(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. As the Fa-rectification progresses, coordinators from neighboring areas often came to share understandings with me and tell me that I should not just work on my own. We all knew that someone needed to coordinate the work in our area, but I was hesitant in participating due to my attachments.
Changing human notions
Three coordinators once went to an area together, one of whom had been replaced several days earlier. This practitioner had some misunderstandings with the present coordinator and still wanted to remain a coordinator. Her tone of speech and the way she behaved made me think that she was very competitive and eager to validate herself. I was confused, and thought that a practitioner should just do what they are supposed to do, so why would she want to compete for the position of coordinator?
This issue always bothered me. Master said that nothing happens without a reason during the process of our cultivation. If I came across this situation, then it must have something to do with my cultivation. Master is giving me a hint, and I should not view fellow practitioners with human notions. If I look at it from the perspective of the Fa, my view of this practitioner changes regarding the role of coordinator. Her behavior is the manifestation of my attachment, as I don't want to take on this role. When I realized this, I saw in her heart a willingness to sacrifice for sentient beings and for the whole body of practitioners.
I started to think that I should coordinate well. I am also a Dafa particle. Master, Dafa and all other practitioners are with me. I should take responsibility for sentient beings, as this is also Master's requirement for practitioners.
Establishing a Fa study group
When we started a Fa study group, as Master required us to do, many practitioners from our local area joined in, and practitioners who could not find the group or had not stepped forward for various reasons gradually participated. Practitioners who had joined Fa study groups in other areas also returned. In a short period of time, over ten Fa study groups had been established. Coordinators from each group often gathered and shared experiences, so that we could improve and correct things in a timely manner.
I joined a group to study the Fa one time, and there were usually five or six people in that group. But that day over ten people came. During the experience sharing, some practitioners suggested that we should split up because of security reasons. This prompted some arguments. The practitioner who provided the room, and who was persecuted a year earlier, said, "I am not afraid that we have many people here. Why are you afraid?" Many human notions were exposed during the discussion. Some practitioners later commented to me that a particular practitioner was careless and did not think about safety, and that another practitioner was afraid.
Several words appeared in my head - "The greatest and most fatal obstacle." I then repeatedly studied Master's words:
"If you can examine yourselves with every thing you come across, then I'd say you are really remarkable, and nothing can block you on your path to Consummation. Yet when we run into problems, we often look outwards--"Why are you treating me like that?"--and feel that we've been treated unfairly, instead of examining ourselves. That's the greatest and most fatal obstacle for all living beings." ("Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Singapore")
I found my hidden attachments of complaining about fellow practitioners, arguing, validating myself and not being compassionate in my speech. When I discussed this issue with fellow practitioners, I was told that a practitioner also went home and read the same article. They said "When I see others' shortcomings, those are exactly the same things that I need to improve on." Others said, "I did not realize my attachment to jealousy before. Now I see it." After everyone looked inside, our conflict was quickly resolved and our group became harmonious again.
Flowers blossoming
The establishment of a Fa study group has laid a good foundation for establishing material production sites to print materials that tell the facts about Falun Dafa. After discussing various projects to validate the Fa, some practitioners had initiated a project to clarify the facts through phone calls. Some elderly practitioners who knew nothing about computers and cell phones also participated, with encouragement from younger practitioners. They also shared their experiences online to encourage other practitioners to step forward.
As more groups were established, the demand for truth clarification materials also increased. Many practitioners realized that we needed to eliminate our attachments of waiting for, or relying on, other practitioners, and so started producing their own materials. Nearly every group now has its own materials production site. Practitioners can read Master's new articles and there are enough truth clarification materials to meet the demand. Sometimes materials can even be supplied for practitioners in the rural areas nearby.
The establishment of these groups relied on Master's protection and selfless help from practitioners. Dafa is boundless and Master's compassion is immense. In this final moment, we should become mature and fulfill our prehistoric vows.
