FALUN DAFA - INDIA 
TRUTHFULNESS - COMPASSION - FORBEARANCE 
Newsletter for May 2013

Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:

  1. Welcome

  2. What’s Happening?

  3. Eliminating Illness Karma and Completely Negating All of the Old Forces' Arrangements

  4. To Forgive is to Let Go of Oneself

  5. One Single Thought Brings Different Results

  6. No Omissions

  7. A Person's Unique Set of Attachments

  8. Dafa Disciples Should Look Inward Unconditionally


1. Welcome

Welcome to the May 2015 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.

We will be celebrating World Falun Dafa Day on May 13 and let us all make a firm resolve to be more diligent in our cultivation and express our gratitude to Master for giving us such a precious gift of a new way of life.

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 from Delhi & Gurgaon introduced Falun Dafa to a group of 50 people in Hero MotoCorp (Formerly Hero Honda). Practitioners were invited to introduce Falun Dafa to a training batch consisting of 50 people. This batch was divided in 2 batches of 25 people each. For both the batches, Falun Dafa introduction presentation was given (for one batch on April 22nd & to other on April 29th). Following introduction, all 5 exercises were introduced to these batches. All the people did all 5 exercises. Subsequently a video of all 5 exercises was also shown to these groups. We are also planning to do follow up sessions with these people.

These people enjoyed learning about Falun Dafa teachings & exercises. Concerned management people were very happy. They said they would be inviting us for introducing Falun Dafa to training batches in future also.

Practitioners from Bangalore have been going every morning to the practice site at Cubbon Park and now they have often demonstrate the exercises and hold the Banners outside the park which draw the attention of more people. Also practitioners have been holding the Banners and demonstrating the exercises for events like the Marathon where participants and many people passing by are becoming more aware of Falun Dafa.

Mumbai practitioners continue to participate in the ‘Equal Streets’ and now with the summer vacation a lot of school and college students have shown keenness to learn the exercise.

Pune practitioners continue to participate in ‘Happy Streets’ and distribute flyers and demonstrate and teach the exercises.

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3. Eliminating Illness Karma and Completely Negating All of the Old Forces' Arrangements

By a Dafa practitioner from Shaanxi Province, China

(Minghui.org) I have suffered illness karma for way too long a time. In the past, I had been very confused and did not know how to look inward to get rid of my attachments, how to handle illness karma, or how to reject the interfering arrangements of the old forces so that I could walk well on my path of cultivation. When I looked inward, trying to get rid of my attachments, I instead seemed to be acknowledging the arrangements of the old forces.

Master told us long ago:

"When you encounter ordeals during your cultivation, you have got to cultivate yourself and look at yourself--that doesn't mean acknowledging the ordeals arranged by the old forces and trying to do well amidst the ordeals they've arranged, that's not the case. We negate even the very emergence of the old forces and everything that they've arranged; we don't even acknowledge their existence. We're fundamentally negating all of their things, and all of, and only, the things you do while negating and getting rid of them is mighty-virtue. It's not that you're cultivating amidst the ordeals they created. Rather, you are to walk your own path well while not acknowledging them, not even acknowledging the elimination of their ordeals' manifestations." (Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference)

At first, I did not clearly understand Master's words. Only after about a month of increased Fa study and transcribing and reciting the Fa, did I begin to have a clearer understanding of this teaching.

I noticed that fellow practitioners who had been suffering illness karma for a long time were also experiencing confusion. Therefore, I wanted to write this article to help everyone in the hope that they too can improve. Please kindly point out anything improper.

I obtained Dafa in 1998. However, since I did not study the Fa well, I was not very clear about how to cultivate myself. My job was to directly promote traditional Chinese culture. I understood that promoting traditional culture would improve human morality and establish a strong foundation for people to accept Dafa, so I volunteered to do much more work. I often took on a job that needed six, seven, or eight people to accomplish. I felt happy even though I was extremely busy.

With the wisdom and healthy body gained from Dafa, I produced many good achievements, including a form of "fame." As a result, many people asked me to work on projects. Originally, I had a very strong attachment to fame. Then I became even more attached to it. I was very busy and could not spare any time to study the Fa or practice the exercises. I was so immersed in human fame that I did not even realize it. Instead, I felt very satisfied with myself and believed that I was great. Looking back, I can now see that Master had tried to enlighten me to my attachment several times, but I did not realize it.

