Melding into the New Year's Spectacular as One Body

By a Falun Gong practitioner in Germany

(Clearwisdom.net) I would like to share my thoughts regarding the importance of ticket promotion and sales for the 2007 New Year Spectacular, especially in New York and Berlin.

I noticed two kinds of reactions among practitioners before the Spectacular:

The first category: These practitioners supported the Spectacular wholeheartedly and pro-actively engaged themselves in the sale of tickets. They viewed this as a way of displaying the beauty of Dafa to the world's people so as to offer them salvation.

The second category: These practitioners could not truly understand the significance of the Spectacular and were interfered with by remnants of the old forces, to the extent that their attachments were taken advantage of and magnified. Some of them neither supported the Spectacular, nor did they support the practitioners who were selling tickets. Certain practitioners only focused their attention on the shortcomings of others and even unwittingly hindered other participating practitioners. Some even said things to dampen the enthusiasm of participating practitioners.

What kind was I?

I used to be like people in the second category who tended to complain about others as a way to make excuses for not doing much on their own.

However, what happened during an experience sharing among practitioners in Germany a month before the Spectacular deeply touched my heart. When realizing the importance of the Spectacular, one practitioner said that our attitude represented the degree of our support for the Spectacular. He asked if we were all participating in the promotion of the Spectacular, and if we could truly say to ourselves, "Yes, I have integrated myself with the Spectacular as one body." His words shook me greatly, because I could not say that for myself.

Many practitioners busily discussed how we could support the Spectacular, whereas I only payed attention to what others had not done well enough. I could not admit that I had not involved myself in the Spectacular at all and had failed to integrate myself with the Spectacular as one body. I also failed to follow Master's teachings - to "treat others' business as my business."

This realization woke me up and helped someone in the second category of practitioners, like me - who always tried hard to defend myself, who complained about others to hide my own shortcomings - become determined to put all my efforts in the promotion of the Spectacular, guided by Master. I also made up my mind that I would overcome my attachment to fear. In other words, this realization helped me become a practitioner of the first category. I gave the Spectacular 100% of what I could do and tried my best to contribute to make the Spectacular a great success in rescuing sentient beings.

When I had made this mental determination, all things around me changed greatly. Master gave me wisdom, showing me how I could use the skills I acquired during the Fa-rectification to support the Spectacular. Although time restriction prevented me from doing as much as other practitioners to make the Spectacular a great success so that more people could see the beauty of Dafa and be rescued, a few weeks later I felt I had become an entity in the Fa, a particle of a whole body. I stopped thinking whether we could achieve what we wanted to achieve; instead, I only thought how I could help to make it a success.

I no longer focused my attention on others' shortcomings. When I became a practitioner of the first category, I then realized my role as a bystander while I was still in the second category: I was merely observing where others had not done well, while what I saw in others was actually a reflection of what I had not done well myself.

Now I see Buddhas, Taos and gods who are steadfastly advancing toward a common goal. They are assisting Master in the Fa-rectification and in rescuing sentient beings, and are doing their best to make the Spectacular a great, worldwide success. I no longer see fellow practitioners' shortcomings. Instead, I see their hearts pumping for Dafa, hearts that are fulfilling their vows at any cost.

What I see are dazzling lives, shining brilliantly; prepared to offer all they can to help the world's people witness the beauty of Dafa, holding people's hands to guide them toward a wonderful future. I see fellow practitioners going beyond selfishness, letting go of their last attachments and returning to their true nature. Becoming a practitioner of the first category made me look at things from a different angle. My mindset underwent a huge change. All this came about because of a simple question a fellow practitioner had asked. The question touched my heart and enabled me to do away with the interference and influence from the old forces. Because this fellow practitioner had asked the question with a pure, compassionate mind, my heart was so touched, and I was able to break through layers of layers of obstacles the old forces had arranged.

From the bottom of my heart I would like to kindly ask those fellow practitioners who still have not truly understood Master's comments about the significance of the Chinese New Year Spectacular, "Have I integrated myself with the Spectacular as one body?"

July 13, 2007

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