(Minghui.org) I have been living by myself for over a decade. Ever since my husband passed away and my son moved to a different city, my home has been an environment for the Falun Dafa practitioners in my area to hold Fa-study, make banners and truth-clarification materials, and share experiences.
Several practitioners in our Fa-study group have keys to my home. If the coordinator wants to leave something for me or notify me about something, she can just come in at any time and leave the item or a note on my table. If I am not at home, our Fa-study doesn’t have to stop, and our Fa-validation work can still be carried out as usual.
When practitioners with technical skills come to our area to provide computer training, my home is used as the classroom. Practitioners in our Fa-study group often refer to my home as “our” home.
My son once said to me,“It is great that your house is a place for practitioners to wholeheartedly do Dafa work.” I am happy that my little home provides a setting for our practitioners to work together saving people in the Fa-rectification period.
Friction and Improvement
Though most of the time everything runs smoothly at “our” home, there have been some xinxing frictions at times. Once, when I returned home from a trip to my hometown, there was a young practitioner waiting for me to give him some after-school instruction. When I opened up the door to my house, I was surprised to find a practitioner making a truth-clarification banner in my living room. Her supplies were spread all over the room, making it hard to do anything else.
My sudden return alarmed her. She rushed over to me asked me to go away and come back later, and to shut the door. Later she realized it was not proper to have behaved that way and apologized. I didn't feel much of anything at the time, but I did feel sorry that I didn’t knock on the door before coming in.
But there have also been times that I couldn't maintain my xinxing. For instance, one morning at 4 a.m. I was doing the sitting meditation. I felt that I had reached a very optimal state just when a practitioner suddenly knocked on my door. She had picked up a truth-clarification banner and needed to deliver it to my house for safekeeping.
I thought she made too much noise, and I was disturbed by her coming in so early. “I am in the middle of the sitting meditation and was just about to enter into tranquility,” I thought, “but now I’ve been interrupted. Why didn’t she just take the banner to her own home?”
Letting Go of Ownership
That same day, I talked to another practitioner about this issue, thinking that she would see things my way. To my surprise, she felt otherwise. “That practitioner has been subjected to severe persecution,” she said. “Her husband is not a Dafa practitioner and is always afraid that she will be arrested again. If he found the banner at their house, it would strain their relationship. That's the real reason she delivered it to your home.”
“It looks to be your home on the surface,” she added, “but with the Fa-rectification environment being what it is, it has become a necessary resource for Dafa, and that's just part of the arrangement. Actually, every practitioner's resource is a resource for Dafa. Let's give her a bit more support.”
Her words helped me see my selfishness. Once I acknowledged my attachment, I eliminated it and felt relieved.
I Will Follow Teacher's Arrangement
After my son graduated from college, he decided to open a shop in Southern China. One of my relatives suggested that I go help him with it. When I mentioned the idea to our coordinator, she said she didn't like it. “I don't want you to go! But if you really have to go, you need to leave your house for us to use. It is essential for our location.”
Everyone laughed when hearing what she said, but deep down we all knew that she was right. What's more, I thought that whether I went or stayed was up to Teacher, and I would only follow His arrangements for me.
From this instance, I firmly understand even more that wherever we are, we should always do what practitioners should do. If I really have to leave, I will certainly leave my house for the local practitioners to use. I have never even thought about renting it out to others.
Every being has its knowing side. Therefore, this house is very pleased to be used by our practitioners to study the Fa, practice the exercises, and validate Dafa.
