A University Student’s Growing Up Under the Care of Falun Dafa

(Minghui.org) Greetings, revered Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I am a third-year university student. Since childhood, my mom and I have been practicing Falun Dafa together under Master Li’s (Dafa’s founder) compassionate care. I’ve weathered a lot of storms and overcome a lot of obstacles throughout the years. On this 30th anniversary of Falun Dafa’s introduction to the world, I would like to report to Master and share with fellow practitioners, my cultivation journey.

Fortunate to be Born Into the Right Family

My grandmother and mom started cultivating before I was born. In 1995, my grandmother had severe stomach problems. She went to many hospitals in Beijing and saw many doctors but the results were all the same; my grandmother’s disease was incurable. My family was told to just feed her whatever she wanted to eat. They only prescribed some Chinese medicine and then sent her home.

Soon after, one of our relatives in Beijing learned about my grandma’s health problems. The relative introduced Falun Dafa to her and taught her the exercises. Grandma also brought home a copy of Zhuan Falun. Then she stopped taking medication. She started studying the Fa and doing the exercises every day on her own. Her health began to improve until finally, her illness disappeared completely. After witnessing grandma’s life-changing condition, my mom also became a dedicated practitioner.

In 1999, shortly after I was born, my mom got very busy at work, so she sent me to live with my grandmother. That was the beginning of my sacred predestined relationship with Dafa.

When I was little, grandma taught me to recite the phrases “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” She also taught me to recite Master’s Hong Yin poems. Back then, Falun Dafa was brutally persecuted in China, so grandma did her exercises at night in the dark. In the depth of each silent night, I would always see a tiny red light shining right before me. It came from the music player that grandma used to play the exercise tapes. I would fall asleep listening to the music. Whenever I couldn’t sleep, I would stare at the tiny red light for a long time, and it made me feel at peace.

Master’s Care for a Little Dafa Disciple on the Path of Cultivation

When I started kindergarten, I went to live with my parents back home. I continued my cultivation under my mom’s guidance. At such a young age, I was only interested in listening to stories. My mom downloaded audio files from “Minghui Little Disciples’ Cultivation Corner” and “Traditional Chinese Culture” programs for me to listen to.

At that time, I also learned to recite more poems from Hong Yin, but I couldn’t understand the profound meanings in Zhuan Falun. By listening to the cultivation experiences of the little Dafa disciples in “Minghui Little Disciples’ Cultivation Corner,” I learned that good children live according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. I also applied the ancient wisdom from the program “Traditional Chinese Culture” to deal with situations. Under the guidance and care of Dafa, I became a good child. Mom and I knew that Dafa’s principles shaped who I was: A clean lotus that emerged from the dirty mud.

While attending kindergarten, I was in three serious car accidents. The first accident happened while I was sitting in the passenger’s seat. I accidentally opened the door, which was unlocked. I landed on my knees and was dragged like this for some distance. My bones were exposed. At the time, my dad was driving on the main road. He couldn’t just stop the car—he had to slow down gradually. The truck driver behind us kept honking his horn. That was my first brush with death.

There were two more accidents where I was struck by a motorcycle and immediately passed out. Later, when I read Zhuan Falun, I realized that I could have lost my life under any of these circumstances. I often read articles on Minghui about Dafa disciples recovering completely from terminal illnesses and Master saving their lives. Now I know that Master saved my life. I could have died from any of these accidents, but I recovered from my injuries only because Master was looking after me. This has led me to be more diligent in my cultivation and strengthened my belief in the miracles of Dafa.

When I was in elementary school, my mother and I would post truth clarification signs on the street at night. I was too young to be afraid at the time. My mom made handwritten signs that said Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good, and Falun Dafa is righteous. While sending forth righteous thoughts, we posted these signs on the front door of each unit. I remember one time when I sat in the back seat of the car while my mom went out to put up a sign on a utility pole nearby. As she approached the pole, I noticed a red dot of light near the pole. I thought to myself: oh no, that’s a video camera. I immediately held up my palm and started to send forth righteous thoughts. I also asked Master to help protect my mom from being recorded by the video camera. I kept sending righteous thoughts until she finished and returned to us. When we got back home, I told my mom what had happened and she was pleased. She patted my head and told me that I had done the right thing. I can still remember that hot summer night; we returned home and enjoyed eating watermelon that was so sweet. I think it was Master who had assured me that I had done the right thing.

