FALUN DAFA - INDIA 
TRUTHFULNESS - COMPASSION - FORBEARANCE 
Newsletter for April 2010

Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:

  1. Welcome

  2. What’s Happening?

  3. Learning from Traditional Roles How to Better Cooperate Within the One Body

  4. My Understanding after Reading Master's Scripture, "Sifting of the Sand"

  5. Another Level of the Meaning of "Righteousness"

  6. Western Practitioner: Teacher Saved My Life

  7. Several Manifestations of Jealousy

  8. Only When We Truly Cultivate Can We Know How to Cultivate


1. Welcome

Welcome to the April 2010 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.

Hope everyone keeps Master’s message in their hearts and are doing Fa study diligently and remain steadfast in cultivation.

Also keep your righteous thoughts for welcoming Shen Yun to India later this year. It is a good idea to dedicate a certain time for righteous thoughts for Shen Yun every day. Wish you all the best in your efforts.

In this issue, we have a compilation of experience-sharing Articles gleaned from Clearwisdom that always shine through because of their insights and fine quality of sharing. It is important to read the Clearwisdom, Pureinsight and other Dafa sites. We make an effort to select Articles from the Archives which people don’t go back to and are relevant even today. Contributions are welcome from practitioners.

Heshi! Hope, you like the selection of Articles and gain some new insights!

Note: "All the contents in this newsletter - except for quotations and excerpts of writings of the founder Mr. Li Hongzhi - are only ideas and experiences of practitioners and do not represent Falun Dafa in itself."

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2. What’s Happening?


Practitioners in Hyderabad introduced Falun Dafa exercises in three schools and visited the schools for follow ups. The school authorities are happy about the discipline and sense of well being that Falun Dafa has brought to the students. Practitioners in Hyderabad also introduced the practice to the Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce where 30 members participated.

Practitioners in Bangalore continue their follow up with schools and encourage students in their Fa study.

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3. Learning from Traditional Roles How to Better Cooperate Within the One Body


(Clearwisdom.net) In ancient China, the relationships among people were clear and strictly observed. It was emphasized that everyone should fulfill his or her own duties and roles. Specifically, in public, decision-makers and decision-executioners had clear divisions in their social functions. The upper class was benevolent and the lower class was trustworthy. In a family, a father was benevolent and a son had filial piety; a big brother was kindhearted and a little brother was respectful. This natural state of respectful heaven and humble earth was expanded to a form of systematic ethics, and is an important part of traditional Chinese culture.

However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has distorted the harmonic follower and leader relationships among people into class oppression and exploitation relationships. The CCP stirs up human desires for fame and gain, which leads to eventual social disorder and chaos.

I remember a foreigner once commented on Chinese people: A Chinese person working alone is a dragon, but the Chinese are a worm if they work together. I think this sentence profoundly revealed the state of mind of the people who have been constantly poisoned by the CCP culture. Not understanding cooperation, coordination or duty, it is very difficult for people to live together harmoniously, not to mention collaborating or working together on projects. As Dafa practitioners, we should not be like that. We should restore the natural living state for people.

At Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference, Master said:

"If people don't want to listen whenever you assign something and they just want to do whatever suits their fancy, and each does things his own way, could that ever work?

Some people might think, "Why should I listen to so-and-so? I think I've cultivated better than him." You mustn't say that. Only someone who has cultivated well will be content to follow whatever is assigned to him, and [thinking that way] only proves that you have not cultivated well.

After finishing studying Master's Fa teaching, I thought about what was happening around me. There were gaps among my fellow practitioners. The things we tried to do as a whole body of practitioners were not going smoothly. Many problems were caused by mutual disrespect among fellow practitioners. Everyone insisted that he or she was right, his or her idea was good, or he or she was not willing to put oneself behind others and to coordinate with fellow practitioners or coordinators. Practitioners would judge or discount other practitioners' opinions or the coordinator's arrangements. We were not actively coordinating and silently harmonizing with what coordinators were doing. The direct result was that we were a mess. For long periods of time, we could not even share our experiences, or everyone was focusing on cultivating themselves well or doing their own work. How could there be great power for destroying the evil?

