Cultivating through the activities and Harmonising with the Fa
Jane Andrews, Sunshine Coast Qld
Master and Fellow Practitioners
I feel very fortunate to be able to share in this Australian Experience Sharing Conference and I would like to use this precious opportunity to share my cultivation experiences through helping to organise the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in my area.
I came to the Fa in September 2003 with the yearning for a deeper understanding of life. In Falun Dafa, all my dreams and wishes were realised as I slowly began to understand a more profound reason for my existence.
Having had no previous knowledge of cultivation ways, I was at first a little slow
in my understanding of the Fa, but my fellow cultivators were patient with me and
answered the plethora of questions that I always had. I then slowly came to realise
that what I had found in Falun Dafa was not for making my life here on earth better,
but it was for my ultimate return to my true, original place, and even more importantly,
I was to assist Teacher in his Fa-
Bringing the Global Human Rights Relay to our area, our small group of practitioners began to plan the route and the activities for the event. We could see what a grand opportunity it was to clarify the truth to many people, expose the evil CCP and save sentient beings.
Organising such a big event was very challenging and our small group of practitioners
worked well together, but nevertheless there were some frictions as the heavy workload
of organising the Torch Relay became almost overwhelming. During this process, I
was confronted with many of my human notions and attachments, in particular my attachment
to preferring to work on my own rather than working together – this showed my lack
of forbearance. This was well hidden behind the notion of taking responsibility to
do the task at hand rather than harmonising with the group and co-
It also revealed my attachment to “self”. I didn’t consider how the other practitioners
were feeling and I failed to recognise their strengths and be able to help them in
their efforts to do their best. In my “efficiency” to get everything done, I became
over zealous, turning others away and fragmenting the one body. At first, it was
difficult for me to understand that I was the problem … after all, I was doing my
utmost to cope with the all the tasks that needed to be done, how could I be doing
anything wrong, and how could others be critical of me? They were showing me that
I needed to let go of self. In the “Fa-
I did have a very strong sense of responsibility to make this event a success … but that too revealed my attachment to reputation and I became aware that I was concerned that the lack of progress with the event would reflect poorly on me. This attachment to reputation was hiding behind a sense of being responsible to the success of the event and the more I clung to protecting my reputation, the worse the situation got, until I saw clearly that reputation was an attachment that I needed to let go of. As the event drew closer I noticed a few things changing. Having had an opportunity to look at myself, look at my attachments and correct my thinking and having diligently done the tasks that needed to be done to organise the event, the final stages seemed to come together as if unfolding ... obviously with the help of Master ... we just needed to trust in the process … a magnificent manifestation of harmonising with the Fa. Through this process, I also realised that I must never give up on clarifying the truth to anyone, even though the situation seems hopeless. Teacher never gives up on us and continues to give us chances. I had almost given up on my Member of Parliament. I had visited him on previous occasions and always found him to be somewhat dismissive of the persecution of Falun Gong; he always seemed rushed to end our meetings. And as such, I had a preconceived notion that he wouldn’t want to support the Human Rights Torch Relay, but I went to see him anyway. However, as I had expected, he said he was not able to attend the Torch Relay and I left thanking him kindly for seeing me. To my surprise, the day before the Torch Relay event, I received a phone call from his office to say that he would be able to attend the Human Rights Torch Relay after all and he would be able to speak at two of the four events that we had organised. On the day of the Torch Relay, I was very surprised to hear how well he spoke in condemning human rights abuses and he also publically thanked the Falun Gong practitioners who had been keeping him informed over the years about the persecution in China. He mentioned how polite they always were and that Falun Gong was well respected in the community. Yes, MPs do notice!
We just need to keep focusing on clarifying the truth without pursuit and Master will allow those miracles to happen.
In the final days before the event, it was incredible how people just appeared in
front of me to give me the opportunity to remind them of the event. One of my tasks
was to follow-
Through the whole process of organising the Human Rights Torch Relay in our area, I realised that I could achieve incredible things. I just needed to be righteous, take righteous actions and Master will take care of the outcome. It gave me a better understanding of the words, “Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while transforming gong is done by one’s Master.” from Zhuan Falun, Lectures 2 and 8.
It was incredibly important during this process to keep up with my Fa study and I thank everyone on the 5am Fa Study Teamspeak every morning who helped me keep up with my Fa study. Thank you also to those practitioners in my area who maintain the practice sites that allows me to do the exercises regularly in a righteous field. I thank all of my fellow practitioners who are always a good reflection of myself and show me where I can do better. I would also like to thank my husband who is not a practitioner, but is extremely supportive and tolerant and often points out my shortcomings – there are still lots of room for improvement.
But most importantly I would like to thank my revered Master for his gentle guidance, not giving up on me and continually showing me the way. Words are inadequate to express my gratitude.
Thank you Master, thank you fellow practitioners.
