An Elderly Farmer's Remarkable Cultivation Path
By a practitioner in Shandong Province
(Clearwisdom.net) I'm a Falun Gong practitioner in Shandong Province. I appreciate Teacher
giving us this sharing opportunity. Here I'd like to report to our benevolent
Teacher some of my cultivation experiences from a few years ago, and share them
with practitioners. 1. Falun Dafa shows its power In the spring of 1998, I read Zhuan Falun. After reading
it once I felt wonderful, and it was precisely what I had been looking for my
whole life. I thus began walking on my cultivation path. I live in a rural village. Sowing seeds at the proper time is very important
to farmers. However, after I started practicing Falun Gong, whenever there was
an experience sharing conference in the county, I went. Several times after I
returned from the experience sharing conference to work on the farm, the
situation was rather better. There was moderate rain, and some people helped me
with the crops. From the beginning I began tasting the benefits of cultivation.
I was determined to practice well. Teacher unfolded numerous miracles for me and
created the opportunities for me to validate the Fa. Soon after I started practicing Falun Gong, many of my illnesses vanished,
and some of them became benign, especially the rheumatism. Previously, I could
not move and had to lie in bed when it became serious. After two or three months
of practicing, it completely disappeared and it never came back. I had also
suffered asthma since my childhood. Sometimes I would almost suffocate, and it
affected me so severely that I could hardly go on. I thought I would not be able
live longer than 60 years. Now I am almost 70 years old, I am in good health,
and my family members are also benefiting from my cultivation. For example, my
spouse's previous headache and gastric diseases disappeared. Before my
daughter's marriage, tests showed that she had tumors beside one of her ovaries.
She did not go to the hospital and gave birth to a lovely son. I have two daughters. Before my practicing Falun Gong, the little one was
going to school. The elder one did not have a regular job. After my cultivation,
my daughter and son-in-law all had jobs. They are all very respectful to me.
Thus, their big burdens--diseases, debts, and heavy farm work--were all solved
during my cultivation arranged by Teacher. I am quite relaxed. In addition, the
crops on my farm grow very well, the diseases, storms, and insect disasters have
not affected my farm. What I appreciate most is that Teacher saved my life many times. For example,
I was not good at driving the tractor. Once driving downhill I put it into a
neutral gear and one of the main pulleys dropped. I was thrown off. At that
moment I was not afraid, rather I remembered that I was a practitioner. I was
not hurt at all. Another time I was riding a bicycle very fast and crashed into
a motorcycle. During that urgent time I called, "Teacher help me!" The
witnesses said I was finished. Later they said my legs were broken, because they
saw my legs were swollen and dark. The motorcycle driver was frightened and
asked me go to a hospital for a checkup. I told him to just remember "Falun
Dafa is wonderful." I adjusted the broken bicycle with my hands and in my
heart I asked for Teacher's help. I clenched my teeth and got on the bicycle. I
recited, "I'm a practitioner. When it's difficult to endure, you can endure
it." I returned home very quickly. It did not interfere with my farm work
and practice. I know all those things came to take away my life. Teacher
protected me and saved my life. I could only practice more diligently to thank
Teacher. 2. Study the Fa Teacher told us to study the Fa more. To be diligent, the first
thing is to study the Fa more. Studying Fa is the guarantee of cultivation.
Every day I study the Fa for more than two hours. I think it is all right to
skip food, sleep, and everyday people's work, but studying the Fa can not be
skipped. I study the Fa with the focus on Zhuan Falun. After
reading Teacher's words, I use my spare time to memorize them. I study other
Dafa books every two or three months. Sometimes I feel sleepy when I'm reading.
Then I will change my position to read while I am kneeling down, crossing my
legs, or sending forth righteous thoughts. I treat the sleepiness as a third
party and eliminate it. I ask myself: "Dafa disciples are divine beings.
Would they feel sleepy?" I use Teacher's lectures about the importance of
Fa study to remind myself. Sometimes I did fall asleep, but I regret it very
much. Thus, after a long time I no longer feel sleepy. When I study the Fa, Teacher often gives me hints and reminds me. For
example, sometimes the letters in the book are very big or very small. Sometimes
they are three-dimensional. Sometimes the letters are in blue, green, yellow,
orange, and multiple colors. Between the lines are many golden stars. Sometimes
each period is a rotating Falun. Those all made me further believe in Teacher
and Fa and to cultivate more diligently. 3. Clarifying the truth, persuading people to withdraw from the Chinese
Communist Party, saving sentient beings I gained a lot of benefits after I practiced Falun Gong. After I studied the
Fa, I fully realized that I have the honorable and arduous responsibility to
save sentient beings, so I wanted to spread Dafa, so I always talked about Falun
Dafa. Many people could not understand and said I was addicted to it. Especially
after July 20, 1999, it was very common that I was cursed, insulted, or thrown
out when I clarified the truth. I did not feel discouraged when this
happened, however. I felt those people were pitiful. I also criticized myself
for not being able to study the Fa well enough to do a good job at saving
sentient beings. I often try to find the root cause of my failure by examining
the context, and format, the environment, my attitude, etc., and remind myself
to be like the spirit wandering around in society in Zhuan Falun, "It will treat itself as a practitioner and balance well relations
with others, always maintaining and upgrading xinxing. It will not be moved by
the temptations of different benefits among everyday people." (Lecture
Eight) I wanted to clarify the truth with wisdom, so I started to tell the truth
among my relatives and friends. I would speak the truth in the villages and in
their homes. For good people I would directly clarify the truth. For people that
were controlled by evil, I sent righteous thoughts first, and clarified the
truth in an indirect way. Thus the evils could not easily persecute me. Of
course my safety is all because of Teacher's wonderful arrangement and
