(Minghui.org) I don't have an advanced degree, but I am employed as an engineer. I can spot many problems in a complicated blueprint and provide solutions. My coworkers regard me as very experienced, as they study every day but haven't developed the skills that I've obtained. I study every day too, but what I'm studying are Falun Dafa books. As long as I studied the Fa well and my viewpoint was based on the Fa, I could solve any problems I encountered at work. I understood that it was Master who strengthened me.
Magical Worlds Unfolded in My Early Years of Cultivation Practice
I obtained the Fa at age 20 on July 7, 1999. Still in school, I practiced the exercises and studied the Fa as if a sponge absorbing water. I studied two or three lectures of Zhuan Falun in addition to various lectures and articles from Essentials for Further Advancement daily. I practiced the exercises twice a day. My schoolwork was going very well; I was always in the top ten and was named outstanding student each year.
Before long, I was able to see scenes clearly in other dimensions. While sleeping, I saw Master's fashen (a law body made of Fa and gong) sitting next to me. Sometimes I would talk with Master a little.
I have encountered many magical events on my cultivation path. I felt there were heavens beyond heavens and Gods beyond Gods. One day, a group of Taoists in black clothes came to see me, armed with swords. Two of Master's fashen guarded me immediately. Master watched them peacefully. They were jealous and wanted me to have more tribulations. One of them said, “This disciple of yours has reached a level so high in just a few days that none of us could achieve in a thousand years!” I said to Master, “It's rather sad to see where their xinxing is after a thousand years of cultivation.” Master replied, “True.” Master gave me hints in my dream, “Ignore them, just cultivate toward high levels.”
Clarify the Facts and Save People
When the persecution started in July 1999, the officials at my workplace said, “You are anti-society and anti-China; you must choose between your job and your faith!” I replied, “What's wrong with being a good person following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance?” I chose my faith and lost my job.
After 2000, I kept a vendor stand on the street and made a living by doing plumbing repair and sanitary installation. I clarified the facts to people I met. Some showed sympathy, some showed understanding, and others wanted to help.
According to my fellow practitioners, I had no fear. I felt anxious because Falun Dafa was framed on television. I felt some degree of nervousness at night, but as soon as the day broke, my fear was gone. All I was thinking about was to give people truth-clarification materials.
My fellow practitioners encouraged me, “Let's give each family a copy of truth-clarification materials.”
One day, I was distributing materials in a six-story residential building. I was going to turn around after climbing to the fifth floor. To my surprise, a woman on the sixth floor was calling me for help, she said she had locked herself out on the balcony and asked me to unlock the door for her, then threw a bunch of keys which landed right at my feet. I went to the sixth floor and unlocked the balcony door with the keys. She was very grateful. I told her to remember “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,” and she nodded. I understood sentient beings are eager to be saved, and Master has arranged no floor to be left out.
A Pure Lotus Because of the Fa
The Communist regime has messed up the Chinese society so much that it is difficult to be a good person. In this big dye vat, it is very challenging to adhere to the moral principles amidst all kinds of temptations. Only by practicing cultivation can one make it.
In the beginning of the persecution I lost my job because of my faith. But over the years, I have had better and better jobs and more and more income. These are blessings from Dafa.
My mother lost her pension in 2001 because of her belief, and my father was implicated because of the Chinese policy guilty by association, and lost his job. I had no job and lived with my parents. My big brother lived there too. He had just gotten married and had a baby. He and his wife lived on his 1,200 yuan monthly salary.
Master has told us to conform to human society, so I decided to shoulder the family responsibilities. As soon as the thought developed, Master helped me. I have had many types of jobs and accumulated a lot of skills and knowledge since then.
Later on I landed a very good job under Master's arrangements. One day I did a quality check at our provider's site. The provider treated us with a dinner and he gave each of us a gift card with an unknown amount of money in it. I returned the card after the dinner and said, “Because of my belief, I cannot accept it.”
Sometimes I clarified the facts about Falun Dafa without having to talk much. As long as I was a good person, others knew that Falun Dafa was good. A sales lady from one of our suppliers knew I would not take gifts. She asked me each time she visited, “Why are you so good?”
During an office party, a coworker asked me, “You don't take money and touch women, why?” I replied, “It takes real cultivation instead of merely lip service for one to improve in their cultivation. One must show it through ones behavior.” The coworker was moved and he smiled with tear in his eyes, while others listened quietly.
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