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Some Thoughts to Share with Fellow Practitioners Who Write Articles
By Dafa disciples in China
(Clearwisdom.net)
Writing articles to clarify the truth is an important component of the Fa-rectification.
Every Fa-rectification article that has carefully selected contents is
pertinent, has focused points, can fully manifest Dafa's grand mercy and
dignity, and has an effect on clarifying the truth, saving human beings, and
frightening and eliminating the evil. It is clear how important the
responsibility is and how huge the impact can be.
Here I do not want to discuss with fellow practitioners details of how to
write an article. Instead, I want to communicate on the practical components
that are embedded in the task of clarifying the truth through writing articles.
This also contains elements that help us to improve ourselves as cultivators.
In fact, writing an article is not fundamentally different from other kinds
of truth-clarification work. All are important for clarifying the truth. An
article only has a different presentation form and thus looks a little special.
So it certainly contains cultivation elements in it.
Many fellow practitioners who have written articles have the same feeling:
some articles were truly difficult to finish, requiring overcoming one hardship
after another (Because the writing process is the process of validating the Fa
and who knows how many evil ghosts and old forces' dark minions have interfered
during that period). It has been thought over and over and so much effort has
been made. After it is finally done, one feels like it was quite satisfactory
and perfect.
Perhaps it is very hard to achieve and one feels that he/she has already
considered everything thoroughly based on being responsible towards the Fa. A
problem hence arises from this. One can barely allow other people to touch, or
edit, one's finished article, and gets very angry if someone says it needs to be
modified. I realized that this became a striking issue among fellow
practitioners who write articles.
The author has experience in regards to this. Sometimes I felt that my
article, on which I spent lots of time and effort or which I wrote under good
conditions, was very well done. Superficially, I still passed it to fellow
practitioners for advice or improvement, but in fact, deep in my heart I had
already made a decision: it is good enough and no changes are needed. When the
article came back to me, to my surprise there were many places where some things
were modified. My human attachment that should be removed then got touched.
However, when I calmed down and seriously thought about the fellow
practitioner's opinions based on being responsible for the whole thing, I had
this feeling: the modifications made by that practitioner are really good! Why
did I not notice or think about this before? Sometimes I even got shocked and
scared by realizing that I was not kind enough and wise enough the first time.
Luckily that practitioner pointed it out in time to me. Later on when fellow
practitioners raised different opinions or suggestions for a change, I would
consider them carefully since I know nothing happens by accident. When we truly
think about what we are doing at the level of being responsible for the Fa, we
will not be influenced by factors such as selfishness and arrogance.
Teacher has asked us to look inward whenever we encounter a problem. We
realize this covers all aspects of our Fa-rectification cultivation. Looking
inside will enable us to be modest in front of our fellow practitioners.
Searching for problems within ourselves will keep our minds clear and sharp.
Looking inside can help us to keep the grand compassion and forbearance all the
time.
In addition, talking from the level of human beings, no matter how capable
and how experienced a person is, his capability is always limited. From a
broader angle, the wisdom and capability of a cultivator is so minimal that it
does not even worth mentioning when comparing it with the endless universal
principle (Dafa). Master said, "... the Fa-power is a reflection of the one
body." ("Do Not Differentiate Between Fa-Rectification Projects; "A Great Way
Has No Form" But Exists As a Whole *With Master's Comment*")
How much power an article can have is not determined by the words used in the
article, it is determined by the meaning implied behind the sentences. An
article contains our information when we finish it. If it is further improved by
fellow practitioners based on the Fa, then aren't more good things added to the
article? We are all particles of Dafa; won't we be even more powerful if we all
harmonize together? |