(Clearwisdom.net) In the past several years, I was basically doing cultivation by myself. Although I had been working on producing truth-clarification materials in our local area, I only interacted with two or three practitioners. We only met when something came up or once a week to exchange materials. I liked keeping it that way because I thought group Fa study was inconvenient and I already knew the Fa principles. Because of this human notion, I lost precious opportunities to improve.

Fellow practitioners asked me several times to join the group Fa study and join the one-body. I refused with the excuse of everyday work and the need to take care of my child. Plus, I could just as easily study the Fa myself. Because of my refusal to participate, again and again, I lost opportunities to improve.

However, the situation completely changed during the summer of 2008, when the CCP was holding the Olympic Games. The impact of tribulations woke me up. One month before the Olympics began, the 610 Office focused its attention on me. They talked with an official at my workplace, attempting monitor me closely, and suddenly I felt the severe pressure of the persecution. My family environment also became intense. Over the previous two years, I had been producing and distributing informational materials without any interference. Without sufficient Fa-study, this sudden change made me panic.

Upon hearing about my situation, local practitioners immediately took action to help. Some came to send forth righteous thoughts and share their understandings with me. Because of my human notions, I had not interacted much with practitioners in the past, but they all considered my tribulations as theirs. They helped me re-organize material production so that I could calm down to study the Fa. They encouraged me to look within to overcome the tribulations. I was especially touched by what one elderly practitioner said, "You are not alone. We, the group, are here to back you up." As I was walking on the road thinking about this, I couldn't hold back my tears.

I kept looking within to see why I was the only one being harassed in the local area. The practitioner whom I passed along the materials to was very well known in the local area. She had been sent to a labor camp in the past and the police knew her, but she was not harassed. After discussions among practitioners, we thought this was happening because I had been away from the group and was being targeted because of that.

With help from so many diligent practitioners, the pressure let up, and I overcame this tribulation. In addition, fellow practitioners established a Fa study group just for practitioners involved in producing materials. This is how I returned to the Fa study group environment.

It has not been long since I joined the group Fa study, but I have already come to many new understandings. Fellow practitioners are like mirrors, reminding me of my own shortcomings and not to slack off. Fellow practitioners also have conflicts and differences in understandings, but seeing them also helps remind me of my own attachments. The interference would not have happened if I had been diligent in cultivating myself well.

Through group Fa study and sharing, I have realized that my understanding of cultivation was very shallow in the past. Now I have a better understanding of the one-body. For example, writing this article is also related to forming the one-body and eliminating the evil.