We have many practical things to do in our efforts to clarify the truth. Though it is not easy to handle coordination problems when we do things together, we must have whole body awareness. Our personal cultivation is for cultivating ourselves. Within the whole body, there will be coordination issues at times, which will require us to put ourselves in the right positions. There are coordinators at each practice site. They are the leaders of our groups. If coordinators have already decided on a specific thing, as long as they are in accordance with the Fa, we should comply unconditionally. Even if there are shortcomings with regard to a decision, we should not treat it negatively. We should quietly harmonize our shortcomings in the process of doing things. Putting Fa-rectification and saving sentient beings as our highest priorities are the examples a Dafa practitioner should set.

The above is my personal understanding. I welcome any comments.

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4. My Understanding after Reading Master's Scripture, "Sifting of the Sand"

By a practitioner from China

(Clearwisdom.net) After I read Master's article, "Sifting of the Sand," the first thought that came to me were Master's words in "Zhuan Falun": "The great waves shift the sand, and that is what cultivation practice is all about. What is left in the end will be genuine gold." (Lecture Six, Zhuan Falun) Those words whirled around in my mind repeatedly. Yes, now it is almost the end of Fa-rectification. Of course now is the time to separate the genuine gold from the sand and the impure gold. The pure gold will soon shine forth. This is really something very serious.

Then I thought about the disagreements and conflicts between fellow practitioners. We have tried so many times to resolve them, but failed. In this split second that will be over in a twinkling, some practitioners cannot do the exercises correctly and some are reluctant to get up early to practice. Once, when we just finished the morning exercises, a practitioner asked, "What should I do if I can't get up early?" Another practitioner said, "If at the very moment when all of us achieve Consummation while doing the exercises, you were asleep, how do you think Master would treat you?" The practitioner was startled by these words, and then could make himself get up on time.

We were really worried about some practitioners who couldn't do the exercises correctly. Other practitioners pointed out their problems several times and they refused to accept it. They always swayed while doing the exercises and would become angry if we reminded them too many times. Master told us that our main consciousness needs to be strong. If your consciousness is strong enough, it is impossible for you to sway during the exercises. In tranquil meditation, some practitioners fall asleep. We really need to pay attention to these things. You are not living up to Master's standard if you sway, sleep, or to not do the movements correctly. I think we should watch the video that demonstrates how to do the exercises again, or read The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa once every while.

The other problem that was also mentioned several times in articles published on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website is that of pronouncing the words incorrectly while we study the Fa together. Some practitioners read the Fa incorrectly, and when others tell them, they are unwilling to correct themselves. Actually sometimes they would make the correction, but if it was a practitioner who had a conflict with him that pointed out his mistake, he would just refuse to correct himself. I think that attachment should also be gotten rid of. What we study and read is the Fa. If you are pronouncing the words incorrectly, you should be willing to correct yourself, even if your mistake is being pointed out by the practitioner who is having a conflict with you. If you are able to do this, you can also get rid of your human attachment. Isn't this quite a good thing?

Besides, while collectivity reading the Fa, while one person reads the Fa, the others who listen should read or recite silently along and try not to do unrelated things. Isn't your respect to Master and Dafa revealed by this? Our Fa study is not just a formality and we should treat it seriously with a pure heart and in a good manner. In ancient times, before they went to a temple to burn incense and pay respects to Buddha, people needed to take baths, change into clean clothes, and very sincerely pay respect to Buddha. To our universal Dafa that has created all things in this universe shouldn't we treasure Him the most, and be our most respectful?

I had always thought that I only had an attachment to money but after going through some tribulations on this matter, I felt this attachment had become much less than before. I no longer thought a lot about fame, benefits, and sentimentality (qing). I didn't realize that I was still paying attention to those things until one day I felt extremely pained when something happened to touch on these attachments. I was unwilling to speak about it, as I was worried about losing face. Doesn't this mean that I still have some strong attachments that I don't want to let go of? I thought, "Since I don't go to work, I have no place to struggle for fame and benefits." But I was wrong. My child's school grades became the platform for me to fight for fame and personal benefits. I would be happy when he achieved good grades in school, but I would feel unhappy when he did not.

