(Minghui.org) Cultivating our xinxing while we clarify the truth to save sentient beings is a process. Whatever task is undertaken, whether it is a big project or a little one, we can see the effort each practitioner has put in and the sense of responsibility that he or she has taken.
One day, I went to a market to buy some food. When I got change, it included a bill with truth-clarification message on it. I was very sad to see that the truth-clarification message had been damaged and worn out. Only the words “blessing” and “safety” were still visible, while the other words were crossed out with a black marker and looked messy.
Putting wax on a bill can prevent it from being marked on and getting dirty. In addition, it can prevent those sentient beings who do not know the truth from obtaining karma by obscuring the truth-clarification messages on the bills. Putting wax on a truth-clarification bill takes time and effort. Especially when we need to wax a lot of bills, our arms may feel very sore. However, different people have different attitudes, which reflects their xinxing levels.
A fellow practitioner, who is one of my neighbors, was tortured with the “stretching torture”: Her arms were stretched in separate directions. The torture is so painful that an ordinary person would be unable to tolerate it even for a few minutes. However, she was not scared. Her only thought was how she could save sentient beings, so she still persisted in speaking the truth. In her mind she thought of the “golden monkey splitting his body.” Half an hour later, she maintained the same peaceful demeanor, which scared the guards into halting their evil actions. Her dignity and compassion validated the Fa and shocked the guards.
Cultivation is extremely serious. Wherever we are and whatever we do, we should use our actions to save sentient beings, and we should shoulder this responsibility.
Recently, my wife, who is also a practitioner, wanted to make a breakthrough in her ability to clarify the truth. She went out to speak to people about Falun Gong with a practitioner who goes out to clarify the truth every day. This practitioner has helped many people quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. During this outing, my wife met some ordinary people who really understood the truth and wanted to quit the CCP. However, others were not very clear about the facts and did not agree to quit the CCP. Nevertheless, the other practitioner gave these people pseudonyms and wanted to withdraw them from the CCP without their consent. My wife did not feel right about it and pointed out to the other practitioner: “This situation cannot be counted. We must seek to clarify the truth and not pursue a number. We should be responsible to what we do.”
I have also encountered a similar situation. However, because of my shortcomings, the situation was not obvious to me and I did not think it over. When I see practitioners who spend their entire mornings studying and memorizing the Fa, spend their whole afternoons clarifying the truth face-to-face, spend their evenings studying the Fa until midnight, get up early every morning and send forth righteous thoughts every hour on the hour, I not only respect them, but also feel ashamed of myself for my own lack of diligence. These practitioners do not slack off in the doing the three things.
I've now realized that my problem is that I am not clear enough on the Fa. I still have very strong human emotions, and I am too selfish. I have not taken full responsibility because there are problems with my xinxing.
Each sentient being is a universe. To save sentient beings, we shoulder a heavy responsibility.
