(Minghui.org) Greetings, Revered Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
The 22nd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org is a precious opportunity arranged by Master for practitioners in China to talk about their cultivation experiences during this special historic period. We cherish it very much, and I feel that it’s a great honor to participate. I’d like to share my cultivation experiences with you and report to Master, and show people how splendid and extraordinary Falun Dafa is. Thank you, Master, for your immense compassion and saving grace!
I’m a female practitioner in my 70s, and I’ve practiced Falun Dafa for more than 26 years. Like other practitioners, I’ve gone through hardships and challenges, and I’ve passed many small and big tests. Thanks to Master’s guidance and protection, I’ve remained firm in my belief and I’ve continued cultivating despite the stumbles and setbacks.
I’ve taken Fa study very seriously since I started practicing Falun Dafa. Master emphasized the importance of studying the Fa in all his lectures, so I don’t dare slack off.
One afternoon, I rushed out to clarify the truth about the persecution to people and closed the door behind me. I didn’t realize that I’d locked it. My husband was inside. He was in poor health and walked very slowly because of a stroke. He would go out to take a walk every day. I didn’t come home until 5 p.m. When I returned, my neighbor told me that I’d locked my husband inside. I said, “No, I didn’t lock the door, I only closed it.” But my heart was trembling because my husband was ill-tempered and I knew he must be very angry with me.
I calmed myself down. I told myself not to be moved as I am a practitioner. I reminded myself that an Arhat is happy no matter what he encounters. If I wanted to lift myself up to a higher level, I must require myself to act according to Falun Dafa’s principles.
I said in my heart to Master, “Master, I want to improve myself. I want to elevate to a higher level.” My husband roared at me, “Why did you lock me in? And you didn’t bring your mobile phone with you!”
I said kindly, “Please don’t get angry. This has never happened before. I must have locked the door inadvertently. I didn’t do it on purpose. I am nearly 70 years old and make mistakes when I’m careless. We should be tolerant of each other and support each other. You’re in poor health so you shouldn’t get angry.”
Hearing this, he smiled immediately and said, “No, I’m not angry.” I was surprised at his sudden change. He was turbulent a moment ago and now he was peaceful. Dafa is miraculous! Master is great! I realized that as long as I remember that I’m a Falun Dafa practitioner and act according to the Fa’s principles, I will improve.
Several years ago we needed to move my mother-in-law’s tomb to another location. My husband had three sisters and two brothers. His eldest sister and two brothers were already deceased. According to Chinese tradition, it is the son’s responsibility to move the tomb. So this task fell on my husband’s shoulders. I understood this and took the initiative to take care of everything. The night before the moving, I wrote down the names of those who might come in a notebook so that I could check off their names when they gave me money the next day. I didn’t realize at the time that I shouldn’t do that as a practitioner, but I was so busy and just didn’t have time to think. After everything was settled the next day, we went to a hotel for dinner. We had a full table. But only my two sisters-in-law gave me money. I realized that I had the attachment to personal interest, and that Master gave me a hint about my attachment. I was ashamed of myself. Since I’d found it, I knew I must let it go.
Cultivation is a process of passing tests, going through hardships and cultivating myself in real time. I might succeed or I might fail. I might maintain my xinxing or not. That is cultivation. Going forward, I will cultivate more diligently, study the Fa well, and solidly improve myself. Self-improvement is first and foremost in cultivation.
One day, my three sisters and I went to my parents’ home and helped collect firewood for them. There were many mosquitoes in the area. We came home within two hours. Our mother asked us why we came back so early. My eldest sister said that the mosquitoes would eat us up. My sisters’ backs were covered with red mosquito bites. Mom used salt water to wipe their backs. She wanted to wipe my back. I said, “No need. The mosquitoes didn’t bite me. Please have a look.” She looked at my back. There was not a single welt. They were amazed and asked why the mosquitoes didn’t bite me. I said, “I am a Falun Dafa practitioner and I have energy. Bad things cannot enter our fields.” My family said, “Falun Dafa is really wonderful!”
When my parents were alive, we four daughters came to their home with our families for Chinese New Year every year. I took the opportunity to clarify the truth to them. All of them except my father acknowledged that Falun Dafa is good. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Although he withdrew from the CCP, he still had questions about Falun Dafa.
My mother was frequently hospitalized due to a heart problem in her later years. We four sisters took turns looking after her. I had her listen to Master’s Fa lectures in Guangzhou. I told my father that whoever’s turn it was to look after mother, she must let her listen to Master’s lectures. My mother liked to listen, and told me a funny story.
She liked to play Mahjong. One day she saw a pamphlet inserted into the door handle when she went out to play Mahjong. The cover was attractive, so she took it to the Mahjong place. The owner asked her what she had. My mother said, “Somebody put it in my door handle. It looks nice, so I brought it here.” The owner took it and said loudly, “This elderly lady is promoting Falun Dafa.” They knew that my mother was illiterate so they all laughed. Someone took the pamphlet and read it.
