在协调放映真相电影中的修炼体悟 (AM 1st sharing)
H. S.
慈悲伟大的师尊好！
各位同修大家好！
时间飞快，转眼间2026年已过大半。在此回顾我过去一年的修炼历程，向師尊匯報，與同修分享。
第一部分：遇到矛盾向内找，在学法中真正提高
《坚不可摧》开始线上放映后，我悟到，这部纪录片既可讲清中共跨国镇压真相，也是墨尔本同修加强整体配合的好机会。之後的全球放映交流給我很大啟發，这部纪录片更可以成为推广神韵演出的利器。我和同修把相关情况在青年学法小组做了更新，便开始了墨尔本的放映筹备工作。
这个新项目，涉及多个环节，加上团队临时组建，实际推进中难免出现沟通和配合上的问题。一次，一项推广设计迟迟没有進展，我心里對其中一位負責人产生了抱怨。在线上会议中，該同修又针对某任务反复提问，我觉得他完全可以自己查资料而不是在這裡浪費大家的時間，因此直接对该同修发起火来。
師父在《大法弟子必须学法》中開示：
“所以我过去讲，大法弟子作为一个修炼人，看问题和人应该是反过来的。有的人觉的碰到不高兴的事了就不高兴了，那你不就是个人吗？有什么区别呢？碰到不高兴的事的时候，正好是你修自己的时候、修心的时候。”
静下心来向内找，我看到自己当时的表现很不善。
首先我觉得自己在电影放映项目上付出很多，既带着大家做，也承担了很多琐碎的事务，因此理所当然的认为 “我付出的多，大家就应该按我的想法来配合”。當這種希望別人配合自己的心被不同意見衝擊時，那顆不平衡的心就跳了出來。
一次大组学法中，同修交流到师父在《转法轮》“妒嫉心”一节中多次講到“心里不平衡”的法。我悟到，原來自己一直放不下的不平衡，与妒嫉心有关。继续向内找，我找到了自己的真实想法：当时这名同修在放映项目中不如我承担的多，但有时他会指点评价，这次又反复提出要求和问题，我颇為不服，总想用我的理来說服他。想到这兒我又看到了自己的争斗心！正如师父在《转法轮》中開示：
“真正修道的人当中也有这个反映，互相之间不服气，争斗心不去，也容易产生妒嫉心。”
我很惊讶，這顆心包装的如此隱蔽，是被自认为的正念正行参与项目的修炼状态所掩盖。感恩师父的点化！
我还找到自己有颗证实自我的心。我希望通过把项目做好，证明自己的想法和能力。可我的能力本身就是师父给的。一个项目能够顺利完成，离不开參與同修的共同付出和整体配合。如果把正法项目中的成绩归到自己身上，證實自我，那岂不是贪天之功吗？
在發生冲突后的一次大组学法中，我读到师父在《转法轮》第三讲中〈老师给了学员一些什么〉的一段法：
“真正修炼就得对你负责任，这些人自修也同样可得，但必须是真修的，我们把这些东西都给真修者。我讲了，得真正把你当弟子带的。”
我读到这里，眼泪在眼眶中打转。师父把我们当真正的弟子，为我们负责，也为我们铺好了修炼的路。那么，我是不是真正的真修弟子？我有没有真正按照法的要求修自己？
我随后在大组交流中坦诚交流了自己的问题，并向同修道歉。这个过程让我认识到，修炼不是看誰做了多少事情、参加了多少项目，修炼人只有学好法才能在矛盾中找自己，去掉执著。
师父在《二零一五年纽约法会讲法》中開示：
“有人在修炼上看上去很精進，也在学法，也在炼功，可是哪，不向内找。不向内找啊，大家想想，那不就是常人嘛。常人谁向内找啊？常人哪有向内找的？碰到任何矛盾，我得想想我自己哪错了，真的想明白了，跟人家说声对不起。”
这次矛盾让我更清楚：真正的向内找，不只是知道道理，而是在事情发生时，能不能把自己当作修炼人。只有不断学好法、修好自己，才能在每一次过关中真正提高。
第二部分：比学比修，找回修炼如初的状态
在筹备纪录片《坚不可摧》的初期，有同修提议大家每天在群里更新自己的学法、炼功和发正念情况。起初，我只是把它当成一项任务，觉得每天完成就好，并没有认真从修炼的角度去认识。
坚持了一段时间后，我慢慢感受到，这种看似形式上的坚持，实际上是在提醒自己把修炼真正落实到每天。几个星期、一个多月下来，我发现自己在遇到矛盾时，能够比以前更快的想到向内找。
