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Looking Within for My Own Problems and Assimilating to Dafa Principles By Wei Zhen
(Clearwisdom.net) I began practicing Falun Dafa in November 1998. This is
the first time that I have written an experience sharing article. Even after I
decided to participate in a written experience sharing in our area, I still did
not start writing the paper until two days before the due date. During the
course of my writing, I found it to be an aspect of cultivation practice that
was very beneficial for me. I decided to send my article to the Clearwisdom
website after sharing it with local practitioners. This was the least I could do
to express my sincere gratitude to Master for his compassion and salvation. I
suggest that all fellow practitioners overcome all kinds of barriers and write
experience sharing articles. You will receive a handsome reward. Study the Fa Well In his lectures and articles, Master always reminds us to dedicate more time
to studying the Fa. To study the Fa with our best effort is key to
improving in cultivation. Because we are cultivating in ordinary society, we are
inevitably polluted by all kinds of bad influences. If we do not study the Fa
diligently, we will see interference from many elements such as pursuit of fame,
personal interests and sentimentality, other human attachments, moral decay, and
other notions we are not even aware of. These elements will slow down our
cultivation progress. Studying the Fa can help us to clean out these indecent, deviated, and low
level human thoughts. Frequent Fa study can protect us from interference and
ensure that we remain diligent. At the same time, if our minds are focused on
Dafa principles, whenever we encounter any problems or troubles, our first
thought will come from the Fa, and we will automatically think of Master's
teachings. We will make judgments based on the Fa, act according to the Fa, and
avoid making mistakes. Several years ago, because I did not fully understand the
importance of Fa study, I focused on accomplishing specific projects. As a
result, an evil element took advantage of my loophole and caused some damage.
Under the influence of the evil factors, my family members also interfered with
my efforts to do the three things. I was very frustrated. Later, I gradually realized though Fa study that the interference was a
result of my not paying enough attention to Fa study. Now that I have improved
my Fa study, my family situation has also improved. My spouse also began to
practice Falun Dafa. Free from family trouble, I now can take great strides on
the path of Fa-rectification. Therefore, studying the Fa well is the key to
walking the right path. It is also an issue of whether or not we listen to
Master. Saving Sentient Beings Even with Fa-rectification in its the final stages, some people are still
being poisoned and confused, and they have not quit the evil Chinese Communist
Party (CCP). Once the Fa-rectification is over, the deceived people who refused
to leave the evil Party will eventually lose their lives along with the
dissolution of the Party. Therefore, saving people becomes an urgent and
important task. When we distribute truth clarification materials such as the
Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and flyers
encouraging people to quit the CCP, we must be clear about one thing: we are
saving people. Therefore we should care about them and make it easy for them to
be saved. We should influence others with our righteous minds, and then we can
save them. We cannot approach them with any hesitation, such as, "Will this
person reject our help? How should I talk to him? Will he report me to the
police?" If we have these non-righteous thoughts, our efforts may not yield
good results. These thoughts are all on a human level. It is very hard for a
human to change another human's thoughts. If you do not approach him from a
higher level, how can you change and save him? Only after we let go of all human
notions and selfish thoughts can we save more sentient beings. Looking Inside for Our Own Problems and Cultivating Ourselves When we have some success doing truth clarification, we have to watch out for
a mentality of complacency and showing off. All accomplishments are achieved
with Master's support. Without Master and Dafa, we are just ordinary humans full
of karma; how could we ever accomplish anything significant? We can only create
more karma and head towards complete destruction. I feel so lucky to have become
a Falun Dafa practitioner. For a long time after I began to clarify the truth, I felt that it was easier
to talk to strangers and encourage them to quit the CCP, but not so easy with
people I knew. The people I knew would start arguing and using language from the
CCP culture. They even attacked me with insults. Why? After I looked inside for
my problems, I found that this was caused by my own fear. Whenever I encountered
people that were "difficult," I wanted to give up before I could
convince them. I also cared a lot about saving face. After I abandoned these
thoughts, I was able to talk to people more effectively. I realized that it was
time for me to improve and increase my capacity. The Fa's requirement has gotten
higher. It is a good thing. We are saving sentient beings while cultivating
ourselves. These situations are a good opportunity for us to get rid of human
attachments. As long as we have a divine thought, and we have the power and wisdom from
Dafa and Master, and we have compassion, we will make a difference in people and
accomplish our task. Every time I leave home, I will remember our mission to save people. I regard
it as a good opportunity to clarify the truth, encourage people to quit the
Party and its affiliated organizations, and save people. I suggest that all
practitioners step out of their homes and get involved in Fa-rectification and
saving people. We should abandon all human attachments and do our share so that
we will not have regrets in the future. Master has assigned to us this glorious
historic mission, and he has given people gifts much more valuable than gold. If
we are unable to fulfill our part, there will be no more chances for our
cultivation at the end of Fa-rectification. If we do not do our share correctly,
we will fall short of Master's expectations and disappoint our sentient beings,
leaving our prehistoric pledge unfulfilled. April 25, 2008
Posting date: 5/17/2008 |