(Minghui.org)
Greetings, Master!Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I am a veteran practitioner and started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1995. I am very fortunate to participate in the 22nd annual experience-sharing conference for practitioners in China. I would like to report some highlights of my 30 years of cultivation experience to Master and also share them with fellow practitioners.
Obtaining Dafa
I was working overtime the night prior to obtaining Falun Dafa. I ran into my neighbor who had just finished practicing Falun Dafa’s five sets of exercises and I suddenly had the thought to read Zhuan Falun. My neighbor had told me about Falun Dafa before. I just could not put the book down and my heart felt a surge of excitement! I felt as if my life existed just for Dafa. I headed to the group practice site the next day to learn the five sets of exercises.
Those were happy and miraculous days. I experienced Master opening my celestial eye, traveling along a passageway of my celestial eye, my Original Soul leaving my body, and my thoughts spinning in the air while my physical body was lying down.
Cultivating Myself at Work
My supervisor assigned a tiring and dirty task to me a couple days after I obtained the Fa. The workload was several times more than my other coworkers. I knew this was a test for me but I still felt it was unfair!
I used to care a lot about how others perceived me. I used to confront others when I felt something was unfair. I needed to cultivate tolerance now that I had started cultivation. However, my thoughts struggled back and forth. How will people look at me now that I’ve been treated unfairly without any resistance? Cultivating tolerance is truly arduous.
In order to cultivate away this attachment, I gritted my teeth and went ahead with the work. The more uncomfortable my heart felt, the harder I tried to do the job well. I even took on extra tasks to get rid of this attachment. After a few days, I finally let go of it and was able to do the job calmly and peacefully. My supervisor then told me, “You don’t need to do this anymore. You can take a rest.” It seemed like everything had been arranged to help me improve in my cultivation!
I helped type a speech for my supervisor one time and realized that there was a section that defamed Falun Dafa. I deleted that part and took the speech to my supervisor. He corrected it and gave it back to me. I realized that he had added the part that defamed Dafa back in. I deleted that part once again. He brought it back once more and said, “Add the part that you’ve deleted.” I told him, “I am a Falun Dafa practitioner and know very well that the slander isn’t true. I will not add it back for you.” He did not press me on the issue and said, “Very well then.”
Another coworker of mine knew that I practiced Falun Dafa. I had told her the truth about Falun Dafa and helped her withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. She typed up a document that defamed Falun Dafa on my computer one day. As soon as she saved it, the document disappeared. She typed it again and the same thing happened. She came over to me and said, “Your computer knows that I was typing up things that defamed Falun Dafa and it would not let me save it.” I said, “Then you should not let it defame Falun Dafa and neither should you. It is not good for you.”
I switched to working in a couple of different offices and told the coworkers there the truth about Falun Dafa and helped them withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. One of my coworkers, whose father was a Party secretary, was quite stubborn. It took me almost two years of telling her the truth about Falun Dafa before she finally agreed to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
I tried my best to be a diligent practitioner. Not only did I finish my own work, I’d help my coworkers with half of their tasks, sometimes even more than half. At one point, our team had to reduce employees, and out of the three of us, one person had to be reassigned to a job that was dirty and not considered respectable. The supervisor hinted that I didn’t need to go, but when I saw how upset the other two were, I volunteered to take that position. In the end, the supervisor decided that we’d rotate the job. However after about a month, we were told we didn’t need to do the work anymore and we returned to our original positions.
I was always very optimistic at work and received praise from my supervisors and coworkers. Ling, a coworker of mine, took the initiative and went to the Party secretary’s office and said, “I really admire her. People who practice Falun Dafa are truly good. They are different from others.” The secretary smiled and nodded in agreement.
Cultivating at Home
My husband and I fought a lot prior to my cultivation. After I practiced Falun Dafa, I was able to abide by Master’s teachings of:
“... not fight back when you are beaten or sworn at—you must be tolerant.” (Lecture Nine, Zhuan Falun)
I would align myself with high standards.
My husband lost his temper with me over something small one time. I was unable to hold back and talked back to him. He started to yell even louder. I would not have let him have the upper hand in the past. I had been spoiled in my family and I even dared to yell at my own parents. So why would I yield to anyone? However, this time was different. As a Falun Dafa practitioner, I needed to cultivate tolerance. I still felt so wronged, and I cried my heart out.
My mother-in-law started to cry to when she saw me crying. This made my husband even angrier and he started to yell at me louder.
My husband’s older sister carried my son and brought him over to me. She told my son to hit me. My son cried and said, “Hit mommy, hit mommy.” Though my son was still little and didn’t understand anything, he was the child I loved so dearly. I was devastated and broke down completely. I cried uncontrollably when I heard my son say those words. I did not want to explain myself because deep down, I knew I couldn’t give up on my cultivation. I had to endure and pass this test.
I said to Master in my heart, “Master, my enlightenment quality is very poor, but I will pass this tribulation no matter what.” I endured this tribulation for about six months. I had always teared up when I recalled this event, but gradually I was finally able to let it go.
