(Minghui.org) I began cultivating Falun Dafa a year ago. Although I have practiced for only a short time, its impact has been profound. I feel fortunate to have been saved by Master Li and to have become a Dafa disciple. My gratitude and joy are beyond words. I would like to report on my cultivation experiences over the past year to Master and share them with practitioners during the China Fahui.
As a child, I was in poor health, often had diarrhea, vomiting, and illnesses. My mother took me to temples to worship Buddha and burn incense as a way to improve my well-being. She also sought out spirit mediums. She tried everything she thought would help me.
When I was 12, I was struck by a vehicle, lost consciousness, and appeared to have no signs of life. When my older sister took me to the hospital, the staff initially refused to admit me, saying I was beyond saving. My sister knelt at the hospital entrance, weeping and pleading. Moved by her desperation, the hospital finally accepted me. More than four hours later, I miraculously regained consciousness and eventually recovered. I had been given a second chance at life. My whole family felt I had been protected by the divine.
In 2009, at 31, I started my own business in another city and spent little time with my family. In 2013, I was devastated to discover that my husband was having an affair. I was overwhelmed with pain and wept every day. I thought about ending my life and even considered becoming a nun to sever my worldly ties. But I realized I had responsibilities to my parents and my young child, so I could not die. I continued to live in torment.
Just as I was struggling with the breakdown of my marriage, my husband’s construction projects ran into trouble, leaving our family several million yuan in debt. To weather the crisis, I closed my business in the other city and returned home, hoping to face the difficulties together, resolve our marital problems, and save our family. However, after returning home, my inability to tolerate my husband’s behavior further strained our relationship. In 2019, we divorced.
After learning of my husband’s affair in 2013, I considered becoming a nun, hoping Buddhism might offer answers and free me from suffering. In November of that year, I met a Zen Buddhist monk and took refuge under his guidance. Later, I learned that he was competing for positions within the local Buddhist Association. I wondered why someone who had renounced worldly life was still pursuing fame and personal gain. The world seemed so confusing, and I longed to find a truly pure place for spiritual cultivation.
After experiencing emotional despair and life’s setbacks, I felt even more lost. I began to ask myself fundamental questions like: What is the purpose of human life? Where do we come from? Is there a way to transcend death and escape suffering?
While I was struggling with these questions, I unexpectedly reconnected online with Ms. Hao, a friend I had lost contact with seven years earlier. Knowing that I had taken refuge in Buddhism and sincerely wished to cultivate, she gave me the book Zhuan Falun in July 2024. She told me it was a book on spiritual cultivation that might greatly benefit my goals.
In fact, I first encountered Falun Dafa during a trip to Hong Kong in 2006. But misled by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) lies, I accepted the informational flyers without daring to read them or take them home. I sadly missed the opportunity to learn about Dafa.
Initially, I was afraid when I realized the book Hao gave me was about Falun Dafa. Yet I trusted her and reasoned that if it benefited health and was a cultivation practice, I should at least read it. However, with my child preparing for the university entrance examination the following year, I decided to wait until after the exam. Thus, in 2024, I missed another opportunity to obtain the Fa.
In June 2025, after my child finished the exam, Ms. Hao brought Zhuan Falun to me again. She urged me to read it three times in a row, and I did as she suggested. Once I began reading, I could hardly put the book down. I discovered that it was a miraculous treasure. The characters glowed, sometimes emitting purple light, and even appeared to dance. Tears filled my eyes. The words were alive, full of life. I excitedly shared these extraordinary experiences with Hao, and she told me, “To see such remarkable things shows that you have a strong predestined relationship with Dafa.”
Thus, I began cultivating in Dafa and was determined to cultivate well. I read the book eagerly, immersed in the light of the Fa, and experienced a peace and tranquility I had never known before.
During my first year of cultivation, I experienced many extraordinary events. They strengthened my faith in Dafa and my resolve to continue cultivating.
Guidance from a Dream
Toward the end of 2025, shortly after I began studying the Fa, I dreamed that nine white suns appeared in the sky. They gave off no heat, yet people on the ground cried out in anguish. I felt very close to Master. Other practitioners and I watched calmly, as though we had known this would happen. Because my understanding of the Fa was still limited, I could not fully grasp it at the time. Later, I wondered whether Master had used the dream to show me the great tribulations people would face and remind me to cultivate diligently and save them.
