(Clearwisdom.net) A few days ago there was a minor conflict between me and another practitioner. We’re very familiar with each other and what he did made me feel quite uneasy, because his way of working on a project didn’t agree with my notions. I felt his actions were unfair and I wondered, "How can he treat me like this?" Later on I realized he was intentionally avoiding me because of the conflict, which made me feel even more unhappy. I didn’t understand because I’d always been very kind to him and helped him a lot. Eventually I realized that it was because I had attachments and I shouldn’t have been so concerned with his approach in the first place.
Today I was thinking about what had happened between us again, and I realized in my heart that what had happened was a good thing. Teacher said,
"I have to set up certain tests for you and have you let go of those attachments of yours, have you get rid of all that baggage. As you go through one test after another, you are to continually shed your attachments and human thinking, and you won't be able to carry those things into the various tests [and still pass them]." (Teaching the Fa in Canada, 2006)
When I came to understand more about what Teacher said, I no longer felt unhappy.
In light of what happened I realized I’d had an issue for a long time, specifically, I treat certain practitioners differently. I only treat some of them as my friends. Recently, quite a few of my "friends" did things that caused me to feel disappointed, which eventually let me see my problem. We are Fa-rectification period Dafa practitioners. Together we assume the responsibility of assisting Teacher with Fa-rectification and saving sentient beings. Our relationships are sacred and should be based on our righteous thoughts and righteous belief in cultivation and the Fa. How can we bring everyday people’s sentimentality into our cultivation? If we do we won’t be able to view problems from the perspective of the Fa, because sentimentality makes it impossible to rationally deal with things based on Fa principles. It was a major omission on my part. No wonder I had the conflict with my fellow practitioner.
I’ve written this article to share with everyone who has the same problem that I did. I’ve come to realize on a deeper level that no everyday people’s sentimentality can be allowed into our cultivation and Fa-rectification,
The above is my personal understanding. Please correct me if I’ve said anything inappropriate.