(Minghui.org) I have a high-paying job as an IT engineer. In this profession, there are often more males than females. However, as an average girl, I have been doing this job steadily for many years. All of this is because I practice Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong). Dafa gives me wisdom and I've been greatly benefited from practicing Dafa.
Finishing School Successfully
I came across Dafa in 1997. My aunt gave the book Zhuan Falun to my father when I was in Junior High School. I liked the book and I felt it was so good that if my school work was not so busy, I would practice as well. Soon after that I graduated from Junior High School and went to a vocational secondary school. There was a small forest next to my school which was a group exercise site, so I went there and did the exercises every morning, which was so convenient. Thus, I officially started practicing.
Every morning I participated in the group exercises. During the weekends, I went to spread the Fa at a bigger group exercise site with several hundred practitioners. There was a very strong energy field on the big exercise site. Once, when I was doing the standing exercises, I felt dizzy and fell to the ground. I was not afraid at all and knew I was fine. It was Master who was purifying my body. I hadn't been healthy since I was young. Not long after I started practicing Falun Gong, my diseases all disappeared. My appetite became better. I was happy all the time. I was strict with myself in following the Fa's requirements. I searched within when facing conflicts. I became considerate of others. Once, I found a lost food card in the building. I returned it to the owner who thanked me over and over again. I felt that was not worth mentioning at all. It was a very nice and happy period in my life.
However, on July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution against Falun Gong. I lost the public practicing environment. Although my parents and I still practiced the exercises and studied the Fa, and sometimes we distributed some truth clarification materials at night, we lost the group environment, our cultivation slowed down and gradually stopped altogether.
Our benevolent Master never gave up on me. While I was at the vocational secondary school, I also finished my associate degree. When I graduated, I passed the college entrance exam. The advanced Math subject was not my strength, but there happened to be a class that I was able to take advantage of to learn more. There were only two students in that class. It was as if the class was just for me. Additionally, the policy of requiring several years of work experience happened to be voided that year. Therefore, with Master's protection, I entered college.
After I graduated from college, it was quite a challenge finding a job. I worked on an office staff job that did not go very well. In order to learn some new skills, I went to a training school to get IT knowledge. There were 40 students in the class with me being the only girl in the class. It was a challenging course. However, the teachers always paid attention to me and provided me extra guidance. Now that I looked back, it was Master that arranged everything for me.
Successful Career
After I finished the training school, I was able to get a job at a software company. Several classmates with better grades went to interview for the job as well. The reason why the manager picked me was because I was qualified from the overall standpoint. Later, I got to know that many of my classmates were not able to find jobs in the IT field and had to switch to different professions. My teachers thought I was lucky. I worked extra hard because I felt that I was not smarter than others. My manager gave me positive feedback on my performance. At that time, my cultivation was still at the personal cultivation stage. I rarely read the book or practiced the exercises. I only knew that I should do well and not discredit Dafa. Because of my attachment to fear, I almost did nothing to validate the Fa or save sentient beings. Whenever I had physical discomfort, I thought about Falun Dafa, then I would become better.
A year later, this company was restructuring. I switched jobs to a large company. A month after I left the previous company, it was Mid-Autumn Festival. My manager made a phone call to me to say hi. Other coworkers also mentioned to me that my manager often said good things about me.
In the new company, everybody is strong technically. I'm not as smart. I had to try very hard and work extra hours. Anxiety made me think about reading the Fa again. In the meantime, I also had a failed relationship that made me depressed for a while. I locked myself in my room to read the Fa. At that time, Master sent a fellow practitioner to help me.
I met a 30-year-old female practitioner in my company. She is very diligent in cultivation. She already exhorted several people to withdraw from the CCP not long after she joined the company. Looking at her, I was too embarrassed to tell her my troubles. I just listened to her story. Her husband and mother are also practitioners. They formed a Fa-study group. Her sister is also a practitioner who does well at work. I listened quietly and when I returned home, I formed a Fa-study group with my parents. I melted myself into the group Fa-study environment and soon returned to a normal state.
Up until now, I study one hour of Zhuan Falun every night. During the weekends, I study Master's other lectures. During holidays, I watch Master's lecture videos. With sufficient Fa-study and strong righteous thoughts, I understand the urgency of saving sentient beings. Taking my father's suggestion, I bought a printer and formed a home-based materials production site.
With the printer, we print brochures, bills with good messages about Falun Gong, Dafa books, CD covers, etc. When our xinxing is not good, the printer would have malfunction signs to remind us to search within to improve. Then the issue would get resolved immediately. My father learned the technical skills and can independently operate the printer to help me make materials. My mother spends the truth-clarification bills. The three of us formed a group to save sentient beings. As the Fa-rectification progresses, in the past two years, we also started the project of using cell phones to clarify the truth, which has been very effective.
