(Clearwisdom.net) I became a Falun Dafa practitioner in January 1999. At that time, I had all kinds of illnesses, especially gastrointestinal problems, rheumatism, chronic liver disease, pancreatitis, insomnia, etc. In less than a month, all of these diseases disappeared. I became healthy and energetic—a totally different person. One of my classmates said, “In the past [before I practiced Falun Gong], you looked ten years older than me. Now [after I practiced Falun Gong] I look ten years older than you.” After I obtained the Fa, I indeed changed inside out. I looked younger and more vibrant. Therefore, my husband was very supportive of me doing the exercises.
After the brutal persecution began, my husband listened to the evil CCP propaganda and told me not to do the exercises. But I insisted that I would do them. I firmly believed in Master and Dafa. I never watched those fabricated TV propaganda shows that slandered Dafa. At that time, someone asked me what we should do, and I replied that I would firmly continue with my practice. With Master's benevolent protection, I have continued to the present.
My cultivation environment improved when I cultivated myself well
Shortly after I obtained the Fa, my workplace reorganized and my former unit was disbanded. I was transferred to another administrative work unit. When I first arrived at the new unit, the leaders and my co-workers all had a negative attitude toward me. I held myself to a cultivator's standard at all times to be a good person. I kept my mind very peaceful and was kind toward everyone at work. I considered others first when doing things, made things convenient for others, and kept difficulties to myself. I would do dirty and tedious jobs that others did not want to do.
Once during a labor union activity at work, all the employees were playing Mahjong at the club. The restroom in the club was very dirty, as if it had not been cleaned for over six months. The original white tile floor was covered with a layer of thick dirt and the toilet was black. One could hardly see that the original color was white. Dirty tissues were piled up and there was no space to even to step into the restroom.
I thought to myself that, since I was cultivator, I should not confuse myself with ordinary people. Thinking about everyone's convenience, I cleaned up the dirty tissues with a dustpan. Then I cleaned up the restroom and made it neat and tidy.
I worked in an office. Each day I would go to work earlier than anyone else. Besides cleaning up the office, I also cleaned up the leaders' offices and the public areas. At the same time, I worked very hard and tried to do everything correctly. With work related to workers' benefits, such as salary increases, promotions, etc., I would do a good job and be fair, impartial, and kind to every colleague. As a result, the leaders and my co-workers no longer had a bad attitude toward me. Moreover they respected me a lot, and thus I laid a good foundation for the future in clarifying the truth.
My husband works in an administrative unit for the evil CCP, and his way of thinking at work used to be completely in line with the CCP. He wrote fabricated articles and false news, making up big lies and viewing himself as the most important person in the world, never considering others. He was a typical person, someone who would be “self-centered and think that others lived for him and that he lived for himself.” He often shouted at me and verbally abused me. No matter how he verbally abused me, I still studied the Fa, did the exercises, and was good person. Whenever I had a chance, I would talk to him about how good Dafa was and what kind of physical improvements I experienced after I practiced Dafa. I wanted him to realize that Dafa was good. But he kept up his bad temper. No matter how he treated me, I always treated him with a benevolent heart. Each day I prepared three meals for him. I took care of all the household chores. My husband liked to play Mahjong, and often came home very late. On cold winter days, I would prepare some warm water so he could wash his feet with warm water when he got home. I also preheated an electric blanket for him. I took meticulous care of him in daily life and let him feel that his wife, who was practicing Dafa, was different from an ordinary person.
Once my husband came home and saw me studying the Fa and began to shout at me. I talked to him pleasantly. When he saw that I didn't get angry, he became even more fierce. He said, “I will send you to jail.” He raised his voice and cursed me with a louder voice. I sent forth righteous thoughts, but it had no effect. He yelled at me even more fiercely.
I am a cultivator, and I should take the Fa as teacher. I went downstairs and walked around outside and tried to figure out what I had done wrong that day. After I returned home, I could not open the door. I knocked but nobody answered. What should I do? I had to go back to my parents' home. Sleeping on a bed there, I thought that, recently, I had an attachment about my daughter, that she should find a boyfriend. But I was worried she might be doing something wrong. I found my attachment of a human mindset. The next day when I went home, my husband did not say anything, as if nothing had happened.
Recently something else occurred. My husband got angry with me for no reason. He asked me where I spent our money. Because I was taking care of our household account books and funds, each month he would ask me to give him some money, whatever he needed. Besides using both my and my husband's salaries each month to pay our daily expenses, we also have to pay for our daughter's schooling. Each month I could spare him 500 to 1000 yuan. When he questioned me about how I spent the rest of our money, I immediately looked inward. Although normally I did not pay much attention to fame, benefit, or sentimentality, recently I had begun to have an attachment to money. I thought about how my daughter still had marriage ahead and there would be a need for money for many things. Therefore, I began to have an attachment to money.
