Trust Dafa and Trust Our Teacher
By a practitioner from California
I Joyfully obtaining the Fa To be honest, when I started to learn the Dafa, I was half believing and half
doubting. This is because before I came to the United States in 1993, I had an
atheist education growing up in mainland China. What they taught us was 'human
beings can conquer nature.' And I didn't know anything about Buddhas, Daos and
Gods -- not to mention about believing in any of those Qigong and cultivation
things. However, from July 6th to July13th of 1997, I had the
fortune of attending activities introducing Dafa in Oakland. In the meeting, we
watched videotapes of Teacher's Fa-lectures in Jinan. I was just like a primary
school pupil who had just started school -- I watched videos curiously -
everything was so new to me. It was very profound and wonderful. In the book Zhuan Falun, Teacher told us:
"While I am teaching Falun Dafa, we install it for everyone in succession. Some
people can feel it while others cannot; the majority of people can feel it." I
couldn't imagine how one would install a Falun. However, I felt it on the third
night while we were half way through watching the lecture. My lower abdomen
started to spin with a very strong force! I was so excited and shouted out right
away: "Teacher is installing a Falun for me, I have a Falun now." It is so
intricate and supernormal. From then on, I no longer had any doubts about Dafa. I started to learn the Fa very earnestly. Soon, I could recite the "Lunyu." I
recite the "Lunyu" everyday the first thing in the morning and before bedtime.
I also recite it when I'm walking and doing chores. Now I also send forth
righteous thoughts. Teacher told us: " 'The Buddha Fa' is most profound; among all the
theories in the world, it is the most intricate and extraordinary science. In
order to explore this domain, humankind must fundamentally change its
conventional thinking. Otherwise, the truth of the universe will forever remain
a mystery to humankind, and everyday people will forever crawl within the
boundary delimited by their own ignorance." ('Lunyu') Master's teaching is like a shining light that made me see everything
clearly. I truly stepped onto the bright path of Falun Dafa cultivation. Teacher also taught us in Zhuan Falun: "As a practitioner, your path
of life will be changed from now on. My fashen will rearrange it for you. How is
it rearranged? How many years does a person still have in life? One will not
know it oneself. Some people may get a serious illness after a year or half a
year, or they may be ill for several years. Some people may suffer cerebral
thrombosis or other illnesses, and cannot move at all. How can you practice
cultivation for the rest of your life? We must fix all of them for you and
prevent these things from occurring." In the first three months of my
cultivation, in order to let me cultivate toward higher levels, our great
benevolent Teacher sent out countless Falun to adjust my body. Every time when I
was doing the exercise, I felt many Falun spinning around at my fingers, my
tongue, face, neck, shoulders, arms and knees. In Zhuan Falun, Teacher said: " There is a transition at the lowest
level of cultivation practice, and this is to purify your body completely. All
of the bad things on your mind, the karmic field surrounding your body, and the
elements that make your body unhealthy will be cleaned out. If they are not
cleaned out, how can you, with such an impure, dark body and a filthy mind,
practice cultivation toward a higher level?" Teacher has suffered so much for
me. He cleaned out my karma and changed me into a healthy Dafa cultivator. II. I have witnessed Dafa's mighty power and miracles: Before I started cultivating, I had many chronic diseases such as
hyperplasia of cervical vertebra, headaches, dizziness, infections in my
shoulders, weakness in my knees--and I couldn't do without eyedrops. Three
months after I began cultivating in Falun Dafa, all these diseases were gone.
My body was light and my fiery temperament was gone, too. I credit all these
miracles to the mighty power of Falun Dafa. I told my daughter to write a letter telling them that I was a Falun Gong
practitioner. I joined the SOS walk from Seattle to San Francisco, so I missed
the test. Everyone knows that the Immigration Department is usually very slow with
their correspondence. But this time, they wrote back to me straight away and
set up another test date for me. They only gave me one week to get prepared.
The night before the test, I had a dream. In the dream, I went to take the
test, but I forgot to take my ID and passport with me. Just when I was
worrying, a Dafa practitioner appeared and drove me back home to get my ID and
passport. When I returned to the Immigration Department, they were just
calling my name. After I woke up from the dream, I realized that Teacher was
going to help me. So, I told my daughter: I can pass the test for sure. On the day of the test, I did quite well with both oral and written tests.