Finally one day, I suddenly had severe illness symptoms and could no longer do those things that would bring me fame. When I encountered huge hardships, I firmly believed in Master and Dafa. I kept looking inward and found my attachments to doing things, fame, and many other things. I got rid of them as soon as I found them, and if they came back, then I got rid of them again. I also kept up Fa study and tried my best to do the exercises. With Master's benevolent protection and fellow practitioners' righteous thoughts, I quickly recovered. However, I then experienced some relapses.

I tried to deny the old forces' persecution. As soon as the symptoms reappeared, I thought to myself: "Do not acknowledge it! I am a Dafa practitioner and I only follow what Master has arranged for me." After that, the symptoms would disappear, but after a while they would appear again, and this repeated several times. Although I could take care of myself and do the three things, the movements of my body were restricted. I was trapped in this ordeal for a long time and could not completely step out of it, which caused some bad effects in validating the Fa and saving sentient beings.

I told myself that clarifying the facts to people was an urgent matter and I should not be restricted by the illness karma. Why couldn't I get rid of the old forces' arrangement, even though I was doing all that I could do? I noticed that for quite a long time, I could not whole-heartedly study the Fa and often felt sleepy. Therefore, I then began to transcribe the Fa and recite the Fa, and also joined group Fa studies. My only goal was to follow Master's requirements and study the Fa well. I wanted to embrace the Fa with all my heart. Gradually, I could focus on Fa study and began to better understand many of the Fa principles.

Master said,

"Maybe some folks would get really sick in a year or half a year, and maybe they'd be ill like that for years. Maybe some folks would have a stroke or some other health problem, and they'd be immobile. So how could you cultivate with your remaining years? We have to clean up all of that for you and not let those things happen. But let me make it clear up front: we can only do that for true cultivators. Doing it as you please for ordinary people wouldn't work, that'd be like doing something bad." (Zhuan Falun)

In the past when I read this paragraph, I thought that I wasn't diligent enough and that I had way too many attachments that could be taken advantage of. However, when I went over this paragraph again one day, I suddenly realized that I had put my personal fame and gains above my cultivation. I even had a much stronger attachment to fame than everyday people, and this fundamental attachment was why that the old forces had been able to use illness to stop me from cultivating well in Dafa. When I realized this, I became very sad, because I understood that I had not cultivated myself well during the 10 years since I had obtained the Fa.

The next day, two fellow practitioners came to my home and we exchanged our experiences in passing the test of life and death. Our sharing gave me great inspiration and when I was doing the sitting meditation that night, I suddenly understood the fundamental reason why I had been trapped by the old forces for a very long time. I tried to deny them in the wrong way, but that was instead acknowledging the very existence of the old forces. Every time my nose bled, I would tell myself, "Do not acknowledge it," and it would stop bleeding. Or, when I became short of breath, I would say to myself, "Do not acknowledge it," and then I could breath normally. Whenever I experienced intense ordeals, I also looked inward to get rid of the human attachment and then I felt better. However, I had been passively denying the old forces instead of thoroughly eliminating them. This was the fundamental reason why it had taken such a long time for me to improve and elevate in my cultivation.

I realized that although I had been looking inward, I did not do it from within the Fa because I had been looking inward with the purpose of trying to get rid of the illness symptoms. It was actually an attachment of pursuit, which cultivators should also get rid of. How could an ordinary person's mindset deny the arrangement of the old forces? From the standpoint of the Fa, it was an ordeal arranged by the old forces.

The old forces are not worthy and have no right at all to arrange something for a Dafa cultivator. I will never accept what the old forces have arranged. I will do things only according to Master's requirements and Dafa's standard, and will only follow the path arranged by Master, which has nothing to do with the old forces.

Once I realized this, I then completely denied the old forces' arrangement, and only then was I able to look inward successfully from within the Fa and clearly see my attachments. Prior to that, I was looking inward to get rid of my karma and improve, but I was not looking from within the Fa.

Now I truly understand why Master emphasizes again and again that practitioners need to study the Fa well. Only if one spends more time on Fa study, will one truly understand the Fa. And only when one understands the Fa from within the Fa will one be able to do things according to the standard of the Fa, and thus step out of the arrangement made by the old forces.

After I understood the Dafa principles, I noticed obvious changes both physically and mentally. Now I feel very comfortable all over my whole body, which I had never experienced before. My heart is also at peace and full of compassion. I believe that Master has helped me by taking out all the bad things from my body. It was Master who has been encouraging me all along.

