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

Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:

  1. Welcome

  2. What’s Happening?

  3. Casting Off Human Notions to Become an Enlightened Being

  4. A Deeper Look at the Meaning of 'Cultivation of Speech'

  5. Eliminating of the Notion of "Cultivation Affects Work and Work Affects Cultivation"

  6. More About Paying Attention to Sending Righteous Thoughts

  7. Some Personal Understandings about "Illness"

  8. Why I Could Not Cultivate Diligently


1. Welcome

Welcome to the November 2015 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.

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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?


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A dozen practitioners from Bangalore decided to reach out to the massive crowds that come to Mysore for the Dussera Festival. Practitioners held huge Banners, distributed flyers and demonstrated the exercises in a pavilion like structure near the large temple. Practitioners taught the exercises to an MLA and he purchased Zhuan Falun and said he would ask his office to follow up on learning the exercises.

Practitioners from Nagpur worked hard for over a month to organize floats during the Dussera Festival. A large Stall was booked where practitioners distributed flyers, sold the Dafa Books and demonstrated the exercises.

For the first time in India there was a float with practitioners doing the meditation and sending righteous thoughts. The milling crowds were fascinated by the floats and as the floats stopped practitioners demonstrated the exercises. Practitioners held Banners at vantage points and sat in a row on the road divider to do the meditation. The locals are familiar with Falun Dafa since the Divine Land Marching band had visited twice. The local Press did a good coverage in leading newspapers.

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3. Casting Off Human Notions to Become an Enlightened Being

By an overseas practitioner

(Minghui.org) I experienced an illness tribulation which gave me the incentive to think deeply about being a Falun Dafa practitioner.

I felt dizzy and my head was swollen when I came down with this illness. There were a number of symptoms, including loss in eyesight clarity, weakness, tiredness, breaking out in a cold sweat, hearing loss, and difficulty walking. When I couldn't sleep, I studied the Fa.

I stayed in my room to study the Fa except for meal times to avoid being found out by my non-practitioner family members. I did go to work, as I needed to keep up the appearance of feeling well.

Many thoughts came to mind, especially one that was telling me that I might really be ill. I thought that I needed to watch my diet, eat less, or not eat certain foods, and that I might experience some side effects if I ate too much.

The thought that this condition was a good thing also entered my mind, as much karma was being eliminated. I decided that I should treat this situation as a good thing.

I asked myself, “since this was not an illness, why should I treat it with such human notions?” A thought entered my mind, “The enlightened beings are observing my every thought.”

Karma Elimination

I was certain that how much karma would be eliminated would not be changed by how much or what I ate. On the contrary, the concept of illness itself was an attachment that needed to be removed. If it was not removed, the tribulation would be much harder to pass. More interference would then get involved and stretch this tribulation in order to “help” eliminate that attachment. An enlightened being wouldn't have such an illness concept.

Ordinary people only want to live a comfortable life, but practitioners live for having karma eliminated, and the more, the better. Of course we should not intentionally search for trouble. Holding the illness concept in our mind just to try to eliminate karma isn't good. We need to cast off everyday people’s concepts and the idea of being ill. Each and every thought needs to be in line with the teachings of the Fa.

I also had formed negative thoughts. Whenever I met with an incident, I would think “what if?” For example, what if my family members found out and forced me to go to a hospital? What if I could not pass the tribulation, which in turn would reflect the Fa negatively.

I received a commercial email entitled “Failure is not an option.” I knew it was a hint from Master informing me that if I trusted in Master and the Fa, I would be able to pass any test, and I don’t need to think too much. Master said that we should lead normal lives but that doesn’t mean that we should go to the hospital just to fit in, and that I shouldn't be worrying about that.

Finding Pitfalls When Looking for Shortcomings

I looked within to see what shortcomings I had. It seemed I had an attachment to living a comfortable life, that I was lazy and always failed to get up in the morning. The interference made me weak.

I had basically removed the attachment of lust so that notion was not there. However, I was still sentimental about my mother. My mother was also a practitioner. After she passed away, I felt bad for some things that I did not do well while she was alive. I therefore donated some money for a project helping people to know the facts about Falun Dafa.

