(Minghui.org) My name is Xiao Lian and I am five years old. I have listened to Master’s audio lectures and Dafa music since I was very young. My mother started to play me audio recordings of other young Dafa disciples’ cultivation experiences from Minghui Radio. I would like to share my cultivation experiences and hope to inspire other young Dafa disciples to be more diligent in cultivation.
Master unlocked my wisdom, and I learned to recognize many simplified and traditional Chinese characters. My mother taught me how to read the Chinese characters “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
My mother often recites poems from Hong Yin while I play next to her. I remember these poems and sometimes recite them for her. My mother and I recite poems from Hong Yin to my father when he gets off work. I am done memorizing the poems from Hong Yin and am almost done reciting Hong Yin II. I am able to recite poems from Hong Yin III and Hong Yin IV, as well as recognize many traditional Chinese characters in Hong Yin V.
My mother taught me how to read Zhuan Falun after I finished studying Hong Yin. She started by reading only a couple of Chinese characters at a time. I was able to read more Chinese characters and eventually was able to read a whole sentence. I cross my legs in the full lotus position when I study the Fa. One time, I started to cry because my legs hurt a lot in that position. My mother asked if I was able to persist. With tears rolling down my cheeks, I told her I would be able to until our Fa study session was over. I was able to sit in the lotus position for one hour when I studied the teachings more.
It took me a long time to finish reading Zhuan Falun because I always want to play.
My mother started to teach me how to recite “On Dafa.” That was more challenging for me, and my mother helped me go over it many times. Master unlocked my wisdom, and I was eventually able to recite “On Dafa” and the table of contents in Zhuan Falun.
My mother told me to read Zhuan Falun by myself when I was four years old. From not being able to recognize any Chinese characters and stopping after reading each character, I was able to read two short paragraphs or one long paragraph in an hour.
My mother encouraged me to study the Fa even though I felt I was reading too slow. After a while I was able to read a complete sentence. My father asked me how many paragraphs I had read when he came home from work. He hugged me and encouraged me.
I can read three to four pages in an hour and finished reading Zhuan Falun. I used to grumble at times when my legs hurt from sitting in the lotus position. But after studying the Fa, my legs no longer hurt. I see the words shining in gold when I focus during Fa study. It is truly beautiful.
My mother did not wake me up to do the exercises in the morning because she thought I was still too young. But then I told her to wake me up, because I wanted to do them with her in the morning. I saw a lot of lotus flowers and birds from other dimensions when I joined the morning practice the next morning. I told my mother about those birds since I’d never seen them around our house. The birds that I saw were gold.
I was playing in the room where we have Master’s picture on the wall one day, and I saw him smiling at me as I recited poems from Hong Yin. I wondered why he smiled at me. My mother said Master was encouraging me because I was reciting poems from Hong Yin.
I have also had many dreams. I dreamed about laying in the palms of Master’s hands, feeling very happy and warm. I also dreamed about feeling very comfortable, and when I opened my eyes, it turned out that I was lying on a big lotus flower. Master often shows me scenes of many lotus flowers from other dimensions when I pay my respects to him, study the Fa, or do the exercises. I am very happy when Master reveals these scenes to me.
The Chinese characters in the books with Master’s lectures appear bigger when I study the Fa. This is Master encouraging me and may also be a form of stick warning for me or my parents.
My mother carried me around different neighborhoods to distribute truth-clarification materials when I was too young to walk. I was very good and did not make any noise or throw temper tantrums. When I got older and was able to walk on my own, I would climb the stairs in apartment buildings, telling myself that it was not tiring. I hoped that people would take the materials home and not throw them away.
One time my mother and I encountered a gated neighborhood and couldn’t get in. Mother asked if I could squeeze through the bars of the gate and press the button to open it. I was able to squeeze through the bars, but then I realized the button was too high for me to reach. I used all my strength to climb up and press the button to let my mother in. She hugged me and told me how well I had done. I said, “I am not afraid because I know Master is by our side.” We aren’t afraid because we believe that we should do our best distributing truth-clarification materials and saving sentient beings.
My paternal grandmother came to look after me when my mother went to work. When my grandmother went out to talk to people about Falun Gong, I would stay nearby, playing while sending forth righteous thoughts.
My grandmother and I were outside playing when I saw a boy who was older than me and whispered to my grandmother to tell him about the truth about Falun Dafa. She helped him quit the Young Pioneers. I helped my grandmother repeat the boy’s name when she couldn’t hear well.
Now that I am older, I can help my mother prepare truth-clarification materials and continue to save sentient beings.
My mother studies the Fa with me on a daily basis and my father tutors me in piano, dance, and singing. In addition to listening to young Dafa disciples’ cultivation stories, my parents downloaded videos such as the Three Character Classic, The Wonderful World of Chinese Characters, and Heavenly Dance in the Spring. These videos show how to be a better person with high moral standards.
I enjoy watching Shen Yun’s dance and musical pieces. My father has shown me videos of dancers and musicians on Shen Yun’s website. If I have questions about certain videos, my father explains them to me and shows me how to do certain dance movements.
I want to grow up to do Chinese classical dance with Shen Yun. I like to stretch my legs on a daily basis and practice my splits. My mother told me she would apply for me to audition for dance at Fei Tian Academy of the Arts when I am older. I know it is far to travel to the United States and want my parents to come with me.
My mother was holding Zhuan Falun while I was studying the Fa one time when I felt a surge of warmth coming in from the top of my head to the bottoms of my feet. I told my mother about it and she said Master was purifying my body.
I felt hot and I began to whine. My mother put a blanket over me and played Master’s audio lectures. I stopped whining when my mother played Master’s lectures, and I fell asleep.
I felt hot again not longer after and whined for my mother again. My mother cradled me in her arms and we started to watch Master’s video lectures as a family. We watched Master’s lectures until 3 a.m.
My body still felt hot and I kept kicking the blanket off. I fussed and said, “Mommy, I’m scared.” I pointed to my surroundings and said, “Look, it’s dark all around me.” My father told me later that I had been shivering. My body felt hot, but my feet were cold.
My parents started to send forth righteous thoughts and so did my grandmother. My grandmother told me to pay my respects to Master’s picture with her. When my mother carried me back to my bed, I told her that my bottom was hurting. My mother played Master’s video lectures for me. I fell asleep not longer after and did not feel hot anymore.
I felt fine the next day and felt very comfortable. I was able to jump and play once again. My mother told me that I had obtained the Fa. If I had not, my mother would have taken me to the hospital, seeing how hot I felt and how I was shivering. We believe in Master and Master protected me from this tribulation.
I have overcome many obstacles under Master’s protection. Thank you, compassionate Master, for your salvation. I will be more diligent in cultivation and eliminate my attachments of wanting to play, eat street food, and stubbornness. I will align myself to be a Dafa disciple.
Above are my cultivation experiences. Please kindly point out anything that is not in line with Dafa.