(Minghui.org) Our Fa study group was formed in 2011 with only three to four people. Our group has now doubled in size. With most in their 40s, we enjoy our group very much and study the Fa very diligently.
In the summer of 2012, a practitioner in her seventies developed sickness karma. She asked to join our group and for us to help her. We discussed her request among us. One said, “She wants to come because she has an attachment and wants us to send righteous thoughts for her so that she can get well. If she does not search within herself or improve her xinxing, how can she pass this test?”
Other practitioner said, “Let us elevate our xinxing by studying Fa together, and send righteous thoughts for her. We should all discuss, share, and elevate together. Master is arranging everything. What can we accomplish without Master?”
We all agreed to let her join.
We discovered that this practitioner had a strong attachment to human emotional attachments. Even though her children were grown and had their own families, she still wanted them to come to her home every day to have a meal together. She kept herself busy by making meals for her children as well as her husband. She was so busy with domestic tasks that she had little time to do the three things.
When she first joined the group, her voice was low and slow. She often mispronounced, missed or added words while reading the Fa. She was so anxious that she would often be brought to tears.
Our group was very patient with her, and told her not to worry. We read with her word by word, and told her that it was all right to be a little slow, so that she could make sure not to make mistakes while reading. We decided to help her pass her test. After 20 days, she was able to read at a normal pace with us. She began doing the three things well.
In the fall of 2012, her husband also developed sickness karma and wanted to come to our group. He had slurred speech, and could not enunciate well. No matter how we tried, nothing helped. Some practitioners lost patience and stopped coming. We felt like we had no choice but to go separate ways.
A while later, he asked to join again. By that time, we as a group were able to let go of our issues and search within. As a group, we found a number of problems: we were impatient, we did things in a hasty manner, we looked down on others, and we lacked compassion. We realized this was a test and a process for group elevation, and we could not push him out. So we took him in.
We were finally able to patiently help him: one word, one sentence, one paragraph at a time. It might take several attempts to get just one sentence right. He took the corrections well. During this period, it took us two to three days to finish one lecture.
When the attachment to impatience surfaced, some wanted to stop coming. But as a group we did not want to abandon him when he was going through these difficulties. Master gave us this cultivation environment, so there must be things for us to cultivate away. Day after day, month after month, he gradually changed. He can now study the Fa with us at a normal pace.
More practitioners joined our group, and at times we had up to ten people. Whenever conflicts, tribulations, or tests surfaced, we are able to share, discuss, and search within.
Under Master's protection and with everyone cooperating, our group has improved together as we steadily walk the path of Fa rectification.
