(Minghui.org) I was attending high school in April 1996, when a classmate at the Harbin Institute of Technology wrote me a letter. He said that he saw a copy of the Falun Dafa book Zhuan Falun in a library that revealed many secrets, and he asked me to find it.
While I took a nap in my school dormitory one afternoon, I saw a round ball of light, which looked like the sun or moon. It was so bright that I blinked rapidly. A classmate pointed at me and said, “Look at his eyes, he’s blinking so fast!” I was puzzled and wondered why I saw the ball of light.
I went to my godmother’s house that weekend. I knew she practiced Falun Dafa and I hoped she could answer the many questions I had. She said, “Wait until you finish the college entrance exam, and I’ll show you the book Zhuan Falun. One of my relatives has a copy. Falun Dafa is a true high-level Fa.”
After I finished taking the exam in July 1996, I couldn’t wait to go back to my godmother’s home to finally see Zhuan Falun. I read the book from beginning to end in one sitting, and I felt that it contained divine secrets. I previously read some articles about mankind’s unsolved mysteries, and I had many questions. But I after I read Zhuan Falun, many of my questions were answered. There were many more things that I could not understand, but whenever I encountered a problem, I found the answers in Zhuan Falun.
I recalled the day I saw the sun and moon while my eyes were closed. Master said,
“So then some people say, “I saw the sun,” or “I saw the moon.” In fact, they saw neither the sun nor the moon. What did they see, then? It was their passageway.” (Lecture Two, Zhuan Falun)
When I put my heart into practicing, Master arranged a cultivation path for me: I was admitted to medical school. I studied the Fa diligently, and I practiced the exercises. My routine was that after the lunch break, I went back to my room and read Zhuan Falun for half an hour before I took a nap. As soon as I fell asleep, I felt my spirit flying rapidly, like lightning, and I could also feel a sharp pain at the base of my ears. Master said in Zhuan Falun,
“Some may feel as if they’re riding a horse; some may feel as if they’re flying; some feel as if they’re running...” (Lecture Two, Zhuan Falun)
I realized what Master said was true! Through continuous Fa-study, new Fa principles kept popping up in front of me. I thought, Oh my, these are all heavenly secrets, secrets among secrets! My joy was indescribable because I was able to comprehend such profound Fa principles!
I got up very early and stayed up late every day to practice. I went to bed at midnight and got up at 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. I went to the park to do the exercises, no matter how bad the weather was. It rained heavily one time, but I didn’t bring anything to shield myself from the rain—before I finished the exercises, my clothes were dry. At that time, I recited the Fa all day long. I was immersed in Dafa. When I encountered conflicts, I looked inward and felt that I was elevating rapidly.
After I began practicing I’ve held myself to the standards of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, and I’m a good person wherever I am. At school, I never cheated on the exams. More than ten years later, at a class reunion, I was still remembered by my teacher; I squeezed money from my living expenses to help classmates from poor families pay their tuition; when the staff dormitory caught fire, I was the first to rush to the scene to put it out; I often gave money to help beggars, while I ate simple food: two steamed buns or a bowl of noodles.
Perhaps because I studied the Fa diligently which laid a solid foundation, I was able to break through humanness when the persecution of Falun Dafa began on July 20, 1999.
When I began cultivating, I never thought the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would persecute people simply because they wished to be good by holding themselves to Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. After the persecution began I lost contact with other practitioners, and I wondered what I should do.
I was an intern at a hospital. Seeing how the CCP slandered Falun Dafa in the media, I enlightened that I should step forward, go to Beijing to appeal and tell people that Dafa is wonderful. I firmly believed that Falun Dafa and Master are the most righteous. I understood that I hadn’t yet reached the cultivation standard, but I wanted to go to Beijing to tell the world’s people that Dafa is wonderful!
I set off the next day. On my way, I called my godmother, and I told her that I was heading to Beijing. She advised me not to go and said something that stopped me. I wasn’t determined enough, so I gave up my plan to go to Beijing to validate the Fa. Afterwards tears streamed down my face like a downpour, but I couldn’t explain why.
