(Minghui.org) I started to practice Falun Dafa when I was 12 years old. Here I'd like to share my cultivation experience.
One day in 1997, my family heard that practicing Falun Dafa could cure illness. My grandparents both wanted to learn but they were afraid that they couldn't memorize all the movements in a short time, so they asked me to help them. They wanted me to learn first, so I could then teach them. I never expected that this would be the turning point of my life.
Not long after beginning to practice Falun Dafa, my grandpa no longer needed to take heart medicine. My mother who previously couldn't stop losing weight, started to gain weight. My neighbor’s grandma who has a long history of smoking successfully quit one month after practicing Falun Dafa.
People in the village were amazed and many others soon took up the practice as well. My family home became a practice site where people came together to do the Falun Dafa exercises early each morning. My aunt, who was three years older than me, and I were the only children who joined the morning exercises.
One morning as we were doing the second exercise, it started to rain. I opened my eyes and saw that no one was leaving. I closed my eyes and continued the exercise. Soon, the rain stopped and a rainbow appeared in the sky. It was the first time I had seen a rainbow in my life.
I helped with teaching a Falun Dafa class after hours at my school. I was the little assistant. Sometimes we went to the market to spread Dafa and teach the exercises. Sometimes I went with Mom to a nine day lecture series at night, and came home at 2:00 a.m. I felt very lucky to join all these activities.
Late one night I felt so hot that I couldn't sleep. Early the next morning my mom took me to the hospital. On the way I said to her, “This is Master helping me eliminate my karma. I don't want to go to a hospital.”
Mom smiled. “Good. If you think this way, you will be definitely fine.” She took me to school instead of the hospital. My fever was gone after I arrived at school.
Growing up with the blessings of Dafa
I ranked first in my school in the high school entrance exam. I was accepted by the best high school in my county. I thought it was a good start of my happy life. However, later I realized that this was the start of real cultivation.
I lived in a dorm and it was dark and humid. The intense pressure of college entrance testing made me miserable. I was away from home and I couldn't study the Fa and do the exercises as usual. I was felt lost and didn't know what to do. All I could remember was the three characters “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.”
In 2006, I was accepted to an all-female language college. I thought my life would be easier and I could relax a little. I even dreamed of falling in love. No student was allowed to leave the school grounds during the week. My dorm was dark and relationships among students were not close.
Even with all this, I never thought of giving up cultivation practice. Once when I was talking with other students in the dorm, someone mentioned Falun Dafa. They were all deceived by Party propaganda.
I took the chance to clarify the truth to them. They didn't believe me. Instead, they reported me to the principal's office and claimed that I had mental problems. I was sent home without knowing why.
School officials arrived one day and explained why. When my mom started to clarify the truth to them, they looked very scared and left immediately.
My teacher tried her best to help me. She told the school authorities that I was an excellent student, was kind and respectful, and had no mental problems. I decided not to return to school right away. Instead, I planned to stay at home for couple of days to study the Fa more.
When I returned to school, I went to the principal's office first. To my surprise, the principal apologized to me. “I am sorry that we were not considerate to you,” she said.
All the words I prepared became unnecessary. I told the principal that I would not do anything to the girls who reported me because they were deceived by the government media. I asked the principal to tell the girls that they misunderstood me and they also misunderstood Falun Dafa.
Years later I learned that most students in my province who practiced Falun Dafa were expelled. I knew Master had protected me again.
After this happened, I disliked school life even more but I never thought to quit. I reminded myself,
“’When it’s difficult to endure, you can endure it. When it’s impossible to do, you can do it.’” (Zhuan Falun, Lecture 9)
Teaching My Students “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance”
After I graduated, I taught first grade. I taught my students based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. All my students were well-behaved. They did not fight or use bad language. They got along with each other very well. When we went on field trips, my students would pick up garbage and trash left by tourists and put it into garbage cans. This made me very happy.
One student was very naughty. He had been a big troublemaker in many classrooms. He was sent to my class and I accepted him with patience and a smile. To my surprise, he totally changed and never again made trouble.
Another student was not as naughty as the other, but still gave other teachers a headache. He was a perfectionist even though he was a little boy. I would praise him in class and told students about this great quality.
I encouraged his kindness, but I noticed he slacked off in his studies. “You are a smart kid,” I said. “A smart kid should study harder and everyone will admire you.”
He believed what I said. He did homework on time. Soon his class rank jumped from the bottom to the top. His parents were very surprised to see him totally changed and wondered how I taught him.
I gave my students Falun Dafa amulets, and all the parents knew that it was out of my good will. Sometimes I even gave Dafa amulets to parents. Every day after class ended I would ask students to say after me: “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good.”
Another boy was a different sort. He was neat and well-behaved, but was always sleepy. Every day when his mom came to pick him up, she would ask me to take extra care of him, to wake him up in the class and not to let other kids bully him.
When I asked why he was this way, his mother told me that her son was very smart and good at dance. People liked him but he changed the previous summer. All he wanted to do was eat and sleep. He gained a lot of weight. Doctors did not know what was wrong with him. His mother was so desperate that she even wanted to die. I suggested she practice Falun Dafa.
She and her son did. If they had time, they came to my home to study the Fa and to do the exercises with me. The boy soon improved. He didn't fall asleep in class and stopped overeating. He became happier, too. His father witnessed his change and appreciated Dafa very much.
I worked at a tuition school on the weekends. Some parents were teachers from my school. I blended “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” into my teaching and the effect was so good that more parents who were also teachers sent their kids to my class. They told me that students from my class improved a lot and became very sensible and well-behaved. The teachers changed their impression of me and stopped believing in the lies about Dafa.
Fulfilling My Vow
I hope my words will awaken practitioners my age. Many only want a comfortable life and have forgotten Dafa. I hope they will return to practice Falun Dafa.
Master said,
“You fell here from a holy, pure, and incomparably splendid world because you had developed attachments at that level. After falling into a world that is, by comparison, most filthy, instead of cultivating yourself to go back in a hurry, you don’t let go of those filthy things that you cling to in this filthy world, and you even agonize over the most trivial losses.”(Essentials for Further Advancement)
We practitioners came here for Dafa and we should never forget it. We should fulfill our oath to assist Master in saving more people.
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