At first I didn't realize or admit what was going on. But then the situation turned worse and worse due to my not letting go of this bad element. My child used to be excellent in school, but in the end the teacher asked me to come to school to have a talk with him. I felt bad, and started to search inside. Did this happen because my child didn't cultivate diligently, or was it because I have too strong of an attachment? Of course a child is still just a child. But perhaps if he had studied the Fa better, he would be a better student. I kept on studying the Fa, and suddenly one word stood out: fame. Fame and benefit. Yes, this attachment was hidden too deeply and I didn't even realize it until it became painful. Letting go of qing is only one aspect; we also should demolish all attachments to fame and personal benefit.

Master worries about us a great deal. He writes articles to instruct us how to cultivate, improve ourselves, and save more sentient beings. As Master's disciples, we must strive hard to achieve a better understanding. We must get rid of the attachment to competitiveness, and many other attachments. We should work to make our surroundings even more compassionate and not argue about which practitioner is right or wrong.

We must also cultivate ourselves in family conflicts. It is so difficult for fellow practitioners to come together in person. Then why are we always paying so much attention to other practitioners' attachments? While you are busy focusing on their attachments, perhaps it is your own attachments that are using you. If you always want to change others to be more in agreement with you, couldn't this be another attachment whose origin is qing? All the practitioners who point out others' mistakes and whose mistakes have been pointed out should stop and reflect on this. We should strive together to sift the sand so that together we can become genuine gold.

These are only my own experiences. Please compassionately correct me if I have any misunderstandings.

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5. Another Level of the Meaning of "Righteousness"

By a Falun Dafa practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, I experienced interference while preparing materials to clarify the truth about the persecution in China. I think the gaps in my xinxing are one of the reasons, but it is also because the evil forces are struggling on their last legs as the truth of the persecution is exposed. During this period I constantly looked for ways to improve my xinxing and found a number of human notions that I didn't realize existed. They are more clear to me now, based on the Fa principles. However, I found that the interference continued. Although sending forth righteous thoughts did effectively disintegrate the evil and eliminate the interference, as soon as I stopped sending forth righteous thought and started working on truth-clarification materials, the interference would come again. For instance, the power would go out while I was making copies.

Thus, I was trapped in a state of frustration and anxiety. I was very worried and wondered why I could not get out of this state. I also frequently asked Master to give me hints.

Several days ago, words from Master's article, "Expounding on the Fa," suddenly appeared in my mind,

"If it continues endlessly and if there do not exist other problems in your xinxing or conduct, it must be that the evil demons are capitalizing on the weak spots caused by your lack of control. After all, a cultivator is not an ordinary human. So why doesn't the side of you that is your original nature rectify the Fa?"

These words really got my full attention and I began to study the article right away.

Through studying "Expounding on the Fa" again and again, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of the Fa principles. I realized that I have always been in a passive state prior to tribulations, as if I don't have any divine capabilities and could only react to the evil. This notion is exactly the state of a human being. Can a great divine being be manipulated by the evil and yet feel helpless? Would a divine being feel he is impotent? Would a divine being be afraid of the evil? Would a divine being passively bear the tribulation and passively look for or depend on others' help? I do not think so. Only humans would get confused, feel helpless, and not know what to do; this is because humans are very weak and at the same time cannot see the truth. On the other hand, a great divine being always has a strong righteous mind, and with his boundless wisdom, he will be able to see through any tricks of the evil forces and thus completely disintegrate them. Divine beings will never hesitate. Divine beings' minds are firm and steady.

As soon as I realized this, I suddenly felt that the answers to many questions became clear. Thinking back on July 20, 1999 (when the persecution officially began), wasn't it because our righteous thoughts were not strong enough, and we hesitated and did not know what to do when facing the unexpected persecution, that the persecution could occur? Today there are still many practitioners who are in prison and are not able to get out; is it partly because of the existence of these passive factors? Can these passive factors and lack of confidence be considered a state of "righteousness?"

If these conditions are not right, but we are still quietly bearing them, aren't we acknowledging these wrong conditions in a different form? If we acknowledged these wrong conditions, how can we say that we are righteous?

Master said, "A Buddha is a defender of the universe." ("Teaching the Fa at the International Experience-Sharing Conference in Beijing") Looking at ourselves, aren't we trying to cultivate to Buddhahood? Then aren't we supposed to maintain and protect the truth of the universe and other positive factors? Are any of the tricks used by the evil, as well as the so-called "taking advantage of the gaps," positive things? Are so-called "tribulations or tests" by the evil acknowledged by Dafa? If not, can we tacitly approve them under any condition?

