(Clearwisdom.net) I work for a private company that started several years ago and my manager is also a practitioner.
1. Learning to look inward unconditionally
Practitioners have to do their best wherever they are. Initially, I thought that the company should make a big profit, and focused on routine work while completely ignoring the cultivation factor.
When the practitioner manager came to work for the company, he recruited a group of new employees and laid off some others. Some co-workers were not happy about this and tried to make trouble to drive the manager away. As a result, I had a conflict with two people in the office. I often saw them gossiping whenever I entered the office, and someone even told me that they said to the CEO that I was irresponsible. I was very upset, but then I tried to calm down and look inward. At first, I attempted to solve this conflict superficially by forcing myself not to let ordinary people affect me and talking less with them.
Master told us,
"During the process of transforming karma, to keep yourself under control--unlike an everyday person who would mess things up--you should always maintain a heart of benevolence and a mind of kindness. If you suddenly bump into a problem, you will be able to take care of it properly." (Zhuan Falun)
Master also said,
"I just talked about how cultivation requires that one cultivate inwardly. To speak about this further, Dafa disciples cover an enormous range of places and regions around the world. In other words, while you are here in this world you may have the appearance of simply a cultivating human being, but your field can affect your surroundings--to put it in superficial and plain terms." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference")
Everything a Dafa practitioner encounters is related to cultivation. If we still have ordinary people's attachments and pursue ordinary people's things, we may get what we don't want. Only when treating all beings with compassion would the Buddha's light shine on us. When I looked inside, I found attachments to vanity, competitiveness, concern for reputation and personal gain.
2. Getting rid of attachments
I realized that I needed to let go of my wrong mindset at work. I used to freely voice my opinion whenever I heard or saw anything, but now I remained unmoved if someone whispers in my ear. In addition, I decided to study the Fa more. Besides participating in a group study, I also went to another practitioner's home every day during lunch for Fa study. Finally, I sent righteous thoughts and didn't acknowledge any test from the old forces. Master asked us to assimilate into the Fa. I let go of my criticism toward my colleagues and only looked for merit in others. I also continued to look inward to determine how I could improve myself.
Master said,
"When this compassionate goodness emerges, its strength is without equal, and it will disintegrate any bad factors. The greater the compassion, the greater the power." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference")
The end of the month is usually the busiest time for everyone at work, and previously I used to find ways to get out of doing extra work. However, after looking inward, I told my colleagues to feel free to ask me if they needed help. Whenever they asked me for help, I gladly agreed to do it.
I also began to pay attention to details and tried to conform to the ways of ordinary people as much as possible. For example, when returning from travel, I usually brought my colleagues' children a gift, making them feel that I cared about them. In the morning, I cleaned up the office before they arrived.
Now we smile when we greet each other every morning. The previous tension is gone. The three of us help each other and communicate well at work, and I no longer argue with my colleagues.
3. Cultivating well brings benefit to the whole company and family
Several months of solid cultivation made me feel that I had resolved the bad elements from other dimensions. Compared to last August, our company's revenue from two major business assets increased -- one by more than 45 percent. I was previously too attached to the idea that a Dafa practitioner's business should make a good profit, and this thought process impeded progress. Once I cultivated away this notion, the revenue actually increased.
My home environment also changed with my xinxing improvement. My husband used to complain a lot, because I used to only do Dafa work and ignore doing things well at home. Now, I frequently show my care toward my husband and my daughter by taking care of family things. Everything within the family also improved since my husband withdrew from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. I told him that believing in Dafa would bring him endless good fortune, and he started to silently recite, "Falun Dafa is good!" every day. Previously, he seldom showed care for me, but now he helps me and accompanies me to other practitioners' homes or to visit relatives.
4. Using wisdom to offer people salvation
For the past several years, I have tried not to miss opportunities to clarify the facts about Falun Gong to people, either at work or during casual encounters. This made me well known as a Falun Gong practitioner, and local police officers and the 610 Office agents all knew that I practice Falun Gong. To do an effective job of saving sentient beings and cultivating well, I have to devote more time to Fa study and keep righteous thoughts at all times. Fellow practitioners and I organize our efforts to clarify the truth on a daily basis.
I tried to contact people who arrived for business reasons. Once I clarified the facts to a visitor as I assisted him with his business concerns. At the end he said, "I appreciate your help on behalf of all beings," and left happily after agreeing to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
During the fall, farmers brought their products to the downtown market. Whenever I went to shop there, I took the opportunity to tell people to withdraw from the communist party. Most of the vendors at the market understood the truth very quickly.
Prior to the last Chinese New Year, I took calligraphy writing to sell in a village where another practitioner lived. While there, practitioners in the countryside formed three-person teams to tell people the facts door to door. This way, in one day we persuaded more than 40 people to withdraw from the communist party.
While riding in a taxi, the driver listened to my factual information about Falun Gong and agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
These are my most recent experiences over a one-year period. As I realized that I needed to improve myself in the process of assimilating into the Fa, everything around me changed. Among my colleagues, several people have already started to read Dafa books. Some have also assisted me to help others withdraw from the communist party.
