Cherishing Minghui Is Cherishing a Diligent Cultivation Environment

(Minghui.org) For a long time, I have noticed that some local practitioners don’t read Minghui articles. Most of them don’t go out to clarify the truth to people. Some of them have difficulties, such as no access to the Internet or they have trouble reading the electronic version.

The Importance of Reading Minghui

I recently heard a veteran practitioner who started to practice before the persecution say that reading Minghui Weekly was not important, that what mattered was studying the Fa well. Of course, we can never emphasize enough the importance of Fa study. But I think it is not in line with the Fa to say that reading Minghui Weekly is not important. (Due to internet censorship in China, many practitioners read the print version of Minghui Weekly instead of accessing the website daily.)

Based on my own cultivation experiences of more than 20 years, I didn’t cultivate as diligently when I did not read Minghui Weekly for some time, and I behaved like an everyday person. On the contrary, when I read Minghui Weekly or the Minghui website regularly, I was so inspired that I was motivated to do the three things better and better.

Talking with the practitioners who do not read Minghui Weekly often, they often say they don’t for the following reasons: They don’t know how to access the Internet and it is more troublesome and less secure to ask other practitioners for printed magazines; they didn’t dare go out to clarify the truth, and reading sharing articles about saving people stressed them out; they are elderly and have poor eyesight and it’s hard for them to read the electronic version when they can’t get the print version.

Even though they study the Fa and send righteous thoughts every day, their understanding of the Fa remains at the surface level, and they don’t look inward during family conflicts or harassment. They have not improved much or gained new understandings from their Fa study. Some complained about their troubles to other practitioners. Some have had sickness karma and gave in to their families when they were advised to go to the hospital. Some did not look inward in conflicts with their spouses and ended up getting a divorce.

On the other hand, the practitioners who have been cultivating diligently and paying attention to clarifying the truth often read the Minghui website or Minghui Weekly. Some have never missed a single issue.

Cherishing Minghui

Master has fully recognized and praised Minghui and personally wrote the cover title for Minghui Weekly. If you don’t read Minghui, is it because you don’t believe in other practitioners or you don’t believe in Master Li (Dafa's founder)? Practitioners in China have lost the group cultivation and sharing environment, and usually, only a few practitioners can get together at a time. Only Minghui Weekly can provide many high-quality sharing articles and a platform for practitioners to exchange ideas on how to do the three things well, which is really precious.

Many practitioners both inside and outside of China who cultivate diligently find time to write about their experiences for the Minghui website, so as to pass on their precious experience to those who lag behind. In particular, practitioners in China are doing it while bearing the pressure from the persecution. It is an intense effort to deny the old forces’ arrangements and should be cherished and respected.

Historically, a cultivator only passed on his cultivation experience to one disciple and never talked about it publicly. Because they are broad-minded, Dafa practitioners publicly share their own experiences on the Minghui website. When some practitioners in China cut themselves off from Minghui, they narrow the circle of their own cultivation environment, isolate themselves from practitioners around the world, and fall behind the overall process of Fa-rectification.

It is like closing our eyes and plugging our ears to cultivate. We are not doing the three things well and do not want to know how others do well. Many practitioners have had to overcome tremendous difficulties to expose the persecution, which might be happening right around us. If we don’t keep up with this important information, we cannot help practitioners nearby and be part of a holistic effort to counteract the persecution. When we encounter persecution, how can others help us? We indeed fall into the trap of the old forces and don’t listen to what Master says regarding others’ concerns as our own concerns.

Minghui Keeps Us on Track

Minghui Weekly covers information on matters in society, such as the US election, vaccinations, and natural disasters, which helps us to better understand the ups and downs in the world. It also covers aberrant behavior among practitioners, such as those who are promoting scams, making public speeches, and are involved in self-promoting media. It always reminds us to check ourselves to avoid taking a devious path. There are also many articles on cultivating our thoughts and ridding ourselves of our attachments. The editors of Minghui have provided compilations of articles on special topics like the attachment of lust and face-to-face truth clarification.

Minghui Weekly rolled out four special issues for articles from the European Fa Conferences from September 21 to October 13. Those articles showed us how practitioners abroad cultivate themselves and save others. They were simple, concise, and clear, without any communist party culture. I was deeply inspired. I discovered that my looking inward was sloppy and my human notions often came out first rather than looking within.

Minghui Weekly helps us save a lot of time in improving our enlightenment. From the experiences of other practitioners, we can understand where we fall short on the three things, enlighten better to Master’s teachings, and recognize the requirements of Fa-rectification on time.

I believe that practitioners, especially those in mainland China, should regularly visit the Minghui website or read Minghui Weekly. Along with studying the Fa with our hearts, we can keep a clear mind and motivate ourselves to cultivate diligently and righteously.

I have compiled some quotes from recent editions of Minghui Weekly for us to encourage each other:

- There are no shortcuts to cultivation, but pitfalls to watch out for;- Practitioners should have self-respect, neither to be disturbed nor to disturb others; - Whenever we encounter a test, we pause and think before making a decision, and examine whether it meets the Fa standard;- What we can do is determined by our own cultivation, and everything will be given to us by Master if we cultivate well, not by our human desire;- Cultivation is unconditional and we simply cultivate according to Master’s teachings;- There is no need to fear as long as one follows Master and does everything Master wants;- If we keep our competitiveness and jealousy deeply buried, we are treating them too seriously and nourishing these demonic things with our precious energy;-We detect our attachments by checking to see if we study the Fa well, send forth righteous thoughts with concentration, and save people with urgency.

Let us cherish Minghui and help more practitioners to have access to Minghui Weekly so we can all do the three things well and welcome the arrival of the Fa-rectification of the human world without regrets.

Editor’s note: This article only represents the author’s current understanding meant for sharing among practitioners so that we can “Compare with one another in study, in cultivation.” (“Solid Cultivation,” Hong Yin)