My schoolwork grew exponentially when I started high school. I didn’t have much time to study the Fa or do the exercises. I only studied the Fa with my mom during my summer and winter vacations.

Whenever I had conflicts with my classmates at school, I would always look within to see if there was something that I had done wrong to cause the conflict. Master’s words would also come to me so that I could properly identify my attachments and then let them go.

Spiritual Growth Attained Through Working in the Media

After going abroad, I was fortunate enough to join the media. At first, I was a shy girl who did not know how to clarify the truth. Now, I have grown into a young reporter who can conduct interviews on my own. This change was only possible because of Master’s strengthening and fellow practitioners’ encouragement.

When I started working in the media, Master brought predestined beings to me. I would always interview people who were exceptionally kind. I had a deep-rooted attachment to fear, and this arrangement helped me to overcome the fear to some extent. After interviewing passersby and clarifying the truth to them, they often said to me: “You’re doing a good job, keep it up!” I knew that they said this to me after understanding the truth. They wanted me to spread the truth to more people. It was also encouragement from Master for me to continue to tell the truth to sentient beings by conducting interviews.

Last year, I joined a project team that reported on letters from government officials to mark World Falun Dafa Day. In the beginning, I only did some very basic work such as organizing the letters or helping to find photos. This year, I was informed that I would be responsible for the majority of the work. I felt honored to take on this important responsibility.

With the joint efforts of the VIP team, the translation team, and the reporting team, this year’s Falun Dafa Day celebration received a total of 120 congratulatory letters from Canadian parliamentarians at all three levels of government—including 36 letters from members of Parliament, 11 letters from provincial parliamentarians, and 50 letters from mayors and city councilors. I knew that the achievements were the result of persistent efforts from many veteran practitioners who had been clarifying the truth to all levels of government for more than 20 years, making Canada a country that had received more congratulatory letters than any other country.

Throughout the process of compiling the reports, I also discovered many of my attachments: the attachment to doing things, the show-off mentality, and resentfulness all came to light. In the beginning, we only had a few congratulatory letters. I thought that this year’s letters would be really easy to organize and that there wouldn’t be any problems. When the number of congratulatory letters kept increasing in addition to the new responsibilities I was given to report on flag-raising events, I started to feel swamped.

Negative thoughts constantly came up. I started to complain all the time: How come she put the letter in the wrong folder again? How come she hasn’t sent back the translation yet? Why did she change the process so that I have to do it all over again?

At the same time, I was also taking summer courses and was under a lot of pressure with classwork. While I was in class, I often received text messages from the coordinator about the content that needed to be updated. I was so stressed that all my complaints piled up into one extremely negative thought: Why did I take on this project?

At the time, I thought about giving up, but because I felt responsible to the project I forced myself to push through it. While working on the project, I complained to the coordinator. With her encouragement and support, I kept going and gradually realized that I was full of resentment and complaints. After a conversation with the coordinator, I realized that all the congratulatory letters were the result of the combined efforts of many practitioners over the years, practitioners dedicated to truth clarification. They had persevered in clarifying the truth for so many years, and I had just started the work and even thought of giving up. In addition, Master had encouraged me with miracles throughout the years. All these made me realize that I should not give up.

While studying the Fa in the morning, I found every word that I read in Zhuan Falun pointed to my attachments. I began to look within and reflect on myself. How can I blame other practitioners for every problem? Was it even possible for me to not have any problems? That is impossible.

Later, by continuously looking inward, I discovered many attachments buried beneath my complaints. I got upset when things didn’t go my way. I always viewed things from my own perspective, while not considering others. After realizing my problems, I started to adjust my state and thoughts.

I downloaded the corresponding letters, photos, and translations one after another. When a letter was placed into the wrong folder, I made sure I didn’t download it twice. When I wasn’t sure about the process, I would first send a sample to the coordinator, and only started organizing the files after the process was finalized.

After adjusting my state, I realized that I could find a solution to everything that I complained about before. I felt truly happy after this matter was resolved because I knew that Master arranged this opportunity for me to improve my xinxing.

Master’s Encouragement

The first Falun Dafa flag-raising ceremony to mark World Falun Dafa Day that I participated in was in the city of St. Catherines in the Niagara region. It was raining when we were on the road. On the way there, I thought, “What should we do? Please don’t let it rain during the flag-raising ceremony!”

