(Clearwisdom.net) It's been ten years since the Minghui website [Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net] has been established. With Teacher's compassionate protection and practitioners' righteous thoughts, the Minghui website has been able to continue steadily. Minghui plays an extraordinarily important role in this historical moment, when Teacher rectifies the Fa and saves sentient beings in the universe. This website shoulders the mission of publishing Teacher's new articles, announcing current information regarding Falun Dafa around the world in a timely fashion, exposing the evil persecution, and it serves as a platform for practitioners to share experiences. I want to share my thoughts when I noticed my shortcomings while reading articles on Minghui.
I don't meet a lot of practitioners in my daily routine and neither do I have an environment for sharing my experiences with other practitioners. I knew that I ought to read more articles on Minghui, but I didn't want to spend too much time doing that.
I have certain technical skills and I often share my knowledge with other practitioners online and answer their questions. Hence, I often received praise from other practitioners. Some of my attachments gradually grew bigger. I started to believe that I was better than other practitioners. I was very satisfied with myself, enjoyed the fame and often experienced zealotry when doing Dafa work. I frequently validated myself while doing Dafa work and did not learn more advanced skills, which I should have. I couldn't do Dafa work dependably without thinking about showing off.
Later, I had a chance to read articles on Minghui, and I saw that other practitioners were doing so well in their practice. I noticed how much I lagged behind and what a poor job I had done. I did not progress diligently like others, did not think as much about saving more sentient beings, and did not cherish the little time we have left. I was often restless because of my human notions. I did not study the Fa as much and did not do as much Dafa work as I should have. The quality of the work I did was not good either. I had not realized that when I did something, no matter how small, or said something wrong, this could be a big deal, because it was directly or indirectly related to saving sentient beings. A small mistake could cause irreversible damage during saving sentient beings. I learned that no matter what I do, it involves my personal cultivation. I shouldn't act like an ordinary person who simply wants to acquire better skills.
It helps me a great deal to read articles on Minghui. After the persecution started in 1999, many practitioners in China have lost the environment of being in touch with other practitioners and sharing experiences. Many of us are on our own and do not get to meet any practitioner in our everyday routines. Under such circumstances, we need to read more articles on Minghui. We will benefit from the problems other practitioners point out and the experiences they share. We will thus recognize our own shortcomings and see where we need to push ourselves harder in our practice. We will constantly be aware of the fact that we need to do the three things well and accomplish our prehistoric vows to help Teacher rectify the Fa. The environment Minghui provides for practitioners to share experiences with one another is extremely precious and we should all cherish it.