I feel that now I have a new understanding on "what is righteousness" as well as how to walk a righteous path. At the same time, I also have deeper thoughts and a better understanding of my mission.

I have written this article with the hope that it will encourage fellow practitioners who have been under tribulation for a long period of time. I hope that we can all share with each other, improve together, eliminate the interference by the evil, and hurry in saving sentient beings. These are just my personal understandings, and if there is anything not in accordance with the Fa, please kindly point them out.

Master also said in "Expounding on the Fa",

"As a matter of fact, this results from an inadequate understanding of the Fa by your human side. You have humanly restrained your divine side; in other words, you have restrained the parts that have been successfully cultivated and have prevented them from doing Fa-rectification."

I understood that all these are due to the lack of Fa-study and the lack of improvement in xinxing and understanding of Fa-principles. Thus, I am determined to study the Fa more. I would also like to remind fellow practitioners to place more importance on Fa-study.

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6. Western Practitioner: Teacher Saved My Life

By a Western practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) I am sharing the following experience to remind fellow practitioners to always have faith in Teacher and to let non-practitioners know of the power of Dafa and our Master. I was first introduced to Falun Dafa in late 2001 but did not really start my cultivation until 2005. I had a number of different tribulations and tests to pass but none more dramatic than what I experienced two weeks ago when my husband and I were in a scooter accident. We were just coming back from an event in Chinatown to celebrate the 50 million plus people who had quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. We were two blocks from our home when we drove right into a car that had made a sudden and illegal u-turn into our lane. As our scooter was propelled over onto the sidewalk, we were catapulted over the driver's car and then smashed down onto the road. My husband got up soon after we crashed, but I was unable to move. Blood covered my face and people quickly came to help. Several men told me not to move and within minutes emergency medical technicians put me in an ambulance and took me to the hospital.

After the initial shock of being thrown down to the ground, I immediately continued to send forth righteous thoughts and recite the Fa when I could. In the ambulance, I asked my husband to call two practitioners to send forth righteous thoughts. I knew that what was happening to me was only on the surface and I needed to negate the thought that anything was wrong with me. I was anxious to get home and start studying Fa and sending righteous thoughts.

In fact, nothing serious had happened to me. Despite being jolted into the air, without any protective clothing or material except my helmet, I had no broken bones. My face was torn up from landing so abruptly on the ground and I had several bruises on my body. My father came to the hospital that night and wondered if I should consult with a plastic surgeon and medical staff suggested I not look at my face! The doctors and nurses continued to tell me I was in shock and would soon be in great pain but the worst I felt was only some moderate discomfort. They offered me strong pain killers in the hospital but I declined, saying I really felt okay and did not need to take them. I waited for several hours to get x-rays and a brain scan. In between the periods when the medical staff came over to examine me, I had a little time to study the Fa. Each time the staff came over to check on me, they told me how much better I looked. One time I had been sitting up in bed, studying the Fa, when a nurse, noting the difference in my appearance, exclaimed, "See what a difference those pain meds make?!" I told her that I had not taken any medication. I thought to myself, "See how powerful and benevolent Master is?"

Teacher writes about a practitioner who emerges unscathed from a bad car accident in "Zhuan Falun":

"We have said that good or evil comes from a person's spontaneous thought, and the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences. With her old age, if she were an everyday person, how could she not be injured? Yet her skin was not even scratched. Good or evil comes from that instant thought. If she were lying down there claiming, "Ugh, I feel terrible. Something is wrong here and there." Then, her bones might really be fractured and she would be paralyzed."

As I lay in bed in the hospital, I noticed a young Chinese man waiting in the hallway. I asked my husband to give him a Falun Dafa bookmark--it was the only truth clarification material I had on me. The Chinese man did not appear to have any reaction when my husband gave him the bookmark but he later came over to my bed and asked me how I was doing. Over the next few hours we continued to run into each other and he stopped by a couple of times to talk. He was there with his mother and grandmother, who had a bad fall. His grandmother was only in the U.S. for a visit and was planning on returning to China the following day. He was raised in America and knew very little of Falun Dafa. I was hoping he would have a favorable impression of Dafa after we talked and would tell his grandmother the truth about the practice, so she could be in a better position to be saved before returning to China.