I never thought that what I was doing was wrong. But I now know that I did it out of sentimental feelings for my mother. I mixed my sentimentality attachment with a Dafa cause. Cultivation and saving sentient beings are very serious and how could I mix it with the sentiment I had for my mother? Besides, it was not my decision for whom to give mighty virtue, as everything has been arranged by Master. Such donations are for saving sentient beings and should not be confused with receiving virtue.

I felt a huge amount of karma pressing down on me and almost passed out. My heart felt deeply troubled. However, I held the thought that I must hold on. Master removed a large amount of karma sometime later and I felt much lighter. I was crying on the inside because I appreciated what Master had done for me.

Making the Right Decisions

I still felt weak, but planned to distribute flyers. For this, I had to carry a heavy backpack and walk for several hours. I didn't tell anyone about this plan because I was not sure if I could carry it through. I decided to take the plunge and distributed the flyers for two days.

I kept reciting the Fa to strengthen my righteous thoughts. Master arranges everything, and I no longer felt weak on the third morning.

This experience taught me that I was not strong enough to withstand suffering and my willpower was too weak. I even had thoughts of giving up cultivation. I had treated the situation as an ordinary person’s illness and felt ashamed.

Being divine or human is not decided by talking, but by solidly cultivating and believing in Master and the Fa. From now on I will keep a strong will.

Master mentioned several times about tempering our will in Hong Yin Vol. II and Hong Yin III. I now know that I can't take any shortcuts. I need to acknowledge that there will be suffering. Cultivation is an extremely serious matter. How would enlightened being’s look at me? If I failed to meet the standard, I would fail to pass the test.

This is my understanding. Please point out anything inappropriate.

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4. A Deeper Look at the Meaning of 'Cultivation of Speech'

By a Falun Dafa practitioner from China

(Minghui.org) Once when practitioner A and I were chatting idly, I asked her if her husband was not eating much at home, because he had looked frail and not very healthy. I asked out of concern for his well-being, but she was taken aback by it. After I explained to her why I asked, she told me that for a moment, she thought I was trying to imply something inappropriate and stirring up some conflict between her and her husband. After I saw how my words were misunderstood, I felt badly about what I had said.

The next day, I shared this experience at the Fa-study group. I said, "I know I need to practice cultivation of speech; but I still feel that practitioner A was being narrow-minded." Several practitioners agreed with me, saying that practitioner A should look within. At this moment, practitioner B added, "Several years ago, you said to my daughter that you felt sorry for her because I didn't know how to cook, and that I didn't take good enough care of her. My daughter cried afterwards. At the time, I really blamed you, feeling that you hurt my daughter and affected our relationship." Practitioner B then talked about an article titled, "Some Reflections on the Need to Cultivate Our Speech" that was posted on the Minghui website. The article pointed out that some casual words might hurt others and therefore cause gaps among practitioners, which in turn affect the whole body. I felt unhappy after hearing this, thinking that practitioner B didn't do well; she didn't take my suggestion to look after her family better and blamed me instead. Practitioner C then reminded us of what Master said,

"When two people have a conflict and a third person sees it, even that third person should think about whether there are any problems on his part--'Why did I happen to see it?'" ("Teaching the Fa at the Eastern U.S. Fa Conference" in March 1999)

Practitioner C said, "Today, since I have heard this story, it might be that I have some attachment; I should look within." Practitioner B said, "Master said before, if everyone feels someone has a problem, it might be that everyone has some attachment."

This sharing really gave me some new insight. Cultivators should look within with whatever we encounter. During this incident, I thought from my own viewpoint and measured others with my own opinions, rather than looking within to find my attachment. I thought that practitioner A didn't do well in certain aspects, and then I held a bias against her. I felt practitioner B had some attachments and didn't let others criticize her. But actually, these two things occured for me to find out my own attachments. Why did I feel unhappy? It is because I had a bias and I always found fault with others instead of looking within myself.

