My Experiences Reading Fellow Practitioners' Articles on the Internet

By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Beijing

(Clearwidom.net) I've been able to go online since this March, and I read many fellow practitioners' articles. I'd like to share some of my experiences from reading those articles.

1. My attachment of jealousy was exposed.

I read an article by a practitioner who is a college student, and much younger than I am. When I read the article, I thought, "How come she has such good enlightenment quality though she's much younger than I am." In other words, "How come she did better than I did?" Immediately, I realized the thought came from my attachment of jealousy. Teacher specifically talked about this attachment in one lecture in Zhuan Falun! My righteous thoughts came forth. I told myself not to let that bad thought affect me, and got rid of the attachment. When I read her article again, I was deeply moved. I felt so proud of her and I admired her determined righteous thoughts and righteous actions in the face of so much pressure from her family and school while she was so young.

2. My courage for clarifying the truth was boosted.

When I read how my fellow practitioners looked at the persecution and what they did to help sentient beings, I felt I was with them all along. I learned in December 2004 that Teacher asked us to clarify the truth and to save sentient beings. Since then, new understandings and changes have come about through sending forth righteous thoughts, distributing truth-clarification materials, and clarifying the truth to people. Meanwhile, fellow practitioners' great deeds also gave me courage to continue on my path during the Fa-rectification period. Last week when I met a taxi driver, I explained to him the facts of Falun Gong. It went very smoothly. He was very interested in learning how to practice Falun Gong and he told me he wanted his wife to practice as well. He said he could see that Falun Dafa was magnificent just from talking to me.

3. I became more determined to strive forward.

I don't know any fellow practitioners in my local area. My aunt is also a practitioner, and every month I meet with her. Other than that, I'm doing Fa-rectification work on my own. After reading fellow practitioners' articles, I realized I wasn't diligent enough. I don't want to let Teacher down, however, I often pursue everyday people's comforts. Now I know that at night, many fellow practitioners have braved dark nights and storms to walk to remote areas to distribute truth-clarification materials or to put up banners telling people about Falun Dafa while I stayed at home, reading Dafa books and browsing the Internet. I can see the gaps between those practitioners and myself. I came to realize that I should make better use of my time to be more diligent and strive forward.

I am a determined Dafa practitioner. I've sworn to safeguard the Fa, and I've been doing the three things that Teacher asked us to do. However, compared with other practitioners, my contribution is small. I know there are still so many people waiting to be saved. As a particle of the Fa, I should do more so that sentient beings have more opportunities to be saved. This can also help reduce the workloads of my fellow practitioners. Though we live in different areas and might not know each other, we are one body. Actually, I think I should pay more attention in writing this article so I can save time for our practitioners who do editing.

This is my personal experience. Please correct me if I said anything inappropriate.

June 7, 2005

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/6/7/103491.html

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