(Clearwisdom.net) Based on my most recent understanding, the most fundamental attachment that I have not been able to eliminate at its root is the desire for comfort. This attachment clings to me tightly and appears to enjoy being in my presence, or perhaps I'm attached to it, too.
Fortunately, there are often dramatic occurrences that help me recognize this attachment, giving me a chance to eliminate it; I know it is not my true self that is attached to comfort. There are also other opportunities, which are not quite as obvious, which let me continue to suppress this notion. One such opportunity presented itself while I was recently translating articles for a Dafa project.
Taking a Step-by-Step Approach
Upon seeing the call for experience-sharing articles, my first thought was, "I have no idea what I could share." I now think my fundamental notion, comfort, was the driving force behind this thought. This thought was the reason I initially ignored the call for writing an experience-sharing article.
In the next few days that followed, the articles I had translated were returned to me twice, because the wrong link was listed at the end of the articles. This appeared as a relatively minor problem. But for me, this wasn't a coincidence, especially since it happened twice. What was the root of this carelessness?
I went over my previous actions meticulously, beginning with the receipt of the articles, and realized that my notion of desiring comfort was the cause. For convenience sake, I generally keep the link on file instead of deleting it. So, I just copied it into the next article. This had been a simple act intended to save time, but it caused a disruptive mistake, as I found out later on.
My seeking comfort was the reason. This awakened me and prompted to write an experience-sharing article.
Where was I when I decided to go ahead with writing this article? Naturally, I happened to be lying in bed. This is where a practitioner who holds tightly to the notion of comfort will spend too much time. I must say that I have never jumped out of bed as fast as I did at that time, especially as the deadline for submitting experience-sharing articles was just around the corner.
Dear fellow practitioners, what I have recounted needs to be taken very seriously, and that is what I'm doing.
I'm most grateful to Master and my fellow practitioners who had pointed out my deep-seated notion. I will use all my energy to eliminate not just this, but also other notions I recognized while writing this article.
Category: Journeys of Cultivation
