(Clearwisdom.net) I am 64 years old. I experienced many miracles after practicing Dafa. All things and conflicts we encounter in society are opportunities for us to improve. My deepest impression is that when we encounter something, the result will be totally different based on whether we are using a human mindset to deal with it or a practitioner's righteous thoughts to face it and handle it.
Getting rid of the human mindset and successfully getting a motorcycle license
A while ago I was trying to apply for a motorcycle license. The staff member told me that since I am over 60 years old, they would not be able to give me a license. I then asked some professional agency to help me. Not only did they not get the motorcycle license, but also they told me that they were planning to cancel my driver's license, because one cannot have two licenses at the same time. I looked inward and found my attachment and then got rid of the mindset of relying on an ordinary person to handle this issue. I thought to myself that in the past few years, a motorcycle has accompanied me in clarifying the truth. It is my Fa instrument. Dafa practitioners are the main characters of this drama. They must approve my license. After I had such a thought, with righteous thoughts, I went to the transportation police team and asked them to approve my license. In the afternoon, I got notice that I could take a driving test in two days. I finally got the long-awaited new motorcycle license.
Looking inward, correcting myself in cultivation, and denying the arrangement of the old forces
After being arrested, I protested the persecution with a hunger strike and with righteous thoughts and broke through the evil snare. The police approved a so-called “medical parole.” After that, they attempted to arrest me again and again. Facing this evil behavior, I began to look inward and found that I still had the attachment of being afraid, the attachment of lust, of showing off, etc. I realized that I should cultivate myself well in doing the three things.
Once three police cars came to surround my home with a total of over a dozen personnel. They wanted to arrest me but were not successful. However, I was really afraid. I stayed home and studied two lectures in the book Zhuan Falun. Then I stopped having the attachment of being afraid at all.
I began to send forth righteous thoughts to get rid of the evil things. However, as soon as I sent forth righteous thoughts, my mind would think about a certain lady. She recently divorced. Last year, she was very good to me during the time when I stayed at home. She admired me a lot seeing that I, a Falun Gong practitioner, acted very decently. One day, she wanted to be intimate with me when seeing me. I immediately asked Master to strengthen me and thus avoided her advances. The more I tried to avoid seeing her, the more she felt I was a decent person. She even called me and expressed her thought of missing me. It was precisely because I was moved by a human mentality and lust that I let those messy things fill in my mind. Master said, “What is human? Sentiments and desires fill the body. What is immortal? Human mentalities do not exist.” (“Distinction Between Human and Enlightened Beings”, Hong Yin, Translation Version B) I thought to myself whether I should be an enlightened being or a human being. My mind was struggling fiercely. It was a big battle between the human mindset and divine being. I want to be a divine being and I want to be a Dafa practitioner in Master Li Hongzhi's Fa rectification period and to follow Master to return to my genuine home. I asked Master to get rid of the evils of the human mentality and lust surrounding me. It was not me. “Shua,” immediately my mind became blank and all distractions were gone. Sending forth righteous thoughts made me focus on getting rid of evil. Just as Master has said in the Fa, “Actually, when you can truly be tranquil, one thought is more than enough to shake Heaven and Earth, there's nothing that it can't do, and it's as if it immediately immobilizes and restrains everything covered by your domain; you're like a mountain, and you instantly restrain them.” (Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference) In the meantime, I got rid of the hatred I had towards policemen and those people who reported me, and then I was able to send forth pure righteous thoughts.
Three days later, my son came home and told me that the police who wanted to arrest me had gone away the next day. This time I deeply realized that “Remove your human thoughts and evil will naturally die out.” (“Don’t Be Sad”, Hong Yin Volume II, Translation Version A) Since then they stopped coming to harass me. We must genuinely cultivate ourselves and change ourselves fundamentally. The less we have the human side, the stronger we will be from the divine side. Since then, I understood that cultivators have energy. We cultivators will carry energy when we speak and do things. Quickly adjusting our own thought is very important and serious.
