(Clearwisdom.net)
After reading the article "What A Young Practitioner Saw in Another Dimension: A Wall Blocks Practitioners from Communicating with One Another" (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2007/4/20/84743.html), I felt very heavy in my heart. In our local area, after group Fa study, we usually either immediately went home or talked briefly about Dafa projects. We didn't have any sharing that opened up our hearts and helped us improve on the Fa. This had been the case for several years.
Not too long ago, the group Fa study site was moved to my home. I was determined to help our local practitioners form one body. However, during the first two months, local practitioners still acted the same as before: they came on time with their bags and nodded to each other as greetings. As soon as they finished reading, they immediately left with their bags, while smiling and nodding to say goodbye. Before they left they were usually very noisy in the hallway. The situation was quite chaotic. Even those who wanted to stay and share experiences were too disturbed to sit still. They also left. I gave many thoughts and tried a lot of things to change the situation, and put in a real effort to cultivate myself, yet I was unable to change the state of the group. I felt really pained. The young practitioner in the above-mentioned article saw the truth that the Fa showed him at his realm, "The wall is so thick that a hammer can't break it, but the hammer itself will break from striking it." I personally experienced what he described, as demonstrated through the actions of fellow practitioners.
During the process of my studying the Fa and trying to change, I realized that I had to cultivate my compassion. It was my own shortcomings that affected the entire field. This isolation was arranged by the old forces to keep us from forming one body and hinder our salvation of sentient beings. We must completely eliminate it.
After reading this article, I decided that I needed to break down this wall, and I had to start with cultivating myself. The next day, during Fa study, I read,
"Buddhas are kind, for sure. But that compassion is a manifestation of the great power of Buddha Fa. No matter how bad a person may be or how wicked something may be, things as strong as iron and steel will melt before the mighty power and compassion of Buddha Fa. That's why demons are scared when they see it--they are really afraid. They will melt away and vanish. This is absolutely different from what man imagines." (Falun Buddha Law--Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. Fa Conference)
This made me realize that I had to cultivate such great compassion to melt this separation. I just have to cultivate myself! I stopped thinking how thick the wall was, and focused on cultivating away the separation.
Therefore, I spent more time sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the separation. During one hour of sending forth righteous, many images of interference flashed in my mind. Some practitioners said mean words to me out of misunderstanding; some questioned me with hostility; some feared that if I did more projects it would threaten their "positions"; some caused a big fuss when they did not do what they were responsible for, while I completed the project for them; some gave me a cold shoulder after I suggested that we share more amongst ourselves. All of a sudden, all of these experiences came back to me.
However, I had already enlightened to a new Fa principle. I was determined to have a heart of great compassion and cultivate myself well to completely eliminate the separations caused by the evil. I made up my mind, "No matter how you treat me, I will treat you with compassion. No matter how you treat me, I will open my heart to share with you. No matter how you treat me, I will require myself to follow the Fa." When the images that interfered with my righteous thoughts occurred again, I could feel the incomparable firmness and compassion in my heart. This was not just out of my ten years of cultivation, or the millions of years of tempering that my life has endured. Instead, it was a power that was given by the Fa. I was indeed as firm as a rock and could not be moved. When those images came up again, they dissipated like light clouds that dispersed in front of my eyes. The more I sent forth righteous thoughts, the more clear-minded I became, and the stronger my righteous thoughts were.
That evening, after group Fa study, everyone "naturally" talked about their experiences of attending the New York Fa conference and an important project on which we should be focusing right now. There was no awkward silences or people leaving immediately after the study. I didn't really have a goal in mind for the sharing. I didn't have such a notion. I just wanted to study the Fa together and share experiences. Most practitioners there frankly talked about their views. They were sincere and direct, looking at things from the Fa principles. We had not had that kind of purity and warmth in the past. It truly touched my heart. As we improved on our understanding of the Fa, the more we shared, the more clear-headed we became. Having witnessed such changes, my heart was very clear and I was deeply moved. My gratitude to the Master is beyond words.
