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Letting Go of Human Notions

February 15, 2013 |   By a Canadian practitioner

(Minghui.org) Last week I saw the notice that there were still over a thousand Shen Yun posters that had not been posted in my city. At the time I had just finished distributing Shen Yun materials for another city. A practitioner said to me, “Let's go and put up the posters. Shen Yun is coming soon, and we still have so many posters, many of them large ones.” I agreed. Afterwards we found two other practitioners to go with us. We divided into three groups and walked door to door. Many people were interested, but there were also many who were not familiar with Shen Yun. However, whether the business was big, small, or even a chain store, almost every one let us put up a poster. After we told the owner of a large hamburger restaurant about it, he let us display four posters. Then we went to a famous chain store. The owner really enjoyed our presentation. He then pointed at the front glass door and said, “Why don’t you tape it there!” I marveled at the poster and at how nice it looked after I put it up. I did not have any thoughts other than saving people at the time. I wanted there to be Dafa information everywhere, as I was not just putting up posters. We did it three days in a row, displaying over a hundred posters each day.

I remember Teacher said: “Everything has been prepared, and all that’s missing is for you to carry it out.” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington”) But how should we do it? Should we use our postnatal human notions and experiences? Or should we only follow Teacher’s requirements to save sentient beings? We should only have one notion—a divine notion—and no human notions. We need to let go and give up all our human notions and thoughts that we have generated since birth.

Sometimes the store owners were not very friendly, but the customers were enthusiastic. When we presented Shen Yun to the owner of a drug store, he showed little interest. Then a customer came over and saw the poster. His eyes opened wide, and he asked us what it was. He was very happy to hear our presentation and said that he would go see it. At a Dollar Store when the owner saw the poster, he hugged each one of us. We were taken by surprise, but I realized that every life was here to establish a relationship. The knowing side of this person knew that this was his hope of getting saved.

A practitioner said in our large group sharing: “How many of us expected that the Shen Yun show in our area would be a full house?” Actually, having a full house for the show should not be a question in the first place. Teacher told us long ago:

“That’s because Fa-rectification is unceasingly forging ahead, step by step, and when it arrives at one cosmic plane it is time for that level of people. When it reaches a certain heavenly kingdom above, or a certain layer of cosmic body, it is time for that group of people to come see the show, and the next time around when Shen Yun performs, that seat will belong to someone else.” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington”)

Each seat corresponds to a sentient being, so every show ought to be a full house. The important thing is to fulfill what Teacher wants and let go of oneself. Teacher said: “If you, as my student, truly want to 'help Master rectify the Fa,' then you should concern yourself only with how to best fulfill what Master wants.” (“What Does it Mean to 'Help Master Rectify the Fa?'”) Now is the last moment. No matter what bad thoughts one might have, one needs to let go of them, and use only righteous thoughts and divine notions to present Shen Yun. We need to cherish this period of time.

Above is my own understanding. Please point out my deficiencies.