(Clearwisdom.net) I have noticed lately that one of my attachments has emerged on the surface. The attachment is that I don't like to communicate or share with fellow practitioners, and I am quite stubborn about it.
As I recall, this attachment actually appeared a long time ago. I was an introverted person before I began to cultivate. When I started cultivating, and before the persecution began on July 20, 1999, I was willing to contact fellow practitioners. However, I usually did not say much myself, and instead, I liked to listen to other practitioners.
However, after the persecution began, this attachment of mine became noticeable. I found many excuses to cover it, which also helped in hiding lots of other attachments such as my attachment of fear, my attachment of comfort, being worried that others might see my insufficient efforts in cultivation, being intolerant of fellow practitioners' shortcomings, not liking being disturbed, and so on.
While sending forth righteous thoughts hourly, I suddenly realized how ridiculous my attachment was. All the Dafa practitioners around the world are doing the very same thing, studying the same Fa, thinking in the same way, and making efforts in the same direction. We form one body. Why did I (and other practitioners in a similar state) close my mind? Wasn't this creating obstacles for the whole body of practitioners? And what were these obstacles trying to hide? Weren't they providing a safe place to hide for the meddling deities to interfere with Fa-rectification?
Surely there are still flaws in our cultivation, but we have walked this far with Teacher's guidance and fellow practitioners' support. So, why wouldn't we communicate or share with practitioners open-heartedly? At the final stage of the Fa-rectification period, we should be tolerant of other practitioners' current shortcomings, and be responsible for our own cultivation and for the whole body. We need to apply righteous thoughts to our attachments, which have developed after birth. They generate from the selfish nature of the old universe, and we should get rid of this "selfishness" because we are cultivating towards the new universe.
Let us encourage and support each other on our cultivation paths. Lend a hand to those who fall or get off track and treasure our opportunities and predestined relationships. By forming a stronger body, we will assist Teacher in rectifying the Fa, saving sentient beings, and completing our mission successfully.