Walking the Cultivation Path for Five Years Has Made Me More Determined

By a practitioner from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province

(Clearwisdom.net) In June 1997, a friend of mine gave me the book Zhuan Falun. The profound principles fascinated me, and I started on the path of cultivation. Before practicing Falun Gong, my life had been miserable, as I suffered from various diseases including heart disease, nephritis, high blood pressure, and gynecological diseases. All these illnesses disappeared after practicing Falun Gong, and I came to realize the true meaning of life.

Things turned upside down in 1999. All of the TV stations and news media started slandering Dafa and Teacher. Many practitioners were arrested, and I felt very depressed and sad. I did not understand why such a wonderful practice was suddenly prohibited. However, knowing that it was a good practice, I decided not to give up. This righteous thought allowed me to endure all kinds of tribulations. Early in 2000, I was on my way to appeal in Beijing with two other practitioners. We were all arrested and sent back home. On the way back, I realized that the goal of this trip was to validate the Fa. I was not allowed to go to Beijing, but I could still accomplish the goal while on the train. I then clarified the truth to several police officers, and told them that all of my diseases were gone after practicing Falun Gong, and that practitioners were improving themselves by following the principles of "Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance." They ignored us. I then shouted "Falun Dafa is good!" from the bottom of my heart. Everyone around us was shocked. The police did not make any sound. It was silent. The policeman who sat opposite me said: "Falun Dafa is good, but do not shout any more." The two senior practitioners also shouted "Falun Dafa is good" when we got off the train. They asked me to sign my name on a written Guarantee Statement, and I refused even after they ordered my family to persuade me. Later my family signed the form and paid a 1,000 Yuan fine. After I returned home, I was pressured by all my family members. Being deceived by the propaganda, my husband, my daughter, and my sister were all against me, and tried to stop me from practicing. But I insisted. I noticed that my leg hurt more than before when I was doing the sitting meditation. Through studying the Fa and reading articles on Clearwisdom.net, I realized that I had made a mistake. Cultivation is a serious matter. I realized that it was wrong that my family signed the Guarantee Statement, so I immediately wrote a solemn declaration.

In 2002, after reading Teacher's lecture "Touring North America to Teach the Fa," I realized that Dafa practitioners have a great responsibility. It is no longer personal cultivation, but rather we are in the Fa rectification period. At this historic moment, practitioners have the responsibility to save sentient beings. Every day I extensively studied the lectures that Teacher gave abroad, and read two lectures in Zhuan Falun. In addition, I read the articles on Clearwisdom.net and kept sending forth righteous thoughts. Sometimes I had difficulty getting up at 12:00 a.m., so I then used an alarm to wake me up.

At one point, we were short of truth-clarification materials, so I copied material by hand. I clarified the truth on every occasion possible, such as while shopping, taking care of business, or going to a wedding. The truth-clarification achieved good results because I studied the Fa extensively and kept a righteous mind. I am a quiet person of few words, and it is Dafa that gives me wisdom. However, when my mind was not righteous, I missed many chances to clarify the truth. It was truly a great loss, as many sentient beings weren't saved due to my own attachments.

In December 2003, after a snowstorm, I came across a middle-aged man on the road. He was pushing his bike with a stack of grass on it. I greeted him and started a conversation. Later, I clarified the truth to him. I told him about the July 20 event, when the persecution began, the staged Tiananmen self-immolation incident, and that Jiang Zemin had been sued in many countries by practitioners outside of China. I also told him that cultivation includes following the principles of "Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance" and paying attention to virtue, and that evil and good will be repaid. We talked for about an hour. He listened to me with great interest and said that "Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance" were indeed good principles. When we parted ways, I said to him: "Please tell your family and friends that Falun Dafa is good. They will have a bright future." He nodded his head. He turned his head several times to look for me and said: "Will we meet again?" I said: "We will if we have a predestined relationship." He then left, and my tears started to flow. How anxiously sentient beings want to be saved!

Starting in early 2004, I began memorizing Zhuan Falun. However, I encountered much interference and had a fever of 39^o C (102^o F) one night. I enlightened that it was the dark minions interfering with me and preventing me from reciting the Fa. I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all the evil behind that interference, and the next morning I had completely recovered, so I decided to put the Fa in my head.

With the speedy progress of Fa rectification, it is very urgent for practitioners to save sentient beings. Teacher's new article "Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People" is a reminder for all practitioners. We need to understand the urgency and responsibility of saving sentient beings. Some practitioners have done it very well, but compared to them, I am far behind. I will try to catch up to the pace of Fa rectification by studying the Fa well and clarifying the truth diligently.

Our Teacher selflessly devoted himself to saving sentient beings. Why can we not do this too? We should let go of human attachments and clarify the truth with the purest hearts, selflessly save sentient beings, and not let down Teacher, and all sentient beings.

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