我越来越发现，自己平时很多想法其实都是常人的观念：怎么看同修、怎么判断事情，往往不自觉的夹杂着自己的执着。通过持续学法，我开始提醒自己，遇到问题首先应该问：“我哪里不对啦？还有什么执着没有放下？”
这段时间，我有时学《转法轮》，有时读《洪吟》和师父的其他经文。随着不断学法，我越来越感受到师父对弟子的慈悲与看护。有时读着读着就流下眼泪，那种感受很难用语言表达，我很清楚，师父一直在给弟子机会、加持和看护。
我也认识到，师父把修炼提高的机会安排在我们的日常生活当中。工作、学习、生活，与同修配合、面对矛盾，经历的一件件琐事和烦恼，其实都是为了帮助我们提高。而坚持学法、炼功、发正念，不仅仅是为了群内情况更新，更是让我们增添正念且每天能保持好的修炼状态。只有把法真正放在心里，遇到问题时才能向内找，在心性考验中去掉人心执着，做到实修。
在推广过程中，有几位青年同修在看到需要分担的工作量很大时，每次都能默默的配合并积极主动的完成电影推广的各项具体工作，让项目按计划顺利进展。
这些同修的默默付出让我看到他们可贵的修炼状态：珍惜身边的有缘人及每一次讲真相的机会；面对整体的需要不是等别人的安排，而是主动承担、配合，不仅是“我要做什么”，而是“要我做什么”。
来到海外二十多年，我一直参与在讲真相的第一线，也参与了不少大法项目，可讲真相对我已变成一些项目中的例行习惯，缺少了使命感和责任感；而在圆容整体上，我更期待的是别人能配合我，而不是我配合别人。
我开始重新思考什么是圆容配合。在大法项目中，个人能力固然重要，但更重要的是能不能放下自我，主动承担。如果每位同修都能视自己为大法中的一个粒子，那汇聚起来的才是整体的力量。
师父在《洪吟一》<实修>中開示：
学法得法
比学比修
事事对照
做到是修
我悟到，不是比谁做的多、谁参与的项目重要，而是看到同修的精進状态，反观自己、找到不足并修自己。
第三部分：误解中修自己，结善缘 ，传真相
放映电影筹备期间，我们联系了不少社会各界人士，包括一位颇具影响力的嘉宾。影片结束、问答刚开始时，有一位嘉宾和我沟通，因为他误解了我们对他的活动安排，因此感到非常不满。
我第一念觉的很不可思议， 我以为我一开始邀请他时已经解释清楚了，为什么现在产生了这个误解呢？因此在问答期间， 我想把他请到场外向他解释清楚。可突然， 我头脑中想起了师父在《对澳洲学员讲法》中的法理，我悟到：修炼人和常人闹矛盾，肯定是大法弟子的错，于是我先放下情绪，主动向他承认是我没有做好。
活动结束后，我更当面坦承自己在邀请过程中考虑不周。可他并没有打算缓和局面，而是愤愤的离开了。第二天上午， 我又发短信给他表达了真诚歉意。
当晚，他主动给我打电话，说自己进一步了解了法轮功在海外所面对的问题，并给了我很多建议。不久前，我就关于跨国镇压的国会问询联络他时，他也表示，愿意以个人名义呈递自己所了解的事实，让更多人了解中共跨国镇压的真相。
师父在《芝加哥法会》讲法中开示：
“修炼中无论你们遇到好事与不好的事，都是好事，因为那是你们修炼了才出现的。”
从修炼人的角度看，一件看似不愉快的事情，可能正是让自己去掉执着、提高心性的机会。放下争辩、先向内找，事情却出现了转机。
经过团队的不懈努力，在纪录片《坚不可摧》墨尔本首映上，我们成功邀请到了来自不同领域的社会主流人士。
在电影放映后的会面中，一位议员主动提出帮助我们联系他熟悉的几个社区服务中心，推荐法轮大法义务教功活动；另一位则主动把我们介绍给本地团体，并鼓励我们将中共的渗透和跨国镇压等信息，传播给更多本地社团，集结正义的力量。
大法弟子在常人社会中修炼，而这个社会本身就是我们接触众生、讲清真相、证实大法的舞台。我们不能只是等待有缘人来到面前，而要主动走出去，在工作、生活和社区中广结善缘。
第四部分：去除维护自己的心 圓容整体
