(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners gathered in front of the Toronto City Hall on December 20, 2025, to celebrate the upcoming New Year. They thanked Master Li, Falun Dafa’s founder, for their good health and for guiding them to improve their relationships with others, and they wished him a happy New Year!
Falun Dafa practitioners wished Master Li a happy New Year.
Staying Truthful
Gary
Gary is an animation designer who has known about Falun Dafa since he was a child. However, because of the atheist education in China, he had little understanding of what it meant to cultivate, but he occasionally read Dafa books and did the exercises. While he attended high school he often went out with friends to play video games at internet cafes. He believed life meant having fun.
Before the college entrance exam in 2011, Gary and his family moved to Canada. That New Year his family watched a Shen Yun performance. He was impressed by the high artistic level of the performance and the 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture showcased in the performances. The perseverance of Falun Dafa practitioners facing the brutal persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) also moved him. “That show gave me a new understanding of this,” he said.
His family participated in the Falun Dafa Day celebration at Parliament Hill in Ottawa the following year. While sitting on the lawn and watching Falun Dafa practitioners, Gary had a realization, “Practitioners are very peaceful while they oppose the persecution in China. Parliament members also came out to support Falun Dafa and the freedom of belief. I was moved and I wanted to resume practicing,” he said.
Gary often had painful stomachaches, and had difficulty eating since he was a child. This disappeared after Gary resumed Falun Dafa practice.
Gary is an introverted person, so he seldom talked. Seeing other students talking freely about their design ideas in the classroom, he had a new understanding of what being truthful meant. Because he grew up in a communist China he didn’t discuss his own design ideas. “Now I’m willing to share my thoughts—I appreciate different opinions, and I even welcome negative feedback,” he said. He said this made him more open-minded and confident.
After he graduated from college, Gary and his wife started a business. They also had a lovely daughter one year ago. He went from being a young person who was only focused on enjoying life, to now understanding that life is more than that. “That is why I am very thankful to Master Li and I wish him a happy New Year. Falun Dafa shows me how to continuously improve and return to my true self,” he said.
A Happy Family
Mucen is a wife and a mother.
Mucen had headaches and was frequently dizzy while attending high school in Taiwan. Bright spots appeared, and she had difficulty seeing. A doctor said it was a problem with her optic nerve, and that one day she would become blind. Her mother had her undergo various therapies. They even tried folk medicines, but nothing helped.
When Mucen was in college, her older brother read Falun Dafa’s main book, Zhuan Falun, and was impressed by the profound teachings. On his recommendation Mucen read Zhuan Falun and watched a Shen Yun performance. When the opening gong sounded during the opening performance Mucen was very touched. “I was so moved, and I wanted to cry. It was as if a switch was turned on. As I watched the performances I knew I found what I had been searching for,” she said.
She decided to practice Falun Dafa, so she looked for a group practice site near her college and began reading the Fa teachings and doing the exercises. “Two months later I suddenly realized that my headaches and vision problem had disappeared,” she said.
She moved to Canada in 2019 and got married. Her husband is also a Falun Dafa practitioner. After they had a child, however, the couple was busy with work and household chores. They had little time to listen to each other and they began arguing.
After they argued one day Mucen was thirsty so her husband brought her a cup of water. But it was too hot and she almost got burned. Just as she was about to complain, Mucen suddenly realized that her husband had been treating her well. “I often complained because he did not do things the way I wanted. Since Falun Dafa teaches us to be considerate of others. I started to think from his angle instead of expecting too much,” Mucen said. “Our relationship became harmonious again.”
As their child grew older, and watched his parents do the Falun Dafa exercises, he mimicked them. “Especially the movement of Buddha Maitreya Stretching His Back (Mile Shenyao) in the first set of exercises, our child did so well we were amazed,” she said.
Mucen is grateful to Master for taking care of her family of three. “Thank you Master Li,” she said.
Relationship With Sister-in-Law Improves
Anna
Many people Anna knew when she was a child believed in the divine. But they all had different belief systems, and she did not know which one to follow. In 2011, she decided to find a system that suited her and she had an amazing experience.
While she babysat a friend’s daughter, the girl showed Anna her jade pendant, and said, “My amulet fell off.” Anna checked and saw that the knot was intact, but the jade pendant had come off. She noticed the pendant had the words, “Falun Dafa is good.”
Anna watched her friend’s daughter two days later. When the girl said her jade pendant fell off again, Anna found that the knot was still tied and the pendant wasn’t damaged. When she mentioned this to her friend the woman told her about Falun Dafa. After she began reading Zhuan Falun Anna decided to practice.
She soon developed some small bumps on her body, which soon became larger and reddish. A doctor checked and said it was psoriasis. He said there was no cure and she had to take medicine every month to control it. The medicine would cost hundreds of dollars a month.
Walking out of the clinic with the prescription, Anna thought, “I have Master now. Why would I waste hundreds of yuan on medicine every month?” So she discarded the prescription in a trash bin and continued living as usual. A few weeks later she suddenly remembered the psoriasis, and checked – the bumps were all gone. She was very thankful.
Falun Dafa also improved Anna’s relationship with her sister-in-law. Anna often complained about her—especially when the parents bought her a house, but they did not help Anna.
She read the following poem written by Master Li:
“He who acts for his name,” a life of anger and hate is his;He who acts for profit, cold is he, knowing not his kin;”(“An Upright Person,” Hong Yin)
Anna knew she was the person described in the poem. She also remembered Master’s words:
“If something is yours, you will not lose it. If something is not yours, you will not have it even if you fight for it.” (Lecture Seven, Zhuan Falun)
She decided to do better by following Falun Dafa’s teachings. She bought some gifts for her sister-in-law and visited her. She was very happy and their relationship improved.
Anna said, “Falun Dafa made me calmer and more easygoing. Thank you Master Li, and I wish you a happy New Year!”
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