(Clearwisdom.net) I am eleven years old and obtained the Fa after July 20, 1999, the date the persecution began. Ever since I was very little, my health was poor and I often became sick. Not long after I started school, I had pain in my stomach and it became increasingly serious. My mother took me to several hospitals, and I was finally diagnosed as having a stomach ulcer. I took medicine and had injections and intravenous infusions. But these treatments helped very little. At that time, a fellow practitioner said, "Maybe it is time for this child to start practicing Falun Gong?" My mother then started reading the Fa to me.
On the third day, when we were studying the Fa, Mom asked me, "Does it still hurt?" I said no. Mom was very happy and knew that I truly obtained the Fa. I started on my cultivation path right then and there.
In the beginning, Mom would read the Fa for me and I listened to her as I played. However, my thoughts would wander off. Only recently have I come to love reading the Fa. Although at the beginning of Fa study I was a little reluctant, I found that I gradually liked to study the Fa. Sometimes I use my righteous thoughts and firmly persist in studying the Fa.
I had a strong attachment to vanity. After I started practicing Falun Gong, when my mother asked me how things were at school and whether I had studied the Fa or had any conflicts with my classmates, I would lie to her, saying that I had studied the Fa and I did not have conflicts with my classmates. Later, she found out that I was lying and discussed this issue with me from the perspective of the Fa. She told me that as a cultivator, I need to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance. How could I be a cultivator if I could not even be "truthful?" However, I still often lied because of my attachment to vanity. Recently, I have changed a lot. Whenever I want to tell a lie, I immediately think to myself that the first thing that a cultivator should achieve is "Truthfulness." I then eliminate the inclination to lie using righteous thoughts.
When I first went out to distribute truth-clarification flyers, I was very willing to go because I could play on the way. However, when I actually was giving out flyers, I was very afraid. Sometimes my legs even became weak so that I could not stand straight. I initially did not know to eliminate my fear with righteous thoughts. As I did this more often, my fear was increasingly eliminated. Now my motivation for distributing flyers is also righteous, that is, to save sentient beings.
I had a strong attachment to fighting since I was little. I always wanted to argue to find out who was right or wrong. Sometime if I lost, I would be very upset and cursed others in my heart. Even after I studied the Fa, I still occasionally fought with my classmates. When I lost the argument, I was still upset. Although I knew that this was not right, I could not control this strong attachment to fighting. Then one day one sentence came into my mind, "...if you can take a step back you will see things in a whole new light"(Zhuan Falun). After that my heart became calm when conflicts occurred. Now I am able to be tolerant. When my heart is still not calm, I send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the attachment to fighting.
Now I memorize the Fa at school. Although I only memorize several sentences and then go out to play, I am very happy about the progress, because I could not even remember to do this before. When conflicts occur, I also can control myself and not fight with others. When some bad notions surface, I recognize them and disintegrate them with righteous thoughts. Although I still have some loopholes, I believe that I can do better in the future.
Thank you, Teacher, for saving me. In the future, I will listen to Teacher and do the three things well, truly cultivate myself, and become a qualified young Dafa disciple.
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