(Clearwisdom.net) Happy Lantern Festival to great, merciful Master and fellow practitioners! I am a new practitioner who started practicing Falun Dafa on January 1, 2011. As I ponder the short time that I've been cultivating, I want to thank Master from the bottom of my heart. It is Falun Buddha Fa that has enabled me to walk on this most glorious cultivation path.
I am a schoolteacher and have always loved traditional Chinese culture, ever since I was a child. While attending college, I wasted a lot of time playing online classical Chinese games. After I graduated from college, I not only continued to indulge in these games, but I also began eating and drinking a lot.
I found it virtually impossible to control myself and soon developed high blood pressure and fatty liver disease. I also started feeling extremely tired and thirsty, and had to urinate frequently. One day I did a search on the Internet looking for an answer to my ill health. I was shocked to find that I had all the symptoms of diabetes!
A colleague of mine tried to kindly assure me that I did not have diabetes and even helped me find a medical professional who would test my blood sugar levels. When the results of my three tests came back, I knew I had diabetes. My blood sugar levels were very abnormal: 17.6, 18.9, and 26.5. Being only 30 years old, I was very disappointed and sad. I thought to myself, “How can I have such a devastating disease at such a young age?!”
When I looked into Western medicine protocols, I realized that I should pay more attention to my diet. I then began taking different medications, realizing that if things did not take a turn for the better, I might need to take insulin shots ten years down the road, and I knew that neither of these tactics would completely rid my body of this disease.
One day this same colleague of mine told me, “You still have one choice, and that is to cultivate.” When I realized that he was talking about the practice of Falun Gong, I was not very happy.
As a political science teacher, my head was filled with all sorts of anti-Falun Gong propaganda that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had unleashed through its state-run TV stations and newspapers.
When I looked into my colleague's kind eyes, I found it difficult to believe that Falun Gong was bad, but at the same time, I found it hard to believe that the CCP would outright lie to me about this popular meditation practice.
I finally made the decision to read Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Gong. At first, I was very cautious, but after a while I started to pay close attention to what I was reading. It wasn't long before I realized that this was a divine book. I was so happy to know that I had finally found what I'd been looking for my whole life--a systematic way to cultivate myself!
When I finished reading Zhuan Falun for the first time, I could feel Master's Law Bodies adjusting my body. I threw out the medicine I had been taking because all of my symptoms had disappeared! It was merciful Master that had cleansed my body for me. Even my back, which was bent for many, many years, miraculously became straight and upright!
Every time I hear Master's lectures, I cannot hold back my tears. When I close my eyes, I see Master smiling and I feel his great mercy.
After I studied the Fa for a while, I recalled some mysterious phenomena that I had witnessed as a child, and finally was able to explain them to myself. With the insights that I had gained from the Fa, I was able to quickly resolve life-long problems and rid myself of many bad habits. After attending group Fa study, I had a deeper understanding of Dafa and the difference between good and evil. I quit all the CCP affiliated organizations.
I know that the evil Party's culture has been deeply instilled in me and has controlled the way I thought and acted since I was a child. But I also know that by repeatedly reading the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, I am gradually eliminating this Party culture.
When I look back, I can clearly see that I had wasted the past 30 years of my life, completely controlled by the evil Party's culture. Falun Dafa indeed has boundless power. I am slowly but surely teaching my students about the true nature of the CCP.
Falun Dafa has boundless power, enabling my mind to become more peaceful. Even the expression on my face has changed. I used to have a fierce and violent look in my eyes, but now my eyes are relaxed, calm, and friendly.
My greatest blessing is being able to study the Fa with fellow practitioners. Our entire group Fa study also wishes great and merciful Master, “Happy Lantern Festival!”
If you are a non-practitioner reading this article and you've been lucky enough to have had Dafa practitioners clarify the truth to you, please listen to them calmly. Maybe you, too, have been given a lucky choice, just like me!