I recalled the last time when I was clarifying the truth in another place, I persuaded over thirty people to withdraw from the CCP-affiliated organizations. I suddenly had a thought that I should leave that place. Otherwise it would be dangerous for me staying in that area. I did not deny that thought in time. As a result, I was arrested. After all, a cultivator is not an ordinary person. A thought will come with power and energy. A cultivator must promptly correct one's thought. If you have righteous thoughts, Master and divine beings will help you. If you do not have righteous thoughts, Master and divine beings will not be able to help you. Being anxious does not help. The degree of your recognition of the old forces will affect the degree of the persecution the old forces put on you. In the book Zhuan Falun, Master said, “Nobody can stop you if that’s what you want. That’s a law in this universe.”(Zhuan Falun, Translation Version 2003) Why was I arrested three times? It was because I had the attachment of being afraid, and it formed a concept. I admitted the existence of the old forces, and that thought was also a substance. In the other dimension, they would be able to control me. Then evil would have an excuse to persecute me.
Believing in our Master and the Fa, denying all tribulations
After improving my understanding, I denied the persecution from the old forces and broke through the snare three times.
I was arrested in December 2005 when I was clarifying the truth to people. The police said, “We will sentence you to three years of forced labor.” I sent out a firm thought: what you said does not count. My Master will have the final say. As a result, I was released unconditionally after less than three months in the forced labor camp.
The 2nd time when I was arrested was in June 2006 while I was clarifying the truth to people. Police claimed that they would sentence me to three years of forced labor. I thought to myself and had a firm idea which was that only my Master has the final say. What those evils said would not count. Nineteen days later, I was set free.
The 3rd time I was arrested was in February 2007 while I was clarifying the truth in another place. Someone falsely accused me. After they sentenced me, I had a firm idea: It is not you evil things who can have the final say. Our great Master has the final say. As a result, I broke out of the snare with righteous thought less than 60 days.
From the break-through of the snare three times, I deeply realized that Master is all powerful, and Dafa is almighty.
Insisting on doing the exercises in the past ten years
After obtaining Dafa, I insisted on continuing to do the exercises throughout the past ten years. Except the time when I was detained, I had never stopped doing the exercises. I keep Master's teachings in mind: “How much you put in is how much you get out.” (Falun Gong)
On the evening of December 31, 1999, I thought to myself: I am a cultivator. It is a very exciting thing that I encounter such an unusual thing in two thousand years. On this memorable night, I wanted to do more exercises. Therefore, I first did the sitting meditation for one hour. Then I began to do the four standing exercises. I did the exercises for the whole night. I stopped doing the exercises the next morning at around 6:30 a.m. when my family members all got up. Each day, I insisted on doing all five sets of exercises. If I had to get up early the next morning to catch a bus, I would finish doing the exercises the night before that. When I went to the homes of my relatives or friends, I could not do the exercises while chatting with people. Then I would do the exercises when everyone went to bed. Since I have never stopped doing the exercises, I could feel that the pain in my back which had bothered me for many years gradually reduce and then disappear. The feeling had been like a rope tied around my back, and it made me feel uncomfortable. I could feel Falun and the energy circuit adjusting my body. When I was doing the sitting meditation or sending forth righteous thoughts, I changed from not being able to calm down in the past to be able to control my thoughts and became more and more calm.
Many fellow practitioners came to my home and told me, “Your home has a good atmosphere. We can calm down when doing the sitting meditation and sending forth righteous thoughts.” A fellow practitioner quickly entered a tranquil situation when sending forth righteous thoughts for 30 minutes. One fellow practitioner whose third eye was opened came to my home and said he could see light shining from our window even in the yard. After entering the room, he saw my body was glowing. One day at noon time, several fellow practitioners were sending forth righteous thoughts and I felt my body was baking. I thought the heater was on. When I touched the heater, it was ice cold. I realized that it was a manifestation of the gong from my body. When fellow practitioners heard that, they said it was our benevolent Master who was encouraging us and let us pay more attention to the importance of doing the exercises. Master said in the Fa, “Maintaining Dafa’s tradition, upholding Dafa’s cultivation principles, and persevering in true cultivation are long-term tests for every Dafa disciple.” (“Abandon Human Attachments and Continue True Cultivation,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
I realized that persistent Fa study and doing the exercises would bring fundamental changes. A fellow practitioner who had not seen me for a while told me, “You have improved from the Fa standpoint.” I replied, “The word improvement does not fully describe my condition. I should say the change was like a rebirth!”
