state free of secular attachments, possessions, self, sadness, worries, attachment, pessimism, and fear. Reaching the "State of Eightfold Liberation" indicates that we have attained the right fruit. Once this is achieved, attaining miracles becomes easier.

The loss of our home environment is detrimental to achieving miracles because it lacks a suitable atmosphere for focusing on our desires. There are too many external distractions, making it hard to calm our minds. Today's society is overwhelmed with information from television, computers, and the internet, which disturbs our consciousness. Rapid global changes in climate, politics, and social structures leave us overwhelmed and unable to reflect. Combined with numerous and varied wishes, we become like leaves blown chaotically by the wind, unable to take root or focus on any single thing.

As a guide, my advice is to block out all external information and focus on striving toward the "State of Eightfold Liberation." Each day, spend eight minutes in the same place, at the same time, facing the same direction, adopting the same posture, performing the same action, or thinking about the same thing. Persist in this practice until a miracle occurs.

First, determine exactly what you want and what goal you wish to achieve. Once the goal is set, persistently work towards it. Like a saw cutting through wood or water dripping through stone, with dedicated effort, miracles will appear.