Looking within to this point, I suddenly remembered that I criticized my daughter yesterday, telling her that she spoke rudely to her boyfriend and didn't realize it after having hurt him. Then looking back at myself, I found indeed it was me that didn't speak compassionately. I was often overbearing towards my own mother, and criticized her for her shortcomings, thinking that she wouldn't hold a grudge and that I could say whatever I wanted, rather than thinking about her feelings before I spoke. This was my attachment, so I really should practice cultivation of speech.

Regardless of whether others are right or wrong, we must look within to find our attachments and get rid of them. This is our cultivation environment; this is the cultivation path we should walk on. Although I understood this Fa principle, when encountering a problem, I still often forgot to look within.

I finally understood why I often felt wronged. For quite a long time, I always thought that I was being responsible to others when I kindly pointed out their shortcomings. However, things always went contrary to my wishes; others usually didn't take my suggestions, and they even blamed me. I always looked at others instead of looking within my own heart and getting rid of my attachments. I realized how many opportunities I have missed to upgrade myself! It was not until this moment that I deeply realize how important looking within was.

"Cultivation of speech" is not just a simple sentence. We should look within when our minds are disturbed about specific things, dig out the attachments that are deeply hidden inside, and then get rid of them. This is practicing cultivation, the true practice of cultivation.

Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!

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5. Eliminating of the Notion of "Cultivation Affects Work and Work Affects Cultivation"

By a practitioner from Changchun, China

(Minghui.org) I recently noticed that practitioners around me had the notion that "Cultivation affects work and work affects cultivation." I had such a notion for a long time as well. I am writing this article to share my views with practitioners.

Some practitioners were busy with the three things and didn't look for a job. They eventually had to go and find a job due to the financial pressure. However, their pre-condition in looking for a job was, "The work shouldn't be too busy and it must allow substantial free time to do the three things." Some practitioners were very busy at work for many years, and all of a sudden they resigned and re-applied for another job. But their pre-condition for looking for another job also was, "I must have abundant free time to do the three things." Quite a few practitioners said to me, "It doesn't matter if I earn less. The most important thing is that I can have weekends and public holidays to myself, so I'll have more time for cultivation." The result was that either practitioners couldn't find a job or they found not-so-busy jobs with less income but they became lax. Some practitioners didn't have a job and also felt that time was passing very quickly and were unable to do much Dafa work. All of the above practitioners ended up with such a problem: their financial situation was very tight. They were not able to bear the slightest burden due to their insufficient income and were not able to do the three things well or cultivate well.

But my situation was just the opposite. I was very busy with work and earned a good income, but I had much less time available to study the Fa, which I was very upset about. Sometimes I was not able to do the three things well as a result.

The above two situations manifested differently but reflected the same issue, which was that our task of validating the Fa and saving sentient beings was badly affected.

What manifested were false images, but they truly reflected how hard it is to cultivate. If we can come to a righteous realization from the Fa and dissolve the tribulations, that is the great virtue of a cultivator, and that is true cultivation. I had been stuck in the process for a long time. During the most difficult time, I felt as if I had been kidnapped by the old forces and was not able to do anything. Until now, I don't think I had completely broken through it. But I have come to a clear understanding of the Fa.

Whether it is interference or persecution, it is all for cultivation. Those things appear with our cultivation. Our improvement of xinxing is most crucial. Master said:

"Without cultivating the heart, no one can make it." (Zhuan Falun)
To improve one's xinxing, one must look inward. Only by looking inward can one find one's xinxing omissions, and then can one improve and move forward. Have we rid ourselves of the notion of "cultivating comfortably without any hardships?" Master said:
"If you want to return where you came from, you must have the following two factors. One is suffering. The other is enlightenment." ("Lecture in Sydney")
If we say that "only when we have enough time can we do the three things well," are we setting a pre-condition for doing the three things? Do we do the three things conditionally? Yes, we need time to do the three things, but that is not the reason for us to set a pre-condition. Righteous thought, not pre-condition, guarantees us that we have sufficient time to do the three things. If we set a pre-condition for ourselves, we are moving backwards.

