Elevating Together in Cultivation Through the RTC Platform

(Minghui.org) I recently learned about the state of two practitioners whom I had not seen for a very long time. We had all been busy with our own things, so it had been many years since we had last exchanged cultivation experiences. When I heard about their current states, so many years later, I was really shocked.

Anning had worked in a media truth-clarification project for a very long time. She had expertise in the field and had produced great results. When I recently met her by chance at a gathering, she said that she was not in a very good state. Because her media job was intense, Anning often had to work through the night to keep up. When she wanted to relax a bit, she would go online and watch movies. This gradually affected her cultivation state. Degenerate matter accumulated in her mind and made it difficult for her to study the Fa and practice the exercises voluntarily. In the end, she became unable to complete her work on time, and she had to leave the media project.

Bin Bin is a relative of mine. She started cultivating after I introduced her to the practice, and she had always been steadfast in her belief in Dafa. Her family members did not want her to cultivate, but she overcame the difficulties and managed to take part in the outdoor group exercises every day, clarify the truth at tourist sites, and almost never missed any of the weekly Fa studies. I recently heard that Bin Bin had been hospitalized, and local practitioners could not contact her and were very worried about her.

I learned that her family had been worried about the pandemic and had not let her leave the house. In such an environment, without group exercises, Fa study or truth-clarification, Bin Bin had become more and more worried and nervous. Her condition worsened until it became what non-practitioners call panic disorder. After her family members learned of her condition, they forced her to be hospitalized.

When I contacted Anning and Bin Bin, it was clear that both of them did not have a strong main consciousness. From my personal experience, I knew that during times like these it is very hard to break through the old forces’ interference and obstacles just by sharing cultivation experiences with fellow practitioners. What practitioners need most during these times is to persist with more Fa study for a prolonged period of time. Only Dafa can help them eliminate the evil in other dimensions. When their dimensional fields become cleaner, their righteous thoughts will naturally emerge. Only then will any experience sharing be effective. I wanted to help them find a practitioner who could create a Fa study and truth-clarification environment for them as soon as possible. 

Studying the Fa on the RTC Platform

I recalled that I had seen Fa study rooms on the RTC platform. Although I had thought of joining a room in the past, I was embarrassed to ask if I could because I didn’t know the practitioners on the platform. So I just let the thought pass. 

But because these practitioners’ situations were urgent, I found a practitioner who takes part in the Fa study platform and asked about it. A training session happened to be coming up for one of the calling methods that helps people rapidly quit the Communist Party and understand the truth easily. I invited the two practitioners to join the training and study the Fa on the platform, without them becoming detached from their local Fa studies.

I had joined a training session for a calling method on the platform prior to this training and felt that I’d gained a lot from it. I have been making phone calls on and off for quite a few years, so I felt that even if I couldn’t clarify the truth well, at least I knew how to clarify the truth. I mistakenly thought that this new training was meant for practitioners who didn’t know how to clarify the truth. I had a hidden thought of looking down on practitioners.

But I also registered to join the training to accompany Anning and Bin Bin. It was only then that I realized my ignorance and how opinionated I was. The practitioners who conducted the training were very meticulous and put in a lot of effort. The training content was rich and strong, and the content of the scripts had garnered the essence of the practitioners’ years of experience in clarifying the truth. I really felt that I gained a lot from it.

Bin Bin could only join the training once due to the limits that were being imposed on her by her family. But after the training she immediately started to make phone calls from home. I could feel that she wanted to put her heart and soul into doing the three things well as soon as possible. Anning took part in all of the trainings. She said that she benefited a lot from the training content. Her righteous thoughts were awakened just by listening to the practitioners’ truth-clarification recordings.

Shortly after joining the training and the Fa study rooms on the platform, both practitioners’ conditions improved greatly. Anning went through a large illness karma elimination. Master Li (the founder of Falun Dafa) helped cleanse her body. She vomited up large amounts of foul material and her condition started to change for the better after that. Her main consciousness became more awake. Anning even joined a training for directly making phone calls to clarify the truth. She said that different practitioners have different styles of clarifying the truth. During the training, they shared their years of experiences selflessly, and she learned many valuable lessons.

Anning had participated in a media project for many years. Most of the time, she created content that ordinary people would like, so she needed to come into contact with a lot of ordinary material every day. She was deeply touched by the sense of responsibility and the serious and responsible attitudes of practitioners on the platform when it came to saving lives. She also saw the difference between them and herself. She felt like she had recovered the pure attitude she had when she first started cultivating.

The changes in Bin Bin were also significant. She joined the platform to study the Fa and clarify the truth every day, and her main consciousness grew stronger and more awake. She could communicate with her doctor in a rational manner and managed to gradually reduce her medication. With our encouragement, she has started joining the Fa memorization room. Her cultivation state is changing for the better.