In the taxi back home from the hospital, I had a brief thought that I perhaps should take medicine if the pain was going to be so unbearable and my sleep might be interrupted. I called a practitioner to get some advice. She told me it was up to me as to whether I should take medication but I knew right when I asked the question what the answer was. I had to negate those thoughts. I was not an everyday person. Master was looking after me and this was simply a test I must pass. Medicine would have no effect on me and only put me back on a destructive path. As a cultivator, I had gong which would rectify any damage to my physical body. So, keeping this in mind, I decided that I would not take any medicine.

The wounds on my face healed incredibly fast. In less than a week, all my scabs had come off and the swelling in my face had gone down completely. People who had seen me after the accident or had heard about my injuries could not believe how fast I had healed. My friend said to me, "no one heals this fast...it must be the practice (of Falun Dafa)." My neighbor asked me what medications or lotions I had been using on face and my husband (a non-practitioner) kept referring to my face as a "magic face."

My injuries are now almost fully recovered. I have used this time to look inside to understand why this accident happened. I see that the accident brought to the surface several attachments, such as fear of being harmed, the attachment of comfort, and vanity, all of which I need to eliminate. Teacher writes in "Digging Out the Roots": "I use various means to expose your deeply-concealed attachments and get rid of them." (Essentials for Further Advancements) I have gone back to memorizing the Fa, which I had not done in several months, and have spent more time actively sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil in my mind and in my body. I feel in fact my "xinxing" is stronger now than ever.

I hope that all practitioners are able to look inside when faced with tribulations and always negate the old forces' arrangements. We must cultivate diligently in the Fa, so that we always walk the path that Master has arranged for us. Sometimes the path that Teacher has arranged for us is a very difficult one to follow but if our xinxing is strong and we have faith in Teacher, we can make it through.

"As a truly-determined practitioner, one is able to endure everything and give up or care less for any attachment in the face of various self-interests. As long as once can do this, it will not be difficult. Those people find it difficult because they cannot let go of these things. Cultivation practice itself is not difficult, and neither is upgrading one's level itself difficult. It is because they cannot give up the human mind that they call it difficult." (Zhuan Falun)

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7. Several Manifestations of Jealousy

By a practitioner in Shandong Province, China

(Clearwisdom.net) Master has lectured clearly on jealousy in the Fa. Jealousy means being envious of others. I would like to share about several manifestations of jealousy that I have encountered. My understanding may not be correct. The purpose of my writing this is to share understandings with fellow practitioners, so that we can recognize jealousy and improve together. In the past, I believed that jealousy always meant being envious of others who were better, more capable, or had more strong points. I now have new understanding about jealousy. Some kinds of jealousy are subtle, and have formed naturally, so they are difficult see, and you may not be able to recognize some jealousies. What I have discussed may not include every aspect of jealousy. I ask fellow practitioners to point out anything that I have understood incorrectly.

1. Gloating over others' mishaps

I remembered that shortly after I obtained the Fa, one practitioner mentioned that a coordinator had not done well on certain things, which resulted in a conflict in the coordinator's family. Upon hearing this, I somehow felt happy knowing that coordinators also have times in which they fail to do well. So what was hidden deeply in my mind was that I felt better when those who were more capable than I had faltered. On the surface however, I didn't say a word or show any reaction that would indicate my mindset. So although others didn't see me that way, I was actually jealous in my mind.

2. Being jealous of others who are better at doing things than I am

Shortly after I obtained the Fa, I realized when I saw others doing the exercise movements accurately, I felt anxious. One day, after we finished the exercises, the coordinator announced, "Everyone come here and let me correct your movements." I then thought in my mind, "What is the use of correcting the movements? It would be fine if it is not so bad." Immediately after I had this thought I realized that I was jealous of others. I still find myself becoming envious when others are much better at doing things than I am.

