(Clearwisdom.net) It's been 14 year since I first started to practice Falun Dafa.
Only When We Act Based On the Fa Can We Truly Validate the Fa
Some time ago, I needed something from a practitioner and traveled far away to get it. The practitioner informed me that the item I needed was not available, which rarely happens. I thus had to return empty-handed. During that time, things did not go too well for me. The cartridge of my printer broke twice, and I decided to buy a new printer, but it broke the day I bought it. I also had serious conflicts with other practitioners. I finally decided to calm down and start to memorize the Fa again. It had been six months since I last tried to memorize the Fa. I felt happy and calm once I got started. After everything I went through, my understanding of the Fa has changed a lot. When I memorized the Fa, it wasn't mechanical anymore. I assimilated into the Fa and memorized it naturally. Two days later, things around me changed. The new printer worked normally. The item I needed from another practitioner arrived. The only things left that needed to be solved were the conflicts I had with other practitioners.
I always felt superior to others, and when I was with practitioners, I often accused them of making mistakes and ordered them to do things. I created a wall between me and them and I had no intention to change even after several bad conflicts. Therefore, other practitioners were unwilling to work with me. I often looked at the surface of things and convinced myself that I was right. Several days after I memorized the Fa and truly looked inward, practitioners started to come to me and asked me to work with them. This had never happened before. Perhaps Teacher saw my intention to look inward and cultivate myself. Fa's might power manifested when I memorized the Fa and it cleared my dimension, and everything started to work correctly.
The first time I memorized Zhuan Falun, when I was half way through, I stopped for a long time. I later picked it up again and continued to memorize it. When I was at the Ninth Lecture, I felt I had assimilated into the Fa. Though nothing seemed to have changed on the surface, I knew something was different within me. I started to look inward when I came across conflicts and realized every time that I had something to do with these conflicts. When I started to look inward, practitioners started to come to me for help. My understanding is, when I truly assimilate into the Fa, when my state is correct and I am capable of doing Dafa work, Teacher will arrange everything for me.
What does it mean to assimilate into the Fa? I understand it as studying the Fa well. The more we approach the end of the practice, the more serious we should be. A practitioner who does not assimilate into the Fa is not good enough to do sacred Dafa work. Having an attachment doesn't mean one is not assimilated into the Fa - refusing to acknowledge it and eliminate it does. A practitioner needs to study the Fa more to be able to do Dafa work well. When we assimilate into the Fa, the work we do will be sacred and will have the power of the Fa. Teacher will then arrange things for us to do.
The Fa is Almighty
Many practitioners want to do more Dafa work to validate the Fa. However, they often feel they are not equipped to do so - not having money, the necessary education, the right environment, etc. When I got to know more practitioners, I realized it wasn't about whether we can or cannot do something, it was about whether we studied the Fa well and whether we wanted to do it based on the Fa. Practice is not an ordinary thing. As long as we act based on the Fa and have a sincere heart, we can always succeed in anything we do.
I know a practitioner who is in her fifties. She really wanted to make Falun Dafa information materials but it did not look like she was fit for such work. Because of her sincere will to save people, Teacher arranged it accordingly and she could do what she wanted to. She got to know a practitioner who knew a lot about such skills. The practitioner offered to let her work from his/her home. She quickly learned basic essential skills, including operating a computer, downloading materials on line, establishing a database and burning CDs. She could even get on line and help people quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. She was able to consistently provide news letters and pamphlets. She needed to work in the mornings and had only half a day to do Dafa work. However, she was able to satisfy the need for information materials for many practitioners.
This wasn't something anyone could have done. She couldn't have done this without a profound basis for studying the Fa. She had memorized Zhuan Falun four times. She was able to read Zhuan Falun once a day without being distracted. I wasn't nearly half as good as her, considering I have a Master's degree from a known university. She had memorized Teacher's "Fa Teaching at the 2008 New York Conference". She told me she memorized it once on her way to work and the second time on her way back home from work. She grabbed a bite to eat and went to another practitioner's home to make fliers. She said it as if it wasn't a big deal. I felt that her ordinary day could shake heaven and earth.
On the day when Fa rectification is over and the truth will be revealed, will we have any regret for what we could have done? My fellow practitioners, we all want to do well in our practice and fulfill our historical mission. We can only be better in validating the Fa if we base it on the Fa.
I know another practitioner who takes Dafa books to work every day. She studies the Fa whenever she has time. She had memorized Zhuan Falun five times and Teacher's lectures including Hong Yin. Every time I couldn't remember where Teacher had said certain things, she always had the answer. I jokingly told her that she is studying to go to collage, and she replied, "That is too low, I am studying to become an enlightened being."
There are many practitioners like this. Every time I met one of them, I see the magnificence of the Fa. Every word they say can encourage me to move forward. I often thank Teacher for letting me know these practitioners and improve myself among them.
Walking the Path of Validating the Fa Well by Assimilating to the Fa
During the past many years, there were times when I was not in the Fa, was arrested and tortured, and there were times when I lost family members to this persecution. I have so many regrets and wish I had done things differently. I read a story from Clearwisdom.net titled "Memorizing the Fa". It stated, "This is because I did not study the Fa well and assimilate into the Fa. I didn't give it my greatest effort to memorize and assimilate to the Fa at this critical moment of Fa rectification and in the face of this unprecedented tribulation. Of course I did not walk my path well. I know so well that if I had insisted on memorizing the Fa and continued to progress diligently, I wouldn't have been where I am now. I would be walking a different path and cause less damage to the Fa."
