在集体环境中熔炼
文：澳大利亚大法弟子
尊敬的师父好！
各位同修好，
借本次澳洲法会之机，将自己一年多的修炼心得整理出来，向师父汇报，和同修们交流。
一、突破学法的阻力
二零二零年四月，受中共病毒的影响，墨尔本开始禁足。每周的大组学法改在网上進行。开始一两个星期后，因老年同修读的比较慢，他们自觉关嘴，怕耽误了整体读法的速度。但这样，他们就失去了自己读法的机会。
一天，母亲同修打来电话，要求给父亲发正念，他的身体出了状况。就在这时，先生的电话也响了。公公同修的身体也出现了不正常状态。
我们一家人有缘在迫害之前开始修炼，一起走过得法之初的喜悦、迫害初期的彷徨及面对迫害的坚定，之后又相继来到海外，在新的环境中兑现自己的使命。我和先生一直全职做媒体项目。除了证实法的工作之外，还有两个孩子需要照顾。
在孩子们小的时候，每次项目中需要出差，或是参加国内外的大法活动时，都是父母同修帮忙照顾家里，让我们没有后顾之忧。随着他们進入耄耋之年，生活中遇到的问题也越来越多，从银行卡、水电费到手机、电脑、网络，这更需要我们在生活上的关心及在法上的交流，以携手完成助师正法的使命。
师父说：“我们自己要把自己在修炼上，在这个做人的准则上，把自己修的好一点，不然很难完成这件事情。”[1] 我提出成立家庭学法小组，每晚在网上学法、交流。一家人包括孩子在内，开始集体学法，一直坚持到现在。一年多以来，除了学习《转法轮》，我们还系统的学完了两遍各地讲法。
老年同修在读法时，速度非常慢，而我则由刚开始的不耐烦慢慢发展到索性在他们读法时，思想开小差，去浏览其它网页，轮到自己读时再跳回来，甚至还觉的自己挺聪明。一天背法时，师父在《转法轮》中说：“要想去掉这个不好的东西，首先得把你这颗心扭转过来。”我对这一句法突然有了深一层的体会。
我悟到，目前很多邪恶因素制造出许多干扰因素，阻挡真修弟子学法，因为同化了法的那一面就会主动去清除它们，归正不好的一切。无论同修读的是好是坏、是快是慢，都是助师正法的一部分。我这种对同修的分别心却是以情为出发点的，是为私的表现。于是，我由在网页上读法转成读纸质的大法书，并及时纠正同修读错的地方。之后我自己的学法效果有了明显的改变。
家庭学法小组让老同修们读法、对法的理解都有了很大的飞跃。而且，他们在电话平台、投递真相资料方面发挥着很大的作用；在澳洲长大的孩子们也能熟读《转法轮》和师父的各地讲法，同时参与到证实法的项目中来。而每逢节日为师父送上祝福，包括诗词、贺卡、音乐创作及视频等等，则通常是三代人协同配合的结晶，由衷表达对师父的感恩！
二、在主持学法交流中去除自我
一天，协调人打电话，要我主持每周六的大组学法。老实说，之前面对面大组学法虽然我每次都参加，可不是躲在角落里，就是坐在最后排，总之就是希望听听别人的交流。碰到不合自己想法的交流，就不认真听，非但没有感恩的心，反而觉的对自己没多大帮助。
我虽然时常也会对大组学法的交流环境有所抱怨，但一副爱莫能助的心态。
师父告诉我们：“因为我们的修炼环境、我们的学法环境，学员在一起所讨论的事情、所讲出的话都是高尚的，都是一个难得的最纯净的环境。这在人类社会是很难得的，是最善良、最美好的一方净土，所以大家不能够失去这个环境。” [2]
明白的那面告诉我，墨尔本的整体修炼环境也有我的一份责任，但爱面子心、显示心、欢喜心、自我保护及怕受伤的心马上跳出来说，还是不要挑战自己的舒适圈了。其实是业力想免于被彻底消灭，而营造出来的这样一个假象。我意识到，把人心包藏起来，执着总也去不掉、去不彻底。而这不正是师父给我的一个机会，要我去掉这个怕曝光自己的心，在修炼的路上勇猛精進吗？
第一次主持是在去年十月初，适逢大陆的长假期，所以我安排了电话小组同修的交流。因为时间掌握的不够好，而且主题单一，让西人同修以及其它项目的同修反馈并不好。同时全部安排了华人学员来交流，丝毫没有替翻译同修着想。
