(Minghui.org) I'm a Falun Dafa practitioner who benefits greatly from practicing Dafa. I haven't felt cold since 2011. When others start to wear their fall outfits, I'm still in a short sleeve shirt. I don't need a down jacket when it gets really cold.
My employer assigned me to a rural area in the end of May 2010. I seemed unfair, because I thought I was of value to the company. It was because of me that the company made more than 10 million yuan.
But I understood that the founder of Falun Dafa, whom practitioners call "Master," used this opportunity for me to improve. It was a test to see if I could remain calm. After a year of genuine cultivation in a small mountain village, I have greatly improved my xinxing, and I no longer think that assignment was unfair.
Every day during the entire year in that village, I got up and did the exercises at 3:50 a.m. Then I studied the Falun Dafa books or went out to distribute Dafa truth-clarifying materials. I have read all of Master's lectures twice and handcopied Zhuan Falun once.
I was re-assigned to where I used to work in June 2011. It snowed at the beginning of November 2011, and we were working outdoors. Because I wasn't wearing any winter clothes, I was told to go indoors: the others all had down jackets on. I said, “I do not feel cold. We can finish today if the rest of you are not cold.” I told everyone that I was fine and would not catch a cold, so we worked for over two hours. Some female colleagues were surprised because their feet and hands were freezing even though they were wearing heavy coats.
My mother and I went to our hometown on November 3, 2013. Mom wanted me to wear warm clothes, but changed her mind when she saw sweat on my forehead.
My hometown is on Taihang Mountain where the snow doesn't melt even in the warmer seasons. When people who knew that my parents practiced Falun Dafa saw me in short sleeves, they said, “Falun Dafa is great. The parents practice Falun Dafa, so the son is resistant to the cold!” Someone said, “Maybe he also practices Falun Dafa.”
My wife and I were on an electric bicycle in the beginning of November 2013. I was in short sleeves and my wife had on a coat. Someone said, “Is that person normal? Everyone else is wearing a coat!” One of my colleagues happened to overhear this and said, “Yes. He is my colleague. He is quite normal. He practices Falun Dafa. He really does not feel cold. I've touched his arm and it is always warm.” Then people said, “Falun Dafa is great.”
However, when I lapse into a non-practitioner's way of behaving and do something a practitioner should not do, I feel cold. I then look inward and correct my shortcomings based on the Dafa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
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