Cultivating as a Member of the Minghui Radio Team

(Minghui.org) Since joining the Minghui Radio team, I had to seriously review my cultivation as a member of this project. While summarizing my experiences of the past years, I felt grateful to Master Li (Dafa’s founder) for watching over me.

When the Minghui editors gave our team feedback, they said that my broadcasts needed to improve. However, I didn’t know what my issues were. Therefore, even though I tried to improve, I didn’t know how to. I became very stressed out about it.

My heart became more unstable when all my other team members gradually received positive feedback, except me. I became impatient. I even thought that I didn’t need to care about the Minghui editors’ feedback because they were not professional broadcasters anyway.

However, I knew nothing was coincidental. Perhaps Master wanted to point out my problems through the mouths of fellow practitioners. I understood that my fellow practitioners were helping me to make progress, so I should thank them. How could I complain about them instead?

I repeatedly practiced reading what I was to announce and then compared my work with other team members’ recordings to find my problem. I felt very lonely and helpless because I couldn’t solve the issue, and it seemed that no one could help me. I asked Master with tears in my eyes to enlighten me and let me know what the problem was. I wanted to do things well. At the same time, I listened to my broadcast and then to other team members' broadcasts again and again whenever I had time.

One day I suddenly discovered a problem with my broadcast. It was as if a channel in my ears suddenly opened, and I heard what my problem was! I pressed my palms together in a gesture of respect and kept saying, “Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!”

Making a breakthrough seemed to go smoother than expected. I finally overcame this barrier, and my voice became relaxed and natural. Not long after that, I received feedback from the Minghui editors that my broadcasting had improved significantly.

I knew I could not improve without Master’s enlightenment and blessing. But, at the same time, I was getting carried away and slacked off on overcoming my broadcasting problems. After a while, the previous problem reappeared. I was immediately alerted to the fact that I could not slack off!

There is a saying, “Art has no end but its perfection.” I knew I couldn’t slack off. I had to continuously practice, and improve my professional skills.

I benefited a lot from a series of programs on the Shen Yun Creations website. A Shen Yun singer talked about the traditional singing method taught by Master. I tried to apply the technique she demonstrated to my broadcasting. I wrote down each episode’s main points so I could review them often. For example, I understood that Shen Yun singers’ voices were penetrating because they used their natural voices to sing, which echoed outside their lips and were controlled by their minds.

Master said: “In fact, let me tell everyone that matter and mind are one and the same.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)

I tried to use Master’s teaching to guide my broadcasting. I realized that our voices can only transcend the human dimension by using the skills given by gods. Only by letting go of human attachments and notions can we achieve this.

The Shen Yun singers said that when practicing singing, one should focus to the extent that one can’t hear any sounds around them. I wondered how people could achieve such a level of concentration if their minds are not pure. The level of concentration reflected a person’s cultivation state. In this sense, developing a voice that could move the listener was a process of cultivating oneself.

I wept when I heard the Shen Yun singer say that she practiced singing until she lost her voice to find the correct vocal position. On the verge of despair, she persevered. Her persistence encouraged me greatly. At that time, I felt pain in my throat for a long time. I passively endured it and didn’t know how to overcome it. Through her experience, I understood that vocalization has nothing to do with our throats. I was determined to deny the old forces’ arrangement, get rid of human notions, and walk the path of cultivation arranged by Master.

In recent years, I started to mentor new broadcasters on a one-to-one basis. At first, I wanted to avoid taking on this task, as I didn’t feel confident in training others. I thought, “What would others think of me if I were to tutor others? Besides, training others would take up a lot of time.”

In struggling with this, I recalled what a fellow practitioner said to me. She said, “We are Dafa practitioners. Dafa can open our wisdom and help us improve technically much faster than when being among everyday people. If you are not technically strong, learn and improve as soon as possible. Staying at the same level after a few years does not sound right. Moreover, you may have to assume the responsibility of training new people in the future.”

I thought, “Since the Fa has given me this opportunity to train new people, I’ll accept it and do my best. I wouldn’t be given such an opportunity if I couldn’t do it.” Actually, while helping the new team members with their broadcasting, I also benefited a lot.

I was once temporarily disturbed and thought about quitting Minghui Radio, but I was encouraged by fellow practitioners to stay. All my team members encouraged me a lot. Thank you, fellow practitioners.

I was in tears several times while writing this experience-sharing article. I regretted that I didn’t do well in the past. I became more grateful to Master for his compassionate care along the way. I cherish this opportunity to participate in the Minghui Radio project. I know that broadcasting is my cultivation. I hope to be more diligent in my cultivation and my work at Minghui Radio to live up to my mission of assisting Master to save sentient beings.