我及时总结了问题。师父看到我有想做好的心，于是给了我很多智慧，深知这个“交流桥梁”对于维系整体的重要性。但中翻英通常要从头翻到尾，为了让翻译更贴近原意，我会把同修的交流稿先梳理一遍，同时将引用的师父讲法，找出相应的英文原文，这样翻译同修会更加专注于对翻译内容的把握上，从而西人同修在听交流时不会因文化、语言的差异而觉的没有收获。同时，整理好的交流我也会提前发给越南语的翻译协调，这样越南裔同修在听交流时也会有溶入整体的感觉。考虑到翻译的工作量，尽量安排西人和华人同修交替進行。后来，我成立了一个周六大组交流平台，提前将每周要交流的同修名单及稿件发过去，这样主持人和各语种翻译同修都能针对本周交流的人员及流程提前做好准备。
技术环节得到了保证，但最重要的一个问题始终存在，那就是同修们在大组都比较沉默，不愿意交流。
师父说：“在一起大家所说、所想、所做的都是本着善念的，做什么事情呢能够尽量的去考虑别人，一个非常纯净的环境、祥和的净土。那么在这个环境下我们作为一个修炼的人，你就会被这个场合中的这种慈悲的力量所熏染，这是肯定的。”[3]
同修们就像一颗颗晶莹璀璨的珍珠，而好的集体环境就是将珍珠穿起来的那条线，助师正法，在正法中发挥强大威力。同修们先天的真我是符合真、善、忍特性的。不愿交流并非他们的本意，是后天形成的观念，而这些后天的观念为什么能在我的空间场中出现，肯定我的场中也有败坏的物质，它们才能沟通上。我认真向内找自己，我确实太在意别人对我的看法了，这颗很强的自尊心，其实就是自我。我只有修好自己，自己纯净的那一念才能与同修们修好的那面沟通。如果自己不符合法，邪恶就利用人的执着，间隔整体，干扰讲真相、救度众生。如果因为自己修不好，干扰了救度众生，那才是最大的遗憾。
我也意识到，在正法时期，向内找不应该仅仅局限在个人修炼上，还要站在整体的角度，救度众生的角度去向内找。如果我们都能够坦诚一些，更加注重在一思一念中修心、去执、实修，让集体学法环境真正成为神圣的向内找的修炼环境，像磁石一样吸引更多同修。
我和同修们说，如果自己不想要留名字，或者自己不想要读出来，可以提前将稿件发给我，我找人代读。当一位平时扎扎实实修炼的同修将交流稿发给我时，我几乎要流泪了。她说自己很想参加交流，只是自己的国语别人都听不懂。读着她朴素的文字，脑海中浮现出她顶着烈日、冒着酷暑在街头发资料讲真相的形象。多么可敬的同修！感谢师父的鼓励！
学员参与的项目不同，个人经历背景不同，所处的人生阶段不同，所以大组交流中要想每个人都能有所收获，就需要提前作好准备，就像老师备课一样。一次辅导员周会上，同修提出预设交流主题，大家一致赞同，并马上执行。结果接下来的那个周六，直到学法开始前的一个小时，同修仍然主动报名。我边整理他们的稿件及交流名单，边默默感谢师父。那天晚上，参与交流的同修破纪录的达到了十位！
做主持人，应该说我自己的收获是最大的。聆听每一位同修实修中的心得，就象是在倾听一位觉者所证悟出的法理，这需要我全神贯注，生怕漏掉一点。同时我也会稍做点评，感恩对方与我们分享。我将以前听学员自媒体的时间，用来听明慧广播，同时对照自己的修炼，查找不足。
师父说：“神看的不是你的表面，看的是你这个人用心！也不看你的能力，就看你用的心到不到。你的心在不在法上。你在法上，神就帮着你配合。”[4]
从媒体项目到神韵市场推广，一路走来我最深的体会就是，只要有助师正法的愿望，基点在法上，不走极端，师父会给予我们很多法器，让我们无所不能，而我们所要做的就是放下自我，“随机而行”。倘若执着自我，就会看不清师尊的慈悲安排。
三、结语
记得来澳后第一次参加的大型活动，是本迪格小镇的复活节游行，当时我身着黄色的仙女装，看着道路两旁里三层、外三层的当地居民所展现出来的淳朴与热情，留着泪走完了长长的游行。我为自己终于能够在海外自由的环境下信仰真、善、忍而激动不已，也暗下决心要为千千万万还在中共迫害下坚持信仰的大陆同修发声。
多年后再想起那一幕，我忽然有了新一层的体会：那是自己明白的那面看到了天国世界的众生为他们的王、主能够成为主佛的弟子，在世间证实法而感到无比荣耀，喜极而泣。
万古机缘，尽在今朝。师父给了我至高无上的荣耀，作为大法弟子，我们要对得起师父的慈悲苦度和这亘古未有的佛恩浩荡。
愿澳洲大法弟子形成圆容不破的整体，圆满随师还。
感恩慈悲伟大的师父!
