(Minghui.org) There are several households in the small courtyard where I live. I want to share some of my neighbors’ experiences as they came to understand the truth about Falun Dafa.
A Spiritual Young Woman
I heard voices outside one day back in 2022. So I stepped outside into the courtyard and discovered the landlord was discussing a rental with a young woman named Meng. I smiled, and she greeted me in a friendly manner. At the time, Meng seemed somewhat dissatisfied with the room that was being offered, and she left shortly after. The next day, however, she returned and said she was willing to rent the room.
When Meng moved in, her belongings were piled up at the entrance. Seeing that she was struggling to move everything on her own, I stepped in to help, and she was very appreciative. As time went by, we got to know each other and became close friends.
Meng later confided, “It was actually your smile that made me decide to rent this place. I had looked at several other properties, which were better than this one. But I couldn’t forget your smile, so I ultimately decided to rent this unit.”
“I guess we are destined to meet!” I replied.
“When I saw you for the first time, I saw a light emanating from your body,” said Meng. “Do you have a religious faith?”
“I practice Falun Dafa. It’s a high-level Buddha Fa and teaches people to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.”
She stared wide-eyed, “Many people in my hometown practiced Falun Dafa, and they were arrested.”
I then explained to her what Falun Dafa is, why the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutes practitioners, the truth behind the CCP-staged Tiananmen self-immolation incident, how Dafa has spread worldwide, and why it’s important for people to withdraw from the Communist organizations. After her misunderstandings were cleared up, Meng quit both the Youth League and Young Pioneers. I also told her about the value of sincerely reciting the phrase, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
She once visited me and, upon seeing my bunk beds, exclaimed: “I actually saw this bed of yours in a vision before I even moved here. There was a lady sitting on the bottom bunk, dressed in white and meditating. So, that was you!”
Believing In Dafa
Meng often enjoyed coming to my room to chat after she got off work. She said there was an atmosphere of serenity here, and when she sat beside me, her worries vanished. She felt calm and grounded, unlike anything she had experienced before. She especially liked to listen to me reading Zhuan Falun.
Meng told me that she was frequently interrupted by negative thoughts, and this interfered with her work. I suggested she try reciting “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” when encountering these thoughts. She gave it a try and said she felt a peaceful energy surround her, and those thoughts went away. I was happy for her.
One day, Meng said that she practiced Buddhism and possessed certain supernormal abilities that allowed her to see some of her past and future. She was facing a difficult situation and hoped that I could help her resolve it.
It turned out that a fortune teller had predicted she would have two marriages. The first would be to a man from the South who would torment her endlessly, eventually driving her to leave him. The second would be to a man from the North, with whom she would find happiness. She once caught a glimpse of these future marriages in a vision.
While working in Shanghai, she ran into a man from the South. Haunted by the fortune teller’s words, she was fearful of being around him, yet she found herself unable to break away. She was in a state of inner turmoil. “What should I do?” Meng asked. I reminded her of Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and suggested that she just focus on being a good person. I also suggested she read Zhuan Falun and possibly find answers to all the problems she faced. She left happily, holding the book to her chest with both hands.
Six months later, Meng returned from Shanghai and ran up to me, beaming. “I took your advice and began following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person. I recently parted ways with my boyfriend—on good terms!”
My Elderly Neighbor Quits the CCP
One of my neighbors was a man from out of town. He was honest and kind. He lost his wife when he was in his fifties and lived here with his son.
We started running into each other in the courtyard. So whenever I had a chance, I’d talk about Dafa, and he was always eager to listen. He also quit the CCP. I gave him a Falun Dafa calendar, and he placed it in a prominent spot on his coffee table.
I later played recordings of Master Li’s Fa-teaching lectures for him. He also enjoyed listening to the miraculous experience-sharing articles from practitioners. He asked me for a Falun Dafa pendant and gingerly placed it in his pocket.
Spreading the Word About Dafa
A couple in their sixties also used to live in our courtyard. The wife was named Yu, and the husband, Bing. They were kindhearted people and worked as custodians for a property management company. I talked about Dafa with them, and they both agreed to quit the CCP’s Young Pioneers.
Yu only had a primary school education. She enjoyed listening to me tell her miraculous stories about Dafa practitioners. She also read booklets about Dafa and would ask me whenever she encountered Chinese characters she didn’t know. Whenever she finished reading one, she would pass it along to other people.
“What’s written in these encourages people to be good,” said Yu. “I have learned the principles of righteous conduct, and I want to show this to others so that they, too, can see what a wonderful thing Falun Dafa is!”
I told Yu that passing on Dafa materials was, in fact, a blessing for people. She once took a booklet she had finished reading to her workplace and placed it on a windowsill, and someone picked it up right away.
Yu usually took a bus to and from work that passed a park along the way. She once skipped taking the bus and walked to the park. She found a bench, took a copy of a booklet titled “Golden Seed” out of her backpack, and placed it there. Not long after, she glanced back and saw a man sit down on the bench and read it. When Yu told me about this, her face beamed.
After listening to Master’s lecture recordings, Yu learned how to be a good person by following Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. When reading about the experiences of Dafa practitioners, she often exclaimed that Dafa practitioners are truly remarkable!
Yu learned not to fight with others when facing conflicts. She once told me, “Today, the woman I work with kept making veiled insults directed at me, but I didn’t get angry at all. In the past, I would have snapped back. Now, however, I know I need to exercise forbearance and not stoop to her level.”
In the past, Yu had frequently complained about her son and daughter-in-law being uncaring. She realized that, perhaps, she may have wronged them in a past life and owed them. So she decided to treat everyone well, no matter what.
Yu was blessed and rewarded for her good acts. The property management company not only gave Yu a raise but also allocated an apartment to her and her husband. So they no longer need to pay rent.
The people who’ve lived in the courtyard have gained many blessings as a result of understanding that Falun Dafa is good.
