Three Stories about Memorizing the Fa
(Clearwisdom.net) My Experience Memorizing the Fa By a Dafa practitioner from Hebei Province, China During one month of memorizing the Fa, I enlightened to many
things. The more Fa I memorized, the more Fa-principles manifested. It seemed as
if I had returned to the days before July 20, 1999 (when the persecution
started). Since July 20, 1999, and especially in recent years, while studying the Fa, I
have seldom had the same feelings as before. I often used to feel, "Wow,
why didn't I see this sentence before?" Since I started memorizing the Fa,
I have enlightened to many new Fa-principles which I hadn't enlightened to
before, although I have read the books many times. It is like the days when I
had just obtained the Fa. At that time I felt how wonderful this book was. I
felt like reading it every day. How about now? Now I want to recite this book
every day. In the process of memorizing the Fa, the tranquillity restrains all
the unclean notions. My brain, my heart and every cell of mine are all reciting.
When my heart is calm and still, it is very easy to memorize the Fa. As soon as
I remember one sentence, I can soon remember the next. The speed is very fast. I obtained Falun Dafa in 1996. Ten years have passed. During the recent
several years I have been reading the Fa almost every day. I realized that
actually the layers upon layers of my body have already memorized the Fa. Only
this surface material body hasn't memorized it yet. Teacher is pushing the Fa-rectification
from the microsomic level to the macrocosmic level. The Fa-rectification is at
its last stage. I understand that it will soon arrive at the surface level. So
the surface level of my body should also memorize and assimilate to Dafa. Before I started memorizing the Fa, I could hardly find time during the day
to study Fa. When I did study the Fa at night, I felt sleepy before I finished
one lecture. Sometimes I fell asleep while studying and had to resume after I
woke up. I would sleep and then awaken to continue reading. This process would
repeat itself several times. Sometimes I couldn't even finish one lecture. I
spent more time on doing the exercises. Every day I did the exercises for two
hours, but I couldn't guarantee my Fa-study time. Since I started memorizing the Fa, I can recite for at least two hours very
night. My mind is very clear without unclean thoughts. I haven't felt sleepy at
all. All five members of our family practice Dafa. My husband and three children
have also started memorizing the Fa. Some of the practitioners around me also
started. In order to do well the three things as required by
Teacher, we must study the Fa well. I hope those practitioners who haven't
started memorizing the Fa yet begin to do so now. Let every cell of ours be
immersed in the Fa; let every layer of our bodies be immersed in the Fa. Finally, let's encourage each other with Teacher's words in "Explaining
the Content of Falun Dafa," "Those of us who have the ability, who are in their prime,
excepting people who are older or who have poor memory, should try to memorize
the book. Perhaps what I'm suggesting is high--my requirement might be really
high. But in many regions a lot of students have memorized it very well. When
they study the Fa they don't even need the book--they recite it from
memory." Some of My Experiences Memorizing the Fa By a Dafa practitioner from China Teacher stated in "Melt
Into the Fa" in Essentials for Further Advancement, "As a student, if his mind is filled with nothing but Dafa, this
person is definitely a genuine cultivator." No matter what kind of tribulations we encounter during cultivation, as long
as the Fa is in our mind, as long as we evaluate things based on the Fa, as long
as we act according to Dafa's requirement, we can enlighten to the principles
that we should enlighten to at our levels and feel the power of Dafa. Since the evil persecution started on July 20, 1999, what has enabled me to
walk through to today with righteous thoughts and righteous actions is the
guidance of Dafa and Teacher's protection. Therefore, I realized that it is very
important to study the Fa well. Now I am memorizing the Fa. When I first started, the interference was huge. My mind thought about this
in one moment and that in the next. I went to take care of other things while
trying to memorize. It took me a long time to memorize one paragraph. It went
very slowly and I felt very impatient. Gradually I was able to calm down. I sent
forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all the interference. In the morning,
after I sent forth righteous thoughts and did the exercises, I would start
memorizing the Fa with a clear mind. The more I memorized, the more tranquil I
became, and the emptier and clearer my mind became. When I sat there, I could
feel that all the cells in my body were changing. This made me understand deeper
about what Teacher said in Zhuan Falun, "Therefore, this gong transforms people all automatically. Thus, it
becomes that 'the gong cultivates practitioners,' which is also called 'the Fa
cultivates practitioners.'" Memorizing the Fa also changed many things around me wonderfully. Some
changes happened within my heart and were hard to express with words. The more I
memorized, the clearer my mind became, the faster I could memorize further and
the lighter my body became. Just like Teacher said in "Enlightenment"
in Essentials for Further Advancement: "They will distinguish the righteous from the evil, obtain true
teachings, lighten their bodies, enhance their wisdom, enrich their hearts,
and board the boat of the Fa, sailing smoothly. How wonderful! Strive forward
with every effort until Consummation." "There are many different methods of cultivation. This Dafa that I
have imparted to you is so enormous, yet there are very few people who can
truly understand just how huge, how extraordinary, and how magnificent it
really is. Only cultivators at different realms can experience how sacred it
is in those realms, and only just that little bit." ("Teaching the
Fa in San Francisco, 2005") We are so fortunate to be able to cultivate in the Great Law. If we don't
cultivate well in the Fa and don't study the Fa well, we are letting down
Teacher's merciful salvation; we are letting down the countless sentient beings
who are waiting for us with infinite hope; and we are letting down our own
thousands of years' waiting and seeking in our thousands of incarnations. I hope practitioners can let go of their everyday people's notions,
apprehension and fear of difficulties. Don't treat and evaluate the memorizing
of the Fa with human thoughts. Don't feel discouraged because of age or time
issues. Utilize all the time that can be utilized and try to memorize the Fa!
