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For Fellow Practitioners Who Have Children Practitioners At Home By a Chinese practitioner in Shandong Province
(Clearwisdom.net) I was deeply touched by the article "A letter to
my daughter" on the Clearwisdom website by a fellow practitioner. I'd like
very much to share a part of my own experience. My daughter began the practice of Falun Dafa in November 1998 when she was
just 10 years old. She accompanied me often to our practice site then, but we
lost our group practice and study environment after the persecution of Dafa
began in July 1999. One day she said to me while I was studying the Fa, "Mom, it was so nice
when we could study the Fa together with other practitioners. How come we no
longer do that anymore?" I told her that since the Jiang regime started
persecuting Dafa they no longer allow us to do so. She replied, "We will do
it regardless." I told her doing so would bring trouble to others, it's
better just to study at home. One day I told her, "How about we study one page of Zhuan Falun
each day? That way we will complete the book in one year. If we do not study the
Fa then we will deviate away from the Fa. You know Mom's health changed for the
better because mom studied the Fa. Otherwise it would be impossible for you to
go to school and wear clean clothes. This was the benefit brought to you by Dafa
so that you would not lose the loving care of a mother." My daughter replied, "Very well, I will study one page each day before I
go out to play." I acknowledged approvingly, "That will be
great." She finished one page on the first day. On the second day, she said, "I could read two pages." Again I
nodded with approval. As she grew older, she demanded herself to study more, from one paragraph to
one chapter. After she started middle school, her homework load was quite heavy,
yet she had excellent grades. Now she would finish one chapter in 4-5 days, and
she did the exercises once a week. I would do extra tutoring for her during
winter and summer holidays. She could listen to Master's lecture recordings one
chapter at a time, and we woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning to do the
exercises together. She asked to accompany me whenever I went out to distribute Dafa pamphlets.
Sometimes I told her we did not have enough flyers and she did not have to come
with us. But she would demand, "I could just distribute one flyer for each
10 flyers that you adults distribute." I could no longer refuse and took
her with me. Now she was a big girl, and I would often create opportunities for her to
access articles, flyers and VCDs from Clearwisdom.net, so that she could learn
how to clarify the truth. She worked hard and seldom had time to play. She often
had to go to sleep after 10 at night. Observing her busy schedule I felt I might have pushed her too hard. I told
her from time to time, "Go to bed. You can make it up tomorrow." My
daughter would say, "Mom, I do my best to study the Fa. I can do it. Why
don't you go to bed first?" I felt so ashamed and would continue studying
the Fa. I was arrested in 2002. After I was released from the detention center, I
lost my strong resolve with my righteous thoughts. I no longer studied the Fa or
did the exercises. My daughter said, "Mom, you no longer study the Fa, but
just watch TV." I blurted out without a clear conscience, "I have
studied enough. I don't need to study any more." My daughter cried and
brought Zhuan Falun to me, "Mom, you once told me even to study just
one page each day, we can not go on without the Fa. You must study the Fa."
Tears rolled down from her cheek, and she continued, "Mom, if you do not
study the Fa they will continue their persecution. You will get sick again
without studying the Fa. Mom, you study the Fa, I will take care of the chores
at home." I got up after stumbling in my path and continued my journey of cultivation.
To this day, I benefited greatly from my daughter's help. Now she's learned how
to clarify the truth at school. Sometimes she would insert truth-telling flyers
with her homework, telling her classmates by saying, "After practicing
Falun Gong for four years I never get sick or get shots. I am very healthy. The
TV propaganda is all lies." She also consolidated all the truth telling
information into a letter to her teacher. Her teacher replied, "I am not
against you practicing, but be careful about your safety." Her classmates
also told her that they would like to learn Falun Gong from her since it was so
good. There were many classmates who would like to be friends with her, and her
teachers cared about her very much, too. So we helped and encouraged each other along the bright journey of
cultivating persistently in Dafa, step by step cultivating towards the arrival
of the Fa rectification in the human world. Teacher said, "On the rest of the journey, may you fulfill, with godlike righteous
thoughts and righteous actions, the grand vows you made before history! The endless journey has come to a close ("New Year's Greetings from Master, December 31, 2003") I wish for all my fellow practitioners to take good care of young
practitioners at home, let us accomplish our grand vows made before history
together. 2004-3-22 Posting date: 4/4/2004 |