在两年前，我们开始了墨尔本每周一次的青年组面对面学法交流。小组成立初期，我也邀请在主流社会工作的同修来分享修炼心得，以及在工作和生活环境中讲真相的经历。每次学法后，青年同修们都积极交流，分享自己在生活、工作和大法项目中的修炼体悟。话题从个人修炼到整体配合，从家庭关到圆容周边环境。大家常常交流得十分投入，不知不觉便已深夜。同修们都非常珍惜这个学法交流的环境。一位全职工作的年轻妈妈曾说，每周最盼望的，就是周五晚上来和大家一起在法上交流。
长期的学法与交流，也让同修之间的配合越来越默契。两年来，大家在弘法项目中更加理解、包容和彼此支持。在师尊的加持下，青年同修各展所长，“八仙过海，各显神通”， 特别在社区洪法、讲真相及电影放映中主动参与，成为主力。
这次纪录片《坚不可摧》放映结束后，在青年组学法交流中，同修们提出了一些改进意见。一位同修把这次放映和去年纪录片《国有器官》的放映做了比较，并表示现场组织考虑不周，用的人力过多等。而我当时耳中听到的却全是同修言语间的指责，心中也随之泛起了波澜，心想：“去年是在社区、图书馆，这次是专业电影院放映，能一样吗？再说，让多一些同修参与，是让有条件的同修通过实践，日后会更成熟并主动承担。” 我甚至想：“你看到的只是现场活动中的一环，很多提前的准备、协调和沟通等工作你都没参与，根本不了解整个过程。”我几次试图插话解释，因此连同修发言都没完整听进去。
回家路上我问自己，为什么听到不同意见时第一念是解释；为什么没听完同修的意见就全部否定，而不是先想自己哪里需要提高？为什么一旦别人指出问题，先想到的是“他不了解情况”？为什么希望别人看到自己的付出，却不愿意面对不足？问着问着， 我看到了自己的执着。因为我做电影放映的时间长， 自认为比别人懂的多，从而第一时间就对同修意见加以排斥。这种心理让我无法正面汲取经验，片面理解同修的想法，自然也就看不到同修身上的闪光点和长处。
师父在《亚太地区学员会议讲法》中開示：
“要把大家都能够协调在一起，不断在法上提高，形成一个正的环境，使大法弟子讲清真相、救度众生、抑制迫害这些证实法的事情做的好。”
我悟到，整体配合过程中一定会有分歧，而在不同意见中相互提醒、补充，共同在法上提高，这就是修炼。有人发现问题、提出建议，也要有人虚心倾听、接受改进。若只愿听顺耳的话，却排斥让自己不舒服的意见，就很难真正形成一个圆容不破的整体。
向内找不是等到自己明白错了才找，而是在心里刚刚产生不平、委屈、急于解释的时候，就应该警觉。如果我真的修到了无条件向内找的境界，放下了只愿听好话的心，同修所谓“评价性”的发言也就不会在我心中形成负面影响了。
师父在《 二零零二年波士顿法会讲法》中開示：
“当然啦，矛盾出现时，有一些争论，我觉的也不一定是坏事，因为你在修炼中，就是要去掉你执著的心，在修炼中你就是要提高，那么就得表现出你那些个没去掉的常人之心来，把它去掉。”
现在回头看，同修就像一面镜子。当我觉的对方看的不全面时，也许真正需要面对的，恰恰是自己不愿意看到的一面。放下维护和证实自己的心，把不同意见当成修炼中的提醒，我想，这才是这次经历留给我最宝贵的收获。
结语
通过协调纪录片《坚不可摧》墨尔本首映，我深刻体会到，作为本地大法弟子，能够参与这样的项目，是一份珍贵的缘分和责任。我很珍惜与同修们的配合，在一次次的磨合中彼此提醒、共同提高，也一起把真相带给更多有缘人。也正是在这个过程中，我一次次看到自己的不足，在矛盾中向内找，在法上提高。
最后，我想以师父在《 二零一五年美国西部法会讲法》中的一段讲法与同修共勉：
“现在人都得表态，大法弟子在讲真相中、在救人中，那个生命的表现就定下了他的未来。”
希望在今后修炼的路上，與同修比学比修，共同精進，救度更多的众生。
以上交流因层次有限， 难免有不当之处， 请同修慈悲指正。
感恩师尊！
谢谢同修！
English translation:
Cultivation Realisations While Coordinating Screenings of a Truth-Clarifying Film
