(Clearwisdom.net) I began the practice of Falun Gong in May 1996, but I did not put Fa study as a priority and only focused on the group practice. My limited comprehension of the Fa led me to give up cultivation when the persecution began in 1999. Now I focus on Fa study and doing the three things, as well as promoting Falun Gong and exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution.
- Returning to cultivation and diligent Fa study
In 2005, helped by several elderly practitioners I returned to cultivation. My fellow practitioners offered help by providing me with reading material and the exercise music. I understand now that practitioners during the Fa rectification should do the three things well, as that is our mission.
Master has emphasized the importance of Fa study many times. Since I did not pay attention to this and lacked a good comprehension of the Fa, I missed several years of cultivation. Reading a cultivation article from Minghui Weekly regarding memorization of the Fa made me realize that this is important. However, I did not like to memorize things even when I was young, and I am now getting older. I also realized, though, that memorizing the Fa could guide my cultivation. If I could memorize the Fa, I would be able to recall it at any time.
I thus began memorizing the Fa, sentence by sentence at first, and then paragraph by paragraph. After three years I can now recite Hong Yin, Hong Yin II and Zhuan Falun from memory. It was a slow process for me, but I did not give up. My persistence has benefited me, and the memorization led to an increased understanding of the Fa.
Encountering problems leads me to look inward and consider the Fa, which is the key to any solution. As Master instructs us and as we all know well, we should look inward for attachments when problems arise, get rid off those attachments and thus raise our xinxing. Things will then get better.
- Persisting in morning practice
Since the practitioners in China do the exercises in the morning at a set time, I persisted in doing it, and felt it was not too difficult to get up earlier in the morning. I did not feel sleepy at all. After completing the five exercises, I would feel great. Many women my age were amazed by my good health and how I did not exhibit any menopausal symptoms.
- Sending righteous thoughts and creating a cultivation environment at home
Having once again returned to Dafa, I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate bad substances from my body, bad elements from the nearby environment, and evil factors in other dimensions. I also sent righteous thoughts to offer salvation to those who still did not really know the facts about Falun Gong.
Once I returned to Dafa, other practitioners gave me several of Master's new articles to read. When I read them at night, my husband rushed in and grabbed them from my hands. He had never paid any attention in the past to what I read, but he got very angry when he knew I had returned to cultivation.
I knew that evil elements behind him were controlling him. The next day I discussed this with other practitioners. They reminded me to send righteous thoughts, to eliminate the evil elements behind him, and said that they would also send righteous thoughts to help me. Eventually, the evil elements controlling him disappeared.
I encountered a difficult time, however. My husband's mind was heavily poisoned by the CCP's deceptions. Add to that some things that I did not do well, and he was hurt deeply and resisted accepting the truth. He was strongly against my practice and sometimes beat me as I read the Fa. He would verbally abuse me, and once he even came at me with a knife. Facing his violent behavior while he was out of his mind, I remained unafraid, because I knew that Master was there to protect me. When my husband held the knife and pointed it at me, I thought of Master's "Nothing Kept,"
"In life, nothing sought, In death, regretting naught"
As a result, nothing happened. The next day I still cooked dinner for him, as if the incident from the day before did not happen. This made him ashamed of his actions.
Our relationship changed, brought about through constantly sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil elements controlling him. This process made me realize the power of righteous thoughts and Master's protection. Since we have Master and Dafa, we can overcome any hardship.
- Cultivating my fear away and offering more people salvation
Aside from raising our "xinxing" and cultivating ourselves well, explaining the goodness of Dafa, exposing the CCP's persecution, and offering more people salvation are our sacred missions.
I was scared when I mailed out the first batch of Dafa flyers, thinking that there were police agents everwhere. My heart was pounding, and I imagined that everone was at staring at me. I felt afraid, even afterwards.
Now, with constantly sending righteous thoughts and cultivating away my fear, I am making progress. I have sent out a thousand Dafa flyers in the past three years.
I have used my work environment to help more people know about Falun Gong and to let people know the CCP's evil acts, and to ask people to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
Waste collectors, window repair technicians and other people come to our business regularly. I would use that opportunity to urge them to quit the CCP. Once two young fellows came to repair a door. Their accent made me think they were from out of town. I came over and explained the CCP's evil acts and asked them to quit the CCP. They were at first afraid of quitting. I was patient and explained the reasons behind this action, and at the same time showed them how to do it. In the end, they asked me to help them quit the CCP. I would also search for old friends' and neighbors' addresses, pay them a visit, take them DVD's and a booklet, and explain the facts to them face to face.
Once I explained the facts to a taxi driver. She told me that her father was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. She believed fully in what I said. When we reached the destination, she thanked me for helping her quit the CCP.
As long as we are willing to cultivate, Master has already arranged the path for us, and he knows exactly what we are thinking.
