On the Difficult Path to Godhood, My Heart of Cultivation Is Firm

By Xinyu, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Mainland China

(Clearwisdom.net)

I am a Falun Dafa practitioner from Mainland China and I am 17 years old. Since the day I was born, I suffered from a benign tumor of the blood vessels under my eyes. It grew and expanded as I grew up. My mom was very anxious. She was afraid that it would affect my vision. She visited many hospitals with me, but there was no way to cure it. The medical method could only restrain its growth.

Although Mom did not mention it, I knew that she was really concerned about my tumor. She tried everything to try to cure it in vain, until one day when we acquired the Fa. We had the attachments of pursuit to start to practice Falun Gong, but compassionate Master still cares for us and protects us, and allows us to walk the path of cultivation.

Soon after we started practicing Falun Gong, my mom had a very serious illness and was hospitalized. At that time, I was just a little child and I did not know anything. I just realized that I could not see my mom every day. I also heard from others that Mom had a tumor in her body. I was very scared. Although I did not know too much about death, I still realized that Mom might leave me forever. At that time, I saw my father carefully wrap the book Zhuan Falun as he brought food to visit my mom in the hospital. Even now, I can still clearly recall the scene. Soon, the tumor in my mom’s body disappeared and she came back home. The doctors were surprised. Master saved my mom’s life and gave us a happy family. No words could express our great gratitude to Master.

After that, Mom and I started to practice the exercises and study the Fa at the practice site. I did not know why I did these things, but I could sense that it was very meaningful to my life and I felt that I had to do this. Soon my health improved. When I participated in some activities at school, I was not tired even when all my classmates were. I did not need to go to the hospital anymore. Gradually I came to understand that I was no longer an ordinary person, but a practitioner walking on the path of cultivation. I am a Falun Dafa disciple, and I am very lucky.

During my cultivation in Dafa, I am very happy and I find my life to be very meaningful. When my classmates worry about personal gain, my heart is very peaceful and open. I know that we won't lose anything that belongs to us, nor can we forcefully obtain anything that's not ours. When my classmates fought for some minor things, I was calm and peaceful. When my classmates broke their promises to me, I had no complaints at all. I did everything according to Master’s Fa. I considered things from other people's points of view and did not have any resentment at all.

I am a Dafa practitioner and Master’s disciple. Based on the principle of the Fa, I can understand the true meaning of life and how to handle things. Wealth, vanity and fame are just temporary things. Generation after generation, these things vanish into thin air, whether people could let it go or not. It is very pitiful to become attached to and pursue those meaningless things and walk further away from one's original nature. Do we really want to tightly grab those ugly things and give up our way back home? We cannot do that! No matter how beautiful the dream is, we will wake up one day. It will be too late at that time when we realize what we have lost.

In this life, I am so fortunate to be able to cultivate in the magnificent Dafa with my mom. I will firmly walk on the path of cultivation, get rid of my attachments layer by layer, purify my mind and return to my true, original self. No matter how difficult the path to godhood will be, my heart of cultivation will be rock solid.

We will try our best to do the three things well. We should have no regrets in our lives and not let down this precious opportunity, and be worthy of our historical vows. Dafa practitioners as a whole are walking on the path to godhood. We should support and communicate with each other. Rain or shine, we must walk together.

Let us cultivate diligently! No matter how difficult the path to godhood is, my heart is firm.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/12/23/145278.html

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