(Minghui.org) A 46-year-old aunt of mine introduced my parents and me to Falun Dafa. Before she practiced cultivation, she was bedridden due to a lumbar disc herniation. She had sought both traditional Chinese and Western medical treatment, but no one could help her. She then attended a lecture by Master Li Hongzhi in Changchun City in 1992. She had to be carried on a stretcher into the lecture hall, but could stand up by the end of the lecture.
Narrow Escape from Accident
My parents and I also attended Master's Fa teachings in Jilin University in May 1994. On our way home, a jeep approached us from behind and hit my father's bike. I learned later that I had been thrown about 30 meters in the opposite direction. Fortunately, no other car approached us.
My mother helped me to get up. However, I could not straighten my body and was in severe pain. I told my mother that my organs were injured and begged her to ask my aunt to help me. I thought that since Falun Dafa had saved my aunt, I would be all right too.
My father had also been thrown from the bike and was unconscious. Many practitioners came to the scene and kept saying: “Nothing will happen to you, as you are under the protection of our Master.” My father slowly regained consciousness and was able to sit up with help.
We could not initially locate the bike, but then saw it hanging from the jeep. There was no one in the jeep. My father and I then climbed into the jeep to rest.
A police car then drove up. The officer told my mother: “The jeep driver was arrested for drunk driving.” Actually, police had been at the scene and arrested the driver, then returned to investigate the accident.
The officer commented: "You are still alive? From the look of things, the jeep must have been driven at a very high speed. We thought that the victims must have been killed.”
The next day my father went to the city hospital for an x-ray, which showed that he was not hurt. None of us missed Master’s lectures and felt we were saved because Master protected us.
Unstained by Moral Corruption
I majored in professional sports and accepted a job as a fitness coach in a health club after graduation. The clientele were rich high-ranking government officials.
We were assigned a sales quota and told to use any means to attract clients. So there was a lot of competition between us, and we tried to outdo one another to attract clients.
Since I followed Dafa's principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, I hoped that I would attract clients to my classes, but I still missed the quota. My manager told me that I was too conservative and had to change.
As the only female coach, my teaching was of the highest quality. Many women asked to be assigned to me. I clarified the facts to them about Falun Dafa and how practitioners were persecuted. I also helped several students withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.
Since there is physical contact in sports, I refused to accept male students. However, a male student paid 10,000 yuan for a hundred lessons. There were no issues at first, but a month later he asked me out to dinner, which I declined. He tried a few more times, and when I repeatedly turned him down, he canceled the remaining eighty-five lessons.
My quota was affected, and the head of the department asked me to bring in more male students.
Due to this pressure, my Fa study was affected, and I finally decided to resign from the club where I had worked for eight years.
Coming Clean
When I was 27-years-old, I met a man who was interested in me. He and his family were very well-off financially. I was afraid to tell him that my entire family practiced Falun Dafa.
Actually, this guy piqued my interest in the nightlife, and I started to enjoy the music and singing: something I had not experienced in the past. My parents opposed our getting together from the beginning, especially since I could not concentrate on studying the Fa.
Then, my elder sister and I shared our experiences regarding this matter. I realized that I had placed material benefits as my first priority and neglected helping people to learn about Falun Dafa. This problem was caused by my unrighteous thoughts.
So I found the courage to tell him that my family practiced Falun Dafa and how we have benefited from it. I also clarified the facts about Falun Dafa and persuaded him to withdraw from the CCP. He agreed, but still worried about our relationship. I told him that I would rather say good-bye than give up my belief. We then decided to end our relationship.
When answering a question raised by a practitioner about marrying a non-practitioner or new students, Master said:
“You are a Dafa disciple, after all, so you have to be responsible to your cultivation, and you have to be responsible to the environment Dafa disciples have. So, I think that if you can manage to consider things on that basis, you will know whether certain things should be done, and, if so, how they should be done.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2007 New York Fa Conference”)
Diligent Fa Study
After having quit my job and ending my relationship, I attended a Fa-study group daily, listened to fellow practitioners’ experience sharing and looked inward. I found that I had fallen behind and not done well with the three things asked of practitioners. By studying the Fa every day and examining my shortcomings, I felt that every cell in my body was filled with energy, and I became broad-minded and serene.
With the improvement of my xinxing, tests followed. As a 30-year-old girl, I was under great pressure to either work or get married. So I wondered what kind of job I should look for?
Master said:
“So, no matter how busy you get, when you study the Fa you have to set aside all other thoughts--don't think about other things at all, just study the Fa. Maybe as you study the Fa the issues you've been thinking about will be resolved, since behind every word are Buddhas, Daos, and Gods. How could they not know exactly what you want to resolve and what you're anxious to get done at that time? Then how could they not tell you? But there's one thing: you must achieve the state of studying the Fa without any pursuit. You understood this a long time ago--you can't read the Fa with an attachment to solving your problems. Just read calmly, and the effect is sure to be excellent.” (“Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.”)
I thought, “Actually all thoughts of mine are superfluous. Master has already arranged my cultivation path for me. A suitable job will be offered when the time is right. I should just continue to do well with Master's requirements.
Then, I was offered a job in a tax office. I realized that it was Master who made this arrangement for me, for which I was very grateful. I still go to the Fa-study group after work and do the exercises at home. I also have enough time to make Dafa truth-clarification materials.
My colleagues are all older and lack computer skills, so I help them freely. They have accepted me, and it became easier for me to clarify the facts about the persecution to them.
Getting Rid Of Attachments To Fame and Self-Interest
A year later, I was transferred to work at a service window in the lobby of the Regional State Tax Department, where I dealt with complicated tax work and experienced more xinxing tests.
One afternoon, a business owner came to my window. His invoice was incorrect, and I asked him to bring the proper invoice. Instead of leaving, he became abusive until the manager on duty told him that he had to bring the corrected invoice.
Although I was calm on the surface, I was very angry and frustrated. At home, I studied the Fa and looked inward. I realized that I was afraid of being wronged and understood that any conflict, either at work or at any other time, must be a reflection of an attachment that I needed to let go.
Final Decision
I now know that I should constantly study the Fa. For me, cultivation practice is what's most important. Nothing else matters! I should be responsible for my own path. When coming across any conflicts, I should be able to distinguish between my true nature and that which is not me.
Views expressed in this article represent the author's own opinions or understandings. All content published on this website are copyrighted by Minghui.org. Minghui will produce compilations of its online content regularly and on special occasions.
Category: Improving Oneself
