PureInsight | May 8, 2014
[PureInsight.org] Out of convenience at work, I tend to study the Fa on my computer. For several months, my eyes have become easily tired. Recently, it has become worse. I would enlarge the words so that one could read them from two meters away, but my eyes still become sore and watery after I read one chapter of Zhuan Falun. Actually, my eyes become tired after about half an hour. My eyes become hazy, my eyelids become heavy and I can only finish the chapter by squinting my eyes.
When I discussed this with a fellow practitioner, the fellow practitioner said that this was a problem and that I should look inwards for a reason or for some notions that should be changed. I actually thought of a reason on the spot, but because I did not want to let go of the attachment or accept that it was the reason, I did not tell the fellow practitioner. I thought that something else had to be the reason. Later, my brother-in-law (a fellow practitioner) wrote a very detailed experience sharing about the attachment to mobile devices. I knew it had to be that. My eyes’ condition was due to my attachment to the mobile device.
Ever since I bought a Samsung smartphone last year, I’ve always loved it. I thought the screen was so big it could replace a computer. I also felt that I studied a lot of Fa throughout the day. Due to the unique circumstances of my job, I can sit in front of my computer all day and read Minghui and Zhengjian experience sharing articles. Thus, I thought that playing with my mobile device at night to relax was understandable. Actually, this notion was not right and was not in accordance with the Fa. Wasn’t this treating Fa study as a burden? Not truly assimilating to the Fa would cause one to think Fa study is a burden and required ordinary entertainment for relaxation.
However, I still did not enlighten to this. At night I would go on the QQ chatroom and text under my bedroom lamp. Eventually, I began watching movies and dramas. When I finally realized this attachment, I became resolved to let it go. I was able to go two nights without playing on my phone. When I read a chapter of Zhuan Falun today, my eyes did not feel tired at all. I did not even need to enlarge the words. My understanding is that my eyes are to be used for Fa studying. All parts of my body should assimilate to the Fa. Using my eyes for other sources of entertainment would be overworking them, so how could they not be tired? If I could use all my time to study the Fa instead of viewing it as a burden, if I could truly treat myself as a particle of Fa, like a drop of water mixing into a large ocean, if I could study the Fa during the day and at night, my eyes would only become clearer instead of being the way they were during last few months.
I wrote this small experience sharing with the hopes that other young practitioners who also like playing on their phones can let go of this attachment and improve. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
Translated from: http://www.zhengjian.org/node/128566