H. S.
Greetings, compassionate and great Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
Time flies, and more than half of 2026 has already gone by. I’d like to look back over my cultivation journey of the past year, report to Master and share with my fellow practitioners.
Part One: Looking within when conflicts arise, and truly improving through studying the Fa
After the online screenings of Unbroken began, I realised that this documentary could both clarify the truth about the CCP’s transnational repression and be a good opportunity for Melbourne practitioners to strengthen their overall cooperation. The global screening sharing meeting that followed inspired me greatly, and I saw that the film could also become a powerful tool for promoting Shen Yun performances. A fellow practitioner and I updated the youth Fa-study group on the situation, and then began preparing for screenings in Melbourne.
This new project involved many different steps, and because the team was put together at short notice, communication and coordination problems were bound to come up as we went. On one occasion, a promotional design had stalled for a long time, and I developed resentment for one of the people responsible. In an online meeting, that practitioner repeatedly asked questions about a task. I felt he could easily have looked up the information himself rather than waste everyone’s time, so I lost my temper at him directly.
Master taught in Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa:
“I have thus said before that Dafa disciples, being cultivators, should view problems in the opposite manner from how human beings do. Some people are unhappy when they meet with unpleasant things. Then aren’t you a human being? How are you any different? When you encounter unpleasant things, it is precisely time to cultivate yourself, to cultivate your mind.”
When I calmed down and looked within, I saw that my behaviour at the time had been very unkind. Even if the way the practitioner asked his questions was inappropriate, my first reaction shouldn’t have been to reject and oppose him. Digging deeper, I found that I felt a sense of unfairness.
First, I felt I had put a lot into the film screening project, both leading everyone and taking on plenty of fiddly tasks, so I took it for granted that “I’ve contributed more, so everyone should cooperate according to my ideas.” When this hope for others to cooperate with me ran up against differing opinions, that sense of unfairness popped out.
During a group Fa-study session, a fellow practitioner shared about the passages in the “Jealousy” section of Zhuan Falun where Master speaks of “finding things unfair” multiple times. I realised that the sense of unfairness that I’d never been able to let go of was connected to jealousy. As I kept looking within, I found what I was really thinking: this practitioner had taken on less than me in the screening project, yet sometimes he gave directions and comments, and this time he’d repeatedly made demands and raised questions. I felt quite annoyed and was unwilling to accept his views, so I kept trying to convince him that my reasoning was right. Thinking of this, I saw my competitive mentality as well! As Master taught in Zhuan Falun,
“This also occurs among true cultivators, for mutual disrespect and not eliminating the attachment to competitiveness can both easily lead to jealousy.”
I was surprised at how well this attachment had been disguised, hidden behind what I took to be a cultivation state of righteous thoughts and actions in the project. I’m grateful to Master for enlightening me!
I also found that I had an attachment of validating myself. I hoped that by doing the project well, I could prove my ideas and abilities. But everything I’m capable of was given to me by Master in the first place. A project can only be completed smoothly through the combined effort and overall cooperation of all the practitioners involved. If I credited the achievements of a Fa-rectification project to myself in order to validate myself, wouldn’t that be taking credit for what the Heavens have accomplished?
