(Clearwisdom.net) Many of my relatives cultivate Falun Dafa under different circumstances, but all have managed to persist in doing so, despite the persecution that surrounds us. They appreciate how hard the Fa is to come by and are steadfast in cultivation, even under the most insane repression for the past more than a decade. Although their cultivation levels are different, they all use their abilities to tell people the truth about Falun Gong.
My First Encounters with Falun Dafa
Since childhood, I always yearned for a cultivation practice, but was unable to find a teacher. During my youth, I was fond of martial arts and acquired some understanding of various qigong practices, and attended several classes. Later, I gradually realized the close connection between qigong and Buddhism and Daoism. Even though I had read books about Buddhism and Daoism in college, such reading did not prevent me from sinking into societal vices.
In 1997, I had a chance to read Zhuan Falun Vol. II online. It made quite an impression. This marked the beginning of my practice of Falun Dafa. When I returned home, my elder sister and her husband introduced our families to Falun Gong. It was at that time that I realized the connection, so I got a copy of Zhuan Falun from my brother-in-law. In the past, I didn't understand too clearly qigong and Taoist school qigong. Teacher explains them clearly in just a few words in Zhuan Falun. Cultivators in the past often sighed with emotion: "Even though one reads thousands of scriptures, no one has even passed on the ultimate teaching." I had studied Taoist qigong in the past and felt that immense numbers of Taoist books were like riddles to me. When I read through Zhuan Falun I knew what I had gained. It was the culmination of what I had been looking for since childhood. "Now I have a Teacher," I thought, "and he didn't ask a single penny from me."
Next, upon returning to the city where I worked, I easily found the free exercise class in my living compound. The year from 1998 to 1999 was the happiest time in my life. I was immersed in cultivating my mind and body.
Relatives and Friends Enter Dafa Cultivation Practice
My elder sister's husband was very curious about his father's earnestness in recommending that he order Dafa books. His father had never been so resolute in advising him to do something before. So my brother-in-law bought the Dafa books and began Dafa cultivation. He was a manager at work.
Then my brother-in-law's mother, brother and his wife also began to practice.
My elder sister also began Dafa cultivation after my brother-in-law began his cultivation. My brother-in-law's aunt also began Dafa cultivation. She is an elderly woman who is full of energy with a strong desire to save sentient beings. After I began Dafa cultivation, my wife also started cultivation practice.
After my wife began Dafa cultivation, she found out that a cousin had been practicing Falun Gong before we began. She is a country woman and her level of education is rather limited, but her understanding of the Fa is no less than a college graduate. In order to save sentient beings, she has made her way through numerous mountainous areas.
My second eldest sister and her husband do not practice Falun Dafa, but her mother-in-law does. The elderly woman has never attended school, but amazingly, she can read Zhuan Falun. There are many such miraculous stories of the elderly being able to read.
In 1998, my wife went to visit her second aunt and brought her a copy of Zhuan Falun. Her aunt thanked my wife sincerely. She is well educated and is able to break through the Internet blockade to read Minghui articles [Minghui is the Chinese version of Clearwisdom]. In 1999 my wife's younger sister began reading Zhuan Falun and started practicing the exercises.
Several years ago, a cousin of my wife came to visit us when he was on his way to university. I mentioned the miracle of the lotus flower in full bloom on the back cover of Zhuan Falun. He was shocked when he saw the lotus in full bloom in the book. When he returned to the university, he started to read the electronic version of Zhuan Falun that I sent him. After he started working, he learned that his fiancée's mother had been practicing Falun Gong.
We have a young practitioner in our family. He used to listen to Dafa music when he was still in his mother's womb. When his mother went to Tiananmen Square to appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong, she could feel the fetal movement increasing. When he was only 4 or 5 years old, he could recite by memory almost the whole of Hong Yin II.
Witness to a Miracle
Falun Gong is truly a righteous cultivation way. It surpasses all other cultivation ways. A miracle I personally witnessed was the lotus flower on the back cover of Zhuan Falun coming to full bloom. One is able to see it even without his or her celestial eye opened. When I started Dafa cultivation in 1998, I didn't cherish Zhuan Falun, due to my lack of understanding of Dafa. I casually put the book with a pile of books on the bedside and didn't protect it by wrapping it with a paper cover. Once, when I was leisurely reading Zhuan Falun, I saw the half blossomed lotus on the back cover. With my human mindset, I was puzzled why they didn't design a picture in full bloom? In July 2000, I saw several Falun Gong practitioners carefully opening the wrappers of several copies of Zhuan Falun. I came closer to see., and was amazed that the lotus was in full blossom. I excitedly returned home to see my copy of Zhuan Falun and found that the lotus was also in full bloom.
Of course, my experience is nothing compared to those of many Falun Gong practitioners, who have experienced many other miracles. Many of them have also witnessed what I saw. I hope that those who have the opportunity to witness this miracle will find a copy of Zhuan Falun to read without any preconception. I believe that you will gain greatly in your life. I sincerely hope that there will be more people who come to know the truth and read the book and have an opportunity to cultivate.