I tried to abide by Dafa’s standards when interacting with my family members. My husband’s older sister would go through my bags whenever I wasn’t home; my younger brother-in-law would take things from my house while I was away. I never argued with them about it. My mother-in-law often stayed at our house and I took good care of her. I made sure she was comfortable and satisfied, whether it was food, clothing, daily needs, or money. I also let go of some resentment I had toward my mother from when she had treated me unfairly.
I did not compare myself with others. I simply tried my best to fulfill my duty to my family. I earned the whole family’s recognition and they truly felt the beauty of Dafa. My family members have all withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
Eliminating the Evil with Righteous Thoughts and Assimilating in Cultivation
1. Eliminating posters and banners that defamed Falun Dafa
I went to pick up my child from school one day and I saw words that slandered Falun Dafa on the school’s blackboard. Many people were going in and out of the school, and out of fear, I didn’t do anything. I felt bad after getting home. How could I stand by when I had seen something that defamed Dafa?! I decided to go to school earlier or later to pick up my child the next day so that I could avoid the crowd.
I asked Master to help me not encounter anyone the next day. I prepared a damp towel in advance and sure enough, I did not see anyone at the school. I quickly took out the towel and wiped off the slanderous words about Dafa from the blackboard. I went to pick up my child afterward. I had a strong attachment of fear and could feel my heart pounding strongly even after I had erased the slanderous words. However, I felt at ease knowing that the slanderous words were gone.
I noticed a banner that slandered Falun Dafa about a year after that. It was hung at the entrance of our residential complex, next to the security guard’s station. I discussed this with my child, “Let’s ask for Master’s help. You can hold up an umbrella if it rains to cover me and I will spray black ink from a water gun on the banner.”
It indeed rained the next day. We followed our plan. It went better than we had planned since it was raining and the slanderous words were more illegible. The banner was removed the following day.
2. Silently Contributing and Coordinating with the Whole Body
Practitioners around me have been very diligent. Many truth-clarification sites sprung up everywhere and I also set up a small one of my own. The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party book was in high demand after its publication. It took a lot of time to make it, since it was quite thick. Producing copies took a lot of time, and we could never keep up with demand. I printed as as many copies as I could during my lunch breaks or on the weekends. Other practitioners helped with the binding, and they distributed the finished books to predestined people.
I then printed huge amounts of Minghui calendars around the New Year. I also volunteered to learn how to update computer operating systems and helped practitioners when they needed to update their computers.
Several elderly practitioners did not know how use a computer. I took on the task of preparing truth-clarification booklets, downloading Minghui Weekly, playing Minghui radio programs, and assisting practitioners in reading Minghui.org sharing articles. This was all arranged by Master. Had I not cultivated with the elderly practitioners, I would have slacked off in cultivation. By cooperating with the them, we were all able to cultivate diligently.
Sentient Beings Receive Blessings After Learning About Falun Dafa
A practitioner and I discussed going to Tiananmen Square to validate Falun Dafa in 2001. I was indecisive, but deep down I knew that it was every practitioner’s duty to protect Dafa. It was my mission.
I went to my parents’ house two days prior to setting off. I asked my father, “What if I end up dying for the sake of saving other people’s lives and futures?” My father replied, “If you are able to save one life, it is worth it. If you are able to save two lives, then you’ve earned extra. If you are able to save many lives, then it is more than worth it.” I left my parents house with tears in my eyes.
The practitioner and I flew to Beijing and went to Tiananmen Square. We voiced our sincere thoughts, “Falun Dafa is good! Falun Dafa is the most righteous Fa! Clear my Master’s name! Clear Falun Dafa’s name!” Master protected me during this process and we arrived home safely.
My husband asked to divorce me once I got home. My father said, “No one could change my stubborn daughter’s temper. Dafa has changed you for the better. I admire Falun Dafa and I will support you. If your husband divorces you, or if you are fired, I will take care of you.”
My parents had been living a tough life and yet he was able to say such words. The pure thoughts coming from him brought him blessings. My father’s hearing was restored and his eyesight became clear. He even received a pension and housing. He lived into his nineties and passed away peacefully with no illnesses.
My eldest sister also received blessings. Her car slid on ice one winter. There were deep ditches on both sides of the road. She had learned the truth about Falun Dafa before and immediately recited, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” The car came to a stop, as if it had been carefully parked there.
My second eldest sister received blessings as well. Her family learned the truth about Falun Dafa and had withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. My sister’s husband and their son had once lived improper lives, but they turned over a new leaf. My nephew was not very bright and he couldn’t even get into a regular high school. My sister had never even dared to dream that one day my nephew could attend university and marry a thoughtful wife, and that she would have a smart and adorable grandson.
My second eldest sister’s husband was diagnosed with stomach cancer, and he was reciting “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” while being pushed into the operating room. The surgery was very successful, and his stomach cancer was cured. His health became even better than it had been before. My sister’s depression was also cured. The family paid off more than a few hundred thousand yuan of debt and even managed to save some money. My second eldest sister often reads Dafa books. She has even shouted loudly “Falun Dafa is good!” in her dreams when she has encountered danger.
There are truly too many examples of my family receiving blessings.
I am grateful for Master’s compassionate salvation!
(Selected Submissions to the 22nd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)
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