I realized that obtaining United States' citizenship makes it easier for me to
go to other countries to clarify the truth, clear out the evil elements in
other dimensions, and save sentient beings. III. European trip of Fa-rectification Upon hearing that the head of the evil wanted to visit six countries in
Europe, I considered going there to rectify the Fa, too. However, a lot of
ordinary human thinking surfaced, too. I was so old; it was so far away; I
didn't have an income to pay for the flight, the ticket was so expensive, and
would it make my daughter feel unhappy? Then, I recalled Teacher's poem: "Predestined relationships spanning endless lifetimes Each connected by the thread of Dafa Through hardships the body of gold is tempered Why such slow and leisurely steps?" ('The Difficult Path to Godhood') All of a sudden, I realized that I should treasure the predestined
relationships that could have been formed during the past tens of thousands of
lifetimes. In order to help more people obtain Dafa, I must step forward. Only
through hardships can the body of gold be tempered. I should be determined
enough to go to Europe with dignity, send forth righteous thoughts in close
proximity, purge the evil elements in other dimensions behind the persecution,
clarify the truth and save sentient beings. Besides, I realized that my U.S. passport was arranged by Teacher for the
purpose of letting me go abroad to rectify the Fa at critical times. So, I
bought the ticket and started the European trip. Our first stop was St. Petersburg, Russia. During the three days that the
head of the evil was there, despite the fatigue from the long trip, our Dafa
practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts at the top of every hour, around the
clock. In order to send forth righteous thoughts in close proximity, many
practitioners even spent lots of money to rent a luxury hotel room where the
head of the evil stayed. Some of the practitioners went to a nearby school
auditorium or classroom to send forth righteous thoughts together. Teacher has
seen the hearts of the practitioners. Teacher said: "A Great Enlightened Being does not fear hardship Having forged an adamantine will And with no attachment to living or dying He walks his path of Fa-rectification openly and nobly" ("Righteous Thoughts
and Righteous Actions") On June 12th, some of our Dafa practitioners carried truth-clarifying
materials in our hands and passed them out to people along the road. After a
while, some policemen stopped us and did not allow us to pass out the Dafa
materials to people. So we decided to go to a park to practice the exercises.
However, we didn't go far before some policemen stopped us again. They wanted to
confiscate our Dafa materials, but we didn't let them. Then we were taken into a
police car. When we arrived at the local police station, the police officer
inspected our passports and insisted on confiscating the Dafa materials. We
still did not let them. Because these Dafa materials were intended to let more
Russian people to know the Dafa, they were very precious. Later, the police
officer wanted us to pay a fine. We did not agree to this, either. If we agreed
to pay the fine, that would mean that we admitted that we were wrong. In fact,
we were doing the right thing to let people know the truth; we had not done
anything wrong. The police officer didn't know how to deal with us. Then they sent us to a
courthouse. I was the first one to be questioned among the more than ten
practitioners. However, I was not scared. Through an interpreter, I told the
judge that after the policemen stopped us from passing out the Dafa materials to
people, we didn't do it anymore. I also told him how I had benefited after I
practiced Dafa. We wanted other people to get the benefits from Dafa, too, so
these materials were very precious. I also told them about how the Jiang regime
persecutes practitioners of Dafa, and that I wanted to bring attention to these
atrocities. After the questioning, the judge realized the preciousness of the Dafa
materials, too. On the spot, all of Dafa materials were returned to us and we
didn't have to pay any fines. Afterwards, I handed some Dafa materials to the
judge, the court clerk and the interpreter. They were very happy to receive them
and thanked me. During those days, we passed out Dafa materials to people in Russia, and many
people benefited from receiving them. When we practiced the exercises in parks,
people around us came over to learn them. I could feel the Russian people's
purity and their earnestness towards the Dafa. Dafa practitioners spread
"Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" wherever they go, and we do not allow
the evil forces to poison people. Fellow practitioners, let us trust Dafa, trust our Teacher, treasure this
opportunity, be worthy of doing Fa-rectification and saving sentient beings. We
must try hard and we must do well. The above is a little of my own cultivation experience. If there is anything
inappropriate, please kindly point it out.
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