Let's do well the three things according to Teacher's requirement under the
guidance of the Fa. I Also Start Memorizing the Fa By Ma Zi I am 67 years old. I started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. Before 1999, I
heard about practitioners' memorizing the Fa. I thought how wonderful those
practitioners were; yet I was too old to do so. Since my childhood I haven't
liked memorizing things. Now being so old how could I? I kept on reading the Fa
ever since I obtained Dafa. In the beginning, I improved very fast through
reading the Fa and listening to Teacher's lectures. My ideology changed
gradually. However, because of the influence of the evil party's antitheism and
materialism, I felt as if something was separating me from the Fa. I could sense
that the Fa is good; but I just couldn't get myself into it. When reading the Fa,
I only knew the surface meaning. After studying the Fa a lot, I could no longer
feel myself improving. I always felt that I hadn't improved at all. Although I
studied the Fa every day, I felt satisfied with myself as long as I had studied
the Fa that day. I also admired those practitioners who studied the Fa well.
There was a practitioner in Shandong Province whose eyesight was not good. It
too great effort in order to read the Fa, as she had to stand on the bed and
raise the book to the light so that she could memorize the Fa. My eyesight is
better than hers; and I have a far better condition as I have a desk and a
reading lamp. Yet why can't I memorize the Fa? Her diligence in studying the Fa
moved me to tears. But after that I still studied the Fa at my slow pace.
Clearwisdom often publishes practitioners' articles about memorizing the Fa.
After reading them, I felt those practitioners were really extraordinary. But
when I thought about myself, I still felt it was easy to read the Fa, while
memorizing it was too difficult. So only one word: "difficulty" held
me back. After the publication of the Nine Commentaries on the
Communist Party, I read them twice. The interference of the communist
spectre was eliminated. I declared my withdrawal from the evil party first. Then
I destroyed all the evil party's books, badges and other articles that carried
the evil spectre's message. After that, when reading the Fa again, I felt that
there were fewer things that were separating me from the Fa. The Fa was
registered in my heart. While reading the Fa, tears came to my eyes again.
Teacher is so merciful, while I am so fortunate. Initially I was very afraid of doing the three things. I dared not
clarify the truth to people whom I didn't know. I only clarified the
truth to my friends and relatives at my home. After I studied the Fa more, my
fear reduced and I started clarifying the truth to the people who came to my
home to collect the trash, clean the kitchen exhaust fan of grease, repair the
TV and water faucet, etc. As I often read Clearwisdom and the stories about practitioners memorizing
the Fa, I felt as if my heart was stirred up. I knew I was not diligent enough.
I had already retired and had time and conditions to memorize the Fa, so why
didn't I try to memorize the Fa? It was because I was afraid. I knew I must
break through my human notion and take one more step forward. A human being
wants to cultivate into godhood. How can it not be difficult? "When it's
impossible to do, you can do it." Finally I decided to memorize the Fa. I
started in January 2006, beginning with Lunyu and Lecture One
of Zhuan Falun. Every day I tried to memorize one paragraph. It was very
hard. I would forget the first sentence even before I memorized the second. The
interference from other dimensions and my thought karma made me forget. There
were also noises around me that interfered. I crossed my legs, read out loud and
memorized again and again. An hour would pass very quickly. I didn't feel much
pain in my legs and memorized one paragraph naturally. On the following day, I
would go over the paragraph I memorized on the previous day and then start
memorizing the next paragraph. By the end of February, I finished memorizing
Lecture One. It cost me nearly two months. My speed was indeed a little bit too
slow. I felt regret about having wasted so much time during all these years. Why
hadn't I started earlier? Actually it is not that difficult to memorize the Fa.
What's difficult is letting go of the human notions and attachment to fear.
After you really let go of human notions and fear, you can memorize faster and
faster. Sometimes it only takes two hours to memorize one page. Memorizing the
Fa can help your mind calm down; and your thoughts won't be distracted. I will surely be able to memorize Zhuan Falun. In the process of
memorizing the Fa, my righteous thoughts became stronger and stronger. I also
rectified my shortcomings of being able to realize things but not being able to
take action. For example, I didn't send forth righteous thoughts at midnight,
and I still had an attachment to comfort and other things. The closer to the
end, the more diligent we should be. I'm thankful for the stories of fellow
practitioners' memorizing the Fa. I thank Clearwisdom's help. With Clearwisdom,
it feels as if the entire world's practitioners were right beside me, sharing
with me how to do the three things well. Although I am no longer with the
familiar practitioners, I don't feel lonely. Apart from clarifying the truth
directly, I also make little cards with wrapping paper, use calendars, etc. I
cut them into small pieces and write down some truth-clarifying or
"quitting the CCP"-related sentences. As long as we set our hearts on
saving sentient beings, there are many methods that we can adopt. Teacher said, "Let each and every thing be measured against the Fa."
(Hong Yin) Compared with fellow practitioners, I am still way
behind. I only started memorizing the Fa after many practitioners had already
done so. Under the influence of the magnificent actions of practitioners helping
Teacher with the Fa-rectification, I am getting rid of my fear and trying do
well the three things.
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