(Minghui.org) Ten years ago, we had a Fa study group of six people. Once, when we were reading the last lecture in Zhuan Falun, a scene appeared to me: A few lines of characters turned into little toddlers. Some were boys and some were girls, and they all had pigtails. They were sitting cross-legged in rows, holding hands, and looking down, very calm and peaceful.
The message was very clear to me—to encourage us to keep up with our group Fa study, to help each other, and to be diligent in cultivation together.
At that time, we studied at the home of a practitioner couple. Four practitioners in our group were rather busy making money and they seldom studied the Fa on their own. After we set up the study group, we studied the Fa a lot and helped each realize our own attachments.
Sadly, due to our immaturity in cultivation and our own shortcomings, our study group didn’t stay together very long. On the surface, it was because circumstances in the couple’s family changed, but I knew that was not the real reason.
Last year, I went to see a practitioner who had been in that Fa study group. She told me that she had been blaming herself for her poor cultivation state, and she only cared about making money and did not study the Fa much. She knew that Master was looking after her all this time, but she just couldn’t pull herself together and be diligent in cultivation.
She said that a few years ago, she dreamed of the wife of the couple who’d hosted our Fa study. She was riding a motorcycle to the third floor when it crashed. Since she didn’t feel very close to that couple, she hadn’t bothered to remind the wife to be more careful and diligent in cultivation.
We were both full of regret that we’d failed to hold each other’s hand on our path of cultivation. Even though we all have kindness deep in our hearts to save sentient beings, we failed to cherish each other as Dafa practitioners.
I went to see another practitioner recently, and we had a very good sharing. It reminded me of what Master had shown me years ago during our group Fa study. Through our sharing, I could see the gap between me and her. She also kindly pointed out some of my problems, which helped me realize a stubborn attachment I had held onto for a long time.
When I became aware of it, a vision came to my mind: The roots of a tree were growing and spreading quickly, as if my stubborn attachment was producing more sub-attachments, which were both ugly and despicable. If she hadn’t pointed it out to me, I would not have realized it, and would still be manipulated without knowing what was happening.
Cultivation can be very difficult when attachments we fail to detect obstruct us. In such situations, it is so important that we hold each other’s hand and help each other move forward.
Over the years, I have always been deeply grateful to fellow practitioners who kindly pointed out my problems and attachments, and equally grateful for their wisdom and for being candid.
In our daily lives, we interact with each other naturally, with little emotion, and yet we treat each other with honesty and kindness, and we move forward side by side. By holding each other’s hand, we can progress faster on our path of cultivation.
No matter where we are, deep in our hearts, we can hold hands and move forward together till the end. Thank you, fellow practitioners. Let us continue to cherish our time together.
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