A Few Thoughts on Treating Seriously the Issue of Submitting Articles to Minghui/Clearwisdom

By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Jinan City, Shandong Province

(Clearwisdom.net) Minghui/Clearwisdom is a solemn website that came into being as the times required and according to the process and requirements of Master's Fa-rectification. Minghui/Clearwisdom has made an enormous contribution to exposing and eliminating the evil old forces, saving the earth’s creatures and sentient beings and assisting Dafa disciples as we advance together as one body. Minghui/Clearwisdom is a sacred "home" for Dafa disciples all over the world, who cultivate themselves during the Fa-rectification period. Therefore, I would like to share some personal understandings on how to actively and seriously submit articles to Minghui/Clearwisdom.

1. Dissolving into one body while stepping forward and letting go of our human attachments and the notion of "self"

I realize that notions such as " I don’t know how to write," "I don’t write well," "I don’t want to write," and, "What I've accomplished through cultivation and what I’ve done are not as good as what other fellow practitioners do," are all human notions that confine a practitioner’s vision within the individual. I didn’t realize clearly that this was precisely my "self" that I really cared about and paid the close attention to when submitting articles to Minghui/Clearwisdom. I didn’t put myself completely within Fa-rectification, nor did I dissolve into one body with other fellow practitioners. Then one day I suddenly became aware of this issue. Although I am not completely pure and righteous in this regard, I broke out of the restriction from the notion of "self." I now understand that by viewing things from a fundamental perspective, every article in which I share my personal understanding of the Fa, every suggestion I bring up, every piece of information and message that I supply, and every reminder that I send to other practitioners for them to correct an incorrect Chinese character appearing on the website of Minghui/Clearwisdom is a duty that I shouldn’t shirk, because I am a single Dafa particle within one body and a Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification period.

The paths that Dafa disciples have walked to validate Falun Dafa during the period of Fa-rectification cultivation are to be kept for future reference. The great responsibility that Minghui/Clearwisdom has accepted as a website is extraordinary and its mission is of great historical importance. Minghui/Clearwisdom’s initiating, development, advancing toward maturity, and genuinely playing its own role needs the tireless efforts of all Dafa disciples. All of us should care for, maintain and harmonize this solemn "home" of ours. From this perspective, my "self" is no longer important. What really counts is that we should harmonize everything that Master would fulfill through the sacrifices and contributions from each one of our Dafa disciples.

2. Continuous summaries and experience sharing meet the need of our advancing together as one body and are a part of validating Dafa

Group Fa study, group exercise practice and experience sharing conferences are important forms that Master has left for our advancing together as one body. During this period of Fa-rectification cultivation, among all kinds of communication methods and experience-sharing with each other, I see from my own perspective that the impact and effect produced by those methods couldn’t be any greater than a single experience-sharing article that was published on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website. This is because visitors to Minghui/Clearwisdom include Dafa disciples throughout the whole world. When Dafa disciples enlighten to an important meaning of the Fa at their level, or if they had some very good personal experiences while validating Dafa, eliminating the old forces or saving sentient beings, they can share them by writing articles. These articles can be published on Minghui/Clearwisdom and generate a huge influence on our advancing together as one body. Also, if a Dafa disciple goes astray or falls into a trap, his or her bitter lessons can be written down and then published on Minghui/Clearwisdom. These articles can be a warning to other fellow practitioners to not follow the same disastrous road in the future. The great role that Minghui/Clearwisdom plays in assisting Dafa disciples to validate Dafa and to advance together as one body cannot be underestimated. Minghui/Clearwisdom imparts so much to us from the contributions that practitioners make through their sacrifice and devotion to Minghui/Clearwisdom. We shouldn’t only want to gain without any giving. Even if we don’t do anything else, the least we can do is send forth righteous thoughts to disintegrate all forms of interference toward Minghui/Clearwisdom from the evil old forces.

3. For practitioners who are adept at writing, they should fulfill their missions well

From the Fa lectures given by Master we should also understand that in validating the Fa, Dafa disciples with an aptitude for technology, music, fine arts and writing have their own responsibilities. Writing articles is how I make a living. One day I suddenly realized that I came here to validate the Fa and my aptitude for writing is a tool to validate the Fa, clarify the truth and save sentient beings. No matter how many lifetimes I have reincarnated within human society, at this most critical lifetime it’s not accidental for me to have this aptitude, and I should fulfill my mission.

4. The process of writing and submitting articles is also a process of cultivation

The process of writing is a process of sacrificing. Even for a Dafa disciple, this sacrifice is still sometimes very hard. I understand from my recent practice that I must get rid of many things during the process of writing and submitting. Mainly, this means getting rid of the contamination and poisoning of the Chinese Communist Party culture—the formality, falsity, exaggerating the good and omitting the bad, the vacuity and ostentation of the Party’s style. It also means eliminating laziness and sluggishness, the attachment to fame, showing off; and competition, getting rid of the attachment of impurity, eliminating ambiguity in choosing words and sentences, and eliminating the attachment of carelessness, flippancy and frivolousness.

Master has given a Fa lecture on the issue of a practitioner’s writing articles, so let’s improve quickly and write articles that are more "accurate, clean, and free of human sentiments" ("Mature").
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/6/11/130164.html

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