谢谢各位同修。
注：
[1] 李洪志师父著作：《二零一八年新唐人与大纪元法会》
[2] 李洪志师父著作：《美国东部法会讲法》
[3] 李洪志师父著作：《澳大利亚法会讲法》
[4] 李洪志师父著作：《二零一六年纽约法会讲法》
（二零二一年澳大利亚网上法会）
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Cultivating in a Group Environment and Letting go of Ego
By a Falun Dafa Chinese practitioner in Australia
Greetings revered Master!
Greetings fellow practitioners,
I would like to take this opportunity to share my cultivation experience over the past year with Master, and my fellow practitioners.
1. Making breakthroughs in family group fa study
In April 2020, the city of Melbourne went into lockdown due to the CCP virus. Thus, our weekly group Fa study had to move online. After the first week or two, the elderly practitioners in my family had to mute for fear of delaying the overall group because their reading speed was quite slow. However, they lost the opportunity to read the Fa themselves this way
One day, my mother called and asked me to send righteous thoughts for my father, who suddenly experienced sickness karma. Just then, my husband’s mobile also rang. My father-in-law had called him for exactly the same reason as he too was going through some physical tribulations.
My whole family was fortunate enough to start practicing before the persecution, and together we walked through the joys in the early days of obtaining the Fa, the uncertainties of the sudden crackdown, and the determination in the face of persecution. Later, we were able to move overseas to fulfill our missions during Fa rectification. My husband and I have been working full-time on media projects since we arrived as skilled migrants in 2004. In addition to our work and other Fa validating projects, we have a young family and two children to take care of.
When my children were young, our parents helped look after them so we would not need to worry and were able to attend Dafa activities or project meetings at home or abroad. As my parents are now in their eighties, they have encountered more and more difficulties in their everyday lives, from bank cards and utility bills to technical problems such as mobile phones, computers, and the Internet. This requires us to care more for them in life and share more with them on the Fa, so that we can work together to assist Master to rectify the Fa and save sentient beings.
Master said,
“When it comes to our own cultivation, and when it comes to the norms that guide our conduct, we need to cultivate ourselves better, otherwise it’s going to be very difficult to accomplish this thing.” (2018 NTD and Epoch Times Fa Conference)
I proposed that we start a family Fa study group on Sonant every night. Now the eight of us have continued for a year and a half. Besides Zhuan Falun, we have also systematically studied all the teachings and jingwen from Master twice over.
Because the elders read the Fa really slowly and often miss words or make mistakes. Gradually I got impatient, which got to the point that while they were reading, my mind was on other things and I went to browse other webpages, then jumped back on when it was my turn to read. I thought that was smart. One day while I was memorizing the Fa, this sentence “In order to eliminate this negative thing, you must first change your mind. “(Lecture four, Zhuan Falun) indicated a deeper meaning to me.
