Young Practitioner: Cherishing the Opportunity to Cultivate in Falun Dafa

(Minghui.org) I am a young practitioner who began to cultivate in Falun Dafa in 2018. Just five years ago, I was a person who did not know the meaning of life. I was only absorbed in playing games, and wandering aimlessly on the road of life. However, compassionate Master Li (the founder of Falun Dafa) guided me to return to my true nature. I now know the preciousness and true meaning of life. I deeply appreciate the path I have walked, and Master’s compassion.

In the beginning I studied the Fa a lot. Master’s teachings touched my heart, and changed my worldview. It felt like something had taken root in the depths of my soul. I quit my habit of playing games, and began to work diligently at my job. In a business environment, or when going on business trips and entertaining guests, it was normal to exaggerate the expenses and pocket the difference, and no one found this strange. However, Dafa practitioners should not do things like that.

Master said,

“Regardless of how much money you have, how high your position ranks, or what kind of private enterprise or company you run, it makes no difference, as you should trade fairly and maintain a righteous mind.” (Lecture Four, Zhuan Falun)

I always paid my bills. There were times when I did not get the bill, so I paid for it out of my pocket later. A fellow associate said to me, “I’ve never seen anyone like you.” He understood that Dafa is good. I look out for my customers’ interests first, and disregard my personal interests. My customers all see me as an honest person, so our relationship is good.

There were articles on the Minghui website describing how practitioners needed to do the three things. At that time, I didn’t understand the Fa well, and I didn’t even know how to send righteous thoughts. However, every day I sent out Falun Dafa informational truth-clarifying materials.

I later asked fellow practitioners about sending righteous thoughts. Even though the specifics were not very clear to me, I felt the energy field, and my body heats up when sending righteous thoughts. Gradually, I studied the Fa more, and my understanding of Dafa became deeper. I also better understood the mission of Dafa practitioners.

After a while, I began distributing truth-clarifying materials to the Chinese people in the industrial parks. I knew very few practitioners, and I didn’t know what kind of truth-clarification material to distribute, so I printed Dafa materials from the Chinese Minghui website and printed truth-clarifying documents from there. I then went to the gate of the company to distribute the materials to the Chinese workers after work. Due to my limited xinxing, I had the human heart of pursuit to accomplish a task. A few days later the police, who were misled by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda, took me to the police station and confiscated my Dafa materials and books.

Although I was not afraid, I was not able to get Zhuan Falun and Falun Dafa scriptures back from the police. When I returned home, I was very sad. I had let the police confiscate my Dafa books, and even caused the police to commit crimes against Dafa. I had caused many people to misunderstand me. I didn’t know if I could continue practicing. In the days that followed, I was tormented by regrets. I did keep studying the Fa, but when I studied, I became confused, and sometimes even scary scenes appeared. At that time, I often cried and wondered if I still had a chance to continue practicing.

Then one day, Master’s Fa suddenly appeared in my mind:

“When disciples have ample righteous thoughtsMaster has the power to turn the tide”(“The Master-Disciple Bond,” Hong Yin II)

Master did not abandon a weak person like me. I felt more righteous, and immediately memorized the poem and eventually overcame this stage. Later, there were many times when my righteous thoughts weren’t enough, and I stumbled and fell. However, Master’s words often resounded in my mind. I thought to myself that there was still a chance, and I could still practice. However, I knew I had to be more diligent.

Due to the stress of being taken to the police station, my behavior at home did not really conform to the Fa. My family members didn’t understand Dafa very well, and they wanted me to stop cultivating. The feeling in the house was very stressful. My wife was suffering from the stress and kept breaking out in tears. I didn’t know how to talk to her, and felt very miserable in my heart. However, every time the negative feelings became strong, a quiet peace and serenity followed, and made the painful feelings go away. I knew that Master has blessed me to overcome this tribulation. My wife later came to understand the truth, that Dafa is good. She now believes in Dafa very much. She often listens to Master’s lectures when driving home from work.

Raising Awareness

When the pandemic broke out, I felt that time was more urgent, and I needed to clarify the truth more. During the pandemic, people I met easily accepted what I said. I told them that the origin of the pandemic was Wuhan, and the reason for the epidemic was because the CCP persecuted Falun Dafa. This was similar to when the Roman Empire persecuted Christianity, resulting in the epidemic. I told them that those who can distinguish between good and evil, know that Dafa is good, and stay away from the CCP, will be at peace.

The epidemic became dangerous to the public around 2021. Quite a lot of people were infected. At that time, people were still confused. Many places were still applying lockdown and isolation measures. However, every day I still went to the hospital to clarify the truth.

I realized that practitioners are beings that belong to the new universe. This epidemic is from the old universe, and it had nothing to do with me. At that time, when going to places where medical declarations were required, if there was an infected person in any of these hospital departments, everyone who went there needed to also be quarantined. But when I went to the hospital wards, I didn’t encounter any issues. My wards were blocked until the next day due to COVID, but I could still clarify the truth to the people who were predestined. Later, when the epidemic subsided, I shared with everyone about how to be blessed, stay healthy, and avoid being infected by COVID, or being forced to get a vaccine, by following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and reciting the two phrases.

The pandemic in China has risen drastically since December 2022. On Minghui, an editorial described that Master talked about the number of Chinese people who died during the three years of the epidemic being over 400 million and approaching 500 million. I started to spend more time doing truth-clarifying phone calls to Chinese people through semi-automatic calling software. In the article “How Humankind Came To Be,” Master stated the origin of the Three Realms. I realized that the beginning of the Fa-rectification of the Human World has come, and time is getting more and more urgent. I hope that those who are predestined will be saved by Dafa.

During the truth-clarification process, there are times when we do well, and there are times when we don’t. If we don’t do well, we will regret it later. One incident made me very aware of the issue. A worker came to install curtains in our house. At that time I did not clarify the truth to him. A few days later I heard that he had an accident. There are people whom we only have the chance to meet once, and compassionate Master arranged for them to hear the truth, but many times I failed to fulfill my responsibilities as a Dafa disciple. How many lives have waited for this opportunity? Just because I didn’t let go of my attachments, sentient beings missed the opportunities to learn the truth.

I wrote this article reminding myself to be diligent, and not miss the opportunity to save sentient beings. I hope that those with predestined relationships will cherish the truth about Dafa.

Master said:

“Opportunity knocks but once. Once the illusion that you cannot let go of disappears, you will realize what you have lost.” (“Practicing Cultivation After Retirement,” Essentials for Further Advancement)

I thank Master for saving me.