Experiencing Dafa’s Power
On the morning of February 2 this year, while I was in bed, I saw a large eye blinking at me, twice. I looked back at it. Remembering Master’s teaching about the celestial eye in Zhuan Falun, I wondered whether it might be my own eye. I felt neither fear nor alarm; instead, I found it interesting and endearing. We seemed familiar with each other.
When I told Hao, she said my celestial eye might have opened. Because I had not studied the Fa deeply enough, I developed an attachment to complacency. Later, I recognized this attachment and reminded myself to guard against it.
Once, while hurrying to a practitioner’s home to study the Fa, I climbed the subway stairs wearing dressy pointed shoes. My steps felt so light and quick, and I was not tired at all, almost as though I were floating. Looking down, I saw that only the tips of my shoes were touching the stairs. I realized Master was encouraging me because I was hurrying to study the Fa. I felt happy, but quickly noticed complacency and reminded myself to let it go.
Several times, while practicing the fifth exercise in my dreams, I saw Master and white Falun descending on me. These were extraordinary and sacred experiences. I knew Master was encouraging me. Thank you, Master.
Extraordinary Experiences During the Exercises
On the morning of September 10 this year, while practicing the second, third, and fifth exercises, I again felt Master’s encouragement. For an extended period, I experienced awareness without a physical body. I felt light and weightless as I practiced, as though the substances of my body were merging with those of the universe. Yet I could bring these substances back and return to awareness of a physical body. Throughout the experience, my consciousness remained very clear.
During the fifth exercise (seated meditation), I saw Master seated behind me in a heavenly realm. Before us stretched countless white heads across the entire heavenly realm. I could not see their faces, and there seemed to be hundreds of thousands, perhaps more. The sight was magnificent. I felt as though I were floating. When the hour of meditation ended, I did not want to leave. I reminded myself to not become attached to staying in that state, and then concluded the exercise.
Later, I realized that Master might have been reminding me that so many people were still lost in delusion and needed to be awakened and saved. His presence behind me seemed to reassure me that he was watching over me and that I should not be afraid, but simply do what I needed to do.
The following morning, September 11, I experienced a similar state while practicing the fourth exercise. I also felt a strong flow of energy at the hegu acupoint (located between my thumb and index finger) in both hands. Thank you, Master, for encouraging me and strengthening my faith!
My Parents Witness Me Overcoming Illness Tribulations
Earlier this year, a small red lump appeared inside my left nostril. I ignored it, but the next day, my left cheek swelled, and my face, head, and ear were very painful. My face was visibly distorted. My parents and older brother were frightened and urged me to go to the hospital for treatment. Remembering Master’s teaching that a single thought can affect an outcome, I told myself, “I am not ill. Master is helping me eliminate karma. This is a good thing.” I reassured my family that I was all right.
I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate interference from the old forces and continued studying the Fa, doing the exercises, and going about my daily activities. Within a week, the symptoms had completely disappeared, as if nothing had happened.
Twenty years earlier, I had been diagnosed with multiple uterine fibroids and had undergone surgery. Two years ago, an examination at a well-known local hospital showed that the fibroids had grown considerably. The doctor said surgery was necessary and wanted me to agree to a hysterectomy. After careful consideration, I decided not to pursue further treatment because I had no noticeable physical discomfort. Since obtaining the Fa, I have great faith in Master and in my cultivation.
After several instances of illness tribulations and seeing the positive changes in my character, my parents began reading the Dafa books too. My father now listens daily to practitioners’ sharing broadcasts on Minghui.org and reads Zhuan Falun every day. My mother gets up at 3 a.m. to practice the exercises. Although she has not yet memorized all the movements and can only do the first and second exercises, I am delighted to see my parents’ sincere hearts toward Dafa.
Overcoming Fear and Strengthening My Faith
After reading Zhuan Falun three times, the extraordinary accounts in the book strengthened my confidence in cultivation. I began studying the Fa and practicing the exercises regularly. At first, I was still afraid. But believing that Dafa benefited health and was a genuine cultivation practice, I continued reading and exercising despite my fear.
Later, I joined a group of practitioners to study the Fa together. They were kind and patiently explained the CCP’s nature, why it opposes Falun Dafa, and the truth about the persecution. I came to understand the Party’s nature, how Dafa had been slandered, and its practitioners persecuted. Most importantly, I began to understand the fundamental differences between Falun Dafa cultivation and other cultivation practices throughout history. I came to cherish even more this once-in-an-eternity opportunity to cultivate in Dafa even more and became determined to persevere.