During a group Fa-study session after the conflict, I read a passage in Lecture Three of Zhuan Falun, in the section “What Has Teacher Given to Students?”:
“If you are truly cultivating, we must be responsible to you. Those self-taught cultivators will also obtain the same things, but they must be genuine cultivators. We give all these things to true cultivators. I have said that I must truly treat you as my disciples.”
As I read this, tears welled up in my eyes. Master treats us as true disciples, takes responsibility for us, and has laid out the path of cultivation for us. So am I a true cultivator? Have I really been cultivating myself according to the requirements of the Fa?
I then spoke honestly about my problems in the group sharing and apologised to the fellow practitioner. This process helped me realise that cultivation isn’t about who has done how much work or how many projects they’ve joined. Only by studying the Fa well can a cultivator look within when conflicts arise and let go of attachments.
Master taught in Fa Teaching Given at the 2015 New York Fa Conference:
“Some people appear to be quite diligent as they cultivate, studying the Fa and doing the exercises, but they don’t look within. But if you don’t look within, think about it, aren’t you an ordinary person then? Does any ordinary person look within? Which ordinary person can look within? Suppose someone tries to reflect on where he did wrong in any disagreement he comes across, and apologizes to the other party after figuring things out…”
This conflict made it clearer to me that truly looking within isn’t just about knowing the principle. It’s about whether I can treat myself as a cultivator when things actually happen. Only by consistently studying the Fa well and cultivating myself well can I truly improve through each trial.
Part Two: Let each and every thing be measured against the Fa, and keep going with the same heart from the beginning all the way to the end
In the early stages of preparing for Unbroken, a fellow practitioner suggested that everyone post a daily update in the group chat on their Fa-study, exercises and sending forth righteous thoughts. At first I treated it simply as a task. I figured it was enough to tick it off each day, and I didn’t think about it seriously from a cultivation perspective.
After keeping it up for a while, I gradually came to feel that this seemingly formal routine was actually reminding me to put cultivation into practice every day. After several weeks, then over a month, I noticed that when conflicts arose, I could think of looking within faster than before.
I gradually realised that many of my everyday thoughts were really everyday people’s notions. How I saw fellow practitioners and how I judged things were often mixed, without my realising, with my own attachments. Through studying the Fa consistently, I began reminding myself that when a problem comes up, the first thing to ask is: “Where did I go wrong? What attachments haven’t I let go of yet?”
During this period, I sometimes studied Zhuan Falun, and sometimes read Hong Yin and Master’s other teachings. As I kept studying the Fa, I felt more and more of Master’s compassion and care for his disciples. Sometimes I’d be reading and find tears running down my face. The feeling is hard to put into words, but I knew clearly that Master has always been giving his disciples opportunities, support and protection.
I also realised that Master arranges opportunities for us to improve in our daily lives. Work, study, family life, cooperating with fellow practitioners and facing conflicts, all the small matters and worries we go through, are in fact there to help us improve. And keeping up with Fa-study, the exercises and sending forth righteous thoughts is not just for the sake of the group updates. It strengthens our righteous thoughts and helps us keep a good cultivation state every day. Only when we truly hold the Fa in our hearts can we look within when problems arise, let go of human attachments during xinxing tests, and cultivate in a solid way.
During the promotion work, when a few young practitioners saw how large the workload was, they quietly cooperated every time and took the initiative to complete the many specific tasks of promoting the film, which kept the project running smoothly and on schedule.
Their quiet dedication showed me their admirable cultivation state: they cherish the people with a predestined relationship around them and every chance to clarify the truth. Faced with what the whole group needed, they didn’t wait to be assigned tasks but stepped up and cooperated. Their attitude was not “What do I want to do?” but, “What needs to be done, and what am I needed to do?”
I’ve been overseas for more than twenty years and have been on the front line of clarifying the truth the whole time, and I’ve taken part in quite a few Dafa projects. But clarifying the truth had become a routine habit in some projects for me, lacking a sense of mission and responsibility. And when it came to harmonising our group as a whole, I was more hoping that others would cooperate with me than that I would cooperate with them.
