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A New Practitioner Shares Insights on Cultivating Speech By a new practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) After a small truth-clarifying materials
production site was launched in my home (mainly making CDs and DVDs),
Practitioner A reminded me several times about cultivating my speech. I nodded
seriously and took it to heart. I did not tell anyone about the materials
production site and I thought I had done fairly well. However, one recent
experience showed me that I did not do so well. Practitioner B helped me a lot in my cultivation, and we live close to each
other. I felt she was very good and trusted her. For several days, the
production of CDs and DVDs did not go smoothly. I looked inward and realized
that I had not done well with the global sending forth righteous thoughts at
midnight. This continued for several days and I was very worried. Practitioner B
came over and I asked her to send forth righteous thoughts with me. I was
hesitant, but I still told her about the small materials production site at my
home. I realized that I did not cultivate speech on this matter. After hearing
about it, Practitioner A asked me to pay attention to this in the future. Today, when Practitioner B was reading articles on the Minghui/Clearwisdom
website at my home, she suddenly said, "If Practitioner W could get onto
the Internet, it would be great." I was surprised that she mentioned
Practitioner W's name. Practitioner W used to work in the same factory as I
do. When the persecution started in 1999, I heard that she had gone to Beijing
several times to appeal for justice for Dafa and later was fired because of
that. After starting to practice Falun Gong this year, I sometimes think about
her and wonder about her whereabouts. I could not resist asking Practitioner B
if she knew Practitioner W's current situation. At this point, Practitioner B
also realized that she had not cultivated her speech. She smiled at me and said
that Practitioner W had been doing well and is remaining diligent. After Practitioner B left, I thought: how can Practitioner B - someone who
cultivates very well - also forget to cultivate her speech? I realized that
Teacher was using this to enlighten me so that I could understand the
seriousness of cultivating speech. Although seemingly insignificant, many bad
consequences can happen if we do not pay attention to our cultivation of speech.
This will affect our saving sentient beings. Through this, I also came to see
how Practitioner B properly handled the situation. Even without giving any
details, her answer still helped to motivate me to do better. I realized the
attachments I need to get rid of: showing off, curiosity, sentimentality towards
fellow practitioners, and laziness in relying on fellow practitioners to solve
problems that come up. I will start to cultivate myself more diligently and steadily with every
single thought. December 29, 2007
Posting date: 1/17/2008 |