Respecting Master and the Fa, and Studying Earnestly
The practitioners in our study group deeply respect Master and the Fa. During study, they sit upright, with one or both legs crossed, and focus wholeheartedly on the teachings. Inspired by this environment, I began studying with one leg crossed. Perhaps because my resolve to cultivate was pure and firm, Master strengthened my forbearance. No matter how painful it was, I refused to lower my leg. Before long, I could complete an entire lecture of the Fa sitting this way, and I have continued to do so during Fa study.
Overcoming Human Notions and Persevering in Morning Exercises
Because I have a job, I lead my students in doing the exercises at 6:00 a.m. every morning, sometimes with dozens or even hundreds of participants. Although I am a new practitioner, I believe Falun Dafa is the supreme Great Law of the universe and carries immense energy. Perhaps I can bring this righteous energy to my students. I therefore decided to get up at 3:20 a.m. every day to join practitioners in mainland China for their collective exercises, which begin at 3:50 a.m., before leading my students in their exercises.
Local practitioners told me that consistently completing all five exercises in one session was already a challenge for a new practitioner. Even those who had practiced for many years sometimes struggled to join the mainland China practitioners’ group practice at 3:50 a.m. To participate, I would have to get up early and build the endurance to do the second exercise for a full hour.
Perhaps my wish to think of others aligned with Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, was strengthened by Master. Two months after obtaining the Fa, I began doing the second exercise for an hour. Soon afterward, I started getting up at 3:00 a.m. every morning to practice, and I have continued to this day.
Although I had prepared myself mentally, I repeatedly felt dizzy and nauseated during the exercises, sometimes close to fainting. I asked Master in my heart to strengthen and protect me, refusing to let the old forces interfere with my practice. I kept repeating, “I am a Dafa disciple. I am under the care of only Master, the teacher of Dafa. Master, please strengthen me so I can finish the exercises.” I made it through each time.
Now I participate in the collective morning exercises every day and work throughout the day without feeling tired. Instead, I feel energetic. Dafa is truly extraordinary; its power is beyond what ordinary human thinking can comprehend. I am deeply grateful for Master's protection and for the encouragement of other practitioners.
Letting Go of Attachments and Breaking Through the Double-Lotus Position
For nearly a year, I practiced the exercises and when I studied the Fa, I sat in the single-cross-leg position. I expected that I would soon be able to sit in the double-cross-leg (double-lotus) position. Yet even though I got up at three nearly every morning and practiced for two and a half hours, I still could not manage it. During cultivation, I had painfully worked to eliminate many human attachments, including attachments to emotions and comfort. Why was I still unable to make this breakthrough after almost a year?
I looked within and found impatience and a desire to show off. During a conversation, Hao asked me to consider what I had not yet let go of. After careful reflection, I realized I still clung to romantic feelings and was overly dependent on my daughter. As a practitioner, I needed to transform these attachments into compassion, without exception or discrimination, treating everyone equally. Once I understood this and began to change, a miracle happened—I could sit in the double-lotus position.
As disciples, we only need to study the Fa, practice the exercises, and improve our xinxing. Everything else is arranged by Master. When one’s xinxing improves, the body changes accordingly. Now I do exercise two (holding the wheel) for an hour every day and sit in the double-lotus position for both Fa study and meditation. Accomplishing these things has been a major breakthrough for me.
Letting Go of Resentment Toward and Jealousy of My Ex-Husband
My husband and I have been divorced for nearly seven years. He hasn’t started another relationship, saying he would consider it after our child finished the college entrance exam.
I met with my husband because our child, a college freshman told me he was suffering from severe lower back and elbow pain. I wrote down the words “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are good” and suggested that he recite them sincerely every day, as they could benefit his health.
When my husband realized I was talking about Falun Dafa, he flew into a rage. He accused me of opposing the CCP and of having political problems. He urged me to stop practicing and to remarry him so we could resume our life together.
I discussed facts about Falun Dafa with him, explaining the CCP’s wrongdoing, its slander and persecution of practitioners, and how Dafa teaches people to be good by following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. But he remained opposed, no matter what I said.
I knew this was a test of whether I truly believed in Falun Dafa and would persevere. I regretted that my limited understanding of the Fa kept me from explaining more, but I did not become frightened or flustered. I reminded myself that Master was beside me and calmly looked at my husband. As he continued speaking, I silently sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil factors behind him. After about 10 minutes, he gradually calmed down. He finally said that perhaps we were not meant to be together in this lifetime, and that we should each go our own way. Later, he asked our daughter to persuade me to abandon Dafa. Once I reassured our daughter, he urged me to stay safe. Less than a month later, my ex-husband messaged me to say he had found happiness with someone else and encouraged me to do the same. I wished him happiness and good health.