I began to rethink what harmonising cooperation really means. In Dafa projects, personal ability certainly matters, but what matters more is whether I can let go of myself and take the initiative to shoulder responsibility. If every practitioner sees themselves as a particle of Dafa, then what comes together is the strength of the whole.
Master taught in “Solid Cultivation” in Hong Yin:
“Study the Fa and gain the Fa,
Focus on how you study and cultivate,
Let each and every thing be measured against the Fa.
Only then, with that, is it actually cultivation.”
I realised that it’s not about comparing who has done more or whose project is more important. It’s about seeing a fellow practitioner’s diligent state, then reflecting on myself, finding my shortcomings and cultivating myself.
Part Three: Cultivating myself through a misunderstanding, forming good connections and clarifying the truth
While preparing for the screening, we contacted quite a few people from different sectors of society, including a fairly influential guest. Just after the screening ended and the Q&A had begun, he came to speak with me. He had misunderstood the arrangements we’d made for his part in the event, and he was very unhappy about it.
My first reaction was disbelief. I thought I’d explained everything clearly when I first invited him, so why was there a misunderstanding now? During the Q&A, I wanted to ask him to come outside and explain things to him properly. But suddenly, I remembered a principle Master taught in Fa Teaching to Australian Practitioners, and I realised that when a cultivator has a conflict with an everyday person, the Dafa disciple must be at fault. So I put my emotions aside and took the initiative to admit to him that it was my fault.
After the event, I admitted to him face to face that I hadn’t been thorough enough with the invitation details. He had no intention of smoothing things over, though, and left angrily. The next morning, I sent him a text message expressing my sincere apology.
That evening, he rang me himself. He said he’d gained a deeper understanding of the problems Falun Gong faces overseas, and he gave me a lot of suggestions. Not long ago, when I contacted him about the parliamentary inquiry into transnational repression, he said he was willing to present the facts he knew in a personal capacity, so that more people could understand the truth about the CCP’s transnational repression.
Master taught in To the Chicago Fa Conference:
“Whatever you experience during your cultivation—whether good or bad—is good, for it comes about only because you are cultivating.”
From a cultivator’s perspective, something that seems unpleasant may be exactly the opportunity to let go of an attachment and raise one’s xinxing. When I put aside arguing and looked within first, things took a turn.
Thanks to the team’s tireless efforts, we successfully invited prominent members of the community from a range of fields to attend the Melbourne premiere of Unbroken.
In the conversations after the screening, one councillor from a city offered to connect us with several community service centres he knew, so we could introduce the free Falun Dafa exercise workshops. Another councillor introduced us to local groups and encouraged us to share information about the CCP’s infiltration and transnational repression with more local community organisations, to bring together the forces of justice.
Dafa disciples cultivate within ordinary society, and this society is itself the stage on which we reach sentient beings, clarify the truth and validate Dafa. We can’t just wait for predestined people to come to us. We need to go out proactively and form good connections widely, in our workplaces, our daily lives and our communities.
Part Four: Letting go of the attachment to defending myself, and harmonising one body
Two years ago, we began holding weekly face-to-face Fa-study and sharing sessions for the young practitioners group in Melbourne. When the group was first established, I also invited practitioners working in mainstream society to share their cultivation experiences, as well as their experiences of clarifying the truth in their workplaces and daily lives. After each Fa-study session, the young practitioners would share enthusiastically about what they had realised in cultivation in their daily lives, work and Dafa projects. Topics ranged from personal cultivation to cooperating as a whole, and from passing family tribulations to harmonising the environment around us. We were often so absorbed that it was late at night before we knew it. Everyone really cherished this environment for studying the Fa and sharing. One young mum who works full time once said that what she looked forward to most each week was coming along on Friday nights to share with everyone on the Fa.
Over time, studying the Fa and sharing together has also made our cooperation more and more seamless. Over these two years, everyone has become more understanding, tolerant and supportive of each other in Dafa projects. With Master’s support, the young practitioners have each shown their strengths, in the spirit of “the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own powers,” and have taken the initiative especially in promoting Dafa in the community, clarifying the truth and the film screenings, becoming the main force.
