Eliminating the Fear of Trouble When Organizing a Practitioner’s Sharing Article

(Minghui.org) The annual article submission to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day is proceeding quietly and orderly. Given different cultivation environments, cultivation states, and education levels, some practitioners don’t want to write articles. However, there are more practitioners who are not able to write articles for various reasons. I recently realized something that impacted me.

A practitioner recently brought me the manuscript he had written and asked me to help tidy it up, then send it to the Minghui editorial department. When I looked at it, I saw that it was six pages long, with characters densely packed, and many typos. Some phrases and idioms were only partially written and had missing characters that were replaced with white spaces. I felt dizzy for a moment. Not having a choice, I said nothing, and decided to tidy it up. Honestly, my fear of trouble made me depressed and dizzy. I’m already 76 years old, and typing was not easy for me, as I type slowly. I barely typed more than half of it and planned to finish the rest on the next day. I saved the file and turned off the computer.

The next day I turned on the computer, but couldn’t find the file. The file was certainly saved, as I had confirmed it and there was no doubt about that. My wife, also a practitioner, said, “Maybe you feared trouble, so you were made to have trouble again! It may be meant to rid the fear of trouble from you. Admit your mistake to Master!” These words stung my heart. I told Master in my heart, “Master, I was wrong!” I started from scratch, completed tidying up the article, and sent it out.

This is, in fact, my environment and mission. We are in a prefecture-level city with not many cultivating practitioners. Dozens of practitioners are taking Master’s new articles, and less than a dozen practitioners are clarifying the truth and saving people. In the past, a couple of practitioners went online and made materials about Falun Dafa and the persecution. In recent years, I have been the only one doing that, so I often have complaints in my heart. In our current situation, regardless of being senior or young practitioners, some practitioners’ family environments don’t allow them to do that, and some were avoiding it or didn’t feel like doing it. The fear mentality hiding deep down seems to be blocking their path to return to their true home.

I didn’t feel it before looking within. Once I looked within and reflected, I was shocked. A fear of trouble led to many attachments, including resentment, comfort, fame and profit, impatience, competitive mentality, looking down on others, zealotry, jealousy, and so on. With so many heavy “shackles,” and not being able to cleanse oneself of ordinary people’s notions, how can a cultivator transcend the mundane world?

Thank you, Master, for the hints. I will practice solidly, open and above board.