Being diligent in genuine cultivation is to complete cultivation within the shortest time possible. A practitioner is simply one who eliminates the attachments of an everyday person. Disciples, you must be clear about what you’re doing!
To be responsible to Dafa, the assistance centers, general assistance centers in different regions, and the Research Society have the right to replace any assistant or person in charge of a branch. Therefore, at times, a person in a position of responsibility may be replaced based on varying situations. Because a person in charge is, first of all, a practitioner who has come here for cultivation practice rather than for being in charge, he should be able to move up and down in his position. Being assigned a position with responsibility is for cultivation practice, yet one can practice cultivation all the same without being in a responsible position. If the person being replaced cannot get over it in his heart, isn’t that caused by his attachment? Isn’t it a good opportunity for him to get rid of that attachment? Given this, if he still cannot give up this attachment, this clearly indicates that it is correct to make the replacement. An attachment to being in a position of responsibility is in itself an unjustified motive for cultivation practice. So let me remind disciples: you will not be able to complete cultivation without giving up this attachment.
Li Hongzhi
June 12, 1996