(Minghui.org) My understanding of forming a whole body of Falun Dafa practitioners had for a long time been limited to how we communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with each other when we work on a certain project.
Through sharing with fellow practitioners, I recently realized that forming one body is not only reflected in coordination and cooperation in doing things, but also in the elimination of all barriers between us.
While working together, our notions, human hearts, and attachments will all surface. For example, some practitioners feel they have better ways of doing things, some favor certain people over others, and some are full of the Chinese Communist Party culture.
When we talk about forming a whole body, everyone should earnestly and sincerely help and accommodate each other, cultivate diligently, and facilitate each other to accomplish our mission.
If we can each look within, measure ourselves against the Fa, rectify degenerated factors in us, and eliminate the factors that are not righteous between us, the whole body of practitioners will be pure. In this way, the one body of practitioners is indestructible and it is truly in line with the characteristics of the universe.
Whether everyone is doing the same thing or not, our hearts are all together, and our energy fields are all compatible and connected. The energy and the power are huge and unlimited.
I did not handle things well one day when a conflict arose between me and a senior fellow practitioner. I was frustrated that I still did not have enough compassion when a conflict suddenly appeared. That night, Master enlightened me.
Master said:
“True compassion doesn’t have any selfishness mixed in, and one will, when dealing with anyone, or sentient beings in general, look at things with righteous thoughts and loving kindness.” (“What a Dafa Disciple Is,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume XI)
When I measured the fellow practitioner against my own personal notions, everything I did contained hidden selfishness. Although what I said or did appeared to be for her sake, it was mixed with personal bias. Thus it was impossible for me to be pure or selfless. I came to see that when we talk about being compassionate and having righteous thoughts for sentient beings, we should also be the same towards our fellow practitioners.
I communicated with the fellow practitioner the next day with compassion and righteous thoughts. I experienced the feeling of genuine kindness towards others, as well as the natural and pleasant feeling of assimilating into the Fa.
No matter what kind of environment we are in, no matter how hard our tasks are, and no matter whether we play a key role or a supporting role, we all need to be keenly aware that we are Dafa disciples, while meticulously cultivating ourselves and looking within. Only when we fundamentally change ourselves, can we truly accomplish our responsibilities and fulfill our historical mission.
This is my understanding of my level, and please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
Editor’s note: This article only represents the author’s understanding in their current cultivation state meant for sharing among practitioners so that we can “Compare in studying, compare in cultivating.” (“Solid Cultivation,” Hong Yin)
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