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Journey to Seek the Meaning of Life
I was born in a small town in Vietnam. When I was young, I usually wondered “Who am I? Why was I born? And lastly, where will I go? After reading Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa, all my questions were answered. After completing high school, just like my peers, I moved to a big city to continue my education. After graduating from a good university, I had a stable job, got married, and my wife had a child.
During my journey to seek the meaning of life, I was fortunate to read an article that mentioned Falun Dafa – it was May 2016. Without hesitating, I downloaded the book and finished reading it quickly. Master’s teachings shocked me and changed my mind.
I took up studying the Fa, did the Dafa exercises, and followed the Dafa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in my daily life. I also started cultivating my xinxing, and gradually eliminated some bad habits. My character and attitude truly improved these last few years. My career also developed. One year later, given my good performance, my company gave me an opportunity to work in Singapore on a new project. I felt it was Master Li’s (Dafa’s founder) arrangement after cultivating in Falun Dafa. I wished one day that I would be able to read Zhuan Falun and listen to all of Master’s teachings in the Chinese language.
I started reading Zhuan Falun in Chinese – paragraph by paragraph. First, I read a paragraph in Vietnamese and then read it in Chinese. If there was a new vocabulary, I would look it up in the dictionary, and write it down, so I would remember it. Given this method, it took me a couple of months to finish Chapter One. As of this time, I can read Zhuan Falun in Chinese and join a Fa Study group held in Chinese once a week. This was also a good time for the beginning of my path of Fa cultivation.
Facing Tribulations
After that, I experienced some obstacles and tribulations that had to do with my cultivation. It had to do with my family and my career.
My son is a lovely small boy and I often read Hong Yin poems to him. However, he changed significantly two years ago. He had difficulty expressing himself. It affected him, and he did not do well in school and was unable to make friends. My wife and I were upset and stressed out at that time.
In addition, I also had a lot of pressure at my job. For example, when my manager assigned me an urgent task, I made an effort to complete it, even took it home, and finally completed the task at midnight. I thought my manager would appreciate my effort. However, the next day during our meeting, he got angry with me and complained about my work, which did not meet his expectations, in front of other colleagues.
With pressure from my family and my job, I understood that tribulation was arranged to test me, but it is hard to pass the test.
Master said:
“Some people lose their tempers when disciplining their children and get all worked up. But it needn’t be like that. You shouldn’t genuinely get angry. You have to be calm and rational for your child to be reared well. Do you really think you could develop higher energy if even little things get to you or cause you to lose your temper?” (The Ninth Talk, Zhuan Falun)
I decided to study the Fa more diligently and understood the reason why the tribulation happened to me. I also chose the right attitude to overcome hardship.
Now, my son’s condition has improved a lot. His language is better and he loves to go to school to play with his friends. And my manager has become more friendly and trusts me.
Cultivating While Working for the Media
My work is designing the layout for a newspaper. Actually, I am not confident to do this task well, as I have had difficulty separating different colors since I was young. Obviously, it would be an obstacle to managing to design the layout for the newspaper. But, I believed that this is an arrangement from Master, and agreed to take on this task. However, I did not know how to choose the font and size and organize the segments to make the article more attractive to readers. I decided to analyze the previous similar article and was taught how to make the layouts by other practitioners. Little by little, I have shown improvement.
When I am intent on doing the task sometimes I have a headache, but I know this is the interference from the old forces. It prevents me from doing the Fa task clarifying the truth. Therefore, I send forth righteous thoughts and look inward before working on the task.
The above is my recent cultivation experience. Please kindly point out anything I have fallen short of.
Thank you, Master, and fellow practitioners!
(Presented at the 2022 Singapore Fa Conference)
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