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Letting Go of the Attachment to Selfishness Enables One to Fundamentally Upgrade By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province (Clearwisdome.net) During my cultivation of
"Truth-Compassion-Forbearance," I have experienced deeper inner
meanings of the Fa by digging out my fundamental attachments through studying
the Fa. I can see the bad elements in my realms while in the process
of cultivating. I can easily see that I have let go of these attachments through
enlightening to the Fa principles. In the past I was negligent in exchanging
insights with other practitioners. I also failed to form a one body with fellow
practitioners. Therefore I missed many opportunities to upgrade myself along
with fellow practitioners due to inharmonious interactions with others. I became
enlightened that this resulted from of my attachment to qing
and selfishness. I rarely considered other people's feelings, and I acted like
an ordinary person when conflicts moved my heart. I was paying too much
attention to selfish pursuit and comfort. When my feelings were hurt I would
hate others. I was reluctant to face my faults even when I was hurting very
badly. If I did not restrain myself, my selfishness would take over. Sometimes I
looked for excuses, feeling that I was more compassionate than others during the
conflicts. I failed to see the severity of my own selfishness. Master taught us in "What is Forbearance (Ren)?" in Essentials
for Further Advancement: "Forbearance is the key to improving one's xinxing.
To endure with anger, grievance, or tears is the forbearance of an everyday
person who is attached to his concerns. To endure completely without anger or
grievance is the forbearance of a cultivator." I used to seek out ways to be an ordinary good person from the Fa, but now I
no longer seek what is human. I base my life on the Fa and godliness. As
practitioners we need to let go of all human attachments on our path of
cultivation. We must rid ourselves of the attachment to the fear of being hurt
or having to endure mental discomfort. When a conflict arises, we must learn to
be forbearing, because forbearance is the way to upgrade oneself. If as cultivators, we cannot reach the standard of a cultivator, we will be
taken advantage of by the evil. Selfishness makes other practitioners, friends,
and family hurt each other. Because qing is selfish, qing causes
conflicts, so all conflicts are formed by qing. If cultivators are not
attached to human qing, these attachments could not move us and then we
would be able to manifest the grand mercy of a cultivator. If we use Fa standards to guide us and keep in check our own bad thoughts at
all times, as well as eliminate selfishness and rectify ourselves, we can
upgrade constantly. The fewer human attachments we have in our cultivation, the
more wisdom the Fa will bestow upon us. Then we can experience the freedom that
comes from living without qing, and the true power of compassion. Let us remember what Master taught us in "Teaching the Fa at the Fa
Conference at the U.S. Capital", "Then as a cultivator, [you may be thinking,] 'What counts as
cultivating?' Well, doing the things that Dafa disciples are supposed to do,
such as things that validate the Fa and that save sentient beings, among others,
is one's duty-bound responsibility and a part of establishing mighty virtue. But
being able to improve yourself is the most crucial. That is because if you don't
improve yourself, you won't be able to do any of those things well. So when you
are strict with yourself, discover your shortcomings, and constantly get rid of
them, then you are cultivating." We cultivators are one body. If we tolerate and encourage each other, we can
cooperate well with each other. Only if we study the Fa well, measuring
ourselves according to Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, can we then effectively
offer salvation to sentient beings. Posting date: 11/9/2006
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