(Minghui.org) I have been writing and submitting articles to the Minghui website for three years, learning a lot along the way. I saw many attachments and was able to get rid of them.
Starting to Write
A fellow practitioner suggested that I write articles for Minghui in early 2016. I was a bit hesitant: “The effect of such articles is not clear. But it'd be a solid achievement if I talked to a person about Falun Dafa and helped him understand that Dafa is good and the Chinese Communist Party is persecuting it without any legal basis.”
“The purpose is to expose the CCP's persecution of Falun Dafa,” answered the fellow practitioner, “It can have an even bigger impact if done well. Also, you may have made a vow to do it when you came to this world.”
I then decided to do it. I downloaded 28 Minghui articles on how to write articles and carefully studied them. I read Minghui articles every day, as well.
I knew that my cultivation was the foundation for doing Dafa projects. I spent my mornings studying the Fa and focused on writing in the afternoon.
Some articles need charts or tables to provide a summary of the CCP's persecution. I didn't know how to do it, so I asked a fellow practitioner for help. She had never done that before, but she was able to create pie charts and bar charts on her first try. That article was soon published on Minghui.
Cultivating as I Work
Writing articles has allowed me to see many of my attachments and subsequently get rid of them.
1. Attachment to Joy and Fame
I had a strong attachment to fame before. It got better after I started to practice but would still rear its head from time to time. For example, after I submitted an article to Minghui, I checked the website frequently to see if it was published. If so, I got excited; if not, I was disappointed.
Master told us:
“Those who are attached to their reputations practice an evil way, full of intention. Once they gain renown in this world, they are bound to say good but mean evil, thereby misleading the public and undermining the Fa.” (“Cultivators’ Avoidances,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
“You put in the effort and your teacher will handle the rest.” (“When Practicing Doesn’t Bring Results,” The First Talk, Zhuan Falun)
Everything is done by Master. How can I be so proud of my achievement? I got rid of this attachment over time.
2. Trouble Facing Criticism
I wrote an article about a fellow practitioner in our region who got into a car accident and was hospitalized. Minghui published the article.
A local practitioner coordinator said that I wrote it wrong. The accident was a rear-end crash, but I wrote it as a head-on collision. Also I revealed the coordinator in my article, and the CCP could come to arrest or harass her later.
“But you didn't tell me any of that before,” I defended myself.
On my way home, I realized that what the coordinator said was right. From then on, I made sure that I gathered all the information carefully before submitting to Minghui.
Another time, I wrote a report about an elderly practitioner who was arrested for telling people about Falun Dafa on a bus; he had in reality talked to officers at a police station and was let go.
A month later that older practitioner was arrested again for talking to people about Dafa on a bus. This time he was detained for 15 days. When we told the coordinator about this, he said, “After I read your article, I knew that he would be in trouble.”
He must have thought that I had exposed the elderly practitioner's name, and thus he became a target for further persecution. I felt that I was wronged and said, “I don't agree with you.”
When I got home, I started to think about what I had done wrong and why the coordinator had said that.
Master told us in “Who's Right, Who's Wrong” (Hong Yin III):
As a cultivatorOne always looks for one's own faults'Tis the Way to get rid of attachments most effectivelyThere's no way to skip ordeals, big or small[During a conflict, if you can remember:]“He's right,And I'm wrong,”What's to dispute?
I kept looking inward and found many attachments, such as resenting being wronged, opposing criticism, enjoying hearing good things about myself, and being defensive.
3. Unable to Endure Hardship
I wrote 36 articles in 2017. Each day I worked deep into the night and felt very tired. I longed for a break.
One weekend I saw a young girl with her backpack, walking in front of me. I asked her, “Are you going to tutoring?”
She nodded.
“You have class even on the weekend, which leaves you no time to play. Don't you find your life hard?”
“No, it is my duty to study.”
What she said made me feel ashamed.
Category: Improving Oneself
