Practicing to be Selfless

By Dan Yang

(Clearwisdom.net)

While in the process of Fa-rectification and clarifying the truth, I realized what Teacher meant when he said "consider others first so as to attain the righteous Enlightenment of selflessness and altruism." (from "Non-omission in Buddha Nature," Essentials for Further Advancement).

In the process of Fa-rectification, I gradually discovered that if I do not write down my personal realizations or discuss and exchange experiences with fellow practitioners and make a contribution, I am in fact, being very selfish. Dafa has given us everything. On what basis can I solely possess them? Dafa has created all life, so whatever I disclose to any practitioner is in effect repaying Dafa. Dafa has given us the best of everything, and showing the most glorious facets to all life forms is actually eradicating the evil and formulating the future. Would there be anything significant left if we cannot utilize all that we possess in the process of the Fa-rectification? Whether shouldering the duties in our mission of moving forward in the macroscopic viewpoint, or from the point of view of being a small particle in the midst of the whole body, we are all embodied in the complete and natural entity.

Previously, while clarifying the truth, I suddenly and distinctly felt that all the life forms that I encountered in this mortal world were my family members. Hence, all my impatience, apathy, anger, doubts, and so on vanished. They are exerting great efforts to keep afloat in the tide of the secular world. Only Dafa can offer them salvation. In this boundless universe, countless life forms in the countless levels are what you and I are composed of. We are, likewise, in the midst of countless life forms at various levels. We are what we are only if we blend in to this; if we leave it, we shall not be anything. Just imagine how limited, narrow, and lamentable selfishness is!

When I actually realized the supremacy of the Fa, I experienced a renewal and everything became completely fresh. Gradually, the higher realms of the Fa unfolded. Actually, the Fa is so brilliant; what Teacher told us about "consider others first so as to attain the righteous Enlightenment of selflessness and altruism" bears great and far-reaching connotations for those of us practicing in this period of Fa-rectification. Teacher has told us that everything is being generated in the process of Fa-rectification; in all these things, not only are we performing Fa-rectification, practicing and saving all human beings, we are also forging the future interrelationships of all of us in the present Fa-rectification period. Amongst all the disciples who are practicing for the extraordinary outcome there are the factors of mutual encouragement, mutual assistance and a responsibility for each other!

Strive diligently to advance! Discard the concepts of the ages and even of the various levels. Cherish it, as we are in the final step of reaching new and lofty realms we have never attained before.

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