After the Unbroken screening, the practitioners put forward some suggestions for improvement at the youth practitioners’ group Fa-study and sharing. One practitioner compared this screening with last year’s State Organs screening, and said the on-site organisation hadn’t been thought through carefully enough and that too many volunteers had been involved. But all I could hear in my fellow practitioner’s words was criticism, and my heart began to stir. I thought to myself: “Last year’s screening was in a community venue and a library, and this time it was a professional cinema. How can they be compared? Besides, getting more practitioners involved lets those who are capable gain experience, so they’ll become more mature and take on responsibility themselves later.” I even thought: “You’ve only seen one part of what happened on the day. You weren’t involved in all the preparation, coordination and communication beforehand, so you don’t understand the whole process at all.” I tried several times to interrupt and explain myself, and as a result, I didn’t even fully take in what my fellow practitioner was saying.
On the way home, I asked myself: why, when I heard a different opinion, was my first thought to explain? Why did I reject the practitioner’s view entirely before even hearing it out, instead of first thinking about where I needed to improve? Why, as soon as someone pointed out a problem, did I immediately think, “He doesn’t know the situation.” Why did I want others to see how much I’d contributed, but not want to face my shortcomings? As I kept questioning, I saw my attachment. Because I’d been involved in film screenings for longer, I assumed I knew more than others and instinctively rejected my fellow practitioner’s feedback. This mindset prevented me from gaining the right insights from what had happened. As a result, I interpreted my fellow practitioner’s thinking one-sidedly and naturally failed to see their strengths and good qualities.
Master taught in Fa Teaching Given at the Meeting with Asia-Pacific Practitioners:
“You need to coordinate in a way that allows people to work together, and you need to continually improve based on Fa and form a healthy environment, so that Dafa disciples can do well the things of validating Fa, like clarifying the truth, saving sentient beings, and restraining the persecution.”
I realised that disagreements are bound to arise when cooperating as one body, and that reminding and complementing one another amid differing opinions, and improving together on the Fa, is itself cultivation. When someone spots a problem and makes a suggestion, someone else has to listen humbly and be willing to improve. If I only want to hear pleasing words and push away opinions that make me uncomfortable, it’s very hard to form a truly all-harmonising-and-never-failing body.
Looking within doesn’t mean waiting until I understand I’m wrong. It means being alert the moment feelings of unfairness, hurt or an urge to explain begin to rise in my heart. If I had truly reached the level of looking within unconditionally and let go of the attachment to hearing pleasing words, then what my fellow practitioners said, however “evaluative” it sounded, wouldn’t have a negative effect on me.
Master taught in Fa Teaching at the 2002 Boston Fa Conference:
“Of course, I don’t think it’s necessarily bad that you have arguments when conflicts arise. That’s because in cultivation what you have to do is get rid of attachments, and in cultivation what you have to do is improve yourself. So those ordinary human attachments of yours have to be exposed so that you can get rid of them.”
Looking back now, fellow practitioners are like a mirror. When I feel the other person isn’t seeing things fully, what I really need to face may be exactly the side of myself I don’t want to see. Letting go of the attachment to defending and validating myself, and treating differing opinions as reminders in cultivation, is, I think, the most valuable thing I gained from this experience.
Conclusion
Through coordinating the Melbourne premiere of Unbroken, I’ve come to deeply appreciate that, as a local Dafa disciple, being able to take part in a project like this is both a precious predestined opportunity and a responsibility. I treasure cooperating with my fellow practitioners, reminding one another and improving together through the ups and downs of our cooperation, and bringing the truth to more people with a predestined relationship. It was also through this process that I saw my shortcomings again and again, looked within when conflicts arose, and improved on the Fa.
Finally, I’d like to share a passage from Master’s Fa Teaching at the 2015 West Coast Fa Conference as encouragement for us all:
“People now must give their stance. How a being acts as Dafa disciples clarify the facts and save people determines his or her future.”
I hope that, as we continue on our cultivation paths, we can learn from and encourage one another in studying the Fa and cultivating, strive diligently to improve together, and save more sentient beings.
Given my limited understanding at my current level of cultivation, there may inevitably be shortcomings in this sharing. I kindly ask my fellow practitioners to point them out with compassion.
Grateful to Master!
Thank you, fellow practitioners!