After many years, I understood: Validating the fact that Falun Dafa is wonderful is the vow I made pre-history! In that most critical moment, I gave up on accomplishing my mission—in another dimension my true self who already consummated, was crying! After this experience I understood that I should take the Fa as my teacher, and I should have firm faith. At the critical moment I should measure myself with Dafa’s standards and set aside my human attachments. This laid a solid foundation—after this I was determined to go to Beijing to validate the fact that Dafa is wonderful, and I went twice.
Because I went to Tiananmen in Beijing to validate the Fa, I’ve been illegally held at detention centers, brainwashing center, drug rehabilitation centers and forced labor camps 11 times. I’ve upheld my belief in Falun Dafa and I never wavered. I was able to let go of life and death, and I returned to my normal life while doing the three things after I was released.
After I was released from prison, in order to make ends meet, I went to Shanghai City and found a job. As practitioners, wherever we are, we are good people. I’ve held myself strictly to the standards of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. I was never choosy about tasks at work. I worked diligently and conscientiously, and I’ve been repeatedly recognized as an outstanding manager and awarded for outstanding contributions. My income also steadily increased. In one of our team-building activities, in front of the company officials and my coworkers, I sang Dafa songs and clarified the facts about the persecution. They gradually realized that I practiced Falun Dafa.
Before I quit, I had a conversation with the company chairman. I made it clear to him that practitioners conduct themselves according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and are upright. During the process of clarifying the Dafa truth to him, I had no concern about my safety. At the end of our talk he exclaimed, “You are very kind!”
Before I left the company to start my own business, my old company invested in the other coworkers but not me. Since I was a senior employee, I felt very sad, and I felt some resentment. One problem after another arose. When the year-end bonuses were distributed, there was a team bonus. Our team only had two people, and our team bonus was 30,000 yuan. I thought we would split it equally between the two of us. However, the chairman said, “Here’s 5,000 yuan for you.”
Although I didn’t say a word, my heart was filled with mixed emotions. I thought to myself: Of the 30,000 yuan bonus, I should have received 15,000 yuan, but I only got 5,000. They’ve deducted what’s rightfully mine, adding insult to injury.
When I looked inward I realized that I still had an attachment to self-interest. I said to myself, “I’m a practitioner, I should have great forbearance.” Dafa has given me strength, I let go of resentment and I do not hate anyone—instead I was full of compassion.
I had an idea: I wanted to go back home to clarify the facts about the persecution to people and accomplish my mission as a practitioner.
I set up my own company. I was initially worried that being busy with my company would affect my ability to clarify the truth. With in-depth Fa-study, and especially with the encouragement from other practitioners, we began to clarify the facts to people face-to-face and help people to renounce their CCP memberships. As long as we have the wish to clarify the facts to people, Master helps us. Thus, I always met people who were willing to listen to the truth.
Another practitioner and I just finished eating and we met a woman who entered the lobby to take shelter from the rain. We clarified the facts to her and helped her quit the CCP. I previously talked to her and her husband about Falun Dafa, but they didn’t agree to quit the CCP. Since I saw her again, I felt this was arranged by Master. This time she accepted what we said and she agreed to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. She went home and returned with her husband and we helped him quit as well.
After an elderly lady in her 80s learned the truth about Falun Dafa she began practicing. She has been very diligent in her cultivation. She told me that her trust in me was inspired by my kind actions. On that rainy day, I held the umbrella for her to help her walk her home. She said, “You are an executive, yet you are so approachable.” I told her that I practiced Falun Dafa and asked her to remember Falun Dafa is wonderful! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is wonderful! which could help her avoid danger and be blessed. I also gave her a copy of Zhuan Falun. She was very sincere and put her heart into practicing.
Our mission is great and historic, so there is no reason for us not to save sentient beings. We should use our righteous thoughts and the wisdom cultivated from Dafa, and use every opportunity to help Master save people. I feel that many people are waiting for us. Only by being diligent in my cultivation, can I not let down Master’s painstaking, saving grace. Only by cultivating diligently, can I not disappoint the trust sentient beings placed in us.