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Sharing with Practitioners Based on the Principles of the Fa
By Yimin, a Dafa practitioner from China
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. Eliminating any thought that is not righteous When dealing with fellow practitioners, because every one of us is a human
who is walking on the path of cultivation, it is inevitable that various things
that have not been discarded will surface. It is important that when fellow
practitioners see the manifestation of these deficiencies, they should point
them out to the practitioner, rather than keep quiet for the sake of not
offending him. Understanding of this issue actually differentiates a
practitioner's benevolence from a non-practitioner's face saving. The
practitioner who receives such feedback may respond intensely however, or even
say something that is unpleasant like an ordinary person. This type of response
shows that both sides need to improve together in their related aspects, so it
is a good thing. One aspect is that when removing impure matters, the
practitioner may feel uncomfortable and thus respond intensely. Another aspect
is that the practitioner who is pointing out the deficiency should be aware of
his manner and tone. In addition, both sides should expand the capacities of
their minds and not be impelled by any extraneous factors. Under these
conditions it is a good thing. 2. Rescuing the fellow practitioner first, then summing up the lesson When facing the evil's persecution, we should not first point out the fellow
practitioner's insufficiencies. We also should not passively react to the effort
of rescuing the fellow practitioner, thus negatively affecting sending forth
righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil. We should rescue the fellow
practitioner first with active initiation. We should try to alert the fellow
practitioner at the earliest possible time, when the evil is just starting to
persecute the fellow practitioner; in other words, before the evil factors are
completely formed. We should communicate and form a local integrated group in
order to disintegrate the persecution with all possible methods, including
exposing the heads of the evil and sending forth righteous thoughts (There are
many successful examples of rescuing fellow practitioners at the earliest
possible time. These examples are not listed here). After the fellow practitioner is rescued, we must then sit down calmly and
rationally to sum up the lesson we should learn. We should not be satisfied with
just being able to rescue the practitioner. We should look for reasons, for
insufficiencies, and we should expose our ordinary people's mentalities and
various concepts. From learning the lesson, we should achieve improvement as a
group, turn the experience into a good thing, and turn passive-reaction into
active and positive initiation and thus become more mature with our rationality. |