(Clearwisdom.net) I have been practicing cultivation for many years. By looking within recently, I found some of my shortcomings, which enabled me to become more mature and rational. This has manifested in my gaining a more compassionate attitude towards fellow practitioners and my helping rescue practitioners who suffered illegal detention.
In my local area, practitioner A and B would not step forward to validate the Fa because of different reasons. Their biggest obstacle was that they couldn’t attend group Fa-study. In order to help them catch up with the Fa-rectification process, I went to each of their homes separately to study the Fa with them, even though both of them lived far away from me. In addition, I often experienced many xinxing tests at their homes.
Let me talk about practitioner A first. After I arrived at her home, many times she either hadn’t gotten up yet or her room was a big mess, which was not a good environment for studying the Fa. When we studied the Fa together, she did so as if she was fulfilling a task. She either read the Fa very fast, or read with big yawns. Seeing her situation, I really felt anxious for her.
I studied the Fa with practitioner B on the weekend. One time, after hurrying to his home, his wife, practitioner C, complained, “It’s already 8:00 a.m., I thought you might not come today!” She didn’t know that I was helping another practitioner just half an hour before. What confused me most was that every time we began to exchange cultivation experiences after studying the Fa, practitioner B quietly got up and went into the kitchen to cook a meal, leaving me and practitioner C behind. One time when I hurried to their home at 7:40 a.m., practitioner C hastily said, “I am about to go to work. You two study the Fa.” At that moment, I thought, “I worked so hard to get to your home so that we could have group Fa-study and a good cultivation environment. You are disregarding this precious opportunity. Why won’t you cherish this group Fa-study environment?”
Although I worked so hard to help them, I felt I wasn’t helping them upgrade their cultivation state. At that time, I suddenly felt severe pain in my left leg, causing me to barely be able to walk. My husband laughed at me, saying, “With this lame leg, you still want to go everywhere? Let me take you to the doctor.” I refused with a smile, and then I began to look inside myself. However, I still couldn’t identify the root of my problem and only felt bitter in my heart. At that time, I thought about Master’s compassionate salvation. How hard Master works to save sentient beings! It is far beyond our imagination. Didn't I lead a bitter life before Master’s salvation?
As I studied the Fa more, I enlightened that if I really wanted to help fellow practitioners, the only way was to guide them to study the Fa more. It won’t work if I let my human notions interfere. Master said,
“The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts.”
(“Drive Out Interference,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)
When we see fellow practitioners’ shortcomings, we should lead them to study the Fa more. Each person’s cultivation environment is different, their backgrounds are different, and their various attachments are different. A given attachment may seem like a grain of sand for one person, but for others, it may be like a mountain! Because our attachments are sometimes very deeply rooted, they are not something we can just get rid of with our human side. Only the Fa has the power to help us break through and eliminate our gaps. Therefore, only by persistently studying the Fa for a long time and through truly practicing cultivation will Master help us get rid of attachments. After thinking about this, I no longer felt anxious for practitioners and didn’t look down upon fellow practitioners anymore.
What I am trying to say is that when seeing a practitioner’s shortcomings, we should neither blame or complain to him, nor use our own notions or personal experiences to direct him. We cannot take his place to practice cultivation. He must practice cultivation on his own. We should guide him to study the Fa more.
“This Fa can only be taught to this level. It is up to your own cultivation to attain what is at high levels. The questions raised by some people have become more specific. If I explain all the questions in your life, what will be left for you to cultivate? You must practice cultivation and become enlightened on your own. If I tell you everything, nothing will remain for you to cultivate. Fortunately, Dafa has already been made public, and you can do things according to Dafa.” (Zhuan Falun)
Not long ago, practitioner B was arrested and taken to a brainwashing center. In the past, when I heard this kind of news, I was often afraid and worried that I would be implicated. In addition, I often felt depressed and helpless, and had to spend one or two days calming down and adjusting myself. This time, however, I found that I didn’t have any fear. It meant that I was able to let go of myself. This time, my first thought was to rescue the fellow practitioner as soon as possible, so that countless sentient beings would not be destroyed.
How could we rescue practitioner B? I had never been involved in this kind of project, as other practitioners always coordinated these efforts before. I happened to see a sharing article on the Minghui website, which mentioned that some areas reported persecution news half a month after it happened, causing the best opportunities to be missed. The practitioner who wrote the article asked, “Why did those practitioners who can access the Internet not report the persecution news to Minghui in time? Do we always have to wait for and rely on others?” Thinking about this, I understood what to do and felt supported by a huge powerful energy. I really appreciated the practitioner’s sharing at this critical moment, which enlightened and reminded me right when I needed to hear it.
I immediately notified the Fa-study groups in my area to frequently send forth righteous thoughts. After I did this, I was not certain about what to do next. So I quietly sat alone and reflected, thinking it over. At this moment, my husband walked up to me exclaiming excitedly, “Look, it’s the message from practitioners again.” He handed me the cell phone and I read the message, “Dafa provides salvation in this chaotic world… Please do not persecute the angel who comes to save you!” Immediately I had tears in my eyes, and then I heard thunder. With the lightning and thunder claps outside, I clearly felt that the righteous energy of the universe was concentrated here. Divine beings were helping us clear away the evil. I was not alone.
Officials from practitioner B’s company soon received messages that explained the truth about Falun Gong. The director of the security department looked at a message, saying, “Who talked about his arrest? I didn’t tell anyone. How did the whole world know of this so quickly?” Soon the administrative officials were helping to rescue practitioner B.
I feel that the environment today is quite different from how it was in the beginning of the persecution. After the persecution had just begun, because they had been poisoned by the regime's lies, most people ran from us, not daring to speak to us. It is totally different nowadays. Ordinary people take the initiative to find me, saying, “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is so evil. “B” is such a good person, but the CCP arrested him, wanting to “transform him”! Spiritual belief is a human right and it cannot be restricted. Some colleagues said, “By arresting such a good person, the CCP really is doing something pointless. You practitioners are just simply practicing the exercises and not harming anybody! My family often receives overseas calls. I know that people in both Hong Kong and Taiwan can practice Falun Gong. Many doctors and professors are Falun Gong practitioners. The CCP is always carrying out some movement against different groups of people.” There was a lot of lively conversation about this topic. Sentient beings have become more and more aware of the truth and the evil factors that controlled them are diminishing.
Last but not least, I want to share my appreciation for the efforts of fellow practitioners at home and abroad. Thank you for your timely rescue. It is through your hard work that the evil has been effectively negated! Let’s continue our hard work and help all the practitioners who are still illegally detained return to the powerful current of Fa-rectification.
Category: Improving Oneself
