Feeling Calm and Carefree After Becoming a Practitioner, Validating Dafa with a Pure and Clean Heart

(Minghui.org) I would like to share how I’ve benefited from cultivating Falun Dafa.

Benefiting Greatly After Learning Dafa

In 1997, a neighbor who was concerned about my complicated family relationships said to me, “Let me give you a copy of Zhuan Falun for you to read. If I have time, I will teach you the exercises. They are very easy to learn.” That is when I learned them.

I took Zhuan Falun with me when I went up into the mountains to herd sheep. I did not know why my sheep were so easy to herd at that time. In an empty house on the mountain, I was able to study one lecture of Zhuan Falun and practice the exercises. By the time I finished, the sheep had come down to the creek to drink water. My sheep didn’t behave like other people’s sheep that ran everywhere and took effort to herd. I only understood later that Master had helped his disciple, giving me this convenient time and place to study the Fa and do the exercises.

I had been diagnosed with seven health problems, including cervical spondylosis, rheumatism, pelvic inflammatory disease, and gastritis. Although I worked every day, it was very tough. Every time I returned home, my stomach would bother me. I would only feel a little better after I got into the heated bed and warmed my lower back. Despite this, I had no complaints. Others said, “You are a woman but you herd sheep while the men just stay at home. Why are you willing to accept this unfair treatment?” I replied, “I am content as long as they are happy.”

I liked to go up into the mountains to herd the sheep, because it was so open and bright! I could sing for the sheep, and the grass smelled nice when the sheep were munching on it. When I sang, the wild chickens on the mountain also stretched their necks to listen. After I began practicing, one year passed without me realizing it. I forgot about my ailments, and they all disappeared. Before cultivating, I took a lot of medicine, but the illnesses did not go away. In a fit of anger, I stopped taking the medications and decided to just let nature take its course. After I started cultivating, I no longer had negative thoughts about other people, so I really felt at ease. This was because I followed Master’s teachings to let go of resentment, selfishness, reputation, and other attachments.

Validating Falun Dafa with a Pure and Clean Heart

Because I was busy farming and herding sheep in the mountains throughout the year, I did not do anything to validate Dafa. I heard about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Dafa and fellow practitioners being arrested, but I did not take it to heart. I did not watch the news broadcasts on television, so I did not really know anything about it.

After I stopped raising sheep, my sister gave me a music player and I was able to listen to the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and The Ultimate Goal of Communism. I also learned about the persecution that Dafa practitioners were facing and what fellow practitioners were doing to stop it, such as going to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa; filing criminal complaints against Jiang Zemin, the former head of the CCP, for initiating the persecution; telling people about the CCP-staged Tiananmen self-immolation; and distributing small truth-clarification booklets.

Master has asked us to do the three things well, so I should try my best to do them well. I asked my sister, “Let me hang banners and paste stickers at night. I can find places and I am not afraid.” She said, “You still need to be careful.” I told her I knew how to do it, so she shouldn’t worry, and I completed my rounds with care every time.

I was studying the Fa with another middle-aged female practitioner when we suddenly noticed that our books were emitting light. When I asked her if she saw it, she said, “I saw it when we started studying the Fa. There were different colors, too.” It was then I realized that Master was encouraging us. I said, “I also saw gorgeous colors—red, blue, yellow, purple, and green. It was really beautiful.”

I told her, “I was cutting firewood behind my home when I felt something go really deep into my foot, but my foot wasn’t injured and it did not hurt.” She said, “Your supernatural abilities have emerged.” I did not think that was possible, because my cultivation level was so far behind other practitioners. But this further strengthened my confidence to be steadfast in my cultivation.

When I got into a conversation with people I was familiar with, I would clarify the truth to them and help them quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Someone told me, “You need to look at the situation when you do this. Be careful.” I replied, “I am careful.”

After moving to a new home, I often took public buses, which were good opportunities for me to clarify the truth. Some people said things like, “You’ve gone to the devil’s side.” I would get closer to them and talk about how difficult it was to do business nowadays without paying bribes, that people pocket money from projects, and about the CCP’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting, hoping to persuade them to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I did not just stay at home. I often visited relatives and friends. I did not contract the virus, even though some of them did. I told them the life-saving remedy, which is to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” frequently, and I also helped them do housework.

Whenever I deal with people, I look within to see where I am not doing well. People say, “Others deny responsibility when something goes wrong, but you take the blame. Why? Why are you apologizing? It is totally not your fault.” I reply, “If I do things honestly and behave righteously, there will be fewer conflicts and misunderstandings.” I am not trying to validate myself. I am doing this to validate Dafa.

My heart is just on saving people when I visit relatives and friends, and I find opportunities to clarify the truth. When I know that people like to listen to songs, I make up short songs and sing them, which people love. Sometimes, I let the older women watch videos that promote traditional Chinese culture, and the feedback has been very good.

Living by the Principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance

In my extended family and circle of friends, I am always considerate. Because I practice Falun Dafa, I always try to be a better person. They often ask me, “Why do you do that? If it were me, I would definitely not be able to. People will say that you are so silly.”

“I am not silly,” I tell them. “Those people are giving me their virtue. As the saying goes, ‘Suffering a loss is a blessing.’” Someone said, “Studying all those years was useless—you did not get any smarter.” I replied, “I live by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. That makes me feel carefree and at peace.”