(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Gong with my mother ten years ago, but I did not cultivate diligently. Master Li (the founder of Falun Gong) nonetheless protected me at all times, making sure that I did not lose my direction on my cultivation path.
Before I started practicing Falun Gong, I was a selfish person who chased after fame and profit. I was narrow-minded and easily angered. I felt proud that I was more skilled than my colleagues.
Cultivating in Falun Gong changed me. I became a different person who behaved more in line with the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and let go of self-interest.
For example, when my employer was giving out bonuses, my supervisor said that I qualified for only the lowest standard share of bonus, because I worked for a sister company. That meant I was several grades lower than my colleagues.
My supervisor expected that I would be upset, but I accepted it instantly. He was shocked and moved by my change in attitude.
I was responsible for purchasing office supplies for my work-unit. I never took advantage of it and never accepted any free shopping cards from the suppliers. If I hadn’t practiced Falun Gong, I would not have practiced such self-restraint.
Master said:
“When your character improves, your body really changes. When your character improves, the matter in your body definitely changes. And what are the changes? You’ll throw out those bad things that you stubbornly go after.” (Zhuan Falun)
My character improved along with my health. I used to go to hospitals regularly to have my illnesses treated, but since I began cultivating the only time I have gone to the hospital was when I had a baby. I also look ten years younger than my age.
Managing Relationships with Family Members Well
I was persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after Jiang Zemin initiated the persecution against Falun Gong. My husband, who was not a practitioner, interfered with my cultivation and made me exhausted.
Upon looking within, I found in myself a competitive mentality and jealousy and saw that my husband was controlled by the evil and rotten materials in other dimensions. I knew that I needed to improve my xinxing.
As I was practicing the sitting meditation on the bed one evening, my husband nearly jumped out of bed. He swore at me, hit me, and tried to uncross my legs. I was not moved and did not feel pain or fear. Master suffered all the pain for me.
My husband hit me until his hand hurt. He walked outside and said, “I knew you guys were not ordinary.” Later he told me to make a choice between him and cultivation. I thought that if I chose Dafa, I would lose him and our family.
I calmly told him, “Falun Gong is my belief. You should respect my belief because I have the right to choose my belief, and cultivation is my right. I won’t give up Dafa, or you and this family. There is no conflict. Dafa and cultivation allow me to behave according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, which is good for our family.”
He calmed down and gave up interfering with my exercise practice, studying the Fa, and sending forth righteous thoughts at home.
Breaking Through the Fear and Discarding Human Notions to Save People
Clarifying the truth and saving people is one of the three things Master asks practitioners to do, which is extremely important. I did not do this well because I lacked righteous thoughts and had fear. I sent righteous thoughts to remove the fear.
I used cash to buy the goods I needed instead of shopping through the Internet. Dafa practitioners were writing Falun Gong messages on paper currency to spread the facts about the practice, and I spent those paper bills along with other ordinary bills. People who received those special paper bills always thanked me. I knew this came from their knowing sides.
I clarified the facts to a store owner who knew me. She believed in Buddhism and was a kind person. I told her that the CCP spreads atheism and continues to persecute people who have faith. I also told her the facts about Falun Gong (to correct what she may have heard from the CCP propaganda). She agreed to quit the CCP and accepted a Dafa amulet. She thanked me many times and kept saying it was a good thing.
The morality of everyday people is sliding down rapidly, and some of them behave badly because they have been poisoned by the CCP. But they are all waiting for Dafa practitioners to save them, and I shall do so, no matter what, to fulfill my vow.
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