Remembering I Am a Cultivator Helps Solve Many Issues

(Minghui.org) Throughout my 26 years of practicing Falun Dafa, the Fa has guided me and helped me remain steadfast in doing the three things asked of practitioners. I measure everything with the standards of the Fa and treat everyone kindly.

We bought a new house in October 2020 during the pandemic. My husband and I went to check on the house before sealing the deal and discovered that it did not have natural gas going into the building, just a propane gas tank. The real estate agent couldn’t tell us why there was no gas going into the house. The seller said that no one had mentioned this before but that it was clearly stated in the deed to the house. My husband was so angry that he refused to sign the closing document.

Taking a New Approach to a Conflict

The real estate agency listed this house because they only cared about making a profit. We paid the full asking price, but after learning that the agent had lied to us, my husband wanted to cancel the contract and sue the owner and agent for fraud. If we sued them, they would lose. I realized that we were still in the pandemic and businesses had been hit hard. The owner had a mortgage on this house and might be relying on our money to pay it off.

As a Dafa practitioner, I realized that nothing is coincidental. All the other units had gas pipelines, just not this one. I told my husband that we needed to calm down and ask the owner and agent to help get the gas connected.

We went with the owner and the agent to see why the builder did not connect the gas in the first place. The construction company blamed the gas company, and the gas company blamed the construction company. Prior to this, one of the neighbors had sued the gas company over the same issue, but the court did not want to take up the case. When my husband learned of this, he wanted to get out of the contract even more. We couldn’t afford an attorney, so I persuaded him to deal with it ourselves.

The next day, my husband and I, the owner, and the agent drove to the gas company. I clarified the truth to them along the way and told them what Falun Dafa is, how it is being persecuted, and the truth about the Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident.

I said I would have canceled the contract if I didn’t cultivate Falun Dafa. One of the real estate agents said that he didn’t know about the gas supply. I forgave him and informed everyone that, as a cultivator, I should put their needs ahead of my own interests. The owner of the real estate company quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and his employee asked for a copy of the book The Ultimate Goal of Communism. The homeowner accepted what I told him but did not want to quit the Party.

When we got to the gas company, we explained our situation. They told us to go home and wait while they sent someone over to fix it.

A few days later, the agent informed us that construction company and gas company employees had gone to the house but said they didn’t have the proper tools and left. They didn’t show up after a couple more days of waiting. We then spoke to the community leaders, and they contacted another gas company to connect the pipes to the house.

At the appointed time, the technicians came and installed the gas line. While they worked, I told them how Falun Dafa teaches people to be good and that goodness will be rewarded and bad deeds will incur retribution. They agreed to quit the Party.

My husband was very happy that we were able to make it all work out without spending any money or suing anyone. Even the agent praised us. I reminded them that if it wasn’t for Dafa’s Master Li Hongzhi, I wouldn’t have behaved this way.

Eliminating Attachments and Becoming More Tolerant

My husband and I had both been married before. He is the youngest in his family and didn’t have any children from his previous marriage. He treats his parents well, and his siblings treat him well. During 14 years we’d been married, he was mostly unemployed and made little when he did work. I didn’t have a steady job and worked multiple jobs throughout the years. His sister bought things for him all the time, and we were extremely grateful.

However, his niece did not have a steady job and blamed all the relatives for not helping her. Several relatives, including my husband, tried to get her a steady job, but she was never hired. As a result, at family reunions, his sister would act all mean and grumpy. One time, she and her in-laws conspired to prevent me from picking up food with my chopsticks and even threw their chopsticks at me. They also talked about how much they missed my husband’s ex-wife in front of me.

Once while I was meditating, I suddenly remembered all the wrongs that they had done to me. I thought, “How can they treat me like this? I treat them pretty well.”

I realized these were all attachments of resentment, selfishness, saving face, not accepting criticism, and wanting favors returned. I only thought about my own situation. Wasn’t I regarding myself just like them and not like a cultivator? I stopped feeling angry and thanked them in my heart for giving me the opportunity to elevate my character.

My husband’s sister brought her grandchildren to our house this summer. We treated them well. We told them about Dafa and showed them DVDs about practitioners. She had been having leg pains for a while. After seeing that I had a healthy body after practicing, she also wanted to learn Dafa. After studying the Fa and doing the exercises for a period of time, her legs got better.

I elevated my character and held myself to the standards of the Fa. My husband laughed and said, “I thought you were going to be mad when you saw her, but you were very calm. I feel much better!”