I realized that the evil elements are fearful of being removed by one’s knowing side which has assimilated to the Fa and would take initiatives to remove them and rectify everything that is not up to the standard of new cosmos. Thus, they created disturbing factors to stop true disciples from studying the Fa. No matter how a fellow practitioner reads the Fa, good or bad, fast or slow, as long as they are reading with their heart, they are assisting Master to eliminate the evil. My attitude towards the senior practitioners was based on sentiment and a manifestation of selfishness. I had to change my mind and look at the whole reading from the perspective of the Fa. So, I switched from reading online to reading Dafa books. By fully concentrating on reading, I was able to again correct their mistakes in time. After that, there was a significant change in my own Fa study.
By reading the Fa accurately, our Fa study group has made a great leap. So had the elderly practitioners’ understanding of the Fa. They are very diligent and have been playing an active role in making phone calls to mainland China as well as letter-box distribution of Falun Gong materials. Both my children have grown up in Australia, but they are now able to fluently read Zhuan Falun and Master’s other teachings in Chinese. Solid Fa study has enabled them to also get involved in Dafa projects. Festive greetings to Master, including poems, greeting cards, musical compositions and videos, are usually the result of three generations working together to express our immense gratitude to our revered Master!
2. Letting go of Ego whilst hosting Saturday group sharing
One day in October 2020, the coordinator called me and asked me to host Saturday group sharing. To be honest, although I had physically attended every group study before, I either hid in the corner or sat in the last row, hoping to listen to other people’s sharing. When I encountered something that did not fit my own understandings, I would not listen seriously, thinking that it was not very helpful to me.
Although I sometimes complained about the sharing environment in my local area, I didn’t think there was much I could do.
Master said,
“It’s because our cultivation environment, our Fa-study environment, and what the students discuss and say when they are together are noble and form a rare and most pure environment. This is very hard to find in human society, and is the most benevolent and most wonderful piece of pure land, so you mustn’t lose this environment.” (Teachings at the Conference in the Eastern U.S)
My knowing side told me that I AM responsible for the overall practice environment in my local area, but the attachment of showing off, zealotry, self-protection and the fear of getting hurt jumped out and told me that I should not challenge my comfort zone. In fact, these notions were just illusions created by karma to avoid being completely eliminated. I realized that by hiding, I could never get rid of my attachments. Isn’t this an opportunity for me to expose these attachments and completely get rid of them so as to advance on the path of cultivation?
The first time I hosted was in Oct last year, I didn’t have a good command of time, and the topic was too focused on making phone calls to Chinese during the October holiday Week. The Western practitioners and those in other projects weren’t able to resonate much with the sharing. What’s more, it created a heavy burden for the translator.
I had to summarize the issues and find solutions. Master gave me a lot of wisdom: I had been a translator myself, and I knew how important this “bridge of communication” is in maintaining the connection within the whole body. In order to make the translation closer to the original meaning, I would first sort through fellow practitioners’ sharing papers, and if present, find the corresponding English quotes from Master’s teachings, so that the translator could focus more on grasping the content of the sharing, and not to get stressed over the accuracy of Master’s Fa. This way, fellow Western practitioners would have a better understanding of the sharing despite lingual or cultural differences. At the same time, I sent out the sharing to the Vietnamese translator in advance, so the Vietnamese practitioners would also better understand the sharing and feel more included within the whole group. With consideration for the translators’ workload, I try to alternate the sharing between Westerners and Chinese. Eventually, I set up a Saturday sharing chat group where lists and sharing papers can be seen by the host and the 3 translators, so that everyone is aware of the process and is prepared in advance, easing some of the workload.
Although the technical aspects were sorted, the most important issue still remained. Fellow practitioners remained rather silent and were reluctant to open up and share in the large group.
