(Clearwisdom.net)
What is a whole body? How can we form a genuine whole body? From the Fa, I realized that it does not mean that every one of us has to work on the same job or that we have to participate in a project at the same time and finish at the same time. It is not like that. It actually means that each one of us should put the Fa as the first priority, that we should give up our personal pride, and that we should cooperate well with each other.
There is a scenic lookout in a certain place. Every night it attracts groups of Chinese people who stop by to view its night scene. Dafa practitioners certainly do not want to ignore such a good opportunity. We set up TV sets, an exhibition board, banners, and distributed truth-clarification materials. We hoped that we did not miss one sentient being. However, for a period of time, we were restricted by the local security people from entering and distributing materials before 9 p.m. in the evening. At that time, local practitioners had different viewpoints on this situation. Some practitioners thought that they should accept the restriction. They thought that we should distribute the materials outside the area and that people could look at the materials after they came out. Or, we could enter without carrying any truth-telling materials but clarify the truth to people by talking to them. We could still set up posters and distribute materials near the street. The other group of practitioners thought that as long as we were not blocking the traffic, we should be able to distribute materials anywhere. Why would they not allow us enter? How come the photographers could still go in and take pictures? They thought if we cooperated with the limitation, we would be following the road arranged by the old forces.
Once I went there to clarify the truth to people. Before I went, another practitioner told me that a local practitioner with very strong righteous thoughts had talked to the security people and had clarified the truth to them. Now we could go and distribute materials. After hearing that I was very happy. I had always been very obedient to the coordinator. However, deep in my heart, I agreed with the viewpoint of the second group. I did not expect it, but when I got there, the coordinator told me that I could not enter. I talked to her, but we did not reach an agreement. Not long afterwards, another two practitioners arrived and were stopped by the coordinator. I backed away, began to send forth righteous thoughts, and tried to understand the worries that the coordinator had. I quickly decided that I should cooperate with her. Since we could not agree with each other, I thought that I should cooperate with her to let our field be more harmonious. I let go of all thoughts and continued to actively do what I could do. I found that, although we were not allowed to go inside to exhibit posters, many Chinese people went to see the poster we had near the street. We distributed many materials. Almost every Chinese person who stopped by was touched by the truth-clarification materials.
Teacher has talked many times on the importance of harmonization and cooperation. Teacher talked about the Fa of "The energy will be enormous if Dafa practitioners cooperate with each other." My understanding of it is that it does not matter whether we are using the best method. The most important thing is that we put down our pride, that we do not insist upon our own opinion, that we cooperate with each other, and that we form a genuine whole body.
"The higher the level of those huge beings, the larger their volumes, but the particles, the elements that they're made up of, become more fine and more dense, that is, more microcosmic." ("Fa-Lecture During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference")
This paragraph of Fa let me realize that as a Dafa particle, each practitioner should let go of self-centeredness. Each person is a tiny particle of the whole. If we cooperate with each other, the function as a whole body will have a larger effect.
The more I study the Fa, the more I realize the larger picture. I thought about how Sakyamuni once said that he did not teach any Fa in his whole life because he knew that what he said was not the absolute and invariable truth. Previously when I saw some fellow practitioner’s understanding or behavior that didn’t appear to be from the Fa standpoint, I would think that the practitioner did not cultivate well enough and that I was better than that practitioner. This time in Washington, DC, I listened to Teacher’s Fa lecture and felt ashamed of myself. The manifestation of whether a person is cultivating well or not is only a section of the entire cultivation process. The part that has been cultivated well has already been separated and only the part that has not been cultivated well is showing. Therefore, although one part has not been cultivated well for a practitioner, the other part might be cultivated better than me. The part that has not been cultivated well was manifested for me to see. I should not mind that practitioner’s behavior. It might be to let me see my shortcomings that I need to remove.
Being limited by my level, please point out any mistakes.
