(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. During the first few years, I did not study the Fa enough or participate in group Fa study. However, I did the exercises every day. I knew that Falun Dafa was good but I did not form a solid understanding of cultivation.
In 2003, I left home to work in another province and stopped practicing. When I had health issues in 2010, I thought of Dafa and Master Li and started practicing again. Master hadn’t given up on me, and my health improved.
I cherished this opportunity and read Master’s lectures one after another. The principles of Dafa constantly cleansed my thoughts. I understood the purpose of life was to return to one’s true nature. My cultivation realm improved.
During the karma-eliminating process, I felt pain on the side of one breast. I did not waver in my belief in Dafa or Master and continued to study the Fa and practice the exercises every day. I was enlightened to the principles of the Fa Master taught.
One day, I fell asleep while lying on the sofa. In a dream, I saw a huge hand gently pull a black substance as big as a walnut from the painful part of my breast. I immediately woke up. I knew that Master, in another dimension, had removed the bad substance in an instant, which would allow me to return to the path of cultivation. Master directly pushed me to practice at a high level. My physical and mental state improved significantly with my firm belief in Dafa and Master.
A few years ago, I distributed truth-clarification materials or worked with fellow practitioners to deliver copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party to homes in the countryside. In recent years, I have only been talking face-to-face with people about Falun Dafa. In the past few years, more than a dozen practitioners in our area were arrested at the same time and their homes were ransacked. The situation became tense, and I felt scared. I lost my righteous thinking and didn’t dare to go out, let alone talk with people about Falun Dafa. This went on for several days.
One day, I thought, “I am a Dafa disciple, with Master and the Fa. I need to do what I am supposed to do.” Every morning, I went to places far away from the city to tell people about Dafa and the persecution, and went to a different place each day. After returning home, I sent righteous thoughts, “I am a Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification period. I only follow the path arranged by Master. I am not here to be persecuted. I am here to assist Master in Fa-rectification and save sentient beings.”
I studied the Fa in the afternoon. I found my attachment to the fear of being persecuted and the fear of losing my cultivation environment. I realized that I was being selfish. I needed to eliminate the fear, maintain my righteous thinking, and act righteously.
When I handed out Falun Dafa materials and focused on saving people with righteous thoughts, I eliminated a lot of human attachments. The fear was disintegrated. With strengthening by Master, I felt stronger and that the bad substances were moving further and further away from me.
Master has repeatedly mentioned that Dafa disciples should study the Fa more, send righteous thoughts, and look inward at their shortcomings. Master has given us the magic weapon of searching within, which I will continue to cherish.
As a cultivator, one must cultivate solidly. Cultivation is serious. It is about cultivating one’s mind. Only by cultivating oneself can one save others, and by eliminating bad factors save sentient beings. This is how we show our compassion for sentient beings.
We should hold the Fa and all sentient beings in our hearts, use the wisdom given by Dafa and a peaceful mind to clarify the truth, and bring compassion and peace to the world. We should make people know that Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance is good, and lay the foundation for them to obtain the Fa in the future.
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