Validating Falun Dafa Through Solid Cultivation

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

I began practicing Falun Dafa in Japan, and I would like to thank Master Li for this opportunity. My life has changed dramatically, and with Master’s help I know that my tribulations are cultivation opportunities.

Starting to Practice

Before I moved to Japan to study in 2002, a roommate who worked for a Japanese company lent me a copy of Zhuan Falun. She said, “Falun Dafa helped me become a good wife and a good mother. Do you want to read this?” At that time, I had many plans for my future. Although I saw practitioners doing the exercises in the park after I arrived in Japan, I was influenced by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) hate propaganda against Falun Dafa, and I did not want to talk to them.

I worked as an intern for the Japanese government during my junior year in college, and a Japanese coworker told me many times that Chinese culture is precious. Another coworker had a similar opinion. “The Cultural Revolution systematically damaged traditional Chinese culture,” he said. “The younger generation like you need to restore your traditional Chinese culture.”

My mindset changed after I lived in Japan for several years. When I worked for a Japanese company in 2006, a coworker clarified some slanderous CCP propaganda, including the staged Self-immolation Incident at Tiananmen Square, and recommended I look up the Falun Dafa website. I followed her advice and I was shocked by what I found – Falun Dafa is great and the CCP has been lying. I was so thankful when I later realized that Master guided me to begin practicing.

Falun Dafa Is Amazing

My life was very difficult in 2006. Pressure from work was intense, and my plan to find a boyfriend did not go well. I worked late every day, ate something at a nearby restaurant, and went home. The restaurant owner practices Falun Dafa. Noticing how exhausted I looked, she suggested I try practicing.

I followed her advice and listened to Master Li’s audio lectures. Within one month, Master adjusted my body. My curved leg straightened when I did the second exercise. My family also witnessed how amazing Falun Dafa is.

I was weak since childhood, and often sick. One of my mother’s friends was a fortuneteller, and years ago my mother asked her about me. “You don’t need to worry about your daughter because she will be protected,” the woman said.

The elderly Chinese medicine doctor I often visited advised me not to get married, because I might not survive giving birth. I wasn’t surprised. Due to my heart problems I avoided sports, and I could not imagine getting married. Plus, my parents did not get along, so I didn’t want to repeat their path.

Six months after I came to Japan, my mother passed away and I became depressed. I wanted to find a boyfriend and get married. But things did not go well so I gave up.

I experienced amazing changes after I began practicing. My health improved and I got married in 2012. Three years later, I had a child.

At that time, I was already 41 years old. During my pregnancy I read the Fa every day, did the exercises, sent forth righteous thoughts, and made phone calls to China to refute the CCP’s hate propaganda. My health was good and even a tumor that was found at the beginning of the pregnancy miraculously disappeared. The doctor was surprised.

The umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck when he was born. But the baby was small and the delivery went smoothly. So the baby was safe and I was fine. The doctors said it was a miracle.

I told the doctors, nurses, and the other mothers my story. I said I experienced miracles because I practiced Falun Dafa. When I told them about the CCP’s brutal persecution, they all signed the petition that called for an end to the persecution and the forced organ harvesting.

Validating Dafa at Work

I had a full-time job when I started practicing. After work, I ate something simple before I read the Fa (teachings) and phoned people in China. But I felt this wasn’t enough. As I continued to study more, I came to understand that my workplace is an environment for me to improve. No matter how difficult, I needed to do well so people would have a positive impression of Dafa based on my behavior.

I paid attention to my words and actions. Whenever there were conflicts, I tried to avoid getting involved. When others had a bad attitude towards me, I looked inward to see if I had done something wrong, or perhaps they were helping me eliminate karma. Some young people treated me badly, but I ignored this and I treated them well. Two young people were moved by my attitude and saw that Dafa had changed me to be a better person. I worked there until I became pregnant, and then I resigned.

On my last day, approximately 50 coworkers bid me farewell, including the president. They gave me a big bouquet of flowers and applauded me. Before I resigned, I introduced Shen You to the president, his wife, and many coworkers, and some of them went to see the show. I knew this happened because I followed Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. They saw my positive changes because I practiced Dafa.

After my child was three and a half years old, I found a job teaching Chinese children about Chinese culture. I told the children about traditional Chinese culture and played some NTD programs for them. Before Chinese New Year, I played the introductory video for Shen Yun. Many teachers and parents came to watch. I cherished each class, and I helped the children and their parents quit the CCP organizations.

