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An Account of A Group Fa Study and Experience Sharing Among Canadian Practitioners By Dafa Practitioners of Montreal (Clearwisdom.net) On Saturday evening, while at the Chinatown Fa study and experience sharing session, fellow
practitioners discussed the tribulations faced by one practitioner and shared their own experiences.
The following is an account some of the discussions: Practitioner 1: As the whole body of practitioners are united and become impenetrable, the evil cannot find a
loophole to enter; fellow practitioners enduring tribulations can feel the combined strength and
support of the whole body. They will have more strength to avoid losses and eliminate the
persecution. This ought to be the current state of affairs. In the past, I only conditionally assisted fellow practitioners with their tribulations. At that
time I thought: if she cannot solve the problem by herself, then external influence will not help. I
was not aware of the principle that all practitioners are within one body. When Teacher said,
"The next person's things are your things, and your things are his things" ("Teaching
the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference"), I began to review the tribulations of fellow
practitioners from the angle of a single entity: each practitioner's attachments must be discarded
by himself/herself; practitioners' paths in cultivation have been arranged by Teacher, not by the
process of eliminating attachments through tests arranged by the evil. Since the tribulations have
been forced upon us by the evil, then it is necessary to eliminate it resolutely and
unconditionally. Practitioner 2: 1. Particles and the Entity A particle can be compared with the universe, with numerous universes composing the celestial
body. If, within a region, the practitioners constitute an entity, and if within that entity there
is a practitioner who is unable to overcome the tribulations or overcomes them with difficulty, can
it be assumed that the entity is thereby restricted and cannot progress further because of this
tribulation? If this is the case, then every particle within the entity has some responsibility
towards that entity. Noting that the practitioner is so slack, it is perhaps because each
practitioner is also not doing his/her part. Knowing that the entity is in strife, it could be due
to the problem of the individual. From the angle of searching within and acting in accordance with
Teacher's requirements, whenever we are confronted with a problem we should first look within
ourselves, expose our attachments, and contemplate whether we have fulfilled our responsibilities.
Only then will righteousness and harmony ensue. 2. Genuinely Search Within Teacher has distinctly explained all of the principles in cultivation and the requirements for
practitioners during the Fa-rectification period. We are putting them into practice to improve
ourselves. The process is akin to severing human sentiments and walking away from ordinary human
notions. Only then can we be free from restraints. Practitioner 3: Each of us is assisting Teacher in each location of the realm of cultivation, clarifying the
truth in order to save the sentient beings while eradicating the persecution of Dafa and the Dafa
practitioners by the evil influence. Faced with the persecution of Dafa by the evil, the question of
being able to form into an entity indestructible like a diamond, to my understanding, is whether we
can keep up with Teacher in the important step of progressing in Fa-rectification. No matter at what level we are positioned in our cultivation, whether we are veterans or new
practitioners, including those sentient beings supporting us, only when we have the righteous
thought to stop and to eliminate the evil can we solidify into one entity within this common
righteous thought. It is not necessary to argue with our fellow practitioners about methods or
understandings. If the ideas are beneficial to Dafa, we must support them. We can complement each
other's understandings and our pure thoughts for Dafa will be complete. In this way, when we are
faced with difficulties, our combined strength will cause the self-destruction of the evil. As our fellow practitioners are faced with immense tribulations, our first thought should be to
eradicate the evil persecuting them. To elevate ourselves and to search within, we must conform to
the path arranged by Teacher and to cultivate within the Fa. Even if there were no persecution by
the evil, we should still search within and cultivate. The persecution by the evil is incapable of
assisting the elevation of the practitioners since assaulting the practitioners will not bring out
their righteousness. Therein lies the danger of the evil--under pretext and using the persecution
of the Dafa practitioners as an excuse when in fact, their real aim is to damage Dafa as well as
poison the minds of the sentient beings. Practitioner 4: Genuinely searching inwards in a more extensive scope forms a righteous stage in which to
establish a harmonious entity. It is necessary for us to understand that by conforming to the Fa in our own sphere, which is
required of us, we would be within this harmonious Fa. In fact, the sharing of experiences among
fellow practitioners also requires tolerance. The magnitude of the tolerance can effectively
generate the atmosphere of harmonious sharing which will enable unimpeded expression of each fellow
practitioner's thoughts. It will enable each of us to be patient and absorb the experiences of
others and not guard our own firmly entrenched views. Practitioners will be able to genuinely search
inwards, and not search inwards only under supervision. That will result in really achieving the
purpose of the experience sharing with everyone improving and elevating together. The whole entity
is thus advancing and eliminating the arrangements of the old forces. If we over-emphasize personal understandings, we will not be able to correctly comprehend the
understandings of fellow practitioners. That will result in barriers being built amongst
practitioners, thus causing disharmony within the entity. If, in the midst of our practice, there
are many such barriers, our cultivation environment will not be upright and thereby allow the evil
to penetrate the loopholes. Conversely, if we can be more aware and recognize the good points of our
fellow practitioners, reflect upon them, and search within for our inadequacies, the negative
environment will be reversed. In fact, the changes in the environment are in agreement with our own
changes in xinxing. As our demeanor becomes more consistent, everything changes instantly. Therefore, in the final stage of the Fa-rectification, how to improve our demeanor, really search
within, and encompass a larger righteous environment and thus form a harmonious entity, is of utmost
importance. Posting date: 12/12/2002 |