(Minghui.org) I have been practicing Falun Dafa for nearly three decades, and I’m now 68 years old. With in-depth Fa-study in recent years, I came to realize that, in doing the three things, Master requires us to continuously eliminate our attachments to reach the Fa’s standards. This is also the key to our walking our cultivation path in a steady and righteous manner.
I’d like to share my experiences in doing the “three things” to report to Master and share with fellow practitioners.
I’m a farmer who has plenty of free time during the off-season. So I studied the Fa every day and read at least one lecture in Zhuan Falun. During the busy farming season, I listened to Master’s recorded lectures while working in the field. I could complete anywhere from two to four lectures a day.
On the surface, I didn’t lack in Fa-study. But in reality, I went through the motions. Why do I say that? I couldn’t calm my mind while studying. The same thing occurred to me when I was listening to Master’s lectures. Because my mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, I often didn’t even realize which lecture I was listening to.
Since I didn’t take the Fa to heart when studying, I couldn’t remember what I read afterward. Therefore, I was unable to utilize the Fa’s principles to guide my words and actions. I couldn’t help but confuse myself with everyday people. No matter how much Fa I studied, I treated it as a task.
However, Master never gave up on me. When my cultivation state was off, he always had diligent practitioners help me so I could continue to move forward on my cultivation path.
My son’s marriage fell apart during that time, and my husband, who is an everyday person, nearly suffered a mental breakdown. In trying to face this tribulation, I almost collapsed. It was very difficult, and I often cried.
Practitioner Meihua often came to see me and encouraged me to recite Zhuan Falun. She also firmly believed that Master would help me resolve my problems. It took me eight months to finish reciting Zhuan Falun. I then began to recite part of Hong Yin IV, and the Fa principles guided my cultivation and made a clear path for me to move forward. I kept reciting Zhuan Falun, one lecture after another. My character improved step by step, and I gradually snapped out of my despair.
With this breakthrough, I used compassion to comfort my husband, who was struggling with grief, and treated him kindly. Inspired and blessed by Dafa, his mental state greatly improved, and he was back to normal within a year.
I hand-copied Zhuan Falun three years ago and benefited from doing it. When I was copying up to 20 pages, I miraculously put down my magnifying glasses while looking up words in a pocket-sized dictionary. Even now, my eyesight is still excellent.
After Master’s Hong Yin VI was published, I couldn’t put it down. I then ended up reciting it seven times. Through reciting and copying the Fa, I was able to understand some deeper meanings of the Fa-principles. I also started setting boundaries for myself.
When possible, I’d try to spend more time studying the Fa. But I knew I needed to stay very focused to ensure the quality of my Fa-study. I measured my actions against the Fa to see if I could make true progress. If I stumbled, I warned myself to get up quickly.
Master has bestowed supernatural capabilities to his disciples (a.k.a sending forth righteous thoughts). Since I began to do this in 2001, I’ve kept up with the four globally set times. When I had to miss one of them, I’d make up for it later. If I forgot to do so, I’d feel dizzy and heavy-headed. When this state appeared, I’d make up for sending forth righteous thoughts immediately. Afterward, my head instantly became clear.
I hardly failed to keep my palm erect while sending righteous thoughts. But as soon as I had some loopholes in my cultivation, I’d feel drowsy, and it would be easy to doze off. I was then unable to hold my palm upright. These loopholes also affected my Fa study.
After looking inward and realizing my mistakes, I’d repent to Master and eliminate the sleep demon with powerful righteous thoughts. When I sent forth righteous thoughts again, I’d have my eyes open and watch my hand until I no longer had any trouble keeping it erect.
While sending righteous thoughts, the old forces often came to interfere with me, causing my mind to fill with useless thoughts. I tried hard to suppress them, but sometimes failed. I then warned myself: “I’m a practitioner, not a regular person.” With that, I was able to calm down.
My cultivation environment has changed for the better in recent years. All the previous disturbances have vanished without a trace. Without this interference, my environment has become very peaceful. When practitioners praised me, I replied, “It was Master who created this for me. Without his strengthening and Dafa’s guidance, I can’t do anything!”
The COVID-19 virus broke out in China in 2020, and practitioners were busy trying to let people know about Dafa. For the past six years, we have persistently handed out informational materials and clarified the facts. When there was no time during the farming season, we made up for it during the off-season and didn’t delay in helping Master save sentient beings.
I also set up a material production site at home and was responsible for supplying materials for local practitioners.
Every time, before I went out, I always asked Master to empower my righteous thoughts and put an invisible cloak over me, so that people with bad intentions couldn’t see me. For the past few years, no one has been committing crimes against Dafa by persecuting me. However, three incidents left me feeling scared afterward. The lessons I learned were: when distributing materials face-to-face, I became overjoyed and lacked awareness of safety. I also distributed them carelessly, which inevitably led me to encounter the police and people wanting to do me harm. Yet, protected by benevolent Master, nothing bad happened to me.
Not long ago, something happened that alerted me. That day, I went to my town’s market and started handing out flyers at the north end, as I made my way to the south. I tried to give flyers to four people in a row, but some said they already had one, while others declined.
I realized something was wrong and decided to stop handing them out. What kind of attachments did I have? In previous years, I would distribute materials with the character “Fu” on them, which meant “good fortune,” and a whole bag would be gone in no time. Since it was easy to hand them out, I developed zealotry.
I decided to pick another day to go to the market in the next township to hand out materials. While thinking about that, I suddenly saw a police officer walking in my direction. I came to my senses immediately. Master was protecting me! If I had kept handing the pamphlets out without looking around, I surely would have bumped into this police officer and been caught.
I immediately left the vegetable market and went to the grain market, where I distributed the rest of the materials. Because there were fewer people at the grain market, I decided to head back to the vegetable market. I distributed the pamphlets with focused intention, and everyone I came across took one.
One elderly man asked for two copies, “It’s almost Chinese New Year, and I need to put up ‛Fu’ characters on my front door and main gates.” Another man ended up taking three copies for his relatives to help spread the word about Dafa.
I liked to write articles and often submitted them to the Minghui website. The articles were published frequently. However, a few years ago, a coordinator kept reminding me, “Never develop an attachment to fame.” Prompted by his words, I paid attention to cultivating myself in this aspect.
When practitioners met to share their experiences a few years ago, a number of people who read my articles asked, “Was it you who wrote that article? It was so well-written!” But a hint of smugness was already written on my face. I became a little arrogant without realizing it, and my desire for fame began to stir within me. Every time I submitted an article, I would check online a few days later to see if it had been published.
On one occasion, I tried a few times to go online to check if my article was published. I then remembered to look inward and a thought came to mind: “Attachment to fame!” I blushed and realized that it was benevolent Master who used this method as a hint to help me eliminate that attachment. I said to Master, “Master, I must eliminate it and only write the articles for the purpose of validating the Fa unconditionally.”
I made the mistake of submitting the same article to multiple Dafa websites outside of Minghui, thinking that if it didn’t get published in one place, it could be published in another. My intention was not pure. Wasn’t this a reflection of my deep-rooted attachment to fame? How can a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple have the pursuit of fame? The difference between a human and a divine being lies in one thought. If I want to cultivate well, I must adhere to the requirements of the Fa to guide me.