3. Being jealous of others when I feel inferior to them

Sometimes, our local coordinator made the decisions as to when the practitioners should practice the exercises or study the Fa. I thought in my mind, "The coordinator can arrange for us to study the Fa and practice the exercises. Their words count, while mine do not count. I am not that good." As Master said,

"You're Employee of the Month and you're so good at your job, you should come to work early and go home late. Why don't you do all this work? You're doing so well, and we're not good enough... " (The Seventh Talk, Zhuan Falun, 2003 Translation Version)

In my case, I was just jealous in my mind and it wasn't visible on the surface. There are also times when jealousy is manifested strongly between practitioners, and this interferes with validating the Fa and saving sentient beings. For example, practitioner A and practitioner B worked at the same materials production site, and Practitioner A was more capable than practitioner B in some areas. Practitioner B then spread rumors about practitioner A's mistakes, telling others not to get into contact with practitioner A or accept the materials brought to them by practitioner A. They were then instructed to accept the materials brought by practitioner B himself. Practitioner B also told others how well he had passed the tribulations in that situation. Those who had believed in practitioner B then avoided practitioner A, and didn't accept materials brought to them by practitioner A. This is an example of one's being jealous of others, and doing something that interfered with the Fa-rectification. Here I don't want to say how bad practitioner B is. I just want fellow practitioners to recognize the attachment of jealousy and then eliminate it.

4. Using one's own strong points to measure others' weak points

When I was detained in a detention center by the evil last year, all the inmates there said that one Dafa practitioner there could move his legs into a double-lotus meditation position without using his hands. I thought that even though he could do the double-lotus position so well, my xinxing may not be worse than his. A moment later, an inmate said "jealousy" in front of me. I then wondered why he mentioned jealousy in front of me. Was it possible that I had jealousy? However, what I had thought did not seem to indicate my being jealous of others, as I had not felt unbalanced in my heart. After I came out of the detention center, I wondered more about that incident. One day, a fellow practitioner told me that when her uncle told her how nice his house looked, she thought to herself, "What is so extraordinary about your house being nice? In some aspects we are better than you, and we will be better off in the future." She asked me what attachment this was, and I replied that Master had lectured on the story about that child who scored a hundred on a test, and the neighbor who was jealous of the child, "'What's the big deal? It's just a hundred. What's he got to brag about!'" (The Seventh Talk, Zhuan Falun) This allowed me to see that I also had such an attachment, and it was just that the nature of the jealousies were different. When others received something good, I always used some of my strong points to measure against their weak points, so as to satisfy that unbalanced heart of mine. Sometimes when I saw that some ordinary persons had made fortunes, some had become government officials, and some had gotten rewards, although I didn't go to compete as ordinary people would, I thought about how much we practitioners will be better off than everyday people in the future. So what was hidden deeply in my mind was my being jealous of others. When others got something good, I didn't feel happy, and instead used my strong points to measure against their weak points.

5. Being jealous of those who are not as capable as I am

Jealousy is not just reflected in my being jealous of those who are more capable than I am. Sometimes, when one who is not as capable gets something good, I also became jealous. For example, when a fellow practitioner mentioned his understanding of some Fa principles, or some cultivation-related matters, I didn't want to hear them, because I thought that I already knew it. So in my subconscious mind, I held the notion that their understanding of the Fa was not as high as mine. This is just like what Master has said,

"Or when a qigong master holds a class, some people sit there in a huff, 'Pfff, what kind of qigong master is he? I don't want to listen to any of the stuff he talks about.'" (The Seventh Talk, Zhuan Falun)

For a person, whether he is non-practitioner or practitioner, if he is not as capable as I am, and tells me how I should do things, I would think, "You, being not as good as I am, why are you telling me how to do things? My understanding is better than yours." So I felt unbalanced in my mind. This was just like the story mentioned in Zhuan Falun about the person who wasn't as capable becoming the supervisor, which made the other person feel unbalanced. When those who are less capable as I am got something good, why did I feel unbalanced? Even if others are really not as good as I am, why could I not be modest in carefully listening to their suggestions? Why do I not feel happy when other practitioners make progress in their cultivation?