Like myself, I was so busy every day, but did I cultivate my heart all the time at work? Was my heart moved sometimes? If our hearts are restless and unbalanced or we complain and set pre-conditions, can we achieve efficiency at work? The busier we are, the more restless our hearts become. The poorer our xinxing is, the harder our work becomes. At our jobs, we come into contact with many people. Sometimes we can let people know the truth within several minutes in only a few sentences. Are we able to achieve that? Are we able to let people feel our compassion? Most of the time we are not able to maintain a placid and uncomplaining heart. If we don't pay attention to the cultivation of our xinxing, the old forces will then take advantage of our loopholes and put us in tribulations all the time.

Our restless hearts cause the hassles in our work. Only by cultivating our hearts can we make changes. Superficially, work affects our studying the Fa and doing the exercises. In reality it is not too difficult to solve this problem. "One's gong level is as high as one's xinxing level" (Zhuan Falun). The cultivation of Dafa directly targets one's heart. So no matter where we are, we should improve our xinxing first. We should be resolute and stay calm during tribulations. We shouldn't become passive or submissive. Instead we should keep our dignity and maintain our xinxing with the righteous thoughts of doing the three things well under any circumstances.

We should calm down and look inward to find the omissions that prevent us from walking steadily on the cultivation path. We had a glorious past. To walk the future path well we need to rid ourselves of all sorts of incorrect notions. We have to put this into practice and cultivate our every thought and every action. Only when our xinxing is up to par can we achieve everything naturally.

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6. More About Paying Attention to Sending Righteous Thoughts

By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Yunnan Province

(Minghui.org) The Minghui website features a collection of articles about paying attention to sending righteous thoughts. I was deeply touched after reading the whole collection.

I first began to send righteous thoughts after reading Master's lecture "Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Fa Conference." At that time I was forced to leave home and had no place to stay. Besides sending righteous thoughts at the global times, I also joined my local group to send righteous thoughts. In those years, regardless of the circumstances and even though I was being detained by the police, I kept on sending righteous thoughts every day.

Soon after I was arrested and taken to a forced labor camp in 2001. I protested and refused to do forced labor, and continuously sent righteous thoughts. The head guard ran to me after hearing that someone dared to defy their orders. But after finding out that it was me, he immediately ran away. Then the political head arrived and shouted, "Do you know how serious the consequences are for not obeying orders?" I sent righteous thoughts in his direction and said, "Don't shout at me. You cannot solve the problem. You may just report it to your boss; then you will be fine." He then went to see his boss. I kept on sending righteous thoughts after he left. He returned within half an hour and told me with a smile, "My attitude toward you was not good. If you don't want to do the labor, you may just rest." After that, no one came to trouble me about my protest.

In 2005 I was arrested again and taken to a prison. Practitioners and I in the same ward decided that once there was a group activity, we would send righteous thoughts together to eliminate the evil.

The prison required Falun Gong practitioners to wear red identity badges, and authorities said that those who didn't follow would be punished. None of us followed their requirements. At the same time we sent righteous thoughts more diligently, eliminating the evil factors. As a result, none of the officials punished any of us and no longer came to bother us. Because each of us paid close attention to sending righteous thoughts, we actually created a good environment in the ward. We shared cultivation experiences in writing, and clarified the truth about Falun Gong to other prisoners.

After I was released, the environment became more relaxed. Without the interference, I eased up a bit. Although I still sent righteous thoughts on time every day, I often lost my concentration and couldn't produce the powerful effect of righteous thoughts, because I lacked the sense of urgency. I also found that practitioners, especially those who were never directly persecuted, didn't pay attention to sending righteous thoughts and considered it to be non-essential. We Dafa disciples must follow Master's words. On the surface, you were not persecuted in a detention center, but in reality, you are already amidst the severe persecution. By not following Master's requirements, you have unwittingly acknowledged the old force arrangements and are in fact being persecuted by them.