However, during summer vacation, our daughter stayed with him and didn’t visit me. At first, I felt deeply distressed and lonelier than ever. Resentment and jealousy toward my ex-husband arose.
Through continued Fa study, my feelings gradually shifted from resentment to gratitude. I was grateful that his actions had pushed me to cultivate more diligently. I was grateful that he took care of our daughter’s daily needs, allowing me to study the Fa and practice the exercises with peace of mind. I was even grateful to his new partner for keeping him company and caring for our daughter. Without cultivating Dafa, I might never have overcome my resentment toward my ex-husband, much less developed such gratitude.
Eliminating Negative Thoughts and Impatience
I used to have a long-standing habit. When I called someone, especially a close friend, and they did not answer after one or two tries, I would imagine all sorts of negative things. Although I knew this was wrong, I could not stop myself. Eventually, I would confront them and argue.
Once, I called Ms. Hao, but she neither answered nor sent a message. My old habit resurfaced, and my mind filled with worry, fear, impatience, anger, and negative thoughts.
Through studying the Fa, I realized the old forces were exploiting my attachments to control my thinking. I recognized that I needed to eliminate fear, competitiveness, suspicion, grievance, impatience, and the tendency to blame others. I told myself, “These thoughts are not my true self. They were imposed on me after birth by the old forces. I do not acknowledge them or want them. I will eliminate them all and return to the pure, original self that Master is forging.”
Learning to Look Within
Recently, when Ms. Hao’s car radiator began leaking water, I reflected on myself. What had I not done well? I realized I had been spending too much time on my phone and shopping online for clothes. These were leaks in my cultivation, revealing attachments to lust and desire. I resolved to eliminate them and sent righteous thoughts to clear them away.
Looking within, I also discovered how deeply I was attached to emotional relationships. I realized that passing the test of sentimentality was one of my greatest challenges. Whenever I felt distressed or helpless, I remembered Master’s teaching in Zhuan Falun:
“When it’s difficult to endure, try to endure it. When it looks impossible and is said to be impossible, give it a try and see if it is possible.”
To reach enlightenment through cultivation, I must loosen my attachment to sentimentality and become truly selfless, thinking of others rather than of myself.
Continuing to Cultivate Diligently
I know I have many attachments to eliminate, and I need to make breakthroughs in several areas. For one, I still haven’t managed to send righteous thoughts at all four designated times each day, especially at midnight. I often use the excuse that I must get up early, so I need to go to bed early. I need to change this human way of thinking. As a Dafa disciple, I should not be constrained by such notions.
I still have strong attachments to gossiping, showing off, selfishness, and telling others what to do. Sometimes, when I see things with my celestial eye, I cannot resist telling people about them. As my cultivation deepens, I become more aware of my attachments, which motivates me to cultivate even more diligently.
I have noticed that the environment around me is becoming increasingly peaceful and harmonious. With Hao’s help, I have begun clarifying the truth about Dafa and helping people understand it. Although my efforts remain limited, and I still have fear and other concerns to overcome, I have helped some family members and friends understand the truth and withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I believe that as I study the Fa more and deepen my understanding of its principles, I will overcome my fear and help more people learn the truth.
Although I have cultivated for only one year, I have experienced rapid improvement through the Fa. I feel Master’s protection everywhere and have witnessed the extraordinary nature of Dafa. The joy and happiness of obtaining a true Fa, elevating my xinxing, and being immersed in the Fa are beyond words.
Looking back on my life, I have experienced a lot. When I was ill as a child, my mother took me to seek divine help. At 12, I survived a near-fatal traffic accident. I considered becoming a nun but did not. I experienced divorce and the collapse of my business. Twice, I came close to Dafa but didn’t begin the practice. Finally, I obtained the Fa and began cultivating diligently. Now I understand that Master had been watching over me all along, carefully arranging the opportunities for me to obtain the Fa and guiding me step by step on the path of returning to my true, original self.
My gratitude is boundless! Words cannot express my gratitude to our compassionate and magnificent Master. I will cultivate myself well, save more predestined people, and become a worthy disciple of Master.
(Selected submission for the 23rd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)