Taipei, Taiwan: Assistants Discuss Their Cultivation Experiences and Improve Together

(Minghui.org) Practitioners who volunteer to introduce Falun Dafa in Taiwan met at the Chientan Youth Activity Center in Taipei June 28 and 29 to read the Fa teachings and discuss their cultivation experiences.

They talked about how they applied Falun Dafa’s teachings in their daily lives, how they sent forth righteous thoughts, and how they introduced the practice to others. They did the exercises together on the morning of June 29, followed by a large-scale group sharing later that day, during which 10 practitioners talked about their cultivation experiences.

Practitioners did the exercises together on the morning on June 29.

Practitioners read the teachings and held a group discussion on the afternoon of June 29.

Miracles of Dafa

Xinmei from Kaohsiung recalled how she miraculously survived a major car accident. A large truck hit her car from behind on the highway. Xinmei felt her car spin around and repeatedly slam into the back of a truck. When the car stopped, it was in the fastest lane facing the oncoming traffic. Seeing the speeding cars coming at her, trying to avoid her, Xinmei was so stunned that she just closed her eyes.

“At that moment, I felt surrounded by a powerful energy,” Xinmei recalled. Then the wheel of her car miraculously turned by itself and, when she opened her eyes again, her car was parked safely on the shoulder.

She got out of the car, uninjured. Although her car was nearly totaled, the driver’s side was not caved in and her car did not catch on fire even though all the gas had leaked out.

“I could have died at any moment, but I survived because Master protected me,” Xinmei said. The truck driver was also thankful that the accident wasn’t any worse than it was.

Righteous Thoughts

A retired colonel and former military attorney general, Chang-hsiung talked about one of his cultivation experiences. People from outside of Taiwan were due to come and work on a project. He only had one month to submit an application for government approval. He also had to provide supplementary materials and change the hosting organization. As an introverted person, Chang-hsiung found it difficult to handle these issues but he did his best.

After overcoming his own social challenges, Chang-hsiung realized a bigger test was dealing with the coordinator. When he described his difficulties to him, the coordinator said Chang-hsiung would not succeed unless he had righteous thoughts. Disappointed, Chang-hsiung looked within and saw this an opportunity for him improve. He noticed that, although the coordinator had a bad temper, he had strong righteous thoughts. Chang-hsiung reminded himself to look at the coordinator’s positive side, and his frustration immediately disappeared.

Having been a high-ranking officer for many years, Chang-hsiung had certain notions about how government agencies worked and consequently thought the application would not be approved in time. After the coordinator’s “stick warning,” Chang-hsiung let go of his notions and just followed through with righteous thoughts. On the last day, the government official in charge actually stayed overtime to handle the formalities with the application. “So, miraculously, the application was approved,” Chang-hsiung said.

Growing with the Youth Camp

Faen talked about working with a youth camp for which he is a general coordinator this year. This is the fourth year he’s been involved with the camp.

The first time he participated was during winter break when Faen was a high school freshman. At that time he had not read all of Zhuan Falun and was not familiar with group Fa study or morning exercises. He thought he wouldn’t ever go again.

When other practitioners invited him the next year, Faen found he could not say no and agreed to be a staff member. During this time, he realized why the camp was critical for young practitioners. Without it, he probably would have stopped practicing.

As a coordinator, Faen encountered many challenges. There was a shortage of staff members and sometimes there weren’t enough applicants. When other practitioners told him to look within, he felt frustrated. But he kept improving himself by studying Falun Dafa’s teachings, and he started to change from being self-centered to feeling a sense of responsibility for the campers. The situation also changed dramatically, and many high school and college students enrolled this year.

Looking back, Faen realized these experiences were invaluable for his own growth in cultivation. He thanked Master Li for the opportunity and granting him the wisdom to thrive in his new role.

Solid Cultivation

Engineer Chaiwei

Chiawei, an engineer, said he learned a lot from the two-day event, in particular, that solid cultivation is very important: “I will remind myself to always remember that I’m a practitioner. The things I encounter in my life are not accidental, and I should consider them as opportunities to improve.”

As an assistant, Chaiwei also discussed things with other practitioners. “I’ve realized that, very often, problems originate not only with other practitioners but also me. For example, I lack compassion and empathy, so I need to do better helping other practitioners with their cultivation. I’ve often noticed that other practitioners help me instead of me helping them.”

Identifying Gaps

Yuying said how much she liked the event.

Yuying from Taipei said she learned a lot listening to other practitioners’ experiences. “For example, some of them said they were nice to others but often lost their temper at home. This was a walk-up call for me, because I have the same problem. My family members are helping me improve in this way. These are Master’s arrangements, so I can’t dodge them,” she said.

Yuying said she sometimes has difficulty communicating with her older brother who has a different belief system. Yuying said she needs to handle this relationship with compassion, that it is a reminder for her to treat everyone with Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance while also improving herself.