Master said,

"What you eliminate from your own mind are ones which have an effect within the expanse of your own body; at the same time, you need to eliminate the external ones, which are directly related to the dimensions you're in. If you don't eliminate them, then they not only persecute you and restrain you, but also persecute other students, other Dafa disciples. As you know, the persecution that Dafa disciples in Mainland China suffer is quite severe, so each student has to truly, clearly realize what his responsibility is, and when he sends forth righteous thoughts he has to be able to truly calm his mind and truly produce the effect of righteous thoughts. So this is something extremely critical, extremely important." ("Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A." 2001)

Master requires us to do the three things well. Sending righteous thoughts is one of the three things, so we should do it well. This is both a basic requirement of believing in Master and the Fa, and a basic guarantee for offering sentient beings salvation and succeeding at consummation as a Dafa disciple in the Fa-rectification period. Dafa disciples must follow Master's requirements. Let's pay attention to sending righteous thoughts, and put our hearts into it to do it well.

What I wrote above are insights I recently had. I hope practitioners will kindly point out whatever is improper.

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7. Some Personal Understandings about "Illness"

By a Dafa practitioner from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China

(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. Prior to that I was in poor physical condition. In particular, I suffered from a brain tumor.

On June 20, 2010, my left ear suddenly hurt, and some liquid and blood came out of it. I became dizzy and my hearing diminished. It felt like something heavy was pressing down on and covering my head, and there was some unidentified sound echoing from my ears, which seriously detracted from my hearing. I felt sick and weak in my limbs, I could not sleep well, and I had no appetite. I was afraid to go out, because I thought that I might not hear anything. It was agonizing. I wanted to talk about my problem with fellow practitioners, but those who lived closed to me were not at home, while the others could not spare any time for me. I had to study the Fa and send forth righteous thought by myself at home. When I studied the Fa, I remembered that Teacher said: "You should also be clear that 'natural' does not exist, and 'the inevitable' has reasons behind it" ("Expounding the Fa" from Essentials for Further Advancement). It reminded me to calm down and look inside myself to find the human attachment that might have caused the problem.

The filthy liquid kept flowing out from my ear, no matter if I stayed home or went out. The smell was terrible. I thought I should take some measures to stop it, because I was afraid that it would adversely affect Dafa's reputation if people saw me or smelled the stench. I had heard the story about the practitioner whose steel implant melted away because of his firm belief in Dafa. Comparing my problems to his, I believed that Dafa could easily solve mine. I said to myself: "The liquid should not flow out anymore. It must be dissolved in other dimensions or excreted from somewhere else in my body." As I had wished, the liquid then started to flow out from inside my body, but it still made me suffer. I could smell it in my nose, ears, and mouth. Even my underwear became contaminated with the stench. My mind clamored, and I thought it might be caused by the previous tumor in my brain or the ear inflammation that I had suffered when I was young. I remained in this uncertain state for nearly a month.

I seldom went to study the Fa with other practitioners. Some practitioners told me to join in group Fa study no matter what. I followed their suggestion and went to study the Fa on Sunday. We studied "Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles." I actually could hear nothing except for the passage:

"In such cases there are only two choices: You either go to the hospital and thus give up on trying to overcome the test, or you completely let go of everything, behave like an upstanding and noble Dafa disciple who has no resentment or attachments, and leave it to Master to arrange whether you stay or go. When you are able to do that, you are a god." ("Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles,")

I recited in my mind repeatedly: "and leave it to Master to arrange whether you stay or go." I had attachments to many things like reputation and personal interests, and I feared that I might die someday. I knew that I must let go of my fear of death. Freeing myself from such a formidable attachment did not mean that I would die. I should walk the path arranged by Teacher, not the path arranged by the old forces. I then went home to send forth righteous thoughts.

One afternoon, I felt that my ear had recovered. When I was sending forth righteous thoughts, I heard something saying: "Let's go to other Falun Gong practitioners." I could hardly react to it when I heard this. After a little while I realized it could be something malicious that wanted to cause tribulations for other Dafa practitioners. I then decided to eliminate them before they could go hurt other practitioners. However, my ear hurt again at night. I thought my righteous thoughts might have been too sluggish or weak.

It was then that Teacher published his new scripture "Stirred by Reflection." I recited it immediately and asked Teacher and all righteous divine beings to help strenthen my righteous thoughts. I left no space in my mind for my human notions and maintained my righteous thoughts all the time. As a result, Dafa purified me and I gradually recovered.

