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Compassion Melts Walls of Isolation
By an overseas Falun Dafa practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) After reading the article "What A Young Practitioner Saw in Another
Dimension: A Wall Blocks Practitioners from Communicating with One Another"
(http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2007/4/20/84743.html), I felt very
heavy in my heart. In our local area, after group Fa study, we usually either
immediately went home or talked briefly about Dafa projects. We didn't have any
sharing that opened up our hearts and helped us improve on the Fa. This had been
the case for several years. Not too long ago, the group Fa study site was moved to my home. I was
determined to help our local practitioners form one body. However, during the
first two months, local practitioners still acted the same as before: they came
on time with their bags and nodded to each other as greetings. As soon as they
finished reading, they immediately left with their bags, while smiling and
nodding to say goodbye. Before they left they were usually very noisy in the
hallway. The situation was quite chaotic. Even those who wanted to stay and
share experiences were too disturbed to sit still. They also left. I gave many
thoughts and tried a lot of things to change the situation, and put in a real
effort to cultivate myself, yet I was unable to change the state of the group. I
felt really pained. The young practitioner in the above-mentioned article saw
the truth that the Fa showed him at his realm, "The wall is so thick that a
hammer can't break it, but the hammer itself will break from striking it."
I personally experienced what he described, as demonstrated through the actions
of fellow practitioners. During the process of my studying the Fa and trying to change, I realized
that I had to cultivate my compassion. It was my own shortcomings that affected
the entire field. This isolation was arranged by the old forces to keep us from
forming one body and hinder our salvation of sentient beings. We must completely
eliminate it. After reading this article, I decided that I needed to break down this wall,
and I had to start with cultivating myself. The next day, during Fa study, I
read, "Buddhas are kind, for sure. But that compassion is a manifestation of
the great power of Buddha Fa. No matter how bad a person may be or how wicked
something may be, things as strong as iron and steel will melt before the mighty
power and compassion of Buddha Fa. That's why demons are scared when they see
it--they are really afraid. They will melt away and vanish. This is absolutely
different from what man imagines." (Falun Buddha Law--Teaching the Fa at
the Western U.S. Fa Conference) This made me realize that I had to cultivate such great compassion to melt
this separation. I just have to cultivate myself! I stopped thinking how thick
the wall was, and focused on cultivating away the separation. Therefore, I spent more time sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate
the separation. During one hour of sending forth righteous, many images of
interference flashed in my mind. Some practitioners said mean words to me out of
misunderstanding; some questioned me with hostility; some feared that if I did
more projects it would threaten their "positions"; some caused a big
fuss when they did not do what they were responsible for, while I completed the
project for them; some gave me a cold shoulder after I suggested that we share
more amongst ourselves. All of a sudden, all of these experiences came back to
me. However, I had already enlightened to a new Fa principle. I was determined to
have a heart of great compassion and cultivate myself well to completely
eliminate the separations caused by the evil. I made up my mind, "No matter
how you treat me, I will treat you with compassion. No matter how you treat me,
I will open my heart to share with you. No matter how you treat me, I will
require myself to follow the Fa." When the images that interfered with my
righteous thoughts occurred again, I could feel the incomparable firmness and
compassion in my heart. This was not just out of my ten years of cultivation, or
the millions of years of tempering that my life has endured. Instead, it was a
power that was given by the Fa. I was indeed as firm as a rock and could not be
moved. When those images came up again, they dissipated like light clouds that
dispersed in front of my eyes. The more I sent forth righteous thoughts, the
more clear-minded I became, and the stronger my righteous thoughts were. That evening, after group Fa study, everyone "naturally" talked
about their experiences of attending the New York Fa conference and an important
project on which we should be focusing right now. There was no awkward silences
or people leaving immediately after the study. I didn't really have a goal in
mind for the sharing. I didn't have such a notion. I just wanted to study the Fa
together and share experiences. Most practitioners there frankly talked about
their views. They were sincere and direct, looking at things from the Fa
principles. We had not had that kind of purity and warmth in the past. It truly
touched my heart. As we improved on our understanding of the Fa, the more we
shared, the more clear-headed we became. Having witnessed such changes, my heart
was very clear and I was deeply moved. My gratitude to the Master is beyond
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