About Having Steadfast Faith in the Fa

When doing Dafa work, I often find one situation, namely, some practitioner “gives up” on another one. In other words, when a practitioner sees another person having some attachments for a long time, he will therefore think that it’s impossible for him to give them up. Thus, when we hold activities, the practitioner who has “given up”on another might say, “If you ask that practitioner to join the activity, he will have such and such reactions. I just know him!”

I think no matter who is right or wrong on the superficial level, these two practitioners in fact have attachments of their own, which results in the problem at the surface. In this situation, I understand it is also a question of whether one has “steadfast faith”in Dafa.

I had also had similar issue in mind: “How come this practitioner who has practiced cultivation for such a long time still has the attachment to his reputation even more than before he started the cultivation practice? And he even blocks other practitioners’ suggestions with an iron wall.”

I did not realized that this situation I had noticed was in fact a test for my righteous faith in Dafa; of whether I believe that Dafa can change people’s hearts”

One day, I read an article about a Dafa practitioner, Zheng Yijian (an alias), who always harmonized the Fa in evil environments. Zheng Yijian does not give up anyone. He does not think that anyone cannot be saved. Wherever he goes, everyone says he is good!

I suddenly understood that seeing a practitioner who looked unchangeable in some way tested me as to whether I truly believe from my heart that Dafa can really change people’s hearts, and whether I really believe that Dafa has the power [to melt people's hearts] like a smelting furnace melts a wood chip. Therefore, I started to think about some questions about “faith.” For example, why can’t I help but pointing out others’insufficiencies?

If I really believe that Dafa can change peoples’ hearts, no matter how a practitioner behaves in front of others, when he studies the Fa, Dafa will let him see his attachments. When I think that if I don’t point out others’attachments, they will not know them, actually, I do not really believe from my heart that Dafa can break their attachments.

Now I tell myself: “Dafa can elevate the hearts of all people.” I made a wish: I will keep a good relationship with all my fellow practitioners. I will learn to see other practitioners’good points and to make myself more tolerant. I firmly believe that Dafa can “break all attachments.”(“From Deter Interference (Essentials For Further Advancement II) by Master Li). When faced with any conflicts I must be able to keep a good relationship with them.

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