PureInsight | March 4, 2002
Recently, I have found that the clarity of my thinking in everyday work has improved as I improve my xinxing level by getting rid of attachments during cultivation practice. In the past, sometimes I did the tasks that my boss gave to me very slowly and blamed others instead of myself for the lack of progress. Actually, it was my attachments that hindered my own progress. Teacher has said in the lecture at the Assistants’ Fa Conference in Changchun, “In the past, ancient people did things very quickly. They could walk a hundred li a day, and horses could travel one thousand li. They didn’t lie. Their thoughts were relatively simple and focused. They would follow one path when doing something and give their all to do it well. They meant what they said. If they promised anything, they would fulfill it for sure. This is how human beings should be. Nowadays people don’t keep their promises. They do things while trying to please everyone. In the past, people’s thoughts emerged from their minds like a road—a straight line—on which they moved very fast, whereas nowadays people try to please everyone. They worry about this and concern themselves with that; the thoughts coming from their minds travel horizontally. That’s why their minds react very quickly, but they act very slowly. Some people open their mouths and struggle for quite a while before saying a word. That’s why people today move slowly and can only walk twenty li before night falls. Humans will become hopeless if they go on like this. The more complicated they become, the worse they become. Everyone knows this.”
Yet I am usually indecisive and have had a very strong attachment in this area. In the past I also tended to renege on my promises, was often dilatory in doing things and blamed others openly or secretly in my heart when I didn’t deal with things well. Sometimes, at my workplace, the announcements that I was responsible for making also reflected my bad thoughts. Sometimes, there were feelings of resentment in my heart, wondering what I should do if others didn’t comply with my announcement. These thoughts and behaviors, in fact, have the effect of inciting deviant thoughts in today’s deviant society. As I looked into myself and gradually get rid of my attachments, the same tasks became simple and easy. I could do them better and faster than before, with my heart at ease. I then realized that I had been restrained by many old concepts and couldn’t move. Teacher also said, “Since human society has all become like this, it’s enough if you just go ahead and do your work well. As to practicing cultivation, it’s a different matter from work. But the realm you achieve in cultivation and the state of your cultivation will be reflected in your work; you will do very well and will always be a good person wherever you are.” Gradually I have understood that the power of the Fa can be manifested in my everyday work, as well as understood what Teacher meant when he said that cultivation wouldn’t influence everyday work. This is also demonstrating the power of the Fa and the cultivation state of practitioners through the work of everyday people. A thought occured to me at this time. I believe that the future human society’s working style will also be entirely new. Teacher has said, “I often say that if all a person wants is the well-being of others and if this is without the slightest personal motivation or personal understanding, what he says will move the listener to tears. I have not only taught you Dafa, but have also left you my demeanor. While working, your tone of voice, your kindheartedness, and your reasoning can change a person’s heart, whereas commands never could! If others are not convinced deep down inside but only superficially comply, they will still conduct themselves according to their own will when no one is around to see them.” (From Essentials for Further Advancement, “Clearheadedness”). I have gradually come to understand that even when doing everyday work I should not delimit myself by using everyday people’s ways of thinking. My kindness towards others and my good working demeanor have gained respect from other people. When others see for themselves Dafa practitioners’ every word and deed, they will surely be influenced and changed unobtrusively and imperceptibly. Isn’t this in itself a way of clarifying the truth through our behavior?
Translated from:
http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2002/2/1/13611.html