I firmly believe that as long as I follow Master's requirements to study the Fa well, look inward and improve myself, do things according to the standard of the Fa, and clarify the facts to save sentient beings, then I will continue to progress well on my cultivation path.

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4. To Forgive is to Let Go of Oneself

By Lianzi, a Falun Dafa practitioner in mainland China

(Minghui.org) One day, I noticed that my wife (a practitioner) had changed greatly. When I did something wrong, she always forgave me. Even the way she brings up a problem is very polite and benevolent. She has become completely different than before. I asked her why she had changed so much, and she told me that Master has mentioned this issue many times in recent lectures. We can't meet certain requirements if we don't do things well. She also told me when our son left home, he told her that forgiving other people is also a process of letting go of oneself. She enlightened that our benevolent Master was giving her a hint through our son's spoken words and asking her to cultivate in this aspect.

Recently, when we studied Master's lectures from before 1999 in our study group, I noticed that Master has already taught us:

"You should treat everyone compassionately and look for causes in yourself when encountering any problem. Even if others badmouth us or hit us, we should all look within ourselves--"Was it caused by my being wrong in some regard?" This enables you to find the root cause of the conflict, and it is the best way to remove the attachment to selfishness. Have a bigger and bigger heart, to the point where in your personal cultivation you can forgive everyone, including forgiving your enemies." ("Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Australia," 1999)

It's a shame that after the persecution started, I studied the lectures from before 1999 less, and I didn't pay much attention to cultivating myself well.

Looking back on my cultivation path, I now realize what a poor cultivator I have been! When I was doing coordination work, fellow practitioners many times pointed out my mistakes and what I was lacking. But I did not look within and only at other people. When I noticed that other people had done something wrong, I always criticized, complained and rarely forgave them. When I was doing something wrong, I didn't sincerely accept other people's suggestions, nor look inward to find my attachments, but rather tried to convince others to forgive me. Because I wasn't steadfast in my cultivation, not able to forgive others, and often coordinated practitioners in a demanding manner, my conduct greatly affected local practitioners in their validation of the Fa and saving of sentient beings.

Master taught us to

"Have a bigger and bigger heart, to the point where in your personal cultivation you can forgive everyone, including forgiving your enemies." ("Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Australia")
But I wasn't able to forgive those practitioners who were helping me, nor have a compassionate heart. How can I do that? Looking inward, I noticed that the fundamental reason was that I couldn't let go of myself, and was surrounded by this huge attachment to self. I thought I was good at everything, I was better than everyone else. Wasn't this arrogant notion part of the evil communist party culture? I realized that if I didn't get rid of this notion, I wouldn't be able to forgive others. But if we do forgive other people, wouldn't that be the process of letting go of ourselves?

In cultivation practice, I have noticed that many practitioners insist on their own opinions and don't stop arguing because of their strong attachment to self. This attachment has resulted in many things for validating the Fa not being carried out and practiced, which has delayed the process of Fa-rectification.

Now I understand how important it is to forgive other people. It is not only the process of letting go of oneself, but also of achieving compassion that a great enlightened being has! Let's start to look inward and forgive other people.

The above mentioned is some of my enlightenment. I welcome fellow practitioners to point out anything that is improper.

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5. One Single Thought Brings Different Results

By a practitioner from Hebei Province

(Minghui.org) The following incident left a deep impression on me. One day, while I was on my way to work, my mind was in turmoil. I said to myself, "This is not right. I should recite, 'Falun Dafa is good!' 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!'" However, after reciting this a few times, my mind started to have stray thoughts again. I nearly ran into someone's car, but still I couldn't calm those thoughts down. All of a sudden, I felt my bicycle moving forward quickly. I applied my brakes but they broke. On my left was a big car and on my right was a stall. I screamed and went flying through the middle. I crashed into the motorcycle in front me and fell to the ground.

I thought to myself, "See, this is my punishment for thinking too much!" I did not feel any pain at all and did not think too much about the accident. Several days later, I saw a colleague limping and asked her what had happened. She said that she had just crashed into a motorcycle. The pain was unbearable. I then realized that Master had protected me in my earlier accident. Later, I shared my experience with another practitioner. I said that I did not think about being a practitioner at the time of my accident. Why did Master protect me? The practitioner replied, "When an everyday person has an accident, he will not think of reflecting upon himself. However, you immediately looked within yourself to see what you had done wrong. That means you have regarded yourself as a practitioner and that is why Master has protected you." I was punished for not having righteous thoughts. However, I could handle this incident in accordance with the teachings of the Fa. Consequently, I was looked after by Master!