Practicing cultivation does not mean insisting on doing the exercises. The most important thing is to cultivate one's xinxing. It is to cultivate our strong will, refine the spirit of bearing hardships, the determination of getting rid of the attachment to comfort. I also resolved to have a strong will and thus formed a good foundation for breaking through some major hardships in my cultivation.
When I study the Fa, I sit cross-legged. Sometimes the pain was extremely sharp, but I continued to keep sitting in that position.
I have a relative who lives about six to seven-hundred miles away, and I would ride my motorcycle to visit this relative. The highest speed I did was one hundred kilometers per hour. I, who am over sixty years old, could ride my motorcycle at such a high speed coming and going freely. My deeds confirmed Falun Gong's extraordinary powers to my family, relatives and friends.
How did I clarify the truth to save sentient beings?
Normally when I clarified the truth to people, I would first get acquainted with them and then I would talk based on their attachments. By doing it in such a way I would have a better result.
I clarified the truth to a young girl who was selling steamed bread. She said, “I do not believe in the CCP. Neither do I believe in Falun Gong.” I said, “If you withdraw from the CCP-affiliated organizations, you will sell more steamed bread than others can.” She replied, “If so, you can help me withdraw from the CCP-affiliated organizations.” Once I went out with a fellow practitioner to clarify the truth to people. We met a young girl who was waiting for a bus. I asked, “Are you a college student?” She indicated she was. I said, “Do you want to study well?” She smiled. I continued, “If you want to study well, then you should keep this in your mind that Falun Dafa is good. Truth, Compassion and Forbearance is good. Buddha will give you wisdom! Are you a member of the Youth League? You will have a safe life if you withdraw from the Youth League and the Young Pioneers. You will have a bright future!” She said, “OK. Please help me withdraw from the CCP-affiliated organizations.”
I rode my motorcycle and met workers repairing the road who were taking a break under the shade of a tree. I walked over and talked to them, “How much do you make a month?” They said, “Six-hundred yuan.” I said, “That's too little. There must be something wrong, right? At least you should earn 2,000 yuan. Those greedy officials get all the money. For such hot weather, not to mention the work of repairing the road, one would not be able to tolerate the heat under the sunshine even without doing anything!” Four of those workers were very angry about the evil CCP and immediately agreed to withdraw from the CCP affiliated organizations.
Once I met a Christian and he said, “I believe in God and do not believe in other schools.” I said, “The evil CCP is atheistic. If you withdraw from it, you will be firm in believing your God. Jesus would be in favor of you doing that and would say that you believe sincerely.” He agreed to withdraw from the CCP-affiliated organizations.
I often rode my motorcycle to clarify the truth. On the road, I would clarify the truth to people if I met a worker, a buggy, a person riding a tricycle, a person selling vegetables, or a person working on a machine digging dirt, etc. Sometimes I would work with fellow practitioners and go to the countryside to clarify the truth. We brought CDs of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. After we clarified the truth, we would give people a CD and other truth-clarification materials. The effect was pretty good. We also told them, “No matter how much money you spend, you would not be able to buy such valuable materials. Go home and take a good look at them. After reading these materials, you will realize that you have a better understanding and be worthy of coming to this human world.” Sometimes we encountered rain or snow, and the road was in bad condition. It was pretty hard going back and forth. During this process, we got rid of many human mentalities.
Sometimes I had a very strong attachment of being afraid. I would be scared even if a rat ran out from the field. The more afraid I was, the more the dog would bark. When I had a very steady state of mind, dogs would not bite and geese would not make noise either.
I often think that going to these places to save people really made me feel the sacredness of this. In the meantime, I also could feel the joy it gave me after all those hardships. I realize that in saving sentient beings, this human world is a huge practice site where it is a good place for us to get rid of many of our human mentalities.
Fellow practitioners, let's keep striving forward in our cultivation together, accomplish our own historical mission, and live up to Master's compassionate salvation!