I came to understand that all the serious illnesses that practitioners encounter during the Fa rectification period are not real diseases. Most of them are interference that the old forces created by making use of the filthy, low-level beings. On the surface they look like diseases that we had suffered before, but the truth is that they are taking advantage of our failure to cultivate well and fabricate the illusion of disease to bewilder us. If we fall for it, we will be walking the path arranged by them. We can see through the illusion of diseases if we study the Fa well. In addition, we must be steadfast in our faith in Teacher and Dafa. Our faith in Dafa is tested when such tribulations fall upon us. If we can be steadfast, we can make it through the tests for sure.

These are just my personal understandings. Please kindly point out anything improper.

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8. Why I Could Not Cultivate Diligently

By a practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) I initially began to practice Falun Gong with the strong attachment of changing my fate. When I look back, I realize that my attachments to recognition, self-interest, and emotion were strong. I was so strongly ego-driven that I did not even realize it. I even dreamed about using the wisdom and capabilities that cultivation would supply me with to obtain happiness in the secular world or to safeguard my personal well-being and happiness.

I began the practice in 1996, but was unaware then of my strong attachments. Holding on to my worldly views disabled me from actually, even in a limited way, comprehending the Fa principles. I recited the Fa for the first time in 2006, which unexpectedly took me 14 months. During that time I felt as if I had just gained contact with Dafa for the first time. When the persecution started, I often asked myself, "How can practitioners step forward to validate the Fa without considering their lives? Why do I still cling to humanness while the magnificence of the Fa-rectification is unfolding?"

Master said,

"Studying the Fa with attachments is not true cultivation." ("Towards Consummation," Essentials for Further Advancement II)

Whenever I read this Fa, I am shocked. I finally discovered my ego, the root cause of my inability to cultivate diligently.

Although I began to cultivate relatively early, I had operated from the wrong basis since the beginning. I handled cultivation with my human mentality, and I held on to my ego and did not want to let it go. This made me miss the test at the beginning of the persecution. It also led me to repetitively validate myself, go to extremes, and "dig into a bull's horn." Were it not for Master's protection and help from the Minghui website, I would have been unable to overcome these obstacles.

As Master frequently reminds us, all of what a Dafa practitioner has are due to his or her righteous faith in Dafa. All Master's words are the absolute truth, which only genuine Dafa practitioners can understand. A person that only wants to benefit from Dafa to satisfy his or her ego is forever a human. Ordinary people's egos agree with the old cosmos' principles, while Dafa practitioners want to leave their egos behind and enter the new cosmos. Master wants us to become enlightened beings who are selfless and altruistic.

"In providing salvation to humankind, the Buddha School does not attach any condition or seek returns, and it will help unconditionally." (Zhuan Falun)

That is what we should be able to live up to when offering people salvation.

The ego is at the root of all human mentalities. As to self-interest, recognition, and emotions--do they all satisfy one's desires? Likewise, showing-off, jealousy, and complacency all derive from one's ego and self-centeredness. When certain people do Dafa work, their first thoughts are not salvation of sentient beings, but "what should I do" and "how should I do it," which contains hidden boasting and complacency. This impure mindset was also the reason for my inability to make breakthroughs in my face-to-face contact when telling people about Dafa.

A strong ego also involves hanging on to ordinary people's things and being afraid of losses. My employer organized a research group and did not ask me to participate, which made me feel left out and unaccepted. I even thought, "They cannot accomplish anything extraordinary." Last year, when electing a group leader, my colleagues chose me, making me feel I had cultivated well. This year my unit leader chose another person as group leader, making me understand that it was time for me to let go of this attachment to recognition and self-interest that I should have relinquished a long time ago. However, I still felt disappointed. When I talk about salary and jobs, I am still very into them, just like an ordinary person, and forget that I am a cultivator. My ego is still strong, and thus I slack off in my cultivation, pursue comfort, and become satisfied with ordinary people's happy lives. This is not genuine cultivation. Being a Dafa disciple, this kind of cultivation state can cause one to lose everything.

I wrote this to warn myself as well as other practitioners who are going through situations similar to mine. Please kindly point out anything that is incorrectly understood.

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