(Clearwisdom.net) I remembered a story today that a fellow Falun Gong practitioner told me in 2000: "An elderly disciple was being beaten by police. At the ninth round, the disciple could not bear the pain any longer. The disciple turned his head and found that Master was standing behind him, with both his eyes beaten to the point of bleeding." Whenever I recall this, tears run down my face. Respected Master, you have endured so much for us, and you don't let us know about that enough!
I recall that when I was being beaten in the forced labor camp, I did not feel the pain. I thought it was because my righteous thoughts were strong, but I now realize that Master endured the pain for me. I was very selfish because I only thought that I passed the trial with righteous thoughts and upgraded my level, but I failed to enlighten to how Master endures a bigger portion in each tribulation we go through. Only when we have reached the Fa's standards when we are facing hardships can Master endure it for us, and thus, our upgrading through tribulation is possible. Master has given disciples the best by His maximum endurance, and He seeks nothing in return from us. He only wants to see our genuine wish to be good!
Our great, benevolent Master's endurance is not merely manifested through each of our tribulations. He has had to bear the sins we have committed when we came down from the cosmos layer by layer. The balancing process can only be fulfilled by Master's huge sacrifice and endurance, the magnitude of which is inconceivable. In order to save all sentient beings, Master must bear all the sins they have committed in billions of years of history. Master wants to leave the best for the future cosmos, when the cosmos shall not perish and lives shall be eternal. All these must come true through Master's boundless endurance!
As Master's disciples, we cannot imagine how much Master endures for us, because the amount exceeds the domain of all conceivable thought. The nine months after July 1999, Master's endurance during in each second was beyond our imagination. "Fragmented and broken, carrying heaven and earth" ("Arduously Saving," Hongyin). My Master, your disciple has enlightened from this sentence of the Fa. What you have endured is the entirety of the process of a fragmented and broken old cosmos being rectified to perfection. How huge is the cosmos, and how great is your endurance!
Facing all that Master has borne for us, we are speechless. We are just tiny beings in the vast cosmos, what could we say to Master? Can we still complain to our fellow disciples? Can we still feel indifferent with our human attachments? Can we still show off how well we've done or how much we did for Dafa? As our great benevolent Master's disciples, in comparison, we have nothing to show off, and all we should do is be diligent!
The purpose of this article is to remind fellow practitioners to treasure our Master and all He has done for us! Treasure Falun Dafa and treasure this only chance since the creation of heaven and earth. Let us do well the three things Master has asked of us and fulfill our prehistoric vows. I hope fellow disciples who are not diligent yet will soon become diligent. Whoever has not walked out will walk out, and whoever has left Falun Dafa will return quickly. Let us not make Master wait for us reach the standards with his huge endurance any longer.
Above is my personal understanding, please correct any mistakes or insufficient points. Heshi!
