Forming One Body and Cultivating Diligently in the Fa

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began openly persecuting Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, and practitioners in China could not longer study the Fa or do group exercise openly. I was a bit ahead of others in learning how to get on the Internet and how to make materials to validate the Fa, and therefore I always had had a feeling that I was ahead of everyone else. Deeply hidden in my mind has been this selfish mentality centered on myself. After watching Master's "Fa Teaching Given to the Australian Practitioners," I'd had some realizations for improving as a whole, but in my actions, I still didn't want to change my habits and notions formed over a lifetime.

Because I always stayed busy doing things, I left myself very little opportunity to communicate with fellow practitioners. Master told us,

"The next person's things are your things, and your things are his things," ("Teaching the Fa at the Washington D.C. Fa Conference")

In reality I am still far away from meeting Master's requirement. Two fellow practitioners almost left Dafa due to my shortcomings.

A practitioner couple in our area had some tribulations, which they had trouble overcoming, and we didn't see them for a long time. Toward the end of last year, one day I was passing by their home, so I visited them. When I went in, I saw that they were watching CDs of another religion. They had practiced that religion for several months. I felt very sad listening to them contentedly talking about those self-deceiving beliefs.

After I got home, I remembered that Master taught us many times to look within ourselves. I realized that it definitely wasn't accidental that I discovered such a major issue with two fellow practitioners. In the past they were illegally jailed for practicing Falun Gong, and after they got out, they and I were pretty close. Several times it seemed that they had some confusion, but I was hindered by my self-centered notions and did nothing about it. I didn't even think much about it. They were later distracted by their relatives and gave up Dafa practice. How could I say that I had nothing to do with it!

I searched within myself for attachments, and as I dug deeper, I saw my selfishness, pride, lack of compassion, lack of patience, laziness, and so on. I regretted not communicating with them in time and improving together in the Fa. I felt that I hadn't lived up to Master's expectations. At the same time, I silently asked for Master's help. I became determined to help these two fellow practitioners return to Dafa.

I shared my thoughts with another practitioner who is usually clear on Fa principles. She told me that one time she read an article on Minghui (the Chinese counterpart of Clearwisdom.net). The article said that, in prehistoric times, as we walked into the human world together, we agreed with each other that "If I get lost in the human world, you must wake me up." We should not watch the old forces destroy Master's disciples and our fellow practitioners and be indifferent about it. We went to home of these former practitioners several days in a row and talked to them. During the process there were times that they were affected by bad things in other dimensions, and they said things that made us very uncomfortable, but we constantly reminded ourselves that those bad things were not our fellow practitioners. We tried hard to restrain ourselves and not be moved. In the end, they agreed to study the Fa with us the next day.

We saw some progress even as we were aware that there are hardships on the road of cultivation. Encountering xinxing tribulations and giving up attachments are very painful, but no one else can do it for us. Just like Master said in "Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan,"

"With such an enormous Fa here, the Fa will be with you when your thoughts are righteous, and this is the greatest assurance."

I also eliminated my bad habit of just focusing on doing my own things. A Fa study group was set up in their home, and several of us now go there to study the Fa together. When difficulties occur, we share and improve together in the Fa.

Another time the practitioner's wife had a tribulation, and she appeared to be losing confidence. We felt that we still hadn't studied the Fa enough and decided to go to their home five days a week to study the Fa intensely. We began reading the entire book Zhuan Falun every three days, and also systematically studied Master's other lectures.

After a period of Fa study, I saw that those two practitioners were filled with happiness. In the past, the most frequent thing the wife said was, "The Fa is good, but it is too hard to do." Now, whenever she encounters difficulties, she is able to remember Master's Fa principles, and she has learned to search within. She has become very confident in cultivation. We also realized that it may seem that Fa study takes a lot of time, but when we study the Fa well, it doesn't affect anything, and we become much more efficient in doing other things.

These two fellow practitioners are now capable of doing almost any project, from making little booklets and CDs to installing NTDTV satellite dishes. They are so diligent now that I feel if I don't study the Fa enough and don't cultivate diligently, I will fall behind. We all feel that when we study the Fa well, cultivation really is not hard. Let us wake up those who are still lost in the world, form one body, improve in the Fa together, and leave room for the fewest regrets possible.

Heshi!