Cultivating and Upgrading Xinxing to Save Sentient Beings at Work
Once, I was working with a male coworker on a project. He was picking on me and I argued with him. When I went home, I felt so wronged and cried. My parents reminded me that practitioners should search within and be considerate of others. Moreover, when I rationally thought about it, what I did was indeed not right. I wiped off my tears. The three of us studied the Fa together. I felt much better and decided to be strict with myself and be considerate of others going forward.
As I study the Fa, I keep looking for opportunities at work to save more people. When coworkers quit their jobs, it's usually a great opportunity for me to exhort them to quit the CCP. Once, a male coworker from another department was leaving the company. He came over to say goodbye to me. After chatting for a while, he went away. I saw there were many other coworkers around. So I thought when he went downstairs to the cafe, I could try to catch him there. I then went to website and read some news. After a while, when I looked for him, he was gone already. I sent forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to strengthen me. I ran to the cafe and saw him there. I sent him off to the door and clarified the truth. In the meantime, I gave him an alias to quit the CCP. He agreed. I felt very relieved and thanked Master. Later, I heard that this coworker went to work for the television station, which is a very rewarding job for him.
As I study the Fa more, I felt that clarifying the truth is such a sacred mission. When I am thinking of others from the bottom of my heart, the effect of exhorting them to quit the CCP is usually great. Therefore, every time, I do it very diligently and maintain my righteous thoughts to avoid any interference. Recently, I clarified the truth to a coworker. After he agreed to quit, he held both of his hands in front of his chest and solemnly announced his withdrawal from the CCP organizations. I was so happy for him. Not long after that, he was promoted and left his current department that was nearly dissolved. There are many similar examples. After they quit the CCP, they found new and better jobs. After they understood the truth, they passed the professional title examinations. For those that I don't have the opportunity to clarify the truth to face to face, I text them information so they can all be saved.
Dafa brings good fortune. My company's business has been growing rapidly. My salary also increased. I know this is all because of Dafa. I should do more and do well in Fa-validation to save more sentient beings.
In others' eyes, I have a great job. However, in fact, I don't like this job at all. I often complain to my parents and want to change my profession. After I study the Fa, I search within. First, I do not like to work hard. I have the attachment to comfort and fame. I feel that no matter how hard I work, I still can not surpass the male coworkers. I have not completely let go of attachment to money. I also feel good because I have high salary. I realize that my issue is not about changing jobs. It is about how I treat this. Even if I change to a different job, if I don't upgrade my xinxing, these conflicts would still exist and could not be avoided. Master has arranged my cultivation path this way. I should treasure the opportunity to eliminate my attachments, upgrade my xinxing. Master says,
“...in his heart he is not concerned about anything. He does not care at all in his heart for any ordinary human matter, and he will always be smiling and in good spirits. No matter how much loss he suffers, he will still be smiling and in good spirits without any concern.” (Lecture Nine, Zhuan Falun)
Why can't I do this? I always tired and that things are so difficult. My father shared his thoughts with me that the reason I feel this way is because I still have many attachments that I have not let go. I should put cultivation at the first place and should not obsess about my role in the human world.
I changed my notions and viewed these things that I encountered as good things. I no longer complain and no longer am afraid of challenges. When facing conflicts at work, I treat them all as good opportunities for me to improve. Oftentimes, when I have the determination and maintain the mindset of validating the Fa and not pursuing money or fame, the issue seems to become more straightforward and easy to be resolved. It is all because of the human notions. In the meantime, I sent strong righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil persecution of me when it comes to the issue of time. From then on, there haven't been any needs for me to work overtime which gives me more time to practice and save sentient beings. I no longer have the attachment to finding new and better jobs. I've settled for doing well what I am supposed to do.
As I continue to cultivate and broaden my heart, my manager started arranging me to take the lead on project maintenance. I have to lead several coworkers to work on it together. There have been different situations that required me to broaden my heart even further. Not only do I have to do well my own work, I have to also be tolerant. In the process, I had to face unfairness and complaints. Sometimes, I am wronged by others. However, I continue to follow the Fa's requirements and try my best to validate the Fa to help them to be saved in the future.
In my ten-plus years of cultivation, Dafa has given me so much. People who don't know me say that I have good luck at both school and work. I know that it is all because I am a Dafa practitioner. Dafa gives me wisdom and energy and makes me grow from an average girl to an IT engineer so I can better validate the Fa and save sentient beings. I am so fortunate to have obtained the Fa.
Category: Improving Oneself