My mother could recite a poem from Hong Yin II. When it was my turn to look after her, she recited it to me.
“Cultivation is not hard,It’s attachments that are hard to part with.When will you sever those many attachments?All know the sea of hardship has no shore,If your will is not firm,The hurdles are like mountains.How will you transcend this mortal life?”(“Severing,” Hong Yin II)
I applauded her. I thought that since my father was by her side every day, he must have listened to the Fa a little bit.
One day it was my turn to look after my mother. As soon as I entered the room, my sister said, “Sister, Dad told me about something that happened last night. He is still scared.” Then she told me the story.
My parents lived in a two-bedroom apartment that was about 100 square meters on the first floor. There were two beds in the room that faced south. My mother slept in the queen-sized bed and my father slept in the single bed. We sisters slept in the room facing north.
At midnight, my mother had gone to sleep while my father was still awake. Suddenly a man appeared, dressed in black. My father couldn’t see his face. He didn’t see the door open. The black shadow came to my father’s bed. My father was frightened but couldn’t speak or move. The black shadow stood there for a while and then moved to my mother’s side. Before the shadow reached her bedside, my father saw red lights blazing up from all four sides of her bed, that shown brightly into its eyes. The black shadow escaped through the door. My father didn’t recover from the shock for a while.
My mother was not aware of the incident. My sister who slept in the north room didn’t know about it either.
I said to my father, “Dad, you saw a ghost. You are CCP member and you’ve been deeply poisoned by atheism. Our Master is compassionate and used this spirit to dismantle your atheist notion. You couldn’t speak or move at the time because the ghost controlled you. You see, the ghost didn’t need to open or close the door. It could go through any barrier. Because mother listens to Master’s Fa every day, Master protected her. Through this incident, you should realize that there’s Heaven, Hell, Buddhas, and ghosts.”
He became positive towards Dafa after this experience.
Dafa practitioners know that the Fa-rectification is nearing the end.
Master reminded us,
“You cannot wait. Sentient beings are being persecuted, and morality is on a rapid decline. The number of people you are to save is becoming smaller and smaller, and it is becoming ever more difficult. That is why we cannot wait.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2007 New York Fa Conference,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume VIII)
Master also said,
“In conclusion, I hope that you won’t lessen your resolve. Haven’t you caught glimpses of dawn’s light? The evil is finished, and the closer it gets to the end, the more invigorated you should be. Fulfill what you are supposed to as Dafa disciples, and save more sentient beings. Therein lies mighty virtue.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume IX)
As a Falun Dafa practitioner in the Fa-rectification period, I felt the huge responsibility and the urgency of assisting Master rectify the Fa.
I study the Fa in the morning after I’ve finished the household chores. Then I cook lunch and dinner at 11 a.m. I cook dinner early so that my husband won’t have to wait for me to cook. I don’t come home until 5 p.m. I go outside, normally to a park, to clarify the truth to people after I finish sending forth righteous thoughts at midday. I clarify the truth to anyone I come across. I go outside by myself or with other practitioners.
I was previously involved in another project, and I’ve clarified the truth to people face to face for about 10 years. Initially, I was not good at talking to people because I didn’t have much to say. This troubled me a lot. I tried to learn from other practitioners but I still couldn’t handle it myself. I slowly figured things out and read a lot of sharing articles about this. I gradually matured. Reading about other practitioners’ experiences helped me. Talking to people face to face is a good cultivation opportunity. It was also a process of improving and elevating myself.
I once went to a previously busy shopping center during the most severe period of the COVID pandemic. I saw only a few people there. I walked around and came across a tall man in his 70s who was not wearing a mask. I greeted him and asked him why he didn’t wear a mask. He said, “If I am destined to die, it is no use wearing a mask. If I am not destined to die, I won’t die.”
I said, “What you said is very pleasant to my ear. Folks say that death won’t knock on your door if you haven’t done anything against your conscience. The CCP has done many evil things. Heaven is going to punish it. It cannot escape. The CCP has launched so many political movements. So many Chinese people have been persecuted to death. The Cultural Revolution destroyed our 5,000 years of Chinese culture. The CCP brainwashes people with atheism. Chinese people used to respect Heaven and Earth. When people got married, they paid respect to Heaven and Earth first. Look at China now. Gambling, prostitution, drugs and pornography are rampant everywhere. Fake goods are everywhere. Corrupt officials are totally rotten. The CCP persecutes Falun Dafa practitioners who cultivate themselves. Will Heaven ignore this? The COVID pandemic is a warning. If the CCP is not punished by people, Heaven will punish it. Are you a Party member?”
