Thoughts After Reading Overseas Practitioners’ Experience Sharing Articles

(Minghui.org) I have read many experience sharing articles written by overseas practitioners that were published on the Minghui website recently. I felt that they exuded an urgent sense for saving sentient beings while doing the three things and looking within. Many practitioners who obtained the Fa after July 20, 1999 have done very well. They cooperated with each other when doing projects. They were diligent, and looked within when there were problems, conflicts or xinxing tests. For them the Fa was the priority. They let go of self, and were strict with their thoughts and actions. They made sure to maintain their xinxing well, and believed in Master and the Fa at work, with their family and when doing projects. Hence they could resolve problems.

From the sharing articles, I noticed that practitioners were sincere, didn’t cover up, and looked for the root cause of problems. I felt that they were very pure, and was moved by their golden heart, as well as cultivating solidly and genuinely. Although I have practiced Falun Dafa for more than 20 years, I have not reached the cultivation level of many overseas practitioners.

I benefited a lot from reading sharing articles. Dafa reporters interviewed audience members that watched Shen Yun performances, and connected themselves with the audience when it came to saving them. They tried to get audience members to say how they felt, and that Falun Dafa is precious. They were doing interviews to fulfill their responsibility and mission instead of completing a job. They had a clear understanding of the relationships between work, cultivation and saving sentient beings. That was actually a demonstration of their selflessness, and their wish to save sentient beings.

Many practitioners tried other ways to promote Shen Yun, including distributing fliers and sending emails. They worked hard whether they were involved in doing security or kitchen work on the day of a performance.

Many of the practitioners who worked for Minghui multi-language websites are young people. Some have only obtained the Fa a few years ago. They quietly did their translation job and overcame xinxing conflicts. I was very impressed by one sentence in one of the sharing articles: “We cultivate so we break through the three realms, become divine, and let our xinxing come closer to the characteristics of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.” She required herself to comply with the universal highest characteristics of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and could rectify herself in the conflicts.

One practitioner who has cultivated for eight years talked about his experience at the European Fa conference on how he saved sentient beings during the Ukraine-Russia war. He was constantly taken away as a suspect for investigation. He overcame various difficulties and clarified the truth to people and soldiers. Thanks to his efforts and other practitioners, the local people in his town came to know the truth.

Another practitioner sent truth-clarification calendars and informational Dafa materials to the country’s President’s office and officials, and got an email reply from them.

Their efforts offered chances for sentient beings to position themselves in the future. I was very moved by their efforts in letting go of themselves, fulfilling their missions, and completing their vows of saving sentient beings.

I asked myself why I was far behind them though we cultivate in the same Falun Dafa. Measured by the Fa, I found my shortcomings in cultivation.

Not Cultivating Diligently or Studying the Fa Well

I have cultivated for many years. I haven’t wasted any time on trivial things. I have been doing the three things and looked within when having xinxing conflicts. But on many occasions I only looked within on the surface and didn’t find the root cause or the hidden attachments. Sometimes I found out other practitioners’ problems and didn’t regard it as a mirror to see if I had the same attachments. Even if I found my own problems, I was not determined to let them go. Only when the same problem occurred again and again, did I make up my mind to get rid of it. I didn’t forge ahead on my cultivation path. I compared myself with my own past or with those practitioners who were not diligent in cultivation, and felt that I made progress and was better than some of the practitioners.

Master said,

“... they always compare themselves with humans and with their own past, but fail to examine themselves with the requirements of the Fa at different levels.” (“A Dialogue with Time,” Essentials for Further Advancement)

Master suffered greatly to extend the precious time for us to save sentient beings and improve ourselves. I didn’t make good use of it, and felt so sorry towards Master.

Recently COVID-19 cases came up in our region. My residential area was locked down. I stayed at home, and studied and memorized the Fa a lot. I felt the wonderfulness of melting into the Fa. I also found out my many shortcomings in cultivation. Many times I didn’t do well because I didn’t study the Fa well and didn’t put my heart into studying the Fa. I was busy with Dafa projects. I regarded studying the Fa as one of my many tasks, and only complied with the formality of doing so, but didn’t really obtain the Fa. My righteous thoughts were insufficient. Fear triggered my negative thoughts. When I was doing things, there was no Fa power to support me. Thus I was doing Dafa projects as an everyday person and didn’t play the role of validating the Fa. I myself didn’t elevate either.

The situation in China was tough, and I was under great pressure. The political campaigns of “knocking at the doors” and “zero-out actions” put the practitioners under strong tests as they were saving sentient beings.

CCP Indoctrination

I grew up under the CCP’s indoctrination and developed many notions against traditional culture. What I learned due to indoctrination was deeply rooted in my mind. My competitiveness, dishonesty, showing off, being self-centered, being jealous, being suspicious and other attachments were clearly demonstrated. I did things superficially to make them look good. I complained easily. All these attachments hindered me from improvement and cooperating with other practitioners.

Several years ago some practitioners from my project team were arrested and subjected to forced labor. One practitioner was persecuted to death. It was a harsh lesson. Later I found the problem that developed from this project. Practitioners had different opinions on how to do things. One practitioner felt the pressure and was afraid of being persecuted, and then found fault with other practitioners. Some practitioners were jealous of others and badmouthed them behind their backs. During group Fa study, they didn’t open their hearts to share, out of fear that fellow practitioners would criticize them or out of not wanting to offend others. They just wanted to protect themselves from being hurt. Human attachments formed separation. The evil then took advantage of the loopholes.

I was involved in many aspects of the project, and I was busy with my work. I didn’t find any problems when I tried looking for them. Looking back, I realized that doing things cannot take the place of cultivation. I had the attachment of seeking personal interest in the project. I thought I could establish my virtue if I did more things. I didn’t do it from the perspective of saving sentient beings. I was truly selfish! I also found that fellow practitioners held jealousy, complained a lot, showed off, validated themselves, did not cultivate speech, did things superficially, and were not humble. I also found attachments within myself.

Although every practitioner keeps cultivating and elevating during the past few years, we are aware of the CCP indoctrination, but the CCP’s indoctrination factors are still with us. We have to increase our efforts to get rid of the CCP indoctrinated factors remaining in our bodies, to purify ourselves. We need to read more articles about traditional culture, and find out our shortcomings so that we can improve.

Thank you overseas practitioners for your sharing and helping me to see how far I fall short.

Although our cultivation environments are different, and the ways to validate the Fa are different, cultivating diligently should be the same. From reading your sharing articles and being encouraged by you, I should also cultivate more diligently, catch up, and fulfill our missions and vows.

The above is only my limited understanding. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.