(Minghui.org) Greetings, compassionate and great Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
When my life was about to end, and I had lost all hope to live, I was extremely fortunate to receive a book called Zhuan Falun. It was the turning point in my life. I was like a helpless little boat drifting along on the dark sea and saw the bright lights in the distance. It was as if my lips were dry and chapped and I got to taste the clear spring water in the hot desert. I felt like a child seeing his long-lost father!
I was so happy listening to Master’s teachings, and the dust that had covered me was washed away. My true nature was inspired and revived, and I embarked on the road of returning to my true origin. I was so excited, and had never been so happy! I decided to cultivate well and to the end!
One Thought
I studied the Fa with eagerness and understood that cultivating, maintaining, and improving xinxing were the fundamentals, and listening to Master’s teachings was the best way to achieve that.
After practicing for a few months, the local person in charge asked me to be a coordinator. This was so unexpected! I was never good at expressing myself, and I always spoke, moved, and thought slowly. It took me a while to respond. I hesitated and forgot what I was supposed to say. She listened patiently, but couldn’t figure out what I was trying to say. So how could I be a coordinator?
I said to the person in charge, “I can’t be a coordinator. I can barely take care of myself, so how can I guide others? I could mess up the important things. I can’t do it!”
She insisted, “Say no more. You’re it! Practitioners in your area are all elderly, and you are the only young person there. You just need to deliver messages and Master’s lectures.” I was speechless.
Maybe this was arranged by Master? If it is, then I’ll do it. I had one thought, “I’m a particle of Dafa. I’ll do what no one else can do, and I’ll do what no one else wants to do. I will do it as long it’s required by Dafa.”
Buying a House
Perhaps because of my selfless thought, Master unlocked my wisdom. When I studied the Fa, the Fa principles were constantly revealed to me. Sometimes I got excited, laughed, or slapped my legs, thinking “This is so true! This is great!” I was bathed in the light of the Fa all day long. I was happy and felt so blessed! It was easy to overcome all kinds of difficulties at that time.
My son and daughter were growing up, and it was time to buy a larger house. I heard there was a six-room house for sale not far from me, and I wanted to check it out. My sister-in-law, who’s a practitioner, said to me, “Half of the foundations of that house are unstable. There are already cracks even though it’s fairly new. Why don’t you buy my house?” I told her not to joke with me, as I didn’t have that much money. She replied, “It’s not expensive. I’ll sell it to you for 230,000 yuan, including the appliances.”
Maybe I could sell my current house and gather money from other sources. Thus, I told her, “Sounds good. Let’s not make any decision now. Why don’t you talk to your husband, and I’ll talk to mine. We can proceed if they both agree. Is that okay?” She agreed.
Their house was a two-story villa with four rooms. They built the house themselves. It was well-built and had a good layout. Everyone quickly agreed, and they asked us to pay a deposit of 50,000 or 100,000 yuan.
We sold our house and raised 90,000 yuan for the deposit. My sister-in-law said, “We will move to our one-story house as soon as it is completed, and you can have this one.” My husband was very happy. Every day after work, he went to their house to take a look before going home.
Their new construction kept running into trouble, and my sister-in-law kept telling me there were delays. I didn’t think much of it and suspected that she might even back out.
I remained calm and thought about Master’s teachings. If the house was meant to be mine, then it would be; if not, then it won’t be. But I didn’t want to break the contract.
My sister-in-law later told me that the appliances were worth 10,000 yuan. “No problem. I’m buying the house, the rest are minor things,” I responded.
A few days later, she said, “My mother-in-law got upset with my brother-in-law and is not feeling well. She’s in her 80s and has a request. She wants to die in this courtyard and asks if you would mind. “I’m a practitioner. I don’t mind! Feeling unwell doesn’t mean she will soon die.” I noticed her disappointment after hearing what I said.
One day, my sister-in-law came to me. She sat on a small stool and kept apologizing. I didn’t want to give her a hard time and smiled. I said, “Don’t feel bad. Just let me know if you want to sell it or not. I’ll wait if you want to sell it. I’ll have to find another house if you don’t want to sell it since I already sold my house and have no place to live. Don’t force your husband if he doesn’t want to sell.”
She responded, “Please go ahead and look for another house. I hope you’ll find one you like. I’ll sell you my house if you can’t find one. I’ll take full responsibility.”
My sister-in-law later returned the 90,000 yuan deposit and wanted to pay 1,000 yuan in interest, but I didn’t take it. In fact, my loss was not a small one. I was in a hurry to sell my house and sold it for 10,000 yuan less, but I didn’t tell her. I followed Master’s teachings, didn’t explain or complain, and regarded it as an opportunity to improve my xinxing.
After breakfast the next morning, I headed to the Information Department on my bike to look for a house. I thought, “My path is arranged by Master. Where I live and whom I meet are all arranged by Master. Practitioners do not borrow money, so the price of the house should be within my means. It doesn’t matter if it’s a multi-story or a one-level house. I hope it will be easy to fix up, as long it doesn’t affect me doing the three things practitioners should do.”
I arrived at the Information Department and the person there enthusiastically showed me the houses. I looked at one and did not like it, but there was one next to it. The sign on the door said, “Three-room house for 200,000 yuan.” We negotiated a bit and I bought it for 150,000 yuan.
My husband was busy at work, so I took care of buying and fixing up the house. Fixing up the house was a smooth process. Before I had any work done on the house, I put my neighbors first, and they were happy.
Master was watching over me. He taught, guided, and corrected me, and my heart was full of happiness. Although I suffered some financial losses, Master gave me more. My house is now worth more than one million yuan. For a practitioner, that makes it a four-for-one deal!
