(Minghui.org) On the occasion of the 26th World Falun Dafa Day, I would like to tell you how I have benefited from practicing Dafa.
I was in high school when I began practicing Falun Dafa with my parents in 2005. I conducted myself according to the teachings and treated everyone with kindness. Things went smoothly for me from university to work. I am healthy, and I have a blissful family life with no worries.
In 2016, I went back to work a year after I gave birth. My profession was flourishing, and my coworkers had huge pay raises and bought cars and property. I went along with the flow in this environment where everyone pursued material wealth. I longed to have more money, so I put all my efforts into my career. I completely forgot that I was a practitioner. I often dreamed that I was in an elevator that was falling. I was lost in the material world, but these dreams did not enlighten me.
I made a lot of money in those years. However, as I worked hard earning money, my husband lost a lot of money gambling online. In an instant I lost everything I worked so hard for, and I became burdened with debt. At the same time, I ran into various problems at work and was shrouded in deceit. I was on the brink of a mental breakdown. I lay in bed and wept in despair. I even thought of ending my life. I recalled Master’s teaching that it is a crime to commit suicide. I cannot go down that path. I knew my only way out was to return to cultivation. That night, I took out Zhuan Falun and I instantly felt an incomparable calmness. I understood Dafa is the only thing in my life, money is external—I must let go of all this and follow Master back to my true home.
I felt shocked—as though I were hit by a hammer: I pursued personal gain all these years, is this how a practitioner should behave? Through continuous Fa study, I let go of my resentment, human notions and attachments. Master said:
Cultivation is not hard,It’s attachments that are hard to part with.When will you sever those many attachments?All know the sea of hardship has no shore.If your will is not firm,The hurdles are like mountains.How will you transcend this mortal life?” (Hong Yin II)
Reading Master’s teachings helped pull me away from fame, gain and emotion in the human world. I was able to regard everything with kindness and compassion. I no longer resented my husband and I was not in so much pain.
I wanted my husband to read the Fa with me, and get rid of his bad habits so that we could give our family a fresh start. He did not expect me to forgive him after he lost so much money. When I gave him a helping hand, he was moved. If it weren’t for Dafa’s teachings, would I have been so magnanimous? Through this incident, my husband truly understood that Falun Dafa is good and began to read Zhuan Falun with me. He recited poems from Hong Yin and read The Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party.
My husband became a completely different person after he began practicing cultivation. He quit his addiction to gambling, and he conducted himself according to the standards of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. We were later both recruited into a top design company. We lived by the principles of Dafa and thought of others. Our coworkers said we were upright, kind and responsible. At the end of year appraisal for best employee, two designers fought over the title. I gave them the quota I earned to resolve the conflict. Afterwards some colleagues said I should be given the title of best employee. My heart was calm hearing these words. My husband and I advanced smoothly in our careers, and our life and income improved. My husband was promoted to become department head.
We no longer pursue fame and gain now. Instead, we let Dafa’s teachings guide our every thought and are strict with ourselves in following the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.
After the COVID pandemic began, various sectors began to go into decline. Major companies laid off employees and cut pay. The company we worked for also ran into financial difficulties. They laid off staff, and the remaining employees had their salaries repeatedly cut. Despite these measures, the employees were owed money still. As our superiors knew my husband and my work attitude and capability, we were never on the list of staff to be laid off. Although the company suffered huge loses, our department was the only area that managed to make profits and we never complained despite not receiving wages. We continued to do our work with a peaceful mindset.
Later on, through our boss, my husband had the chance to work on other external projects. Our boss told us that we could take on other jobs while working for the company. This helped our financial situation. Although it was hard work doing two jobs, we treated our company projects the same as those we did on the side.
By early 2024, the company hadn’t been able to pay wages for 6 months and there were no new projects. Many colleagues did not do their jobs properly and were just waiting for compensation in the event the company became bankrupt. My husband and I decided to resign after careful consideration. First, this would help our company save costs. Second, we had our own projects to work on and it was enough to support us financially. Our boss was moved by our decision and was reluctant to see us leave. My husband and I were good workers and the company needed responsible staff. However, our boss accepted our resignation. Both of us were long time employees and were entitled to significant compensation, yet we chose to resign. Our boss praised us for our big hearts.
Many people around us thought it was unwise of us to choose to resign when the economy was so bad. In reality, we became busier after leaving the company. Not only was our income not affected, we earned more than before. Because the projects we did had good results, we were given more jobs. Our partners said that we were capable, responsible and good designers. It is hard to find people like us in today’s society. Therefore they want to work with us whenever they have projects.
Others in our profession were perplexed when they heard about our situation: the economy is declining, it is so quiet in the industry, they have nothing to do yet we are so busy? This is because my husband and I conduct ourselves according to the teachings of Dafa. We remind ourselves constantly to follow the standards of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance at work.
Thank you Master and Dafa for waking me up when I was lost. Dafa helped me and my family return to the right path so that we are not attached to losses and gains in this world. Hence, we reached the state of gaining with no pursuit. I share my story today to express my infinite gratitude to Master! We obtain true happiness only by constantly following the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance!