(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa assistants who volunteer from all over Taiwan attended a group Fa-study and experience sharing conference at the Jiantan Youth Activity Center in Taipei on July 29 and 30, 2023. Over the two days, they focused on how to fulfill their responsibilities as assistants, how to maintain the cultivation environment in their region, and how to play a role in overall coordination and cooperation. Due to the epidemic, this was the first time the conference had been held in three years.

Falun Gong assistants, who volunteer from all over Taiwan, do the exercises together at Jiantan Youth Activity Center in Taipei on July 30.

Studying the teachings together at Jiantan Youth Activity Center in Taipei on July 29.

Increase Tolerance for Overall Improvement in the Region

Kai-hsin from Penghu shared with the group that assistants need to be more tolerant. She’s noticed that many people are quick to criticize others, a habit that they’ve had since childhood, so people often rush to judge as soon as they encounter something. She reminded herself to look inward when she wanted to criticize or judge others. She understands that one has to look at one’s own heart honestly and that that is true cultivation.

Regarding the overall cultivation status of the region, Kai-hsin said, “As a practitioner, you should understand others positively and deal with them with kindness.”

Benefiting from Helping Another Practitioner

Ssu-fang from Taichung told how she improved when she assisted a fellow practitioner. She herself had experienced sleepiness while doing the exercises in the past, so she could understand the difficulty when a fellow practitioner encountered the same obstacle.

She decided to help the practitioner who had been troubled by sleepiness for a long time. She started her day early to finish delivering newspapers 30 minutes ahead of schedule and then went to a group practice site to meet this practitioner. The following day, she was able to go 20 minutes earlier to share with the practitioner before doing the exercises. During the meditation, she sat by the practitioner and reminded her to keep awake from time to time.

When these efforts didn’t help, Ssu-fang understood that the practitioner should improve on the Fa to make a breakthrough. A new nine-day lecture class was due to start locally, so she invited the practitioner to take the class again as a new student to listen to Master’s teachings and learn the exercises afresh. Both of them saw a rainbow and colorful auspicious clouds on their way home after doing the exercises that day. Ssu-fang took it as Master encouraging them to improve and be diligent.

Ssu-fang had always thought that her exercise movements were accurate, but during this time, other practitioners helped her correct her movements, things that she hadn’t noticed before.

During the nine-day classes, Ssu-fang felt warm all over, and the problem she had holding her palm correctly went away. She said that she was the one who benefited in the process of helping her fellow practitioner.

Cultivate Oneself First

Kuan-chun coordinates a media project. He is a fast talker and often interrupted others, so people thought he was impatient and was imposing things on them. Kuan-chun made an effort to change, to slow down, to be patient and listen, and to let others express their opinions in full before he responded. When he started to do this, he found that people were more willing to talk about their problems, and he could understand the real situation.

Kuan-chun said, “This is real communication, communication for the good of others. I feel that the field has become clearer.” He encouraged himself and fellow practitioners, “As a coordinator, you can’t be negative. Know your own shortcomings, adjust yourself, and constantly improve yourself. If we do better, the road ahead will open.”

Let Go of Attachments and Trouble Disappears Overnight

Mao-chin is a retired public sector executive. He said that he argued with his wife about protecting his inheritance. His wife cried sadly and he felt very ill at ease.

Thinking about the issue from the perspective of cultivation, he realized that he had let his wife handle money matters for many years, but this time he worried about making or losing money and had brought trouble upon himself. Among his worries were his emotional attachments to his ancestral property, and he feared that his ancestral property would shrink. His wife is cautious and conservative, however, and he knew she would take care of their investment. So he decided to let go of the worry over gain or loss. Mao-chin said, “I only worried one night before I let it go. This is the benefit of practicing Falun Gong.”