My Thoughts on Validating the Fa and Saving Sentient Beings
By practitioner Zhen Xiu in the U.S.
(Clearwidsom.net) Self-cultivation occurs as long as we do everything we
should to validate the Fa and save sentient beings. I was recently
truly moved by one practitioners' sharing. My intentions have been greater than
my behavior, however. I often really want to share with others, but my human
attachments are so great! I usually think that what I am sharing is not
important and everyone already knows what I'm talking about. Actually, while
searching my heart, I find that thoughts of reputation and worry surround me. When I first heard about the exposure of the Sujiatun Concentration Camp, I
was shocked and had difficulty accepting this. However, I calmed down and
studied the "Fa." I asked myself how an enlightened being would think
about this situation. Regardless of what explanation is put forth, I realize
this is an old-force arrangement. Sujiatun and similar concentration camps exist
to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. In fact, sentient beings are also
affected. Dafa practitioners will improve even though they suffer and are
tortured to death. However, the death of so many practitioners really hinders
efforts at saving numerous sentient beings. We should completely deny and
eliminate the old forces' evil arrangements. Recently, I studied the Fa and realized that we practitioners in the era of
Fa-rectification have no predecessors. Formerly, cultivation was for
practitioners themselves to escape the suffering of samsara (the cycle of
reincarnation). The purpose was to benefit oneself. Our Falun Dafa is not like
that. We are practitioners who follow our teacher to clarify the
truth. Our task is validating Dafa and saving sentient beings.
Self-cultivation occurs as long as our behavior is based on validating Falun
Dafa and saving sentient beings. I think that if we are still based in the old
principle of "using selfishness to eliminate selfishness," then we are
then indeed lacking the Fa's mighty power to deny the old force's evil
arrangements. On the other hand, if we truly cultivate to attain selflessness,
our Fa's mighty power will be unlimited. I don't know if I have expressed all of this very clearly. It is true that
sometimes what we say may not clearly indicate what we understand. For example,
I felt uncomfortable about one practitioner's behavior during the last Los
Angeles Fa Conference. I was in a dilemma. If I pointed out his behavior,
perhaps I was not being tolerant. On the other hand, maybe I was not behaving
responsibly towards that practitioner if I failed to point something out to him.
I hesitated for an entire day. As a result of the hesitation, my abdomen became
so painful that I could not walk normally. I did not understand what was going
on, nor did I think very deeply about it, either. In the afternoon, practitioners displayed the "Great Wall of Truth"
along the side of the street. Our location was good, and lots of people could
view our banner and ask questions. Suddenly, a local practitioner asked us to
move to another location where many vehicles blocked the view of our banner and
people could not see us. Later, she let us move on to another place, but by then
our time was limited as the activity was almost over for the day. I said to
another practitioner who stood beside me, "We should not move again, or we
will not have enough time!" He hesitated and said, "Shouldn't we
really tolerate the inconvenience?" I didn't say anything. Suddenly a
thought came to me, "Why do we cultivate? Don't we clarify the truth?"
"No, just stop right here! We should not move any more!" I was not
sure if I was right, but just did what I thought to be correct. Several seconds
later, I felt my illness symptoms vanish! I knew what we had done was correct! I
understand that no matter what appears on the surface, we are right as long as
our hearts are pure. I was always confused. I felt that cultivation was so difficult! I thought
that cultivating in the maze was so difficult because we cannot firmly
understand what is right and what is wrong. Now, I finally understand. If we
strictly take the Fa as teacher and eliminate all selfish thoughts, we will
naturally do the right thing. We should widely expose the Sujiatun situation and let more and more people
know about it and the other concentration camps in China. This is another
important opportunity for people to position themselves. Before I do something
for Dafa, I check my own heart to make sure that "I am cultivating and I am
establishing mighty virtue." Eliminate those selfish thoughts and keep the
heart pure. Our thoughts must be selfless when saving sentient beings. Only then
are we most effective when clarifying the truth. I think if everyone meets a
cultivator's standards every time, there will be nothing that we cannot
overcome. We are Teacher's students. This is only my opinion, and any comments or suggestions are most welcome. 24th March, 2006
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/25/123678.html
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