(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Gong in October 2007. Before that, I had a lot of health problems, including high blood pressure, kidney disease, migraines, Meniere’s syndrome and stomach disorders. Although the country was still under the “red terror” with the persecution of Falun Gong at its peak, I did not hesitate to courageously begin cultivation in Dafa. I read one chapter of Zhuan Falun and practiced the five sets of exercises every day.
Starting from being a good person to strictly following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance
After a while, I realized that this Fa was the most righteous. However, on my path of cultivation, I did not always genuinely look at my own shortcomings when problems occurred. I employed an ordinary person’s mentality to solve them and left loopholes for the old forces to exploit. It was not until after January 2010 that I began to genuinely cultivate in Dafa. I learned that cultivation was a serious matter, and I could harm myself if I was not cautious.
Through Fa-study, I enlightened to the fact that cultivation means getting rid of all of my pursuits and desires, or else problems will follow. I let go of my desire for medical treatments and began to copy Zhuan Falun. I found out that I could elevate faster by copying Zhuan Falun. I then began to gradually recite Zhuan Falun and strictly discipline myself in accordance with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in my life.
Guarding my virtue
I broke a bottle of soy sauce in a supermarket one day in February 2010. The sauce spilled all over the place, and when I wanted to pay for it, a friend stopped me. A shop assistant picked up the broken bottle and told me that it was fine, and I should be more careful next time. The more I thought about it afterwards, however, the more I became concerned. As a cultivator, I realized I should not handle issues the way ordinary people do. I broke a bottle, and naturally I should pay for it. Therefore, I went back to the supermarket the next day, found the same shop assistant and gave her the money for the bottle of soy sauce.
Another day, I treated a friend of mine at a restaurant. When paying the bill, I got 50 yuan extra in change back and immediately returned the money. These kinds of things often happened to me when I went grocery shopping. I tried my best to pay back the extra change I received, no matter how small the amount. I do not want to take advantage of anyone so that I can guard my virtue.
Regaining lost virtue
Before my husband passed away, he owed 80,000 yuan in debts. We also had loaned out 60,000 yuan to other people. In the old days before I began to cultivate, I would have told those to whom I owed money that I would pay them back as soon as I recuperated our losses. However, as a cultivator, I must strictly meet the expectations Dafa has bestowed on me and should not solve problems as an ordinary person would. I then paid off all of our debts.
In addition, I paid off the money we owed to the supplier of our materials. Now that I practice Falun Gong, I should not owe anyone money because if I did, I would lose virtue. The owner of the supply company told me that they had planned to cancel my debt and did not expect that we would come to pay them. They had been to Hong Kong before and had seen Falun Gong practitioners there. When they wanted to learn more about Falun Gong, however, they were pulled away by the tour guide. It seemed to her that Falun Gong was indeed extraordinary. I clarified the truth to her and said to remember: “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
Being a good person is being a cultivator
I was a strong-minded person before cultivating in Dafa. I would not owe or take anything from anyone. However, I also made up my mind that others could not owe or take anything from me either. I did not think of others and would lose my temper when conflicts arose. After I began to cultivate, I changed and even my voice softened. I no longer lose my temper and have also learned how to think of others first.
On public buses, no matter how far my destination is, I give my seat away to seniors, pregnant ladies, children and adults with young children. I help people who cannot carry their heavy luggage and also offer to help anyone in need. I want to sacrifice myself for others’ well being.
I volunteer to clean up areas for my work unit and have learned how to help others. My first thought is not to compete with others when conflicts take place.
In the past, I had believed that I was always right in educating my children and would not allow them to argue with me. Now I have become rational, and my children are also willing to listen to my advice.
Changes in my conventional thinking bring great changes to both my mind and body
Since I began to cultivate in Dafa, I have come to the realization that the Buddha Law is more advanced than human science. The science of this universe that Teacher introduces to us is mysterious, profound and very appealing to me. I did not want to stop reading Teacher’s lectures.
As I understood more about cultivation practice, I realized that Dafa practitioners are supernormal, and the expectations for us are extraordinarily high. From the starting point of being a good person and increasing my xinxing, I must let go of all my impure human notions and thoughts.
Along with a shift away from conventional thinking, I was able to let go of some of my former attachments: I no longer accept gifts from others, and neither do I care about my salary or obtaining bonuses. I also let go of my attachments to fashion and cosmetics. I stopped going to massage salons and other similar types of services.
After I let go of some bad things, my mind and body began to undergo great changes. The illnesses that I suffered from before have all disappeared. My stomach became normal again, and I have become very happy. I knew that I was benefiting from Dafa.
Clarifying the truth face to face
My face was often wet with tears when I practiced the exercises. When people did not know the truth, I felt very miserable because I did not know how I could help them. After reading Teacher’s lectures, I understood how I should approach clarifying the truth to people. That was why I began to actively tell people the facts about Dafa. At first, I clarified the truth to my friends, colleagues and family. After that, I started to approach people I did not know.
I felt a little nervous when clarifying the truth to people for the first time. After a while, my mind became clear. Teacher helped me when he saw that I wanted to offer salvation to sentient beings. Very soon, I convinced a friend of mine to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.
Distributing Shen Yun DVDs
Shen Yun is the hope to help save sentient beings throughout the world. Last year, I secretly distributed Shen Yun DVDs. This year, however, the Minghui website encouraged us to give people DVDs in person. Although I had not done this before, when I thought about the fact that Teacher wants us to truly help save sentient beings, I wanted to do it. I then sent forth righteous thoughts before distributing DVDs to people. In the past, I distributed about 2 to 3 DVDs a day, but gradually, I could pass out about 7 to 8 a day, and now I sometimes reach over a dozen a day.
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