Fellow Practitioners Mirror My Own Cultivation State

Anning and Bin Bin have both thanked me for helping them. In reality, I understand that this was Master’s arrangement, as I benefited greatly through the process. And actually, the problems displayed by these practitioners were a reflection of my attachments, such as seeking comfort (often relaxing my main consciousness to watch movies on the internet) and doing the three things on the basis of some selfish elements (I would feel uneasy when I didn’t do the three things on any particular day, and scared that if I did not do well, the old forces would use that as an excuse to create tribulations for me, instead of worrying about the salvation of sentient beings).

In the past, I had always thought that I was considered someone who emphasized Fa study. But after joining the Fa study groups on the platform, I realized that the Fa study state I had in in the past couldn’t be considered diligence. I have more time recently, after changing jobs, so apart from joining my local Fa study, I have increased my Fa study on the platform and now do it every morning and night. I feel that studying the Fa a lot has helped me improve greatly in cultivation.

The Benefits of Increased Fa Study and Sharing with Fellow Practitioners

I think that large amounts of Fa study has also helped me get rid of large amounts of negative elements in my dimensional field. In the past, when I was in a conflict or something didn’t go as I wished, I would easily get into a negative and depressed mood. When sentient beings didn’t have great attitudes while I was making phone calls, I would be swayed by them easily. Now, regardless of the sentient beings’ attitudes, I am able to maintain a happy state most of the time when I clarify the truth. I feel that I am filled with energy and my righteous thoughts keep getting stronger and stronger!

I really cherish studying the Fa with practitioners on the platform every day. My heart is always filled with joy. While studying the Fa in a calm state, Dafa has pointed out a lot of the deeply-hidden attachments within me. Take for example: the desire to protect myself. Actually, I was protecting the fake me that was formed in the ordinary society, and the desires to protect my reputation, gains and relationships. While listening to Minghui radio broadcasts, I discovered that each article seemed to be talking about me. The articles pointed out some attachments that have been fundamentally obstructing me in cultivation, such as the stubborn, deeply-rooted selfishness.

Practitioners also clarify the truth and exchange cultivation experiences on the platform every day. This has been a great help to me too. I thought that I shouldn’t treat the cultivation sharing sessions as a responsibility solely belonging to the practitioner holding the session. I should also do my part to harmonize the platform. After this thought emerged, Master arranged a practitioner to invite me to join the duty roster for clarifying the truth on the platform and chair some of the cultivation exchange sessions. I understood that Master was giving me opportunities to validate the Fa, so I immediately agreed to the invite.

Many attachments started to surface during this process. I worried about not knowing how to set up my computer, and I was even more afraid I would not be able to clarify the truth well! This was caused by attachments to fame and gain. When I first started my duty on the platform, even more attachments were exposed. For example, when I felt that I could clarify the truth well, when we were having a cultivation experience sharing, the attachment to fame would hope that the chairing practitioner would call out my name to share. When the chairing practitioner did not mention my name, I would feel disappointed. This made me realize I had a very strong attachment to fame and showing off, and was hoping to receive compliments and attention from other practitioners. It was also a very strong attachment to validating myself.

Continued Cultivation on the RTC Platform

When my cultivation state was not so good, and I thought about getting on the platform for my duty, I would be taken aback. I would doubt my ability to make phone calls well with such a poor cultivation state. Furthermore, other practitioners would hear it too. This made me feel very unwilling to get on, and I would find all sorts of excuses to avoid going on the platform. When I forced myself to get on the platform, I would feel that I was not doing as well as other practitioners. I would think that there are so many practitioners who can clarify the truth well on the platform, so there wouldn’t be much difference if I quit.

All sorts of negative thoughts would well up in my mind. However, when I analyzed them, it was because I was afraid of losing face when I didn’t clarify the truth well (fear, attachments to fame and gain, vanity and an inferiority complex). These were all the selfish heart of protecting myself (the fake me). In reality, all of these attachments count as strong disturbances on my path of cultivation. When my cultivation state is good, I participate in projects actively, and when my cultivation state is bad, I tend to listen to the attachments and seal myself off from the world to hide in a shell formed by the attachments and become unable to escape for a long, long time.

Being on duty on the platform is actually a very good process of discovering ourselves and getting rid of our self-centeredness. Large amounts of Fa study have helped my main consciousness become more awake. Most of the time, I am able to differentiate that all these attachments are not the real me. They are here to disturb my cultivation and stop me from forming one body with fellow practitioners. I remind myself to differentiate them with a serious attitude and send forth righteous thoughts to get rid of them so that they cannot cause any disturbances!

Last but not least, thank you, Master, for letting me have such a chance to temper and elevate my cultivation state through helping fellow practitioners. I also want to thank Master for providing me with the chance to join the RTC platform and save sentient beings with fellow practitioners.

Thank you to all the practitioners who have helped maintain this platform. Let us maintain this cultivation environment together so that more practitioners can form one body and cultivate more diligently in this precious period of time when we get to assist Master in Fa-rectification. Let us go hand in hand to save more sentient beings and fulfill our prehistoric grand wishes!

The above is my cultivation experience. Kindly correct me if there is any room for improvement.

Thank you, Master for your benevolent salvation!Thank you, fellow practitioners for your sacrifices!