While we were preparing for the ceremony, the sky was still cloudy and there was no sign of the sun. But miraculously, when the event started, the dark clouds began to clear away. The sun shone down on us while practitioners and city councilors were giving their speeches, so we were able to take some great pictures. During the ceremony, the sunlight shone brilliantly on the blue Falun Dafa flag. As soon as the ceremony was over, the sky immediately darkened again, and thick clouds gathered.

This supernatural phenomenon was also seen in the city of North Bay. On our way up to the city, the sky was cloudy with a few showers. The sky was grey while we were preparing for the ceremony, but immediately after the event started, the sky cleared. Even the mayor said, “Your arrival has made the weather all better.” Master was helping us! The weather was sunny throughout the entire flag-raising ceremony, which allowed sentient beings participating in the event to witness the wonders of Dafa!

There were four flags raised including our Dafa flag. However, there was no wind and none of the flags were fluttering, so it was impossible for me to take good photos. I waited and waited. In my heart, I begged Master, “Please send a gust of wind to blow on the Dafa flag; I need it to take a decent picture.” I silently asked Master for help while holding up my camera. Slowly, the Dafa flag started to flutter and I got a beautiful photo of it.

Miraculously, of the four flags, only the Dafa flag was fluttering. Looking back, I think it was Master’s encouragement for a young reporter who was participating in the flag-raising ceremony for the first time. It was my first time taking pictures of the flag-raising event. Since I had no previous experience, I worried that I would not be able to take high-quality pictures while the flag was being raised, wasting this precious reporting opportunity. But with Master’s blessing, I was able to take that photo. The photo was published in our media, which was very encouraging and inspiring.

Master’s Arrangements are Always the Best

One day, we went to the town of Greater Napanee for a flag-raising ceremony. When we reached the ceremony location, everyone was stunned because there was no one around. Only a few cars passed by. The surroundings seemed so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. I complained to a fellow journalist, “We drove all the way to this place to raise the flag. Who’s going to see it? What a waste of time.”

After the ceremony, I thought that the event was over and I was preparing to head back. But soon after, the coordinator came over and asked us to go to the front of city hall to take some more photos. I thought, “This doesn’t have much to do with me, but I’ll just go there anyway.”

While we were taking photos, a lady from a radio station came up to us. She was curious to know what we were up to. She said, “I work right across the street from city hall. I saw you taking pictures here, so I thought I’d come over and find out more about what you’re doing here.”

A practitioner introduced Falun Dafa to her. After listening, the lady immediately took out her recorder and said, “Can I interview you for a couple of minutes?” The practitioner happily agreed and told her in detail that we were here to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Falun Dafa’s introduction to the public. The practitioner also explained the beauty of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance to her, as well as the persecution of Falun Dafa in China.

After listening, the lady said, “This is the first time I’ve heard about Falun Dafa, and I think that everyone should take to heart the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.” She also said that she will share this message with her audience so that more people could learn about Falun Dafa.

After the conversation with the lady, I felt a lot of emotions in my heart. It is true that everything is arranged by Master.

Master’s already arranged for us to meet the sentient beings that we need to save. We just have to go out and meet them, so there is no such thing as wasting time. Through this experience, I also found my resentment. Since everything is arranged by Master, what is the point of complaining? Since I chose to come here to attend the flag-raising ceremony, I should wholeheartedly finish what I came here for. Thinking about it from another perspective, even if there were only a few pedestrians in the area, the passing cars would still see us. Perhaps with the rural landscape, people would get a better view of the unique Falun Dafa flag, wouldn’t they?

Final Remarks

The young child who learned to recite “Falun Dafa is good” has now grown up to be a young practitioner who is spreading the truth to the world in a Dafa media project. As a young Dafa disciple, I was fortunate to live in a family of Dafa disciples, where I grew up in a cultivation environment that wasn’t contaminated by Chinese Communist Party culture. After leaving China, it’s my honor to be able to join the media and participate in such an important Dafa project. I’ve found my own cultivation path to validate the Fa. I am grateful to Master for all his arrangements. I am grateful to my fellow practitioners for their encouragement and support.

Thank you, Master. Thank you, fellow practitioners.

(Presented at the 2022 Canada Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference)