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Finding My True Self and Getting Rid of Bad Habits

Nov. 2, 2010 |   By a Dafa practitioner in Gansu Province, China

(Clearwisdom.net) I am in charge of auditing at work. During the last few months, I have encountered many conflicts at my workplace, which deeply touched my human attachments and directly and negatively affected my saving sentient beings. When I carefully looked inward, I found many human attachments that had been formed through my work.

Attachment to Bossing Others Around

I always wanted to be in charge of others because I thought I was much more capable than they were. I did not like hearing any ideas that were contrary to mine. I was quite responsible and hoped that the company and the employees would benefit as a result of my work. But many departments that I audited had trouble retaining their employees. I then thought that they were better off having fewer employees than having poorly qualified ones, so I continued to do things the same way. Looking back, I realize that I did not maintain a proper relationship between my job and my cultivation practice--I ignored cultivation within my work environment.

Attachments to Showing Off, Competitiveness, and Fame

Oftentimes, I got very excited when I found mistakes that employees had made. I would think to myself, "Again I caught them!" When I was praised by my boss, I thought I was doing something right.

I also developed strong attachments to showing off, competitiveness, and fame. I often argued with my colleagues about whose idea was better, so they became kind of afraid of me and said all sorts of things about me. I confused myself with an ordinary person and missed many opportunities that Master gave me to upgrade my xinxing.

Attachments to Vanity and Zealotry

As an auditor, I was in a position of authority, since I was enforcing the company's rules. Everyday I tried to find other people's mistakes. However, my doing so did not put an end to their making mistakes in the first place. Moreover, the employees' professional competency did not improve.

I also got into fierce conflicts with my colleagues. Finally, my boss laid off one of my colleagues and resolved it that way. On the surface, I was being responsible to the company, but I did not take cultivation practice as my priority, nor did I treat my work as part of my cultivation environment.

Not Being Compassionate Toward Others

Overall, I was not compassionate to my colleagues. I always looked at their shortcomings and my good points, instead of vice versa. I did not take Dafa as my guide.

Now that I have realized these attachments and exposed them, I will try to get rid of the bad habits I have formed at work. Moreover, I will tell more people the facts about Dafa and offer them salvation.

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