(Clearwisdom.net) I was lucky to learn Falun Dafa in 1997, and I cherish this so much. Looking back over the past six years, in the process of validating the Fa, in the face of tribulations and persecution in which all manner of hardships dropped on me together, I was able to break through, and witness the strength of Teacher's mighty supernatural powers. They are capable of anything and include everything. All tribulations are nothing to Falun Dafa practitioners who have righteous thoughts and righteous actions! In studying the Fa, memorizing the Fa and diligently improving ourselves, Fa-rectification period practitioners continuously acquire stronger power, and therefore, strengthen their righteousness, courage and insight. Due to limited time, I will only share here a bit of my experience in studying the Fa and memorizing the Fa.
When I started to memorize Zhuan Falun, I first copied the table of contents of the nine lectures on a card. Every day, before I read or memorized the Fa, I looked over it once. In this way, it did not take me long to memorize all the contents. Before I started to memorize, I divided the contents of every section in each lecture into several paragraphs, and memorized how they linked up. In this way, my memory became quicker, and my thoughts were clear and agile when I memorized the Fa. Later I memorized word for word, and paragraph by paragraph. Moreover, after I memorized one paragraph or issue, I wrote it down from memory, so it would not be easy for me to forget. Meanwhile, I repeatedly listened to Teacher's lectures, and watched the lectures on video. Every time I did this, I learned more, especially when I watched Teacher's lecture on video.
When Teacher's Hong Yin appeared on the Internet, I copied the headings of 72 poems in Hong Yin on a card, I read it over before I memorized the poems. After I could remember them, I then wrote from memory. In this way, when I reviewed, I did not confuse the order of the 72 poems, also it was not easy to forget one poem. After I had practiced memorizing the Fa according to the methods above, when I memorized Essentials for Further Advancement, The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa and other lectures of Teacher, I often had the surprising effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
Meanwhile, in order to avoid the problem of easily forgetting what I memorized after awhile, I took turns to review the Fa one after another according to the order of memorizing them; I did not slack off on memorizing. As time passed, my brain became full of the Buddha Fa -- like a storage-room. When I want to study the Fa or memorize the Fa, I open up my memory-bank and I think; my brain smoothly plays the Fa like a movie playing on a screen, it is truly wonderful! As a result of long-term, unremitting studying the Fa, memorizing the Fa and understanding profoundly, I naturally achieved the state of, "Dafa is what you carry everywhere, Zhen Shan Ren, rooted in the mind;" (Hong Yin).
During the evil persecution, I was arrested and put into a forced labor camp in 2004. I suffered inhuman mental and physical torture. Since it was difficult to read Teacher's lectures under these circumstances, I endured the persecution by relying entirely on the invincible might of the Buddha Law in my heart. I did not fall or collapse from the fear! Moreover, while in tribulations, with the wisdom unlocked by the Fa, I rationally and compassionately validated the Fa, offered salvation to predestined people, wrote down Dafa from memory to encourage fellow practitioners in prison, and twice left the den of in an open and honorable way. This also allowed me to avoid danger in clarifying the truth and spreading the "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party."
After I walked out detention every time I was arrested, I eagerly studied the Fa, memorized the Fa, and never slacked off. I also earnestly read Minghui/Clearwisdom and other websites for Falun Dafa practitioners. In order to cherish the time and not waste the precious Fa-rectification period, and avoid interference, I have watched almost no TV for several years, wholeheartedly thinking about how to recapture any lost time! I also enlightened to the understanding that every Fa-rectification Dafa disciple who shoulders this divine mission can only race against time, closely follow Teacher's Fa-rectification process and do the three things well. If one is attached to other things, not only is time wasted, but it is also meaningless. If you are steadfast, then after this page of history is turned, you won't feel any regret in the future! Reflecting on this period of time, I realized that I basically memorized all of Teacher's new articles right after they are published. "Persevere, don't dare to slack off, and try hard to memorize the contents of Teacher's every lecture," is what I tell myself. As a result, I feel that I understand well the Fa Teacher has taught and what problem was solved in when, where, and what situation. I also understand the requirements of Falun Dafa disciples in each period. In addition, I nurtured the habit of thinking independently and having a strong main consciousness.
Along with studying the Fa, memorizing the Fa and diligently improving, the capacity of my heart is enlarging, my energy is being enhanced, and my ability to understand and analyze is becoming stronger. My mind is often clear-headed and rational, and is hardly ever in a muddled state! I am not moved or interfered by any outside element. The environment and things in everyday people's society can't sway me, and I can't even be controlled by external information or get lost from "blindly walking at night." Moreover, when bad thoughts suddenly emit from my brain, I instantly distinguish that it is not me, and immediately stop it and eliminate it! I constantly look inward, so that these bad notions won't even hold a tiny place. After a long time of doing the three things well, every thought and every act of mine are based on the Fa. I keep a gentle and benevolent mindset at every moment, and I try hard to treat everything with divine thoughts, so that my every cell, and even the microcosmic particles, will assimilate to the Fa. Accordingly, my compassion is also becoming stronger and stronger. I treat the matters of fellow practitioners as my own matter and think about others first. When I find fellow practitioner's loopholes or attachments, besides kindly pointing them out, I never talk behind their back. I only silently harmonize things well. I long to uphold my long-cherished wish with rational actions and with lesser and lesser human notions, and accomplish the mission of saving sentient beings!
At present, whenever I hold the treasured book of Dafa in both hands, I feel the wonderfulness and profound, gigantic Law much more than in the past. Meanwhile, I also deeply feel that cultivation is extremely serious. The Fa has standards. I am still far away from Teacher's requirement of selflessness and of considering others first. I must keep firmly in mind Teacher's warning in, "The Closer to the End, the More Diligent You Should Be." I can't slack off and relax. I must grab hold of this moment, cherish this honor Teacher has bestowed on Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples, disintegrate all barriers, and offer salvation to sentient beings.
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