“Cooking” For All Beings
Perhaps it was a wish that came from my heart, so compassionate Master gave me a hand. We moved into our new home in the summer of 2003. We didn’t have a group Fa study site because the persecution was very severe, and no one dared to come out to study the Fa together.
I thought, “Our cultivation environment has been destroyed by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). We cannot follow the old forces’ arrangements and must negate it. We must follow Master’s arrangements.”
I talked to practitioner Wang, and we began to study the Fa at my house. More and more practitioners joined us shortly after, and some of them went to another practitioner’s home to study. More groups were formed later, allowing everyone to participate in the group Fa study.
With the help of practitioners, I set up a Falun Dafa informational materials production site in early 2004, and it has been running steadily under Master’s protection. All along I have carried out everything according to my original intention.
I organized a Fa study group and established a materials production site when there were none. I helped practitioners set up production sites after Minghui.org encouraged practitioners to do so.
When no one was learning computer skills, I asked practitioners to teach me. I learned to print, typeset, burn CDs and DVDs, download files, set up computer systems, make amulets, stickers, greeting cards, and Dafa books. Master asked practitioners to clarify the truth to awaken people. No one stepped forward at the time, so I did.
When practitioner Lin saw me talking to people about Falun Dafa and helping them quit the CCP and its youth organizations, she said, “So and so [referring to me] is awakening people and bringing them to her world. I don’t have anyone in my world and I want to awaken my people.” Lin has a pure heart and is straightforward and fearless. She has been talking to people every day and helping them quit the CCP.
A practitioner wanted me to make the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and brought me a large photocopier. The persecution was still serious and I had to make big changes. I stopped going out to talk to people and began to make the Nine Commentaries behind closed doors.
The entire second floor was my workspace, and I didn’t tell any practitioners. It was a bit hard to adjust at first, but I felt at ease when I thought about my original intention.
A coordinator brought me printing paper. There were ten packs per box and it was quite heavy. For safety reasons, we had to be quick, and I helped with the unloading. As soon as I opened the door, he dropped off the 20 boxes in the hallway and drove away. I locked the door and carried the boxes upstairs so that no one could see them. The boxes got heavier and heavier, thus I recited Master’s poem:
Righteous Thought, Righteous Action
“Great enlightened beings fear no hardshipTheir will is cast of diamondLife or death, they have no attachmentForthright and broad-minded on the road of Fa-rectification” (Hong Yin II)
Minghui.org later published desk calendars and wall calendars, and I began to make small wall calendars. I put them on the bed after sorting them out. Practitioners came to choose what they liked.
I knew practitioners were concerned about the name on the calendar. I thought, “The calendars show the progress of Fa-rectification. Dafa has spread throughout the world, but we’re afraid to distribute it to the Chinese people. So how can people understand the situation and be awakened?” I put the remaining calendars in two bags and went out. People liked them and I gave away all of them.
There are now quite a few local production sites. We cooperate with each other and everyone knows what to do. My task and workload are lighter but I’m still busy. I don’t have time to go out to talk to people, and I feel kind of lacking in this regard.
I provide informational materials for practitioners who live in the neighboring villages and up to 10 miles away. They pick up the materials sporadically, therefore, I need to prepare them in advance.
I had a dream one night. Two little girls were waiting to be fed before they went to school. But no one was cooking for them, and there was no firewood, so the rice could not be cooked. I quickly found some firewood and cooked for them.
Upon waking I realized Master was telling me to hurry up and make truth-clarification materials. I made a lot of them, and surprisingly many practitioners came by to pick them up. I was able to fulfill practitioners’ needs in a timely manner.
Sometimes I wondered if I was doing the right thing, for spending time making materials with no time left to talk to people about Dafa. Master must have known what I was thinking, and I had a dream. I was selling food, and they looked like steam buns. A group of soldiers came to my storefront, picked up the food, and left in a hurry. I understood Master was encouraging me to make these materials for people to read.
“Cooking” For Practitioners
There are many practitioners in our area and nearby villages. I’m a “Jack of all trades, and master of none,” thus I’m always busy making and fixing things. I know how to make Dafa books, fix the old ones, revise the words in the Dafa books (following instructions on Minghu.org), and download audio and video files.
Practitioners from other villages recently brought me many older editions of the Dafa books, which needed to be revised and fixed. Some of the books came from practitioners who are illiterate, other books were not revised for unknown reasons.
There are many practitioners who don’t have Dafa books. As soon as I finish revising and fixing a batch, I will get another request for Dafa books.
Facing so many requests for the books, Master encouraged me in a dream. A group of practitioners were studying the Fa in a large room in my house. After they left, another group came. I saw a bag of food and something that looked like rice porridge. I asked practitioners if they wanted to eat. They all said “yes” and finished everything. I understood the food was there for practitioners to eat.
Conclusion
Great Master and Dafa tempered me and set me up for success. I used to be an incompetent, sick, and frail woman with little education. I have now become a Dafa practitioner who is being watched by divine beings! Every bit of my progress is filled with Master’s compassion and arduous work!
Master often encourages and enlightens me in my dreams. I had another dream a month ago. I was walking on a clean and wide road, and then I was going uphill. When I walked to the top of the slope, I looked back and saw many people. They were following me closely in a tight queue, shoulder to shoulder, and filled up the road. Looking further, the line of people was neat and endless.
I realized they were sentient beings in my world, and were following me going up the slope.
I want to cultivate more diligently, study the Fa more, and get rid of my attachments so that I can meet their expectations! Master saved me with incommensurable compassion, and I want to be worthy of all sentient beings and make Master smile!
Thank you, Master!
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