Starting Spiritual Practice
Can I also gain from continually sharing with others?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
Yes. Sharing is more than telling others what you know. Preparation, discussion and answering often teach you too. Some questions were previously unconsidered, and others’ experience reveals new aspects.
Reflecting on recording, Dao Xuan said collecting topics daily was interesting. News introduced different people and events, and discussion increased knowledge and spiritual understanding. It brought personal gain as well as contribution.
Dao Jing also said people view matters differently, so hearing experiences adds understanding. She retained program learning and had more material when friends or colleagues asked about practice. Willing mutual listening develops learning.
Miao Yuan first listened daily, then joined recording. Sometimes discussion matched questions already in her heart, offering further reflection and understanding. Listening and sharing both taught her.
She also said she had previously shared inner feelings only with family and familiar friends. Speaking about learning publicly required opening the heart. Moving from listening beside others to joining dialogue also practiced letting people know her and exchanging with them.
Planning how to teach also makes me absorb and understand knowledge again, integrating what I knew. Continued sharing hopes for others’ gains while I keep learning. This is the mutual growth in teaching I actually experience.
Long participation also develops expression. Some initially had no idea what to discuss, but many recordings and increased experience allowed more. I hope disciples can clearly explain, transmit and resolve confusion, not only know inwardly. This grows gradually through participation.
Knowledge and money cannot remain with people forever after death. Having learned, share what helps. Miao Li meets different troubles through character readings and keeps asking how to understand and assist. Application and mutual teaching mean using learning when real problems arise and continuing to learn.