protection. In 2001 I went to a farmer's home with the last name of Yu. His son wanted to
use a cellphone to report me to the local authorities. I held his cellphone and
sent forth righteous thoughts in my mind. His father said, "We have been
neighbors for generations, why would you report him?" Another time, I went
to a family with the last name of Wang. He also said he would report me. I sent
forth righteous thoughts. His neighbor came in who knew the truth and persuaded
him not to report me. Another time was in the spring of 2002. Our village secretary, together with
police from the local police station, came to my home with a search warrant. He
threatened me to make me hand in my Dafa books and materials. At that time I was
getting ready to go away to clarify the truth to my old classmates, relatives,
and coworkers (I was once a tiler when I was young). So I took the opportunity
when they called the director of the security department to monitor me (he has
heard the truth from me) to escape to another place to clarify the truth. I have
many relatives and friends in other areas. My village officials could not find
me and they stopped searching for me. That secretary was later sentenced to
prison due to embezzlement. Teacher told us that Dafa disciples' righteous thought are powerful and told
us to pay attention to sending forth righteous thoughts. Gradually I increased
the number of times and range to send righteous thoughts. From the original four
times (6 and 12 o'clock) to every hour, if I can concentrate my mind, I will
send righteous thoughts. Now at any time, no matter what I am doing, when I can
concentrate my mind I will send forth righteous thoughts. The range of my
thoughts was from the original Jiang & Luo gang to police departments, the
610 Office, the party committee, government, political and judiciary
committees, the court, and all those who persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Now
my thoughts are to eliminate all the evils, including people and materials, that
control, interfere with and/or damage Dafa and persecute Dafa disciples. The
results are better and better. So long as we are sending forth righteous
thoughts from the basis of the Fa, whatever we order those people to do, they
will do it. Many things can be easily done by our mind intent. Under Teacher's ingenious arrangements, hints, and protection, I have more
and more courage to clarify the truth in a better way, and it is safer, too.
Whether it is day or night, windy or rainy, in the mountains or villages, roads
or fields, farms or streets, homes or stores, I clarify the truth to almost
everyone I meet. I also hang banners, distribute flyers, write posters, etc. I
often think about Teacher, often send righteous thoughts, and do things sensibly
and with wisdom. Most of the time it is smooth sailing; occasionally it is
alarming but not dangerous. For example, during the wheat harvest this year, I followed the wheat cutting
machine. While I helped the wheat cutter to collect the wheat that was dropped
and put it into bags, I clarified the truth and persuaded people to quit the
Chinese Communist Party. The result was good. People had seen that the rain had
watered my family's wheat and they respected me, so the effect of truth
clarification was even better. Even when my wet wheat encountered consecutive
rainy days, it did not become rotten with mildew. Because of the nonstop rain,
the villagers were very concerned. The weather broadcast said there would be
medium to strong winds for the next two days. I returned home and asked for
Teacher's help in front of Teacher's photo. I sent a very long righteous thought
that I just wanted the villagers to know that Falun Dafa is wonderful. Then I
traveled the streets and shouted, "The excess rain during wheat harvest is
due to our county's persecution of Falun Gong. Everyone say, 'Falun Dafa is
good' and then the weather will change for the better." The villagers had
nothing to lose, so many of them shouted, "Falun Dafa is good." It is
truly "When disciples have ample righteous thoughts Master has the power to turn back the tide" ("The Master-Disciple Bond" in Hong Yin II,
translation version A) After that, for three days there was no rain. I have a relative who got a strange disease during the wheat harvest: he
often felt dizzy and lost consciousness. The hospital could not find the root
cause and told him to have the first class care at home and monitor any changes.
After the wheat harvest I went to see him. I persuaded him to quit the Chinese
Communist Party, and the result was very good. He was previously a party
secretary. I have clarified the truth to him many times with not much effect.
Now, because the evils in other dimensions are much less, I again talked with
him about a lot of things. He quit the Chinese Communist Party and shouted
"Falun Dafa is good." His illness disappeared without any treatment. Teacher turned the Falun, and the Fa-rectification progress is moving forward
very fast. Like many Chinese in China, a lot of residents here know about the
truth and have quit the Chinese Communist Party. The majority of people in our
village believe "Falun Dafa is good." They often first say, "Falun
Dafa is good" when they meet each other. But there are so many things I do not cultivate well. In particular, in our
village there are three or four people who stopped the practice after July 20,
1999. I could not help them to come back to cultivation. Some of them even say
bad words about Dafa. I feel very distressed. In addition, since July 20, 1999, I always contact practitioners in the city,
but we rarely have Fa experience sharing conferences. The evils have become even
more rampant during their last struggle. They have arrested our practitioners,
trying to prevent us from doing the things that Teacher told us to do. I will be
diligent and do well in the things that Dafa disciples are supposed to do. Because of my limited understanding in cultivation, practitioners, please
point out anything improper.
Sometimes I even get good crops despite doing clumsy work. For example, in 2001
I was busy. My sweet potato field was not plowed or treated with fertilizers or
watered, but it was a successful harvest. The biggest sweet potato was about 12
pounds. Another example was in 2002, when I hired an inexperienced worker to
plant peanuts. Due to the tools and technical issues, the seeds were planted
very shallow and many of the seeds were on the surface. But that year the
weather was abnormal. After planting the seeds, there were heavy spring rains.
Others' seeds became rotten, while mine prospered because they were laying on
the surface. It was another good harvest.
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