I have come to realize that there is nothing as magnificent as Dafa practitioners. I have searched high and low and nothing compares to the beauty and wisdom that emanates from their beings. I have seen the beauty, grace and magnificence of Dafa in action.
I have also noticed two attachments that exist among practitioners. One is that we think we are personally doing something for Dafa. The other is that we even think we may not be the best qualified to do that something. These are both attachments. Practitioners need to realize it is not us doing the action but Dafa. It is not a Chinese or Westerner or male or female, it is a Dafa disciple. Dafa works through each of us. If we limit our experience of Dafa by stating we are not as good as someone else in spreading Dafa, this is a limitation that lies within us, not within Dafa. If we state that we are Dafa disciples and allow ourselves to be used by Dafa, Dafa can make it perfect. Young, old, male, female, Chinese, Westerner--Dafa will break all bounds. Dafa will use us in ways we may never have felt possible.
Some of us think "Oh I am not as good as this other person--my looks, my speech-- anything that comes up." But Dafa will use us just the way we are and everyone will get the message that Dafa wants to spread. We are limited only by ourselves. We should stop classifying ourselves into some category not worthy of Dafa disciples, as Dafa works magic through every Dafa disciple.
At the Body Mind Festival someone told me people liked my face, and that I could reach people easier maybe because I was a Westerner and they could identify more easily than if I had been Chinese. Well, I received two phone calls yesterday from people who were at the Festival, and they called to tell me that they saw three Chinese practitioners doing the exercises and that they had never seen anything more beautiful in their lives. They said they watched and were inspired by their fluid and graceful movements. One man told me he went home and practiced the Lotus position for 15 minutes because he was so impressed by the Dafa practitioners at the festival. He is in his 60's. Was he seeing three Chinese people or 3 Dafa practitioners? We should never limit the power of Dafa with our attachments; rather, we should realize that we are particles of Dafa and that Dafa, not we personally, spreads the message. Let us be willing particles with no attachments, and Dafa will use us to spread Dafa. Let's drop our barriers of "not good enough" and let Dafa perfect us as Dafa particles. The world needs our glistening radiance, so let's be the best Dafa particles possible with no limits.
Category: Journeys of Cultivation