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At first when we are being reborn, we experience a tranquil
state, but as we enter into our new life, we also enter
a disquieted state. The evil and falsity we previously absorbed
emerge into the open and agitate us. In fact, we
eventually suffer trials and harassment inflicted by the
Devil’s crew, which constantly strives to destroy our new
life. Nonetheless there is a state of peace at our center. If
there were not, we would not fight. In the struggles we go
through, we keep our eye on that state as the goal, and if
we did not have it to aim for, we would never have the
strength or power to fight. It is also owing to this vision
that we conquer. Since it is our goal, it is also the state we
enter after our struggles or trials. It is like a state of spring
taking over after states of fall and winter. It is like a state
of dawn taking over after evening and night.
—Secrets of Heaven 3696:2