(Clearwisdom.net) After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began its persecution of Falun Dafa in 1999, a 44-year-old female practitioner lost her group exercise environment. Coupled with long working hours, she let up in her cultivation. In 2009, she exhibited symptoms of illness. I met this practitioner in the house of another practitioner and asked her about her cultivation state. She said that she had difficulty in persisting with her cultivation, so I asked her to come to my house to participate in group Fa-study. I said that as long as you feel like reading the Fa, you just come over. Since the latter half of 2009, this practitioner started to participate regularly in group Fa study. Within a month, she told me happily that it was great to do Fa study; she felt energetic and experienced peacefulness during meditation. Her symptoms of illness were all gone. When she had problems that she was unable to resolve, she would come and tell me. I often replied: “We will then study the first lecture of Zhuan Falun on ‘Why Doesn’t Your Gong Increase with Your Practice?’” I then shared my cultivation experiences with her. She said that it was wonderful to cultivate; even if she was extremely angry at home, her anger dissipated after Fa-study.

After participating in group Fa study, this practitioner improved her xinxing very quickly. There was also drastic improvement to her health. Her work performance was excellent as she held herself to the standard of a practitioner. Her supervisor told her colleagues to learn from her. Some colleagues asked, “Your health and energy level is so good, did you go back to practicing Falun Gong?” She smiled and nodded, “If I did not practice the exercises, how could my health be so good?” Many of her colleagues said, “Looks like Falun Gong is really good.” This practitioner used her lunchtime to explain the facts about Falun Gong to her colleagues and urged them to renounce their CCP membership. Seeing the changes in this practitioner, I felt that it was all Master’s doing and was very thankful! If not for Master’s protection and the guidance of the Fa, would this practitioner be like this today?

Due to family pressure at the start of the persecution, a former coordinator of a practice site hid at home and did not come out to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. She did not keep in contact with the rest of the practitioners. Last year I bumped into her and found out that she had stopped studying the Fa and doing the exercises. After meeting her, I felt that I had the responsibility to persuade this practitioner to return to cultivation. I told her: “You started cultivation in 1995. This is the best cultivation practice, how could you just give it up?” I said that Master lengthened the Fa-rectification period because he was waiting for practitioners who had let up. Master cannot bear to forsake a single practitioner. We went through tribulations and followed Master to this world because we wanted to assist Master in Fa-rectification and save sentient beings. We want to return to our real homes. If we focused on earning lots of money in this world, would we be able to take it back with us?

She nodded and was moved. I told her that Master has published new lectures after 1999 and asked her if she would like to read them. She agreed. On the way to bringing her the lectures, I asked for strengthening from Master to help this former practitioner become awakened. I also sent righteous thoughts with the practitioners in our Fa-study group to eliminate the evil elements interfering with this practitioner’s cultivation. Currently this practitioner is studying the Fa and doing the exercises at home. She still has not come out to take part in group Fa study. I want to continue to exchange experiences with her so that she can remove her attachment to fear and re-join the path of Fa-rectification.

Another practitioner started cultivation in 1998. Before the persecution started, she only did the first four sets of exercises and did not do the sitting meditation. She found that the pain in her legs was unbearable. In 1999, the environment for group practice disappeared. In recent years she was dismissed by her work unit and traveled around frequently for her new job. In 2009, she had an operation to remove a tumor. She was in poor health while her husband also lost his job. Her son also could not find a job. In this dire situation, in which she was at her wit's end, compassionate Master did not give up on her. In her dreams she returned to the practice site before the persecution. When she woke up, she understood and immediately asked around and came to my house. In the Fa study group, practitioners encouraged her to study the Fa more and persist in doing the exercises. After taking part in group Fa-study, she discovered an improvement in her health, but she could only sit in the single lotus position and her knees were propped up high. During experience sharing, we told her that as practitioners we must eventually be able to sit in double lotus position during meditation. She said that she would practice well after going home. After a period of time, she still could not sit in the double lotus position. During experience sharing, we realized that she was not clear on Master’s Fa regarding hardship, karma elimination and increasing gong. I decided that I would sit alone with her to study Master’s Fa. Through Fa study, she improved immensely and told us happily that Master wanted us to participate in group Fa study because he wanted us to improve as quickly as possible. This practitioner is now very diligent in Fa study and doing the exercises, as well as the three things required of practitioners.

Every one of us in the Fa-study group is able to clarify the truth face to face with others and urge them to renounce their CCP membership. Master gave us the environment of group Fa study, so we must treasure this opportunity and help save more people.