6. The jealousy that results from the belief in absolute egalitarianism

One fellow practitioner talked to me about her work. She said that her work can only be accomplished when four persons do it together: Each person performs one task, and all the tasks are different. One of the tasks is relatively difficult to do, while the other three are relatively easy. In the past, when they did the work, they rotated the roles. In this way, no one would be at a disadvantage. There was a period of time when it was her turn to do the difficult task. At that point, the other three persons stopped the rotation of roles. She didn't mind much when it went that way for a few days. But after it lasted for quite a long time, she could no longer take it. After she could not endure it, she told her family about it. Her family members then went to those persons who did the work together with her. At the time, I also felt that it wasn't reasonable for the three everyday persons to act that way, but after judging it according to the Fa, I came to realize that it was the evil party's past propaganda about "absolute egalitarianism" that had resulted in my thinking that way.

"If the sky falls, everybody dies together, after all; everybody should share equally in anything good; when there's a pay hike, everybody should be entitled to the same share." (The Seventh Talk, Zhuan Falun)

We Dafa practitioners should not use ordinary people's principles to measure things. We particularly should not use the evil party's ideology to view things. We should use Dafa to measure things. Usually when I make a little more sacrifice than others, I feel unbalanced in my heart. If the others were my own dear ones, or my parents or children, would I still feel unbalanced?

"A wicked person is born of jealousy. 
Out of selfishness and anger he complains about unfairness towards himself. 
 
A benevolent person always has a heart of compassion. 
With no discontentment or hatred, he takes hardship as joy. 
 
An enlightened person has no attachments at all. 
He quietly observes the people of the world deluded by illusions." 
("Realms" from Essentials for Further Advancement)

When I didn't get the good things, but others got them, I felt envious. When I encountered a bad thing while others didn't, I also became jealous. For example, when I was still in school, I and several classmates did something we shouldn't have done, which was found out by the teacher. The teacher didn't criticize my classmates, but he criticized me. I then felt unbalanced. I thought, "They also did it, so why was I the only one who got criticized?" This was, in fact, the result of believing in absolute egalitarianism: One feels comfortable only when one shares things, no matter how good or bad.

People carry different amounts of de (virtue) and karma, as well as the amounts of de and karma that one's ancestors have accumulated. The amounts of blessings that people will get in their lifetimes are all different. So how can we get rewards based on absolute egalitarianism? What Dafa cultivators should do is to cultivate when encountering things, take hardships as blessings, and not be moved by the ordinary pursuit of fame, interest, and sentimentality. Only by striving to be this way can one make progress in cultivation.

During the course of my writing, I have gained a better understanding of jealousy. Only by truly recognizing it can one eliminate it. Many practitioners agree that through writing about their experiences, they can gain new understandings. In this way, they can not only improve themselves, but also help others by pointing out their mistakes, so that we can all recognize and then remove them.

Please kindly point out anything that is improper.

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8. Only When We Truly Cultivate Can We Know How to Cultivate


(Clearwisdom.net) The measurement of whether a person is truly cultivating occurs when he cultivates and searches within when he gets into trouble. True cultivation is searching within rather than pursuing and outwardly seeking answers. If a person cannot manage to fundamentally change himself or get rid of all human attachments during cultivation, no matter how much Fa he studies or how much Fa-validation work he does, he does not count as a real cultivator in the end.

The premise of knowing how to cultivate is being a true cultivator. If a person does not want to fundamentally change himself at all and always pursues and searches for answers externally, he is not cultivating, let alone to say whether or not he knows how to cultivate.

So "knowing how to cultivate" means we can pinpoint our human attachment at the time of the incident. We all have had similar experiences: sometimes we find a lot of attachments but the real one for us to get rid of in this incident is overlooked. Then we stagnate in the tribulation for a long time and our xinxing does not improve. How can we find the correct attachment and get rid of it? When we cannot find our attachment but all of sudden get a hint when studying the Fa with a calm mind, the attachment being hinted is the one; when we are keen to point out and fix others' attachments or argue with others, the thing that stirred our heart is our attachment; when we see two people arguing, the obvious attachment they exhibit is a reminder of our attachment; when a practitioner points out an attachment of ours and we feel uncomfortable, annoyed, or even feel a need to explain, then that is our attachment. That antagonistic feeling is from our human heart and notions. They cannot stand it, so they reflect it to your brain. But they are not you. We should grab it and get rid of it instantly.

Above is just my understanding. The significance of searching within in the Fa is far deeper than this. I hope more Dafa disciples advance diligently in the Fa!

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