Master said,
“Those who are attached to money seek wealth and feign their cultivation. Undermining the practice and the Fa, they waste their lifetimes instead of cultivating Buddhahood.” (“Cultivators' Avoidances,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
I am a practitioner. The Fa validation process has reached the end stage. Should I be attached to money and things? I quickly gave him the salary account book. Oddly enough, when I put down this attachment, my husband seemed to change into another person. He stopped playing Mahjong, a practice he had indulged in for decades. He also became very supportive of my Fa study and practice. Sometimes he even reminded me to send forth righteous thoughts. In the meantime, he became more polite and many times he could consider others. I understood that every thought and mind activity of a cultivator will change our surrounding environment. If we cultivate ourselves well, our surroundings will naturally change for the better.
When dealing with the issue of how my daughter should practice cultivation, I first used a human mindset. I was unhappy when she did not cultivate herself and thus made her more and more impatient with my cultivation. Not only she did not practice cultivation, she even prevented me from saving people. She would not watch truth-clarification CDs. I looked inward and noticed that it was sentiment that was bothering me. I am a practitioner and I should treat everything with compassion.
Last summer, my daughter was not feeling well. I told her to do the exercises, but she refused to and watched TV instead. This made me unhappy, so I went to bed. Right after I went to bed, my daughter walked into my room and said angrily, “Mom, I hate that gong you are practicing.” At that moment, I got up and did not have any other thought. I conjoined my hands and, with a benevolent attitude, told her, “You should thank this Gong and thank Master Li and Dafa. You know what my health was like before and what my current condition is. I had to take medicine for a long time. Ever since I began practicing Dafa, I have never had to take any medicine.” While I was talking to her, I looked inward and tried to find the reason. With a kind heart I cared for her and told her, “When you were sick, I did not take good care of you. That's my problem. I am sorry.” I hugged her and let her sleep with me.
The next day my daughter told met, “Mom, after you talked to me last night, I felt my whole body was numb when I went to bed. I also saw Falun rotating.” I told her that it was our benevolent Master who would not punish a person because that person had done something wrong before. On the contrary, Master would help you adjust your body. If one person practiced Falun Gong, the whole family would benefit from it.
Ever since then, my daughter also began to be very supportive of me doing the exercises. Sometimes she would also join me. From this I was enlightened that, as long as we look inward when we encounter conflicts, we can change our cultivation environment.
Clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings
Once my daughter's classmates from another city came to our home to visit. I thought I should not miss any opportunity to save people and that I had to save them. As a result, at the dinner table, my husband talked about how corrupt the evil CCP has been and how bad it is. With that as a good introduction, I clarified the facts to them, talked about the staged Tienanmen Self-immolation incident, and told them about withdrawing from the CCP and its affiliated organizations for security and peace. As a result, two of my daughter's classmates withdrew from the evil CCP's Youth League. Before they left, I gave them truth-clarification CDs, which they both gratefully accepted.
To clarify the truth, I took advantage of all kinds of opportunities, such as inviting friends for a tea gathering, eating dinner, visiting Nongjiale, inviting friends over my home, visiting friends and relatives, visiting a patient, etc. I remembered to save people at all times.
Once I invited my colleagues to Nongjiale to clarify the truth and encourage them to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Normally I tried to do this when my husband was not around, because he was against my clarifying the truth outside. However, he suddenly came when it was lunchtime. I was a little worried and wondered what I should do. Just then my husband initiated the conversation and said he had withdrawn from the CCP two years before. One colleague said, “That's impossible.” My husband said it was true. I knew that it was Master who was helping me. Then I said that it was true. Thus we laid a foundation for me to clarify the truth. That time I helped two people withdraw from the CCP and its organizations. I also sent truth-clarification materials and CDs to other colleagues.
Once several of my classmates and I visited another classmate's home. I wanted to clarify the truth to them but couldn't seem to find an opening to do it. Then, one classmate mentioned another classmate who had been sent to a forced labor camp for practicing Falun Gong. I used that opportunity to clarify the truth to them. After that I sent each of them some truth-clarification CDs. I told them about the prophecy, the staged Tienanmen self-immolation, that heaven is eliminating the CCP, and that they should be safe by withdrawing from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. After hearing and understanding the facts, two of them withdrew from the CCP's Youth League and asked me about Dafa books. Later, one of them began to practice Dafa.
To save more people, our Fa study group worked together to write truth-clarification letters to the Public Security Bureau and police station and deliver them. On Teacher's Day, we put truth-clarification materials in gift boxes and took them to schoolteachers and principles. We did not sent those boxes to them directly. Instead, we left them at the front desk and asked the guards to deliver the gift boxes for us. It was safer and would not cause any suspicion, but we could still save people. Sometimes, our Fa study group has gone to places near the Public Security Bureau to send forth righteous thoughts and eliminate evils.
In short, in the past few years, I have done what I should do on the three things. With our Master's benevolent protection, I overcame some dangerous situations. I made it to the present day overcoming some difficulties. I truly thank Master for His saving grace.