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在活動中修煉自己，圓容法
昆省陽光海岸 Jane Andrews
師父好！各位同修好！
我很榮幸能在本屆澳洲法會上交流心得體會。今天我利用這個寶貴的機會跟大家交流一下我在我所在地幫助組織人權聖火傳遞活動中的一些修煉心得。
我是於2003年9月帶著一種對人生意義的追求而得法的。在法輪大法中，隨著我逐漸明白了自身存在的偉大意義，我感到原有的夢想和願望都實現了。由於以前根本不懂修煉，開始時我對法理的理解比較慢，但同修都非常耐心的解答我過多的問題。漸漸的，我認識到我在大法中找到的並不是讓我在世間過得好一些，而是讓我能最終返回到我真正的原始家園。更重要的是我要助師正法。我走在自己的正路上。為了歡迎人權聖火到我們地區，我們一小組學員開始計劃路線和活動。我們認識到這是一個向廣大民眾講清真相，揭露邪惡，救度眾生的大好時機。
組織這樣大規模的活動是一個巨大的挑戰。我們小組的學員配合得也不錯，但由於工作量和壓力都很大，過程中也出現過一些問題。我也面對著很多自己的人心和執著，特別是執著於把工作當成是自己的事，而忽視了整體。這體現在我缺乏容忍的方面。這個執著隱藏在我強調完成手頭工作的觀念後面，使我忽視了按照大法的要求圓容整體，互相配合以達到好的結果。這中間也暴露出我對"自我"的執著。我沒有考慮其他同修怎麼想的，沒有看到他們的力量，進而幫助他們最大限度的發揮出來。在執著自己能把事辦成的"效率"時，我起了"歡喜心"，把別的學員推開，分割了我們的整體。開始時，我認識不到 是我的問題，我想，不管怎樣，我是在儘自己最大努力把所有該辦的事辦好，怎麼能是我的問題？他們怎麼能怪我？實際上，同修是在提示我應該放棄自我。師父在2007年8月對澳洲學員的講法中談到要放下"自我"，要去掉證實自己的心。證實"自己"的執著總是造成很多問題，體現在同修之間缺乏配合。我認識到，我們不能一味堅持按自己的意見行事，而應該考慮其他人的意見，支持他們，圓容情勢。關鍵不在於表面上的決定是不是最好的，而在於我們是不是能相互配合，相互圓容。這點做到了纔會出現奇跡。
我悟到，即使一個人很能幹，如果我們的念不在法上，結果往往不很好。最重要的是我們怎樣對待他人，怎樣跟大家配合好，把機會讓給別人，並鼓勵他們盡力做好。這樣做也能使我們自己做得最好。
我確實有著很強的把人權聖火活動搞好的責任心，但與此同時，也暴露出我對自己聲譽的執著，我擔心活動進展慢會讓人認為我不行。責任心後面藏著對個人聲譽的執著，我越執著自己的聲譽，事情就越糟，直到我清楚的認識到我必須去掉對聲譽的執著時，心性提高了，情況纔有好轉。隨著活動日期的接近，我注意到一些變化。在向內找以後，我看到了自己的執著，歸正了觀念，積極完成應該完成的任務，後期工作也開展得較順利。很明顯，這是師父在加持我們…。我們只需要對過程充滿信心…。這一過程體現出圓容法的巨大威力。
在這個過程中，我也認識到絕不能放棄任何講清真相的機會，即使在很不利的情況下也不能放棄。師父從來沒有放棄過我們，總是不斷給我們機會。我卻差點放棄我區的省議員。我以前曾約見過他，總覺得他有點兒不承認法輪功受迫害這一事實，總是急著結束我們的約見。所以，去見他之前，我就帶著觀念，認為他不會支持人權聖火，但還是去見他了。正如我想的，他說他不能參加 人權聖火接力，我離開時，很禮貌的感謝他抽時間見我。出乎意料的是，人權聖火接力的前一天，我突然接到他辦公室的電話，說他可以參加這一活動，並能在我們組織的四個活動中的兩個活動中發言。那天，他講得非常好，他強烈譴責了中共對人權的踐踏，並感謝法輪功學員多年來幫助他瞭解法輪功在中國受迫害的真相。我聽了感到十分驚訝。他還說法輪功學員總是那麼有禮貌，在社區中很受尊重。我認識到，這些議員其實都在關注對法輪功的迫害。
我們就是要不帶任何所求去向他們講清真相。師父在安排著奇跡的發生。
在人權聖火接力的前幾天，我感到人們神奇般的出現在我面前，給我機會提醒他們人權聖火傳遞活動。
我的任務之一是跟蹤聯係當地電視臺。一個電視臺的新聞主管恰好在我路過的地方采訪和拍攝，使我有機會提醒他本地即將舉行的人權聖火傳遞活動。我的任務完成得再容易不過了。當天，這個電視臺果然到現場采風，並在第二天的當地新聞節目中進行了報道。我們地區的一個市長非常支持人權聖火傳遞活動。這與我們兩年來不斷向他講清真相分不開。但我還是有點兒不放心，擔心沒給他提供足夠的信息，怕他說不到點兒上。慶幸的是我及時放棄了這種擔心，並意識到我根本沒必要幫他擬發言稿。我應做的就是給他提供站出來發言的機會，一切都會自然展開。果不其然，那天，跟其他所有發言人一樣，他發表了一番令人震撼的強有力的演講。
在參與組織我地區人權聖火活動的過程中，我發現我可以做到難以置信的事情。我只需要正念正行，師父就會安排結果。使我對"修在自己，功在師父"的法理有了更進一步的認識。在這個過程中，學法是至關重要的。我感謝那些每天早上五點在TeamSpeak上集體學法的同修，他們幫助我堅持學法。我也感謝那些在我區維持煉功點的同修，他們使我能定期在正念場中煉功。
我感謝那些總能幫助我反省自己，使我看到自己不足的同修們。我也想感謝我的丈夫，儘管他不是修煉人，但他對我非常支持及容忍，並經常指出我的缺點。我還有許多方面需要提高。
最重要的是我要感謝慈悲偉大的師父，感謝師父對我的耐心引導，感謝師父沒有放棄我，並不斷給我指引方向。語言無法表達我對師尊的無限感激。
謝謝師父，謝謝同修。