I had a dream one night. I dreamed of many people dancing in a disorderly fashion, and I was one of them. When I woke up, I could not understand what the dream was trying to tell me. I thought perhaps it was trying to warn me that I had not followed practicing only one cultivation way. Yet, although I was not diligent in my cultivation, I was indeed only practicing Falun Gong and did not even think of other cultivation methods. After sharing my dream with a practitioner, he told me that once he walked past a dance advertisement on the street. He lowered his head and walked past it quickly without even glancing at the ad. I then realized why I had the dream. In the morning, I also saw this particular advertisement on the street. However, because I used to love dancing, even though I had given up this attachment, I could not help but take a glance at the ad. I also thought that the dancers in the ad did not look good.

In everyday society, if you only have bad thoughts but do not act upon it, then you have not committed a sin. You would only have sinned if you actually committed a wrong deed. However, if a cultivator has bad thoughts, his or her cultivation level will drop. Once you have bad thoughts, it is considered a mistake. A cultivator's every thought should assimilate to the Fa. Master said,

"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." (Zhuan Falun)

Several times when I had sickness karma, I discovered that a single thought could result in entirely different results. Once, I appeared to have flu symptoms. It seemed to be really bad and my nose kept running. I thought to myself, I am a cultivator, and nothing will happen to me. I studied the Fa and did the exercises as usual. When I did the meditation, I was suddenly all better, and did not even have a transition period. This was an extremely wonderful feeling. I realized that as long as my mind is on the Fa, I will instantly recover from sickness karma. It is indeed miraculous!

On many occasions, I immediately recovered from sickness karma because my thoughts were righteous. One incident that left me with the deepest impression, was the time when my neck was sore and swollen. I was in pain and thought to myself that this might be a symptom of an injury to the vertebrae in my neck, and that I was probably destined to suffer from this illness at this point in my life. But I had the thought that fortunately, I have started to practice Falun Dafa and no longer have to endure such pain. Instantly, the symptoms went away and I recovered.

Some practitioners who practiced for a longer period of time than me and who used to be very diligent, ended up indulging in watching television or had strong human attachments. Consequently, they were persecuted by the old forces with sickness karma and died. I am saddened by their deaths. At present, many things disseminate karma. As cultivators, our body is constantly purified and if we attract such bad things, isn't it going the opposite way? We should resolve to quit all bad habits, purify ourselves, and try to ensure that our every thought, at every moment, is on the Fa.

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6. No Omissions

By a practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) When practitioner A had illness symptoms recently, her husband sent her to the hospital. After we shared understandings with her, her mind became clear and she returned home. When we later studied the Fa together at her home, however, we saw that she had an expensive new medical ventilator. One practitioner said to her, “If we consider ourselves genuine practitioners, how can a breathing machine help us? This is a serious issue.”

This incident reminded me of what happened to practitioner B. For a while, she appeared to be very sick, and in a life-threatening situation. When she was conscious, she had told me that she planned to meet her husband, who had died three years earlier. In fact, both her portrait and shroud had been ready for three years, and her daughter did not even know about it. It was from that time that her health had started to deteriorate, although she had practiced for more than 10 years. I asked her, “Do you know what a genuine practitioner would do in your situation?” “Yes, I do,” she replied, “but I cannot stop thinking about my husband.” Soon after that, practitioner B passed away.

Cultivation is indeed serious. In Zhuan Falun, Teacher said,

“In order to explore this domain, humankind must fundamentally change its conventional thinking. Otherwise, the truth of the universe will forever remain a mystery to humankind, and everyday people will forever crawl within the boundary delimited by their own ignorance.”

That means we have to discipline ourselves with Dafa's principles. If we still hold onto human notions, the old forces can easily take advantage of it. We all know the importance of looking within. That requires us to have faith in Teacher and the Fa.

When something happens, our cultivation status, our viewpoint, and how we handle things all make a difference, and lead to various outcomes. This is how to tell a genuine practitioner from an everyday person.

