(Minghui.org) On June 5 and 6, 2024, Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong), published the articles “The Ordeals Our Spiritual Discipline Faces” and “A Wake-Up Call.” After reading them, I was shocked and felt that I had failed to cultivate compassion. Every sentence in Master’s articles awakened me, and I realized that I was selfish, concerned about worldly gains and losses, and handled issues with human thoughts, unlike a cultivator.
I’d had family issues for a long time and failed to demonstrate the wonder of Dafa when dealing with family matters. After reading Master’s new articles, I was awakened. As a practitioner who obtained the Fa in 1998, I must meet Master’s requirements, be compassionate and loving to everyone, and truly become a selfless person who puts others before oneself.
Cultivation is serious, and we are cultivating at every moment. The behavior of my family members is a mirror for me, which reflects my attachments and shortcomings. I especially need to work on my relationship with my mother-in-law to remove my attachments to not taking criticism well, jealousy, fighting, resentment, and unwillingness to endure hardships or make sacrifices. I am sharing my experiences to expose and disintegrate these attachments.
Cultivate Well in the Family
It’s important to cultivate well in the family environment. My husband is the only boy in the family to carry on the family name. Since he was her only son, his mother spoiled him. He has a bad temper and doesn’t like to do housework. He was often in a bad mood and sighed because the Chinese Communist Party persecuted me for practicing Falun Gong.
Now that I think about it, it’s not been easy for my husband either. Over the years, he has endured a lot and worried about me. Instead of complaining about him, I should consider things from his perspective. I tried to take good care of him, cooked him delicious meals, and lessened his worries. I was able to stay calm while I cooked on a hot summer day, sweating profusely in the kitchen, while he was lying on the sofa watching TV and playing with his mobile phone. When my mother-in-law had something to do or when guests came, I went to her place early to cook and take care of the guests. My mother-in-law was very pleased. Seeing that they were content, I became happy and relaxed and no longer felt tired. I assisted my mother-in-law by arranging for a nephew to eat at my place, and my husband helped pick him up, too.
When a bad thought came up, I was aware that it was not from my true self, which is pure and kind. I would catch the bad thought in time and deny it and disintegrate it. My family environment changed dramatically after I made up my mind to remove selfishness and think of others first. When I went out to study the Fa with fellow practitioners and came home late, my husband no longer yelled at me. He remained calm and answered my phone for me (I had intentionally left it at home). He would then tell me what happened when I returned.
Look Inward to Rectify Myself in the Fa
I was harassed by the police four times in and out of town in 2023 and 2024. Although I handled the situations with righteous thoughts, frequent police visits alerted me to look inward deeply to discover what weaknesses the old forces were using to harass me.
First, I was afraid. When I initially received a call from the police to notify me that they were coming to my house, I could not remain calm, and my heart would pound. Although I clarified the facts to the police, I felt uneasy. After reading “A Wake-Up Call,” I was able to calmly let the police into my house during their most recent visit. I politely asked them to sit down and explained the facts of Falun Dafa to them. I used righteous thoughts to stop them from taking photos, but I took photos of them as evidence. My righteous thoughts disintegrated the evil factors in other dimensions, and after I had finished, the police quickly left.
Second, I was selfish. I was unwilling to give, afraid of suffering, avoided conflicts, and yearned for a quiet time. I went out of town to help my child, also for my own sake, to stay away from my husband and mother-in-law, who were very troublesome at times. Now I realize that the family environment is a good place to remove attachments and build character. I should have regarded the so-called troubles and unhappy experiences as good opportunities to improve my character. From what I learned in Master’s new articles, I felt really ashamed I had not done well before!
Third, I subconsciously acknowledged the evil persecution. When the police came to harass me, I thought that I did not do well and had human thoughts, so the evil would persecute me. Unknowingly, I acknowledged the evil persecution and failed to completely deny the interference of the old forces. When practitioners in my area were harassed this year, I exposed the harassment by posting the incidents on Minghui.org. I noticed that many practitioners who were not harassed have strong righteous thoughts and are steadily doing the three things well: studying the Fa, sending righteous thoughts, and clarifying the facts. During the process, I was touched by their behavior, and my character also improved. Some other practitioners still had human attachments, but they kept a firm thought: “Master’s arranges things for me. The old forces are not worthy to make arrangements for me!” With such a strong thought, these practitioners were not harassed by the police either.
Master clearly instructed Dafa practitioners to deny the persecution, not just saying the words but carrying them out in their behavior. By studying the Fa, looking inward, and discussing with fellow practitioners, I realized that our human thoughts and attachments are rectified in the Fa, so our cultivation has nothing to do with the old forces. We should not allow evil to interfere with or persecute us! We must truly cultivate based on the Fa and follow Master’s arrangement to do well in our cultivation.
The above sharing is my understanding. Please kindly point out any shortcomings.
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