(Clearwisdom.net) I had the pleasure and good fortune to start practicing Falun Gong in 1996. I often feel that Teacher is right next to me. Because of Teacher's protection, I have overcome one test after another. By triumphing over these colossal tribulations, I am fulfilling my prehistoric pledges. I am now deeply convinced that it is a Falun Gong cultivator's duty to believe in Teacher and the Fa.

Shortly after I started to practice Falun Gong, Teacher cleansed my body and gave me a new life. Because of my righteous faith in Teacher, I was not scared or uneasy during the cleansing process. I continued to attend group Fa study and exercise practice.

After Jiang Zemin and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, I woke up one day with a severe stomach cramp. The pain was so intense that I rolled around in bed, drenched in sweat. Because of my righteous faith in Teacher, I was neither scared nor uneasy. With labored breathing, I endured the excruciating pain and sat up. I started to send righteous thoughts to eliminate the dark minions and rotten demons in other dimensions and to deny all of the old forces' arrangements. Next I endured intense agony to practice the sitting meditation for about 30 minutes. After an evening of pain, it was finally dawn and the pain began to subside. Eventually, the pain disappeared. It was as though nothing had ever happened. Because of my steadfast faith in Teacher and the Fa and because of Teacher's protection, I overcame the tribulation. Although I am an elderly person, I have become increasingly young and rejuvenated. My family, relatives, friends and all of my acquaintances witnessed the miraculous and supernormal power of Falun Gong because of my transformation.

Teacher said,

"So, wherever Dafa students are, people will all say that, as a person, you're just so wonderful. This is the state that's a reflection of your cultivating while conforming to everyday people's society to the maximum extent. If you can't achieve this, it means that you're not acting according to my words, to Master's requirements." (From "Lecture at the Australia Fa Conference")

I am a Falun Gong disciple. I require myself to follow Teacher's words at all times, to rectify my speech and actions continuously, even when I do the best and the most righteous thing of saving sentient beings.

I once clarified the truth to someone in a park. (A day before, another practitioner had clarified the truth to him, but spoke at too high a level, so the man in the park was unable to accept it.) While I clarified the truth to him, I kept sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil elements behind him. At first, he was very hostile to me and very agitated. I remained calm and his emotions began to subside. When I talked about the CCP's evil nature and how the CCP has been persecuting Falun Gong, a man nearby joined the conversation. He said, "I feel great standing next to you." He added, "You practice Falun Gong so beautifully. I would like to make friends with Falun Gong practitioners. Can we meet again?"

I realized that when I was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong, I was also assimilating to the Fa, to "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." A Falun Gong practitioner's pure and righteous energy field, as well as his pure, compassionate behavior, will eradicate the unrighteous elements behind everyday people and will promote their righteous thoughts. That must be the reason why he felt very physically comfortable and refreshed standing next to me. I, too, felt the incredibly wonderful and beautiful state. As I watched their true nature come forward, I was very happy for them and was in awe of Falun Gong's mighty power.

Not long ago, my old school friends wrote to invite me to go to an upcoming school reunion. I thought it was a great opportunity to clarify the truth. It was by no means a coincidence. After all, countless people are still waiting for Falun Gong practitioners to clarify the truth to them, awaiting Teacher's salvation. I began to study the Fa more, and studied "Rationality" again, in which Teacher said,

"Validate the Fa with rationality, clarify the truth with wisdom, spread the Fa and save people with mercy--this is establishing the mighty virtue of an Enlightened Being." (From "Rationality" in Essentials for Further Advancement II.)

I kept on cleansing my field, as well as my old classmates' fields and the evil elements behind them. I also asked fellow practitioners to send righteous thoughts to help support my efforts.

During the reunion, I seized an opportune moment and walked up to the stage. The two hosts stood up and passed the podium to me. The event was enveloped in a solemn and grand ambiance. I was deeply moved when I saw an audience of about 50 of my classmates and my schoolteachers, looking up at me.

I felt our respectful Teacher was right next to me, smiling at me. I began to clarify the truth about Falun Gong, about the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, and about the CCP's staged "self-immolation" at Tiananmen Square. I also distributed Falun Gong truth-clarification materials to them and engaged in one-on-one dialogues with them. The atmosphere was very pleasant.

Although I had not seen them for a long time, I didn't have an everyday person's sentimentality toward them. Instead, I had a lot of compassion and kindness for them. I turned the reunion into an opportunity to clarify the truth. Watching the smiles on their faces, I knew they had been saved.

This concludes my limited cultivation experience sharing. Please feel free to correct anything inappropriate.