Teacher told us,

“Every one of these attachments has to be eliminated. It’s still considered an omission if any one of them isn’t removed. One cannot reach Consummation if there’s an omission. A person needs to cultivate until there is no omission and no attachments left. He or she will be able to reach Consummation only when there’s truly no longer anything omitted.” (Lecture at the First Conference in North America)

During these years of cultivation, I have stumbled many times. The tribulations happened because I did not study the Fa well and my understanding of the Fa was not clear. Due to my human notions, I often treated cultivation as something in everyday society and the old forces took advantage of that.

For example, I was once sent to a labor camp. The cause on the surface was that my husband did not understand my cultivation and reported me to the police. But the real reason was that, because of lust, I did things inconsistent with the requirements of a practitioner. Although my family and other practitioners did not know about it, this was a serious lesson for me.

Through Fa-study and sharing with other practitioners, I was able to come back to the path of cultivation. But this experience is a reminder for me, of the serious consequences of harboring human notions. Attachments and human notions are omissions that can undermine our cultivation. We really have to pay attention to them.

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7. A Person's Unique Set of Attachments

By a Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) Every practitioner has different paths of Dafa cultivation. People's experiences vary in their process of becoming mature, and I'd like to share my own path of cultivation. Before Dafa cultivation, within my family I had a good relationship with everyone, and I also had many friends. I would rather see others happy, even if it came at my own expense. However, I felt bitter or resentful when I had to make sacrifices for others' sake--it was just that I didn't let them see it. I had this attachment when I entered Dafa cultivation.

After starting cultivation, I gradually became aware that my sense of "compassion" was impure. It was just like what Teacher said,

"In the workplace or in the society some people may say that you are bad, and yet you may not be necessarily bad. Some people may say that you are good, but you may not really be good." (Zhuan Falun, Lecture One)

As my cultivation progressed, I dug out the "false compassion" behind my concealed attachment to reputation. I was only willing to hear what I liked to hear. With this kind of attachment, I was solely trying to achieve a peaceful relationship within my family, even though doing so exhausted me.

My attachment caused my main consciousness to become rather weak over a long period of time, even though the Fa principle was quite clear to me. But time and again I would cover up my weakness with the Fa, thereby further strengthening my attachment.

Teacher said,

"Any type of habit that you form is in fact a material product. In other dimensions that material is there, and only thus does that state manifest here in this dimension." (Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan, March 26, 2006)

Teacher also said,

"I can completely remove the material substance for you, but the habits that were formed are something you definitely have to remove--definitely, absolutely." (Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan, March 26, 2006)

After reading this paragraph of Fa many times, I began to realize that my habits are part of a degenerated substance in my dimension, something that I can't make go away with mere words. It can only be eliminated through more Fa study and solid cultivation. I also cleansed my own dimension by sending forth righteous thoughts.

Since then I have been able to better focus on studying the Fa, doing the exercises, and sending forth righteous thoughts. This has enabled me to lessen my attachment of fear when doing truth clarification. Previously when sending forth righteous thoughts, I couldn't keep my right hand from moving, even with my eyes wide open. When doing sitting meditation, I was always in a daze, not knowing when my hand gesture was changed or when was I in a "jieyin" position. But I was continuously strengthening my righteous thoughts, I believed that my dimension was being cleared up and these problems got better.

Each person has a distinct set of traits. A person with a strong personality might have a tendency to show off, look down upon others, be arrogant, or be unwilling to accept criticism--all caused by unwanted substances in his own dimension. In cultivation, we have to confront and remove that substance. If we don't do that, it will appear to us to be a part of our own nature, rendering us unable to overcome it. For example a young person might focus on their looks or clothing. An older person might be overly concerned about nutritional supplements. A health worker might always want to talk to people about sickness prevention. In other words, our daily thoughts might be governed by something other than the Fa.

Teacher said,

"If you do not want to change your human state and rationally rise to a true understanding of Dafa, you will miss the opportunity. If you do not change the human logic that you, as an ordinary human, have formed deep in your bones over thousands of years, you will be unable to break away from this superficial human shell and reach Consummation." (Cautionary Advice, Falun Dafa Essentials For Further Advancement)

Now I have a deeper understanding of Teacher's Fa in this paragraph. When human thoughts are still having the upper hand, then we're unknowingly nourishing the bad elements that exist in our time-space. They block our progress in assisting in Teacher's Fa-rectification and create tribulations for us. They sap our time, energy, and willpower. As Teacher's Fa-rectification is approaching the surface, we really have to dig deep to the root and solve the problem.