Master said,
“As you practice in a group and while you are together, what you say, think, and do are all out of benevolent thoughts, and you’re able to consider others as much as you can in whatever you do. That is a very pure and clean environment, a piece of peaceful, harmonious, and pure land. Then as cultivators in those surroundings, you will be nurtured by this compassionate force within that environment. That’s for sure.” (Teaching at the Conference in Australia)
My understanding is that fellow practitioners are like crystal pearls, pure and precious. A good collective environment is the thread that strings them into a rosary necklace, which can then be used by Master to enable them to be a powerful force in the Fa rectification period. The innate true self of every fellow practitioner is consistent with the characteristics of Truth, Compassion and Tolerance. The reluctance to share is not their intention but an acquired mindset, and the reason why these acquired concepts can appear in my dimension is that there must be a negative substance within my field that obstructs them to communicate and connect. I had a good look within. I cared too much about what others thought of me. This very strong mindset is actually ego. Only by purifying myself could my pure mind then communicate with the knowing side of my fellow practitioners. If I myself do not conform to the Fa, the evil will exploit my attachments and human obsessions to separate the whole body, interfere with truth clarification and the saving of sentient beings. If I myself could not be purified, the salvation of sentient beings would be interfered with, which would be the most unfortunate thing.
I have also enlightened that in the Fa Rectification period, looking inward should not only be limited to personal cultivation, rather as a whole, from the perspective of saving sentient beings. If we can all be honest and pay more attention to cultivate every thought and notion, let go of attachments, and validate the Fa solidly, the group Fa study will become a truly sacred inward-looking environment, like a magnet to attract more genuine practitioners.
Thus, I told fellow practitioners that if they want to share but have concerns and do not want to leave their names, they could send me the sharing in advance. I would not disclose their names and would arrange someone else to read on their behalf. That week when a fellow practitioner texted me her sharing, I was almost in tears! She said she really wanted to share in the group, however, no one can easily understand her Mandarin because of her strong dialect. She was happy somebody else could read for her and thus she can also participate in the sharing. Her sincere words and the image of her braving the sun and heat to distribute truth clarification material on the streets came to my mind. Thanks to Master for this encouragement!
Good preparation is needed so that everyone can benefit from the group sharing, but the fact that practitioners are involved in different projects, have different backgrounds and are at different stages of life makes it hard for all aspects to be covered. In a weekly meeting of the assistants, one proposed to set a prearranged topic for the coming week’s sharing, which was agreed upon and implemented immediately. As a result, the following Saturday, an hour before the scheduled Fa study, practitioners still texted or called to put down their names to share. While I was organizing their papers and the name list, I silently thanked Master. That night, a record-breaking 10 practitioners participated in the sharing!
As a host, I should say that I have gained the most. Listening to each fellow practitioners is like listening to the insights of an enlightened being, and it requires my full attention in order not to miss anything. At the end of their sharing, I would either summarize their main idea or repeat the highlight and express genuine gratefulness for what they have shared with the group. I used to spend time listening to practitioner’s YouTube channels while doing the housework or travelling, but now I listen to the Minghui broadcast instead. This has enabled me to find more gaps in my own cultivation and to become more diligent.
My understanding along the years, from working in media projects to marketing of Shen Yun I’ve been involved in, is that as long as we are on the Fa and put what Master requires of us as the priority without going to extremes, Master will give us many Fa tools as well as sufficient wisdom to do anything. The only thing we need to do is to follow the arrangements and let go of our ego. If we cling to our ego however, we will not be able to see Master’s compassionate arrangements.
Conclusion
I still remember the first time I participated in the Easter parade in Bendigo, after I first arrived in Australia. I walked in the Falun Gong parade in a yellow fairy costume and was so touched by the simplicity and enthusiasm of the thousands of local audience members on both sides of the road. Their faces were beaming with excitement and gratitude. I had tears in my eyes because I could finally practise my belief freely and openly, while millions of people in China who have the same belief as me are still suffering at the hands of communism. When I recalled that scene years later, I suddenly had a new level of understanding: I was in tears because the beings in the heavens were weeping with joy at the sight of their King becoming the disciple of the Creator and owning the glory of assisting the Creator at the last phase of this Fa rectification.
All the opportunities of the ages are for now. As the eternal life of the new cosmos, we must be worthy of our Master’s compassion and suffering during this unprecedented period of time.
Thank you Master for your great salvation and everything you have done for me. Thank you fellow practitioners.
May the Australian Dafa disciples form an unbroken whole and return with Master in full glory!
(Presented at the 2021 Australia Online Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference)