(Minghui.org) A fellow practitioner from another area recently taught me to install a computer system. Because I was computer illiterate, it took at least three tries before I learned the process.
The practitioner was very detail oriented. He provided me with step by step instructions. We followed the instructions, and he helped me understand even the rudiments of the entire process. I used his instructions to teach another practitioner who learned the entire process in only one day.
We talked about practitioners from our area who also had computer skills. We discovered that they do not teach what they know to other local practitioners. It's not that the local practitioners are not interested or willing to learn, but that these practitioners are not willing to teach others what they know.
We know how busy they have been in truth-clarification work. They have even slept very little at times. So we wanted to help them by alleviating their burden. That is the sole reason we wanted to learn the skills.
When we encountered minor computer issues, we had to go through one or even several fellow practitioners to reach them. It was very troublesome. We wanted them to teach us the computer skills. However, they always found reasons to refuse. We were all very frustrated.
Ying (an alias) is a local practitioners who is very skilled in computers. One day I unintentionally mentioned that I learned to install the operating system. Her response surprised me. She questioned why I wanted to learn to install the operating system.
I had accompanied her to other practitioners’ homes several times to solve computer related issues. I spent a lot of time driving her there and waiting for her. I asked her to teach me, but she said it wasn’t easy to learn. Meanwhile, during our break times, she would rather chat with me than teach me.
Minghui Weekly published an article about technically-skilled practitioners, which discussed that they were burdened with too much work. The author encouraged other practitioners to learn computer skills so they could share the load.
Many practitioners in our area want to learn the skills, and I cannot understand the mentality that those skilled practitioners have. I feel it is jealousy. Maybe their being too busy is due to a lack of cultivation in this regard. Of course many practitioners with skills have done very well, offering help selflessly.
What I saw and what I encountered is only one angle and a small part of the whole problem. There are also areas where I need to cultivate. This article is to remind fellow practitioners that we are not only working, but are also cultivating.