(Clearwisdom.net)

In early September 2005, the practitioners that worked in our local Dafa truth-clarification materials site were suddenly arrested. We immediately lost our supply of materials. We were really sad during that period of time, for the practitioners, and also for the loophole in our one body. In discussions with my husband I said, "Since Minghui/Clearwisdom has stressed again and again that the smaller truth-clarification production sites should spread like flowers blossoming everywhere, let us be one little flower. To save sentient beings, we should shoulder the responsibility that we are supposed to."

My husband quickly bought a small inkjet all-in-one printer/scanner, and we began on our path of making truth-clarification materials. In the beginning, we had to use various means to obtain the original copies of weekly publications and truth clarification materials, from which we made multiple copies. Later, with the help of practitioners, we directly downloaded articles from the Clearwisdom website. From all aspects we were slowly walking on the right path.

While making truth-clarification materials, I truly felt the seriousness and sacredness of cultivation. This is not a job done by ordinary people; this is truly cultivation. One’s xinxing and level of cultivation are demonstrated in this.

From the beginning we encountered many problems, and the interference was huge. Maybe because I had the wish for things to "go smoothly" or "go easily," a lot of "troubles" and "complications" appeared in my path. Because the machine was small, it needed ink refills very often. Strangely, after refilling the ink, the ink box would not work. I cleaned the printer head many times, but it still would not print a word. I had to replace the ink container, which cost a lot money. Thus I felt nervous, and this caused more mistakes. I knew this state was wrong, and I also kept looking inside myself. I was also sending righteous thoughts to eliminate evil factors that interfered with Fa rectification. But the effect was not good. I felt I was in a very passive condition. Because the initial cost was high, I would think a lot, even while sending righteous thoughts, and my thoughts would wander and calculate how much it cost to make one copy. This really annoyed me, how could I be like this? Later I read a practitioner’s article on Clearwisdom; his experiences and mental state were almost the same as mine. It seems many practitioners had similar experiences.

After a while the situation got better as I made some improvements and got rid of the attachment of fearing gain or loss. My mind was relatively peaceful. Then, making materials became more effective, the ink box kept working, and I made fewer mistakes. But there were still issues. For unknown reasons the ink would be used up even though we hadn’t printed many copies. Thus, when I refilled the ink I would often put in too much; sometimes the ink would overflow, sometimes it even splashed on the paper, and my hands would also become dirty.

At this time, my family and another practitioner’s family had formed a Fa study group. We regularly studied the Fa and shared our experiences. Sometimes, when sharing our experiences of making truth-clarification materials, we were puzzled by similar things. One day during Fa study, practitioner D, who was coordinating some projects, joined us. He shared with us his experiences. He said his requirement for himself was that he must be truly devoted to the task, and the materials should be perfect. We felt the requirement was a little too high (in fact his requirement was right because we had low requirements of ourselves). We all had truth-clarification materials made by practitioner D, and had seen that they really were perfect. Practitioner D smiled and did not say much. But I realized that I needed to break through on this issue. In my heart I asked myself: why have I never thought about making the materials perfectly?

One day I was studying "Teaching the Fa at the Discussion on Creating Fine Art," Teacher’s Fa deeply penetrated my mind,

"If the skills and techniques of Chinese paintings, drawings, and sculptures were as mature and accurate as those of the West, wouldn’t they be more moving and more vivid? You can’t consider an immature and imperfect work of art all right because of the effect a God is having. A perfect work of art with the presence of a God is what’s most sacred."

My mind was suddenly broadened. I had found my problem.

For a long time I had thought that Dafa is boundless, sacred, and dignified. Teacher is boundlessly merciful. Today, in this Fa-rectification period, Teacher guides disciples to save sentient beings; our truth clarification materials have the power of the Fa, and those people who can be saved will surely be moved. We just need to do it, and the power of Fa will be revealed. So I always felt that as long as the materials were printed, they would play their role. Thus, in my subconscious, I did not think that the quality of the materials was important, because the content has strong powers. Although I knew that making the materials is cultivation rather than a job, my mind was more on how to print and distribute more copies. I did not think about the quality of the materials from the basis of the Fa. Yes, Dafa’s truth-clarification materials are different from ordinary people’s printed materials. Our materials really can play the role of eliminating evil and saving sentient beings. At the same time, have we thought about how much effort is required by our practitioners to make one copy of material? When we make them high quality, aren’t we also participating in it? Isn’t this to harmonize the Fa and coordinate as one body? Isn’t this one perfect brush we are adding to this great product during our production process? My personal understanding is that one copy of truth-clarification material includes practitioners' joint efforts of harmonization and coordination from various aspects. To make the materials reach the harmonization of content and format, with the content and power of Fa, it will make ordinary people even more respectful of it. I also came to understand that in order to do things well, we need to study the Fa well. We also need to improve our skills and solve some technical issues that we are supposed to solve. Doing this will yield a better result.

After I enlightened to this Fa, in the following days of making truth-clarification materials, I really had a completely new feeling. Every time I was working, my heart was clear and clean, with no other thoughts. I just focused on making the truth-clarification materials. At the same time, I also came to understand the technical issues that I had found confusing. Previously, I wanted to understand those issues but I could not figure the problems out. Now, suddenly, I understood the problems. It was still that same machine, still those materials, but magic happened. Using the same amount of ink, instead of printing only 20 to 30 sheets, now I could make close to 200 copies! And the materials came out clean and clear, nice to read. This is the power and mighty virtue of Fa. Although more copies of materials are requested now, I work with more confidence. I hope I can do better and better within the Fa.

Many of our local practitioners have since established their own family sites. I have obtained copies of some materials made from other sites. I found most were done very well. There are a few that have fuzzy printing, and some are missing words or sentences, which looks rough and is hard to read. I have seen several such articles. To be honest, before I would not mind, as long as our practitioners made materials following the requirement of Fa-rectification; I considered them all good. But now I think differently. Teacher told us, "A perfect work of art with the presence of a God is what’s most sacred." I hope we will all pay attention to this issue. In fact many practitioners have done well in this respect. To save sentient beings, they have come up with many methods. They not only make high-quality truth-clarification materials, but also package them nicely so that ordinary people will accept them more readily. Although our family truth-clarification material sites are small, our responsibility is not small. We are Dafa practitioners, things that Dafa practitioners do should be sacred and beautiful.

This is my understanding. Please point out anything improper.