(Clearwisdom.net) In 1992, when I was ten years old, I had a dream where I saw a heavenly maiden casting flowers about, and the flowers fell into the yard of our house. Smiling, she flew over our house. At that time, I didn't understand the meaning of the dream, but from then on, I often thought of the word “Master,” and I always asked my mother to take me to look for Master. My mother was very confused and asked, “What kind of Master are you looking for?” “I want to look for the Master who can thoroughly explain the entire universe and the Master who is the best and the kindest.” My mother said kindly that she didn't know where to find such a Master. I felt very sad, so I buried the wish deep in my heart.
When I was 17, I went to the southern part of China by myself. I was looking for Master while I worked. I suffered many hardships. Sometimes I slept on the street and went hungry. While I was working, I met all kinds of people whose selfishness, greed, and hypocrisy made me feel very disgusted with the human world. I lost faith in life. But from the bottom of my heart, I still had the wish to look for my Master.
One day, a 90-year-old Taoist told me, “Child, the really highly-accomplished Master is in the mundane world. You should return home. If you have a predestined relationship, you will meet him regardless of where you are.”
Not long after that, I went home. It happened that my sixth brother was going to marry, and my sister-in-law and her parents practiced Falun Gong. At that time, many people were deceived by the Communist Party's propaganda, including me. When my sister-in-law and her parents tried to explain the facts about Falun Dafa to me, I didn't accept it. It was not until November 2005 that I finally entered the door of Dafa cultivation.
When I first opened the book Zhuan Falun and saw revered Master's photo, He seemed very familiar. When I read on the second page that, “Offering salvation to humankind means that you will be truly practicing cultivation,”(Zhuan Falun, “Lecture One”), I had a deep reaction to the words “practicing cultivation.” Tears poured out of my eyes. I continued reading the book with great respect. When I read in “Lecture Eight,” “They have not found the well-known masters after having been all over the country.”, I couldn't hold back my tears. I finally found the Master that I had been looking for all these years. I felt my entire world light up.
Although I was young, I had a lot of illnesses, such as stomach problems, cervical pain, back pain, etc. After I started cultivation practice, I finally knew what it felt like to be disease-free. It took me less than four months to read all of Master's lectures. Encouraged and assisted by fellow practitioners, I started to do the three things.
By that time, my mother and my sixth brother also started practicing Dafa. We formed a small group and started to explain the facts about Falun Dafa to other family members. During the Chinese New Year, my sisters and brothers came back from other cities to celebrate the holiday with us. They had been poisoned by the wicked Party's lies and didn't understand the truth about Dafa. When they learned that we had started practicing, they were strongly against it. When I was studying the Fa or doing the exercises, they intentionally created a lot of noise. Sometimes they deliberately touched me or used a flashlight to dazzle my eyes. On one occasion, when I was sending forth righteous thoughts, my fourth brother hit me in the face with a great big book. It really hurt. If that had happened in the past, I would have immediately started to fight with him. At that time, however, I remembered the Fa:
“As a practitioner, the first thing you should be able to do is to not fight back when you are beaten or sworn at—you must be tolerant. Otherwise, what kind of practitioner will you be?” (“Lecture Nine,” Zhuan Falun)
I therefore continued sending forth righteous thoughts. Shortly after that, I began to feel wronged, my eyes filled with tears, and I felt it was so unfair. At that moment, the Fa struck me again:
“Forbearance is the key to improving one’s xinxing. To endure with anger, grievance, or tears is the forbearance of an everyday person who is attached to his concerns. To endure completely without anger or grievance is the forbearance of a cultivator.” (“What is Forbearance (Ren)?” from Essentials for Further Advancement)
The moment I thought about this, my heart felt so much more at ease. My expression became very compassionate, and my body was surrounded by a very strong energy field. It felt very warm and comfortable. They stopped talking and looked at us sending forth righteous thoughts.
The first few days after my brothers were home, they insulted me and threatened that they were going to send me to prison. I sent forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to strengthen me. No matter what they said, we still studied the Fa and did the exercises as usual. Several days later, my brothers' attitudes softened. I said to them, “What's wrong with us doing the exercises? Falun Dafa has miraculous health benefits. Most importantly, it helps people improve their morality. Everyone should study it.” I also expressed to them my firm determination to practice cultivation in Dafa. From then on, they never interfered with us again.
Practicing Dafa brought miracles to our family. In the past, my mother had a lot of illnesses, and she couldn't eat very well. Now, she rides a bicycle like a young person, but actually she is more than 70 years old. My sixth brother's kind, compassionate, and considerate attitude has touched many people around him, especially those who used to work with him. They were so deeply touched and influenced by him that many of them changed and became better people. For me, although I am almost 30 years old, I still look like an 18-year-old girl. Many of our relatives and friends have good impressions of Dafa and understood the truth after they saw the changes in us. All of my family have now quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.
When I first started to try to persuade people to quit the CCP, my face got red and my heart began to beat faster after saying only a few sentences. Master said:
“The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts.” (“Drive Out Interference” from Essentials for Further Advancement II)
After I returned home, I intensified my Fa-study and improved my xinxing. When I went out to clarify the truth again, my face wasn't as red as it used to be.
Every time before I started to discuss the facts about Falun Dafa, I sent forth righteous thoughts. If I had a pure state of mind, I encountered less interference and could save more people. If I didn't send as much righteous thoughts or my state of mind wasn't pure, I often encountered a lot of interference during truth-clarification. I've met many people who really hated Dafa. As soon as they found out that I practiced Falun Gong, they became very rude and unreasonable. Then I discussed the facts with them while sending forth righteous thoughts. When I told them the facts about the Tiananmen self-immolation hoax, their hatred lessened and disappeared. After they understood the truth, they had smiles on their faces.
I found a job as a cashier in a small shop in 2007. Provided with convenient conditions at work, I printed many informational messages about Dafa on paper currency, and I gave those bills as change to the customers. Once a waiter saw the money and took it away from me, saying I was overturning the Party. Then I started to clarify the truth to him. During the night shift, I played an informational DVD for him. He also found a good friend of his to watch the DVD with. Both of them were stunned when they saw how the police beat Dafa disciples. After that, he had a very strong interest in Dafa. The next day, he asked for Dafa books from me. I gave him a copy of Zhuan Falun. After he saw the book, he was very excited. When he left the shop, he asked for more than 30 copies of informational brochures and other materials such as Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. He said he would help everyone he knew understand the truth about Dafa and withdraw from the evil CCP and its affiliated organizations.
During my spare time, I often went to nearby villages to distribute materials. It was very dark at night, and the cold wind felt like a knife cutting my face. During the process, I got rid of fear and the attachment to comfort. Every time my xinxing reached a higher standard, my body endured some changes.
I have recited Zhuan Falun three times now, and I will continue to recite the book in the future, until the day when Fa-rectification comes to the human world. On my cultivation path in the future, I will be more and more diligent and return home with Master.