I have realized that when looking at my attitude towards others, I need to discern if I'm acting out of Buddha nature or demon nature. On the other hand, when looking at another person's attitude towards me or something taking place between other people, I need to look to see if it reflects some shortcoming on my part, using the Fa as the guideline. To always want to change others is a characteristic of the old universe. Teacher has talked a lot about looking within oneself from different points of view, so I need to ask, "Why did I have the opportunity to see friction between fellow practitioners?" I need to make looking within a part of my second nature.

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8. Dafa Disciples Should Look Inward Unconditionally

By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) Recently, the issue of lack of coordination among practitioners, due to various conflicts, had been apparent. I think that as long as we are still cultivating, anything that happens around us exists for the purpose of making us look inward and eliminating our attachments. Therefore, no matter what we encounter, as Dafa disciples, we should look inward unconditionally.

The major manifestation of these conflicts among practitioners is because one practitioner involved in the conflict thinks, "You do not even acknowledge that I am right, even though I am so right." At the time, all kinds of emotions are stirred up in the heart of this practitioner: grievance, indignity, anxiety, worry and complaint. The more emotion is stirred up, the stronger the practitioner's desire to validate himself, the stronger the determination to convince and change others, and the more intense the conflicts become. When we insist that we are right, as a matter of fact, behind the thought of being right stands a strong ego. Such conflicts are actually caused by self-centered selfishness, which is the fundamental nature of the lives in the old universe. If we do not replace selfishness with selflessness and become considerate of others, we cannot accommodate the shortcomings of other practitioners with compassion, no matter how much we look inward. If we cannot let go of ourselves and look at things from the perspective of the Fa and with a pure heart, then our notion of "I am right," no matter how much we look inward, will not allow us to understand the Fa principle of "different levels have different Fa." (Zhuan Falun) It is the same as has been described in the ancient poem about looking at a mountain, "From the front, I saw a series of mountains; from the side, only a single peak; far, near, top, bottom, no two positions present me the same vision." Even ancient people knew about this. As Dafa disciples, we should be more clear about this principle.

It happens too often that when fellow practitioners have conflicts, everybody is able to find words from the Fa to defend himself or herself. However, Dafa is accommodating. For each different situation, there is a different Fa on each different level. If we only pay attention to the part of the Fa that validates ourselves, however, we fail to see the Fa from other aspects. When we are self-centered and are attached to our personal correctness, we will blame the other party and be unwilling to change ourselves. It seems that we have completely forgotten that cultivating is all about looking inward and Dafa requires us to treat everything with compassion. When we blame or interfere with others, we think that we are being responsible to Dafa and fellow practitioners; however, we fail to realize that actually, this is coming from a very strong attachment to self. We measure others against the part of the Fa that we have enlightened to. We set standards for and cannot accommodate the shortcomings of others and harmonize the environment; instead, we try our best to change others. This is an exact manifestation of the fundamental characteristic of life in the old universe and a major excuse for the old forces to persecute Dafa disciples, who they look down upon due to their attachments to their own arrangements during the Fa rectification.

When we unconditionally look inward, even though we feel that we are right, we are actually changing the fundamental characteristic of the old universe: the attachment to ourselves. Although we are right, we are able to compassionately accommodate to the "misconduct" of others. Although we are right, we can let go of ourselves, be considerate toward others, and think about whether the methods of the other practitioners can also validate Dafa. As long as everything is for the sake of validating Dafa, we should unconditionally let go of our attachment to self and proactively coordinate with fellow practitioners. Even though there might be insufficiencies and imperfection, we can quietly harmonize the situation by using the best methods we have available to us.

Dafa accommodates everything. I think that when we cultivate to the extent that we are completely selfless and altruistic and are completely assimilated into the Fa, we will be in a state of being able to compassionately understand others. Not only can we then take everything in the everyday society lightly, we will also be able to understand every phenomena of each living being and compassionately accommodate to them. No matter with whom we interact, we should put ourselves in their shoes, be considerate and sincerely perform good deeds for others without a single selfish thought. When we validate Dafa, we should not be attached to ourselves and we should do things completely for the purpose of validating Dafa. Therefore, no matter what kind of situation we face, we will be able to smoothly coordinate with fellow practitioners and not allow any conflicts to arise among ourselves, so that the old forces will not find any loopholes they can take advantage of.

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