(Minghui.org) I am one of the early-stage Dafa practitioners in mainland China. I have been through many tribulations and understand the preciousness of Dafa. Also I came to soberly understand the absolute importance of studying the Fa well and cultivating myself well. Dafa practitioners are of one body with numerous cells affecting one another. We all want to become selfless through cultivation. Of course, every Dafa practitioner has this kind of automatic mechanism such that whenever a fellow practitioner needs help, we will instinctively lend a helping hand. When I was at my lowest ebb in cultivation, many fellow practitioners came to lend me a hand, enabling me to get through my tough time. This is Teacher's great compassion, whereby it is only Dafa practitioners who demonstrate the spirit of selflessness.
In this experience sharing, I would like to mainly talk about fellow practitioners helping one another in cultivation.
Fellow practitioner A had been seriously persecuted. She was a different person prior to the persecution. She and I had been standing together through thick and thin for many years. I was hoping that she could return to Dafa cultivation as soon as possible. I asked her to join me in studying the Fa, sending forth righteous thoughts, and clarifying the truth. The day I was supposed to study the Fa with her, I was involved in a bad family conflict. Afterwards, I became aware that the forces that were persecuting practitioner A had tried to interfere with me. They wanted to destroy the practitioner and didn't want me to help her.
Thinking about practitioner A's poor cultivation state and about Teacher's expectations, I didn't change my determination in doing things. On the following night, I went out with her as usual to do truth clarification about Dafa and the persecution as if nothing had happened.
Fellow practitioner B is also a person with whom I have cultivated for many years. She was persecuted at a forced labor camp, where she was injected with a poisonous mixture of the venom of vipers and scorpions. After returning home, her main consciousness was rather weak, and bad thoughts and worries influenced the minds of her family members. They moved away from society and settled in the wilderness, living a reclusive life. Because she was away from all of us for a long time, the old forces took advantage of her and persecuted her in many ways. We were all very worried about her, and had discussions with her several times in the hope that she would return to the main body of practitioners as soon as possible.
After talking to her, discussing Dafa's principles with her in detail, and ending all of her concerns, we were able to break open her obstacles with the power of the Fa, rendering her able to gradually sober up. After helping her many times, we were able to help her come back to Dafa cultivation. Later, she found a fairly good job to end her reclusive lifestyle.
When a fellow practitioner has problems, we should help to avoid a greater loss. Fellow practitioner D was always having problems with her husband—frequent arguments. It had been more than a year since she had come out of the CCP's dungeons, and when she was sending forth righteous thoughts, her palm was often inverted. After hearing this, I realized that her problem was quite serious, so I contacted her husband to remind him that he should cultivate himself. I gathered fellow practitioners to study the Fa and exchanged cultivation experiences with practitioner D. At the end, when we were sending forth righteous thoughts, I noticed that her palm was inverted. I corrected her problem a few times. Since she never wanted to fall behind others, it didn't take too long before she sent me the message that she didn't invert her palm any more when sending forth righteous thoughts and that she is now diligently cultivating herself.
Taking part in group Fa study reduces the chance that we will go on detours in cultivation. Some former fellow practitioners suffered serious persecution because of not taking part in group Fa study.
Here are a couple of examples: One fellow practitioner was too busy doing some project and had no time to study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts. She ended up not having sober mind.
Another fellow practitioner joined the group Fa study for the first time since 1999. He said in tears, “Had I joined the group Fa study before, I wouldn't have taken so many detours and come near to losing my life. During one period of time, I gave up on myself, causing those devils to persecute me. They were grabbing me, pulling my chest, and threatening to kill me. At that critical moment, I thought of Teacher, and Teacher saved me.”
I sincerely hope that I can walk well on this final path, that I can cultivate myself well, and that I can really assist Teacher's Fa-rectification.
