By Xiao Mei in the US

(Clearwisdom.net September 8) There are about ten Falun Dafa practitioners in our small town. We are all very honest and straightforward, and these characteristics have their advantages as well as drawbacks. The good part lies in that everyone is able to speak out his or her mind, so our existing attachments can be easily exposed. However, not paying enough attention to cultivation of speech can hurt others. As each of us continues to cultivate oneself, our negative sides have become weaker and weaker, while our positive sides have played more and more important roles.

From the quarrelling of several years ago to the honest persuasion and then to the present time, we are able to calm ourselves down whenever we encounter conflicts. We would refrain ourselves from speaking out if the timing was not right. We would patiently wait to explain some point to our fellow practitioners when the proper time arrived. Overall, we did not let the chance pass by. Sometimes, when one's main consciousness is not very strong, one really needs a strong push from fellow practitioners.

After finishing the sitting meditation this morning, I found that Dong had come home. Aunt Z told me, "Lin told Dong yesterday, 'Can you calculate how many hours you have spent in cultivation [exercises] each day? You are usually very busy, but you should be able to come to do the practice on weekends.'" I was very touched by what I heard. How sacred is the pure relationship that is entirely for the benefit of the others!

While a cultivator keeps letting go of everyday people's notions and sentimentality, is what he or she has cultivated out of child-like innocence and an Enlightened Being's compassion? When you talk to others while in this state of mind, they will be able to feel your compassion, whichever way you talk to them. We all also have realized that through cultivation practice, the various notions that occur between different types of people become weaker and weaker. I understand that this is because a child does not have these notions and he is honest with everyone. It is even more the case for Enlightened Beings, who treat all beings with compassion.

We are all children that Master has led on a path of cultivation, and we are all walking home faster and faster. However, when one of us occasionally is unable to catch up with the others, at that time, the fellow children should step forward and give him or her a hand so that they are able to go home together by following Master. I am unable to describe the magnificence and greatness that exists with human language.

September 8, 2003

Posting date: 9/22/2003
Original article date: 9/21/2003
Category: Practitioners' Insights
Translated on 9/15/2003
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/9/8/56975.html

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