(Minghui.org) I was not aware that Falun Dafa was an upright cultivation way until 2003, when I first met my husband. He told me that Falun Dafa had been cast in a bad light by the Chinese Communist Party, and that both he and his mother had practiced Falun Dafa since 1997.
Beginning to Practice Falun Dafa
I graduated from college in 2004. My husband gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun and taught me to recite, "Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good" whenever I face difficulty or danger. I tried to read the book, but every time I picked it up, I got incredibly sleepy. Six months later, I still had no idea what the book said.
When I was surfing the Internet once in 2005, a piece of news on a Chinese website caught my eye. It said that a certain species of mysterious flowers, known as the Udumbara, were blooming in a South Korean temple. The Udumbara flowers bloom once every three thousand years, according to Buddhist scrolls. Their blooming now is a sign that the King of Falun has come to the human world.
"The King of Falun!" I was stunned. "Isn't this the creator of Falun Dafa?" It amazed me that such news could be read in China where the persecution of Falun Dafa was taking place! However, the news was published for only a few minutes before it was taken down.
I moved to the city where my husband lived two years later in 2007. My mother-in-law told me many stories about Falun Dafa, including many of her personal experiences. I also met several more Dafa practitioners. Like my mother-in-law, they were all extremely nice, and none of them had taken any medication for over a decade since they each began practicing Falun Dafa.
I was shocked that Falun Dafa had improved their health to such a degree. Not only was one person not using medicine, none of them were! One day my mother-in-law invited me to join them to do the Falun Dafa exercises. I immediately agreed. As I was doing the second set, I began to feel dizzy and nauseous. I realized that I was also breaking into a cold sweat. I could bear it no longer and had to run to the bathroom.
I saw that my feces was black. I was not concerned because I knew my mother-in-law and other practitioners had experienced similar reactions when they began to practice. I cried, "What my mother-in-law and her friends said was true! My body is being cleansed!" Soon my discomfort disappeared.
Since then, I have experienced many of the extraordinary phenomena described in Zhuan Falun. I often felt as if something was moving inside my body.
I used to often catch the flu, and I suffered from bronchitis. Falun Dafa eliminated these illnesses, and I have not experienced them since I began the practice.
I Have Found the Way
I am 35 years old now. When I was young, I was polite and modest, so most people considered me a "good kid." However, on the inside, I knew I was attached to fame. I always wanted to be the best. If someone was better than me, a strong feeling of jealousy would make me so upset that my chest would burn. I did not like my attachment, but I was unable to control it. My mother always told me to be "smart" and taught me how to protect myself and gain more. I did not like that either. My mother often said I was too naive. Secretly, I hoped that a respected old man could come teach me how to live a righteous life.
When I started to understand Zhuan Falun, I recalled that desire from my childhood. Here was the "respected old man" that I had long desired to find! From the book, I understood how my bad thoughts came to be, how to control them, and eventually, how to eliminate them. Gradually, my feelings of jealousy subsided. It is wonderful that I finally found my path after many years of hoping and searching!
In this Dharma-ending period, ordinary people no longer believe in the divine and what is fundamentally good. But an upright belief is not as simple as mere spiritual sustenance; rather, it is a higher level science and a better way to explore space. An upright way can explain everything about mankind and the universe. People who do not practice an upstanding cultivation way would not be able to experience and understand these truths no matter how hard they tried.
The more I study the Fa, the more I realize how vast and magnificent it is. I am so lucky to be a Falun Dafa practitioner!
If there had been no persecution, I think I would have been able to start practicing Falun Dafa much earlier and experience the wonders it has to offer. If there had been no persecution, I believe that there would be many more Chinese people able to practice Falun Dafa and reap its benefits.
I hope that in the future, more people will have the opportunity to read Zhuan Falun, which teaches people how to be good and the truth about our lives, the universe, and all of existence.
Category: Improving Oneself