He said, “Yes, I am a veteran CCP member.” I said, “Please withdraw from the CCP. When Heaven punishes it, you won’t go down with it. We are predestined to meet today. Falun Dafa is here to save human beings. Please don’t miss this opportunity. Please repeat ‘Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ in your heart. You will avoid disasters and keep safe. Can I help you withdraw from the CCP with the alias Ping An? I wish you peace and happiness.” He was happy to do so and said, “Good, good. I accept what you say.”
Earlier this year I went out to clarify the truth to people as usual. I passed a cake shop. I wanted to buy a cake for my husband, but the shop was crowded. I kept walking. I saw another cake shop which had no customers. The shop owner saw me and invited me in. I said, “There are many people in that cake shop. Why is there no one here? Cake is cake.”
She smiled bitterly and said, “Occasionally people come here.” I looked up at the wall. There was a big picture of Chairman Mao. I told her I knew why her business wasn’t good. I said, “You put up that dead person’s photo. He promoted struggle against Heaven and Earth and said that human beings would win over Heaven and Earth. He won’t bring good fortune to you. He brought a lot of disasters and hardships to the Chinese people. Look at China nowadays. What kind of society has it turned into? He destroyed Chinese traditional values such as benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Nowadays, people don’t trust each other—even husbands and wives. Chinese people worship money. Chinese people say that a dead person rests in peace when laid down into the earth. Mao’s body has been on display with no organs inside for 50 years after he died. There is nowhere to bury him in China with a vast area of 9.6 million square kilometers.”
Hearing this, the shop owner went into another room. After a while, a man stuck his head out and looked at me, and then disappeared. The shop owner came out again, walked over to the photo, tore it down, and threw it into the rubbish bin.
I said, “Nowadays people’s morality has slid down quickly. There are so many calamities and man-made disasters. Human beings will have a big catastrophe ahead. Please repeat, ‘Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ in your heart. Buddha and Gods look at people’s hearts. Are you a member of the CCP, the Communist Youth League, or the Young Pioneers?”
She said that she joined the Youth League. I said, “I will help you withdraw from the Communist Youth League and Young Pioneers using the alias Xing Long. I wish you peace, happiness and good business!” She was very happy and thanked me several times.
When I see people learn the truth and be saved, I am so happy for them. I have done what Master requires us to do. Helping Master save people is what he wants us to do.
On another occasion, I took a bus with another practitioner to clarify the truth in a park. We sat down behind two ladies in their seventies. One of them spoke in a loud voice. She said passionately, “China is very strong and rich. No one dares to stop China. Americans don’t dare. China will definitely conquer Taiwan this year.”
She was looking at me while talking. The other practitioner kicked my leg, indicating that she didn’t want me to clarify the truth to this woman because she thought the woman could not be saved.
I was not moved, and looked for the opportunity to speak to the lady. She repeated, “Indeed no one dares to stop China. China is the strongest country in the world. America cannot stop China.” I smile at her and asked, “What is the Number One thing China is capable of? I know that China tops the world in producing fake products. This is the strongest advantage China has.”
Hearing this, her tone turned around 180 degree. She said in a low voice, “That’s true. You see, the poisonous milk powder has poisoned so many children...” Other passengers were listening to us quietly. Soon, the bus stopped at our stop.
The two women got off the bus at our stop as well. I learned that they were teachers. I continued clarifying the truth to them. My topics covered Chinese tradition, how the CCP took power, and how it launched brutal political movements including the persecution of Falun Gong. They agreed with what I said. The other practitioner clarified the truth to the other woman. Finally, both of them understood the truth and agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
Practitioners come across all sorts of people when clarifying the truth. Some cursed at us. Some asked for money. Some reported us to the police. Some even hit us. We should let go of our selves, change our notions, and be not moved by what people do to us. We came here to help Master rectify the Fa and save sentient beings, and are becoming selfless beings. Master requires us to do that. This is what Master wants.
Looking back at my cultivation journey, Master has taken care of me and made sacrifices for me at every step of my improvement and elevation. Without Master’s hints, protection, and guidance, what could I do? Master’s saving grace and the endless power of Dafa is establishing the kings and lords of every universe. I must cultivate more diligently and forge ahead.
I have so many thoughts and stories to report to Master. But I will stop here. Master, I will continuously assimilate to the Fa as I study the Fa more. With Master’s guidance and strengthening, I will walk the last leg of my cultivation path steadily, righteously, and well. I will redouble my efforts to do the three things well. Although some of my notions and attachments continue to manifest, they don’t have roots anymore. Master said, “The root cause of your illness has been removed, and what remains is only this bit of black qi that will come out on its own…” (Lecture Two, Zhuan Falun). This is my feeling at present.
Master also told us,
“Clarifying the facts and saving sentient beings are what you need to accomplish. There is nothing else for you to accomplish. There is nothing else in this world that you need to accomplish.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2015 New York Fa Conference,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. XIII)
Master, I will remember this!
Thank you, Master!
(Selected submission for the 22nd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)