(Minghui.org) With Chinese New Year just around the corner, Falun Dafa practitioners in Los Angeles sincerely wished Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, a happy Chinese New Year during an event at Vincent Lugo Park on February 3, 2024. 

They held banners that read, “Master, Happy Chinese New Year”, “Thank you Master”, “Falun Dafa Is Good”, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance”. They called out in unison, “Master! Happy Chinese New Year!” 

Practitioners wish Master Li a happy Chinese New Year during an event at Vincent Lugo Park on February 3, 2024. 

Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises at Vincent Lugo Park. 

Some practitioners shared their cultivation experiences and the benefits they received from practicing Falun Dafa. They expressed gratitude to Master Li for introducing Falun Dafa and the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. 

Social Anxiety Disorder Is Gone

Nyama Fekar Mur, who moved from Spain to Los Angeles for work, said the opportunity to cultivate Falun Dafa is, “Master’s best gift to me.”

“I practice Falun Dafa because the practice teaches me to look inward. It helps you seek the truth and I can really feel its existence,” said Nyama Fekar Mur as she described her cultivation journey. She also expressed her sincere gratitude for Master Li’s guidance. 

She heard about Falun Dafa in 2019 when she was learning martial arts. She always wanted to strengthen her body and looked for a cultivation practice that could enrich her mind. 

She came across a documentary, Legends Unfolding, which told the story of a martial artist. Falun Dafa and Zhuan Falun, the main text of Falun Dafa, was also mentioned in the documentary. She immediately searched for the book Zhuan Falun online and read it. She felt this was the cultivation practice she had been seeking. 

“It was a very wonderful opportunity for me to cultivate and the best gift that Master ever gave me.” She was incredibly happy while describing the beauty of cultivation, “I used to suffer from vertigo but now it’s gone. My complexion was very bad, but now everyone compliments my healthy skin. My body is also relaxed and this is something I never felt before.”

To her surprise, Falun Dafa changed her personality. “I was very shy and was afraid to talk to people and I suffered from social anxiety. I can speak freely now and I love talking to everyone and meeting new people. I’ve tried so many things before, but nothing helped me like this.”

Nyama said that she benefited both physically and mentally from practicing Falun Dafa, “I feel wonderful. This is a divine practice!”

Cultivation Experiences of a Senior Engineer

Mr. Xu Yuanjian, a senior engineer

Yuanjian Xu holds a Doctorate degree in Applied Physics at California Institute of Technology and is currently a senior engineer for Boeing Company. As an intellectual who was accustomed to looking at things from a scientific perspective, he said when he initially practiced Falun Dafa he only did it out of curiosity and did not truly cultivate his character. 

He experienced a phenomenon that was difficult for science to explain while doing the exercise, “I saw a Falun rotating in the middle of my arms when I practiced the second exercise. It was very vivid. 

“I could hear music from another dimension when I practiced the exercises. I could feel that it was a sound source from a three dimensional field.” He wanted to hear the music again, but was never able to. “I struggled for a long time until one Saturday morning, I felt a voice telling me that I had gotten it all wrong.”

Mr. Xu Yuanjian began to read Zhuan Falun in an attempt to find an answer. He understood that these phenomena cannot not be pursued; and from then on he truly embarked on a journey to practice Falun Dafa, and he has practiced for 26 years.

He said Master’s teachings changed him. “There was a relatively big change in my work and family life. I am able to think of others.

“For example, I thought of others when I was promoted to a higher position in the company. I no longer competed with others for higher positions. If I feel something is unfair I still do my job diligently whenever I think of Master’s teachings. As a result, my supervisors felt that I did more work than my coworkers. They eventually gave me an even higher position.”

Xu Yuanjian said, “I know how to conduct myself well after studying the Fa. I grew up in the countryside, my parents never cared about me, and my parents never went to school. I basically grew up in school and no one taught me how to conduct myself well. I benefited greatly from Dafa.”

Mr. Xu said, “Master, thank you so much! Happy Chinese New Year!”

Young Practitioner Immersed in the Fa

Tina Deng who graduated from the University of California San Diego with a degree in Economics wishes Master Li a happy Chinese New Year. 

“My mother started practicing Falun Dafa in 1995 and I was born that year. My mother shared all the wonderful things with me in the world since I was young. Falun Dafa was one of them and I always read Zhuan Falun.”

Tina said that while she read Zhuan Falun one day in high school, she decided to become a better person like Master described. “I decided to cultivate diligently.”

She was even more hardworking at school and said she, “Abided by Falun Dafa’s standards by studying well and my grades made a breakthrough.”

The change in her thinking was more unexpected, “I have more strength to do good and right things; I can help my classmates; I’m more sympathetic to my family, and I feel that I’ve become more filial.”

Zhuan Falun not only allowed her to truly comprehend the standards of being a kind person, but also helped Tina resist the many temptations in society. “Young people always want to try different and new things and sometimes they aren’t so good.” She said, “I’m able to distinguish what is good and bad.”

She is sincerely grateful to Master, “Happy New Year to Master! Thank you for teaching me the truth about being a human being and letting me find the best and purest version of myself. I also hope that more people will understand the truth and know that Falun Dafa teaches people to be compassionate.”