Removing Attachments While Working on Projects

Good day, Revered Master!
Good day, fellow practitioners!

My name is Kerachka and I'm from Bulgaria. I am 67 years old and I am Master Li’s disciple. I am a Dafa practitioner from the Fa-rectification period, and I help Master save sentient beings. For the past 17 years I have been striving to practice Falun Dafa every day, to do the three things that Master wants us to do and to participate in Dafa projects.

Let Go of Arrogance While Working on Dafa Websites

I joined the Clearharmony project as an editor in 2010. Later I joined the Info Center Bulgaria project and worked for many years as a Russian to Bulgarian translator of articles about the persecution of Falun Dafa in China.

It was there that I realized a couple of attachments: arrogance and confrontation. I liked to show off my knowledge of literature. It turned out that I was not good at journalism at all. I discovered arrogance in myself.

We had a good editor who patiently taught us the tricks of the trade in journalism, but sometimes he would explode. And quite often he would return my work for correction. I felt resentful, with a strong desire to confront him. Master teaches us: “If your heart is always very kind and compassionate, you will usually have breathing room and space to think when situations come up unexpectedly. By contrast, if you are always a contentious person and getting into disagreements with people, then I think it’s inevitable that you will fall into an argument when issues come up. So as I see it, the tensions you experience are meant to change your body’s black matter into white matter, virtue.” (The Fourth Talk, Zhuan Falun)

When I read that, I decided to let go of the arrogance and confrontation. Up until then, I had always been a confrontational person, and I would say whatever was on my mind. The changes toward kindness happened gradually over many years in this project. I try to deal with things patiently and kindly. I redoubled my efforts to translate from Russian about the persecution in China.

It was truly a rewarding experience that taught me the importance of quality work, order, and discipline in Dafa projects. It has helped me greatly in my current responsibilities as the coordinator of “Clearharmony Bulgaria.”

A few years ago, the previous Bulgarian coordinator asked me to take on the role of coordinator for the “Clearharmony Bulgaria” project. I embraced it enthusiastically, but with calmness and tolerance towards all participants. I treat our translators and editors with understanding, and when something is missing, I fix it quietly. I try to remember: I am not validating myself but validating Dafa. I accept all “conflicts” by looking inward, discovering attachments and discarding them.

Falun Dafa Assistant in the Fourth Largest Bulgarian City

Since the beginning of my practice, I have been a Falun Dafa assistant in the nearby large city where I work as a civil engineer.

Together with other Dafa practitioners, we organize and hold petitions against the persecution of Falun Dafa in China, as well as national Fa study sessions with Dafa practitioners from all over the country.

This is where I discovered an attachment – lack of communication with people. I do not like to explain or discuss matters with others – this is not something that I prefer to do. I would rather take the blame than justify myself or find excuses. When it comes to organizing events – I try to do everything myself to make things perfect.

But naturally, the organization is not perfect, because I have many shortcomings. I looked inward to find the root of the problem, and I realized that I look down on people, I don’t pay attention to them, and I have a big ego. This is an aftereffect of the time (most of my life) when the Communist Party taught us to struggle and compete against each other. I realized that the Communist Party is evil, and in order to free myself from this evil, when sending forth righteous thoughts, I begin the first five minutes with freeing myself from wicked sentiments—I rid myself of the desire to look down on people, to find their mistakes, and to think that I know more than others.

Some local residents came to do the exercises with me but later gave up. I have almost always done the exercises alone over the years.

I’ve had a strong desire to practice with Dafa practitioners. But last autumn, when I got rid of this intention, and after we took part in the Hello Health Festival in my city – a few people joined me to practice together twice a week. On Mondays we do the exercises. On Saturdays we study Zhuan Falun and do all five exercises in Burgas Sea Garden. When I don’t have an intention, everything happens naturally.

I treat the other Dafa practitioners in my city with understanding and I encourage them to study the Fa.

The Art of Zhen Shan Ren Exhibition

Last year I participated in The Art of Zhen Shan Ren Exhibition project in two neighboring cities. There were many visitors from all over the country, and I helped them understand the meaning of the paintings. During the event we took turns with other practitioners and we shared a house. One of them kept talking about responsibility, and about my shortcomings—to the point that I lost my patience with him. But I discovered my attachment—looking outward at the shortcomings of others instead of mine, and I was lacking compassion for others. Master said: “When you are working together and experience friction, it is because of human attachments. That is part of one’s cultivation state and process, and absolutely not because someone is truly no good. A person’s good side can’t be seen anymore, as it has been separated. What you see will always be the side that has not been cultivated yet. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a compassionate heart, or should look at people in rigid ways.” (“What a Dafa Disciple Is - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 New York Fa Conference”, Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume XI)

After I realized that all of this was within me, I let it go. My attitude toward this practitioner then changed. Now I accept him calmly and with an open heart. Master said: “What is a question is [your fulfilling] the enormous mission of saving sentient beings. It’s only this question, of your managing to fulfill this mission, that counts as critical. Your own completion is not the goal. You already established that mighty virtue in the past, and it is on those grounds that you are worthy of being a Dafa disciple.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2010 New York Fa Conference”,  Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume XI)

From Master’s words, I realized that Falun Dafa is my way of life, my passion, my inspiration, and my mission. I strive to fulfill the vow I made to save sentient beings during the period of Fa-rectification.

For the past 17 years, I have firmly believed in our Master and in Dafa, and I will continue to believe in them always and forever!

Thank you for everything, Revered Master!
Thank you, fellow practitioners!

 

(Submitted to the European Fa-Conference 2026)