I tried to treat everyone well, but I sometimes encountered interference. After I gave the children lotus flowers with the words “Falun Dafa is good” on them, a parent who had just come from China complained to the school. Knowing this was a test, I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to tell the staff how Falun Dafa was being suppressed in China. It went well, and afterwards the school officials thanked me.

My cultivation path is arranged by Master, and I need to do well and validate Dafa. I also have the responsibility of helping Master save people. I need to overcome attachments including some forced upon me by the old forces.

Working for the Media

I went to Hong Kong for a rally in 2019. At that time, there were already armed police patrolling the streets. I noticed practitioners who were part of the media, reporting events without fear. I admired them and hoped I could be like them one day.

A practitioner contacted me and said they needed a reporter. So I began reporting for NTD. Many human notions surfaced when I coordinated with other practitioners. When the interviews went well or people said good things about us, I felt good about myself. When other practitioners said something I did not like or complained about me, I was upset and sometimes wanted to argue. When I made mistakes or wasn’t considerate, I was afraid of losing face.

There were two practitioners who had a tendency to argue with each other. I was initially moved and I even participated because I thought I could help resolve the argument. In fact, my husband (a practitioner) and I also occasionally had conflicts.

Because I did not enlighten, Master helped me. The same thing happened in my family. My husband and I argued when a practitioner visited us. That practitioner tried to intervene and solve the problem.

Master said:

“If a third person witnesses the conflict between the two, I would say that it’s not accidental for that third person to see it, and he too should think it over: “Why did I see their conflict? Is it because I still have some shortcomings?” Only in this way can it be good.” (“Teachings at the Conference in the Western U.S.”)

Because I worked for the media part-time, I had limited time to do household chores and take care of our child. My husband has full-time job, and he often has to help after work. He sometimes complains that as a wife and mother I need to do better. Especially when I return home late, our child is home alone. I knew I needed to improve, but I also thought that he should support me. Then I realized that I hadn’t observed this in other practitioners. Another practitioner also complained that her spouse needed to do more for the family.

I looked within and saw that I lacked having gratitude. In fact, without my husband’s help I couldn’t work for the media to help save people.

I was thankful for my husband. Whenever I had to go out, I always bought food on the way back that he and our child liked. My husband noticed this and our relationship improved. The other two practitioners’ relationship also improved.

Cooperating with One Another

I also noticed when practitioners collaborate well, miracles happen, and Master gives us opportunities to save more people. We were once able to interview several people in one day. When we phoned the initial person they agreed to be interviewed. When we met with a parliament member, we met another person in the office and the person was willing to be interviewed. I know Master was encouraging us since we cooperated well.

Before we held an event in July to expose the persecution in China, a parliament member did not want to talk about Falun Dafa, and only spoke of other issues. But there were some issues while we interviewed him and he was frustrated. As practitioners, we know he agreed to the interview because he wanted to support Dafa, but because he was afraid, he avoided talking about the persecution.

So we told him that many people were exposing the CCP’s cruelty these days, and they were speaking up for Falun Dafa. We suggested he say something about the persecution. Our righteous thoughts gave him courage, and the interview went well.

Family members of some of the practitioners who worked in the media were also harassed in China. After interviews, we sometimes shared the information with parliament members. Many of them thanked us, and some introduced us to more people. After the Falun Gong Protection Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives, we interviewed many parliament members who hoped a similar legislation could be passed in Japan. Several parliament members reminded us that few people know about the organ harvesting and the persecution, and we need to do more to tell the Japanese people about these human rights violations. We knew they were encouraging us.

I always feel that people are waiting, and I need to talk to them. I also see my shortcomings and I know I need to improve in some areas. I’m grateful to Master for these opportunities and I cherish the path I’m walking with other practitioners. I know things will be fine as long as I continue assimilating myself to Dafa.

Because of poor enlightenment, I wasted a few years before I began practicing. I often remind myself to make the best use of every opportunity. I remember writing a sentence in a notebook at the time, “I will follow Dafa forever.” Whenever I feel I’m slacking off, I read this to remind myself that I need to be diligent.

I know there are many places where I need to catch up, and I will do better in the future.

Thank you Master! Thank you fellow practitioners!

(Selected article presented at the 2025 Japan Fa Conference)