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How
to Provide Assistance
Many assistants in different
regions have a very high-level understanding of Dafa. They are able to set a
good example with their conduct and do a good job organizing their practice
groups. Yet there are also some assistants who have not done so well, and this
mainly manifests in their methods of work. For instance, in order to make the
students listen to them and to make it easier to carry out their work, some
assistants have done their work by issuing orders. This is not permitted.
Learning the Fa should be voluntary. If a student does not want to do so from
the bottom of his heart, no problems can be solved. Instead, tensions may arise.
Tensions will intensify if this isn’t corrected, thus severely undermining
people’s learning the Fa.
Even more
serious, some assistants, in order to make practitioners believe and obey them,
often circulate some hearsay or something sensational to increase their
prestige, or they do unique things to show off. All of these are not allowed.
Our assistants serve others on a voluntary basis; they are not the master, nor
should they have these attachments.
Then how can
we do the assistant job well? First off, you should treat yourself as one of the
students instead of considering yourself above them. If there is something that
you do not know in your work, you should humbly discuss it with others. If you
have done something wrong, you should sincerely tell the students, “I, too, am
a cultivator just as you are, so it’s inevitable that I’ll make mistakes in
my work. Now that I’ve made a mistake, let’s do what’s right.” If you
sincerely want to have all practitioners collaborate to get things done, what
results will you get? No one will say that you are good for nothing. Instead,
they will think that you have learned the Fa well and are open-minded. In fact,
Dafa is here, and everyone is studying it. Students will measure every move an
assistant makes according to Dafa, and whether it is good or not can be clearly
distinguished. Once you have the intention of building yourself up, the students
will think that you have a xinxing
problem. Therefore, only by being modest can you do things well. Your reputation
is established based on a good understanding of the Fa. How could a cultivator
be free of mistakes?
Li Hongzhi
September 10, 1995
  
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