PureInsight | July 29, 2002
Once I was doing an important and very technical project for Dafa. Its scheduled deadline had already passed, but I still had not solved many technical problems, such as the inconsistencies between the computer program and the instructions for it, the hardware not working, and so on. After a while, I grew a little frustrated and was about to give up. I slept for a bit and woke up with a clearer mind and better energy and started to send forth righteous thoughts. I thought that 'When I was an everyday person, I would never have given up on such things so easily, so what was the matter with me now? I must complete the task. Dafa needs it, so I will never give up. Old evil forces, don't think you can ever stop me with such a tiny difficulty!' So I calmed down, read the technical instructions carefully, and examined the details step by step.
Before I started practicing cultivation, I was very good at doing research and overcoming difficulties like this, and I was very attached to the fame and profit I gained from it. I could sacrifice eating and sleeping for it. But after I started to practice cultivation, because I didn't understand the Fa well, I lost interest in doing this kind of technical research, and I even didn't want to touch it. I would use my brain reluctantly, and only if my job needed it. Now I understand that my incorrect attitude in doing technical work was used by the old forces to stop me from finishing Dafa work. How can I allow that? I used to be tenacious and strive for perfection. Although I don't care about fame and profit anymore, when Dafa needs me, I still should overcome difficulties with the same determination and courage I had before. I should do it even better than before in order to fulfill my historic mission. As soon as I transformed my way of thinking the technical problems were truly solved, one by one.
A few days ago, I was deeply touched when reading the story about Canadian practitioners being blocked at the airport when they got to Iceland and clarifying the truth right there at the airport. I admire the unique Dafa practitioners' great determination, rationality and courage that they displayed in the face of difficulties. More explicitly, I realized that we need to have the same attitude in doing technical work when Dafa needs it! That is why I wrote this experience down to share with everyone.
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http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2002/7/5/16685.html
