Thoughts on the Story of Horses Crossing the River

A fellow practitioner from another area came to visit to share her experiences. She told a story of when she went to visit a practitioner who was suffering from a serious sickness karma. When visiting and sharing experiences with that practitioner with the sickness karma, she told that practitioner a story she once heard. There was a group of horses crossing a river. Before they started, the horses decided to cross the river together as a group so they could take care of one another. No horse should go alone because there were crocodiles in the river and beasts such as lions and tigers on the other side of the river, who were all eagerly staring at the horses and awaiting opportunities to capture and eat them. If one horse went alone, it would be easily caught and eaten. So they started crossing the river as a group. Right then, a small horse jumped out of the group and said, "I'd like to go alone so I can go to the front." As soon as it left the group, it was eaten by a crocodile that was hiding on the side. The horses continued to march forward. When they had almost reached the other side of the river, a big horse ran to the front and left the group because it wanted to be the first one to get there. As soon as it reached the other side, it was taken away by a group of beasts.

After she heard the story, the practitioner with the sickness karma said, "I understand now. This is exactly me." It turned out that this practitioner stopped going to the group Fa-study about six months ago due to a certain reason. She no longer did the three things (study the Fa [the teachings of Falun Dafa], send forth righteous thoughts and clarify the truth about Falun Dafa and about the persecution to the world's people) with fellow practitioners. She was in a state of "practicing alone." Although she kept doing the three things, she started suffering from sickness karma, and it became worse. She did not know what the root cause was. This story made her realize the true reason for her sickness karma. It was because she left the group practice environment that Master set up for practitioners. She did not form one-body with fellow practitioners. If she did not follow the path Master arranged for her, she then walked on the path arranged by the old forces. She figured out the reason, and her sickness disappeared. The next day, she was able to walk on the street.

I've learned a lot from this story: while helping practitioners who are suffering sickness karma, we should not merely force our own way on them. Doing so would not be very effective. I have had lessons in this area. We should encourage them, share our thoughts and experiences with them more from the perspective of the Fa, and help them identify their issue.

Additionally, Falun Gong practitioners are one-body. Everybody is a particle of Dafa. We should cooperate with one another and improve as one-body.

Master said,
"If each of my five fingers here wants to be extended, a fist can't be formed and there will be no punch to throw (laughs). It's weak this way. So you need to work together well." ("Fa Teaching Given at the NTDTV Meeting")

As a practitioner during the Fa-rectification period, if we leave the group practice environment, if our main consciousness is not strong, we could easily be interfered with by the human notions. We would easily slack off. This is exactly what the evil wants.