(Clearwisdom.net) In order to collectively improve as one body and coordinate better with Dafa work, nearly 200 Falun Dafa coordinators from all over Taiwan and its outlying islands participated in the Fa study and experience sharing conference in the Chinese Heroes' Hall of Taiwan for two days beginning September 14, 2007. Views on cultivation issues such as looking within and cultivating oneself, assistant work, doing the three things well, overall coordination, etc. were broadly exchanged.

Practicing the exercises and sending forth righteous thoughts in Taichung Zhongshan Park each morning

Assuming the Role of Coordinator Is Also a From of Cultivation

Like all other Falun Dafa practitioners, volunteers and assistants are also regular cultivators. They just assume a coordinating role. When faced with various problems arising from practitioners and doing Fa-rectification work, they are required to have a more solid foundation in Fa study and a good cultivation state in order to accomplish the tasks well.

One assistant shared that because he was used to working independently in the past, when he first took up the coordination work, it was very difficult for him and he wanted to quit. But after he studied the Fa and shared with other practitioners, he gradually came to the understanding that this was his path and that he needed to cultivate away the attachment of indifference to other practitioners. Another assistant brought up the issue of doing Dafa work for the sake of doing it, and how it is harmful if you fail to incorporate the work into the context of the Fa. In dealing with lack of concentration and sleepiness when studying the Fa, someone shared about overcoming this interference by reciting the Fa.

Relinquishing Selfishness and Looking within Amidst Conflicts

One assistant mentioned that after being a coordinator for so long, sometimes it becomes difficult to see one's own shortcomings. He said that there was a practitioner at his practice site who was always unhappy with him. As soon as he started sharing, this practitioner would get up and leave. Later, he carefully examined himself and found that he had been neglecting this practitioner and showed indifference to the questions he raised, thinking that they were not worth his time. After he found this attachment to selfishness, he sincerely admitted his fault to this practitioner and the conflict was resolved immediately.

Another assistant shared that practitioners at her practice site were mostly intellectuals, such as school principals and directors. Because of the attachment of fear, she felt intimidated and didn't know how to communicate with them. One of the retired school directors came to the practice site just for the exercises and he never stayed for the Fa study. She later found out that this elderly practitioner didn't join the Fa-study group because he lived far away. Thinking that she should always put the interests of others first, she moved the Fa-study group to another practitioner's home that was more convenient for the elderly practitioner. After that, he started coming to Fa study and shared with the group. There was a practitioner whose exercise movements were not very accurate but he liked to teach and correct others' movements at the practice site. After looking within, she found that she hadn't paid much attention to the practitioners at her practice site. She decided to assume the responsibility of correcting practitioners' movements, and the situation changed.

Placing Our Hearts in the Right Place, Having Faith in Master and the Fa, Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions

One coordinator shared that when doing coordination work, we must keep our heart in the right place. If we try to validate ourselves rather than Dafa, we usually encounter a lot of tribulations; but when we walk our paths righteously, all problems are solved accordingly. She gave two examples of having faith in Master and the Fa. First, when her child was diagnosed with a severe amblyopia, which could cause blindness, she insisted on bringing her to the group practice and Fa study. Six months later, when she took the child to the hospital for a reexamination, her eyesight had been restored to 1.2. Second, when she decided to take over the lead on an important Fa-rectification project, because she had completed a major case for the company, she also solved her economic problem, rendering her free of worry to participate in the project. She said that as long as our hearts are in the right place, our paths will become wider and wider.

Forging the Environment, Starting from Oneself

As how to encourage more practitioners to participate in assisting Master to rectify the Fa and save sentient beings, one practitioner shared her experience about leading the practitioners in her region to make phone calls to China and clarify the facts to the people there. She said that creating a stable Fa study and truth-clarification environment is essential. When practitioners understand the Fa from their hearts, they will naturally participate in truth-clarification work. Under her lead, many of the practitioners who hadn't stepped forward in the past started picking up the phone to call the Public Security Bureau in China to clarify the facts to them. There were also many elderly practitioners who joined the group and made phone calls to promote the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and quitting the CCP. There was a coordinator who was responsible for clarifying the facts to high-ranking officials. For some reason, she just couldn't schedule an appointment to see the three legislators in her county. After looking within, she found that she had an attachment of pursuit, that is, she pursued the signing of the resolution, and wasn't truly thinking from the perspective of saving them. After enlightening to this, she shared with her local practitioners and they came to a unified understanding. After several tries, the three legislators finally met with them and signed the resolution that condemned the unreasonable repatriation of Falun Gong practitioners by the Hong Kong government. She enlightened that if our hearts are pure and righteous, even gods and Buddhas will help us.

Coordinate Harmoniously and View Things from the Context of the Overall One Body

Inter-group coordination work is often difficult. But when practitioners' thoughts are in the Fa, and we think from the standpoint of Dafa and act in a holistic coordinated manner, the effect is usually very good. One practitioner shared that one time he participated in an inter-group coordination project. Because he abandoned his tendency to do things in a certain way and silently cooperated with the whole team, in the end, the results were surprisingly successful. Some practitioners shared that conflicts arising from coordinating Dafa work is inevitable and also a part of cultivation. As long as we can address the issues and view them from a positive angle, everyone involved will benefit.

With the full participation of all practitioners, the two day's of activities came to a successful completion.

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