(Clearwsdom.net) I am a 38 year-old pracititoner from Turkey. I was raised and educated in New York but I moved to Turkey five years ago. I am an Assistant Professor at Çağ University, where I teach Law and Human Rights. Before I came to Turkey I was a lawyer and a judge. I became a Falun Dafa practitioner after meeting another lecturer at Çağ University.

I am probably the most suspicious person in the world when it comes to beliefs. I am a lawyer, I look for evidence. I insist on tangible signs. And yet when I read the book Zhuan Falun, I felt that everything that I had seen in the world constituted evidence for what is described in this book about "Truthfulnes, Compassion, Forbearance." All of a sudden, everything made sense. My intuition fit perfectly with the information imparted by the book.

Since becoming a Falun Dafa cultivator I have noticed the following changes in myself: After years of suffering from medical problems in my back, it is now practically painfree. I am more peaceful. I no longer yell at my children. I am less anxious. I have become the person I always wanted to be. I am less emotional, something against which I have fought all my life. I feel protected. I recently entered a swimming competition in İstanbul, in the Bosphorus. We had to swim six miles in open water. I have always known that great white sharks swim in those waters, and in the five years I have participated in this race, I was petrified that I might be a victim of a shark attack. This summer I entered the water feeling completely confident that Master was protecting me. I did my fastest swim ever and took second place in the race.

But to me Falun Dafa is more than protection and emotional peace. Through the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" I have learned that the road to being fulfilled was simpler than I ever thought. Three simple words, and yet together they symbolize everything I ever wanted to be.

Falun Dafa has centered me. Falun Dafa gave me the knowledge I needed to learn about life and how to live meaningfully. I truly believe that the purpose of life is a life of purpose. This is what Falun Dafa gave me.

There is a saying that all that is needed for evil to triumph, is for good people to do nothing. With this in mind, I now teach human rights to university students. I teach them about the atrocities commited against Falun Dafa practitioners in China, and I do the best I can to educate people from the perspective of my profession, on Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.

I now feel like I have my direction laid out for me, and I know where I am heading. I am so grateful, so gratetful that I was introduced to Falun Dafa.