(Clearwisdom.net)
I have been a translator since 2000. Being in a remote area, far away from an embassy or consulate, I felt it was the least I should do, despite my poor English writing skills. Now I have enlightened to the fact that I must have signed a pledge to help the Clearwisdom website, and my cultivation path is closely related to our team work.
I used to fear taking responsibility, making decisions, or leading a team. Because I grew up with CCP culture, I was selfish, reluctant to contribute more to Dafa, and lazy about learning new things. Thanks to Master's hints and fellow practitioners patiently waiting for me to upgrade my understanding, I finally agreed to lead a fast-response group within our team in 2004. I have been leading the whole team since 2006.
The main thing I learned from coordinating is how to view all team members, including myself. Each of us have strengths and shortcomings. When I monitor everyone's speed and quality, everyone's cultivation state is clearly presented through their work. Nevertheless, my rule for running our team is "positive, positive, positive!"
Master taught us to only look at the good parts of others; we should only see their willingness to ascend and ignore their shortcomings. Every being on earth came for the Fa. All fellow practitioners are Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples whom Master scooped out from hell. We came down to help Master in Fa-rectification. We must trust that each one of us will be purified by Master and Falun Dafa from the inside out. How we view fellow practitioners also manifests if we believe in Master's mighty power and have solid faith in Dafa's mighty virtue.
I have been asked, "Why does a certain translator keep making the same mistakes; why do they never follow the guidelines? Why is their format always wrong?" I answered, "Please be patient and let us leave notes one at a time. We'll calmly mend the holes, and it will gradually help them improve the quality." I was like that before when I translated. I did not care much about the poor quality of my work, especially when dealing with time-sensitive items. I thought the polisher would easily catch all of my mistakes.
How we should view Dafa disciples is also how we should view ourselves. We have all made mistakes on our cultivation paths, we have all committed wrongdoings before cultivating Falun Dafa, and we have all accumulated karma on top of karma since we came down to fulfill our missions. If we cry about our mistakes all the time, we are not advancing diligently. We must see through the old force's arrangements. They are jealous of us and trying with all their might to drag us down. Our original true selves are firmly cultivating in Falun Dafa and assimilating to "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." Our divine side did not make mistakes; our postnatal karma did. Our human side is not our true selves! No matter how difficult the surface situation is, even if the sky is falling and the ground is cracking, we shall not be moved!
I used to think I had exceptionally strong righteous thoughts, and I have experienced righteous thoughts quickly rectifying physical difficulties several times. However, in March, I had an eye problem for over a week. My thought karma was resisting Master's teaching on "completely disintegrate the meddling deities." Looking inside and sending forth righteous thoughts did not take instant effect like I thought it would. For the first time since I started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1996, I had to take sick leave from work due to my physical condition. I could not proofread files or do time-sensitive translations. I damaged Falun Dafa's image since I am the only Chinese practitioner in my area. I listened to the Fa and did the exercises constantly, meanwhile making sure not to delay our team work.
During those days, I felt awful! I finally understood how a fellow practitioner would feel during a severe tribulation. The problem was that not only my eye felt bad, but my whole body felt awful! One day, after my eye felt much better, I went back to work. However, I felt suddenly like I was almost dying. I almost told my supervisor that I needed to go home. Then I thought to myself, "Today is my day to do the exercises on campus according to the Wellness Committee schedule. It is also posted on our Falun Dafa website (Thank you, Master!). I'd better stick to my promise and maintain our Falun Dafa 'pure land' by being there on time." I directed my thoughts towards the meddling deities and the old forces thinking, "You are not worthy of stopping me. I am not scared of your tricks. Master told us that all tests on our path are passable. I am needed here to validate Dafa. I will stay!" I felt great after making that decision.
During that time, a fellow practitioner e-mailed me and quoted Master's words from Zhuan Falun:
"Some people may think, 'I'll practice cultivation after my illness is cured.' There is no precondition for practicing cultivation, and one should practice cultivation if one wants to." (Eighth paragraph, "Lecture One")
I had memorized this paragraph and thought about it often during daily group Fa-study and while seeking inwardly. However, hearing it from a fellow practitioner had a stimulating effect. It dissipated my frustration. I found the fellow practitioner's encouragement and reminder to be a turning point when I was stuck at a dead end. Now I am more sensitive to our team members' cultivation states. I am now very willing to share my personal cultivation experiences with my team. I also found that when I share my problems with my team, I become one with our whole body better, and my fellow practitioners' righteous thoughts are with me the entire time.
My third eye is not open. One night, after my eye problem went away, I had a dream. I saw Master visiting our "Pioneer School." I was following Master and listening to His teachings. Suddenly, for the first time, I saw the evil. Three ugly evil beings were in front of me. I calmly put my right hand upright and said, "Fa-Zheng-Qian-Kun, Xie-E-Quan-Mie" (the Fa rectifies the Cosmos; the Evil is completely eliminated)! The evil beings were eliminated. However, more evil beings kept appearing. At this critical moment, countless fellow practitioners with their right palms upright appeared beside me. I did not see their bodies, only their thick golden palms! Our mighty righteous thoughts efficiently eliminated the evil.
Our team's work quality is improving day by day. I am very strict on submitting articles on time, because that is our duty; but meanwhile, I like to think I am also very understanding. I know most of our team members are shouldering multiple tasks, and there are many deadlines they have to meet. Our team members are all very conscientious about informing me of their schedules so our Dafa work will not be delayed. I want to take this opportunity to salute our team! You have been working hard! We form an indestructible one body, and I treasure this time that we all work together!
We are on the last leg of our journey. We have seen the evil intensively making its last attempts on some of our fellow practitioners, including myself. At one of our regional group Fa-study sessions, I enlightened there is still something I have not done well among the three tasks. I re-started memorizing Zhuan Falun in the evenings with two other practitioners, and I have been reading the Fa every early morning diligently in addition to evening regional group Fa-studies. I work very hard on clarifying the truth. But I stopped getting up in the middle of the night to send forth righteous thoughts. It is high time for me to do that again, so I have been setting my alarm clock to 2:52 a.m. and joining the global sending forth righteous thoughts. There is no other way to break through tribulations but to diligently do the three things after looking inwards. Master does not see our shortcomings as long as we are faithful Falun Dafa disciples. Doing the three things diligently is negating the old force's arrangements and harmonizing with Master's plan.
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