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My Understanding Regarding Overseas Practitioners Visiting Clearwisdom.net
By Fayuan from overseas
(Clearwisdom.net) As Falun Dafa practitioners, we all know the purpose of
visiting Clearwisdom.net. For us, Clearwisdom is a window to our cultivation. It
helps us understand the advancement of the Fa-rectification process, and it is
the place for practitioners around the world to share our experiences. While
overseas practitioners have the freedom to log onto Clearwisdom, practitioners
in China risk their lives visiting Clearwisdom (or Minghui.org, the Chinese
version of Clearwisdom.net). I would like to point out that overseas
practitioners may take for granted this great advantage they have. Take myself as an example: when I'm busy, I'm simply reluctant to look at
Clearwisdom for days. When I have a break afterwards, I catch up and read the
Clearwisdom articles that I missed. From reading the experience sharing of
fellow practitioners, I often see where I need improvement, and sense that we
have great responsibilities. When I read about other practitioners doing so well
in clarifying the truth, especially practitioners in China risking their lives
spreading the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and
encouraging the three withdrawals to save sentient beings, I feel ashamed of
myself in comparison. We all know that there is not much time left and every
second is valuable. We should fulfill Teacher's request and shoulder the great
mission of saving sentient beings. Any Dafa work is our responsibility and we
should not argue over personal loss and gain. We are walking the path of
divinity. We should not waste time and energy gossiping about practitioners,
saying things like "so and so said something bad about me," or
"so and so mistreated me." We should not harbor anger or spend too
much time on the phone with practitioners discussing such matters. In Lecture Four of Zhuan Falun, Teacher talked about
"Transformation of Karma": "Therefore, from now on when you come across a conflict you should not
consider it a coincidence. This is because when a conflict occurs, it will
take place unexpectedly. But that is not a coincidence - it is for improving
your xinxing. As long as you treat yourself as a practitioner, you can handle
it properly." "Upon running into this conflict, we should, first of all, keep a cool
head, and we should not behave the same as that person. Of course, we can
explain the matter kindly, and it is not a problem if we clarify the issue.
But you should not become too attached to it. If we encounter these problems,
we should not compete and fight like others. If you do what that person did,
aren't you an ordinary person? Not only should you not compete and fight like
him, but also you should not resent that person in your heart. Really, you
should not hate that person. If you hate that person, aren't you upset? You
have not followed forbearance." Teacher has warned us numerous times in his lectures that whenever we
encounter conflict we should look within. "I don't want the environment Dafa disciples have to become one in
which people point fingers at each other. I want the environment to be one in
which everyone can accept criticism and at the same time look inside
themselves. If everyone cultivates himself, everyone looks within, and
everyone cultivates himself well, won't the conflicts be few?"
("Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles," February 25, 2006) If we spend our time more on studying the Fa, walking steadily every single
step, reading more Clearwisdom articles on how other practitioners cultivate
themselves, and look within ourselves and find our gaps, our hearts will open
up. Dafa is formless and yet it is one whole body. Teacher has given us the way
to study the Fa and to share experiences among practitioners. In the final
moments before the arrival of Fa-rectification, let's not miss this once in a
lifetime opportunity and forget our purpose in coming here to this world. Let's
not disappoint Teacher's expectation and compassion of saving all beings. This is just my understanding at my level, please kindly point out any
inappropriateness.
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