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Master Li Rescued Me from My Dissolute Life
By a Falun Dafa disciple in Harbin Cty (Clearwisdom.net) From 1993 to 1998, I was the material section head
of an enterprise. I often profited by taking sales commissions, and I indulged
in smoking, drinking and other bad behavior. I was notorious locally for my
misconduct after I was drunk. Then I was introduced to Zhuan Falun. When I first read
the book, I immediately felt its extraordinary power. After reading through the
book again and again I was greatly shocked. I had found a real way of life in
the maze, "One should return to one's original, true self; this is the real
purpose of being human." ("Lecture One" in Zhuan Falun,
2000 translation version) I eagerly read the whole book from cover to cover and looked back at my life,
scene after scene. I felt almost too ashamed to live. After three days' of soul
searching in the face of my attachments to lust and other vices, I swore that I
would completely get rid of smoking, drinking, and lust. "Study the Fa and gain the Fa, ("Solid Cultivation" in Hong Yin, translation version A) I realized that in Dafa cultivation practice, mere realization of a principle
is not enough. Without accomplishments, cultivation is not real. So, with a
righteous belief in Master and the Fa and the consequent righteous thoughts and
actions, I finally broke away from the hold my emotions had had on me for many
years. In facing the tests, I succeeded three times and eventually ended my
decades of excessive indulgence in lust. During the SARS outbreak, one day I suddenly showed symptoms of a stroke,
unable to control my mouth and eyes. I refused to go to a hospital and firmly
believed in the power of Dafa. I told my wife, "I will recover in a
week!" And, indeed, it happened. That miracle completely changed my wife's
attitude toward Dafa: from disapproval to support, from keeping practitioners
out of our home to voluntarily visiting illegally detained
practitioners in a forced labor camp. My wife's amazing awakening enabled me to
experience the real joy of a rescued being. Our compassionate Master has rescued me from my dissolute life and washed me
clean. Only through diligent cultivation can I, as a Dafa disciple, be worthy of
Master's grand mercy. March 31, 2007 |