(Clearwisdom.net) I started to practice Falun Dafa in 1997. I could not read or write before I practiced. After I became a practitioner, with Master’s support, I was able to read Zhuan Falun. Later, I began to feel sorry because I had not written down any of my experiences. Now I realize that, although I am not educated, I should still report to Master my experiences over more than ten years of cultivating and also share it with fellow practitioners.
Before I practiced Falun Gong, I had many illnesses and was domineering. I would never yield if I was offended. So I had rocky relationships with family members and neighbors.
After obtaining the Fa, I completely changed. As a practitioner, I have sought to consider other people and follow the Fa’s requirements in my daily life. Those who fought with me previously said I became a better person and, consequently, they changed their attitudes toward me.
I obtained the Fa at my daughter’s home. At that time I was seriously ill. I gave up looking for cures after spending lots of money without seeing any improvement. One day one of my daughter’s friends told my daughter that her mom used to have many diseases, but she became healthy after she practiced Falun Gong. She also suggested I practice. I wanted to learn it right away and asked her mother to come to teach me the next day.
A strange thing happened that night. Right after I went to bed, the bed rose about two feet with me on it and it fell back afterwards. I was scared and thought there was an earthquake. I calmed down very soon and realized there was no earthquake. I was wondering if the Master of Falun Gong was giving me a hint. The next day I told the girl’s mother about this. She said,
Master said:
“Maybe you’ve heard the Buddhist saying, 'When a person’s Buddha-nature comes out it shakes the Ten-Directional World.' ”(Zhuan Falun)
The fellow practitioners told me that being a practitioner I should be a good person first, and I should not fight back. So of my own volition, I consented and started my cultivation practice this way.
I felt much better after two weeks, which enhanced my confidence. At first, I single crossed my legs for one hour in meditation exercise. Yet, in less than one month, I was able to double cross my legs. I insisted on doing it for one hour in spite of the pain. I told myself that I could not cultivate without hardship.
I take care of my daughter’s convenience store. I was not good at math and always made mistakes when I made change. One day I shortchanged a customer 20 dollars. He didn’t notice and left. When I realized the error, I rushed out to give him the money. He said, “You are really a good person—I will come to your store again next time.” I told him that my Master teaches me to consider others. There were a few times I received counterfeit notes. When I confirmed they were counterfeit, I destroyed them right away. Everyone else told me to spend it. I said, “I am a Falun Gong practitioner and I cannot cheat people.”
One day, I went to a group Fa study on a bicycle. At a turn, my bicycle all of a sudden turned left on its own and avoided a car. I immediately realized that Master was protecting me and I could not hold back my tears.
The CCP started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999. At first I felt it was very difficult to clarify the truth, but how can we save people if we do not? I asked Master to support me and I also sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all evil elements that disrupted my truth clarification. I started to clarify the truth to my relatives, then to strangers. I always tell others the facts about Falun Gong at the supermarkets. Sometimes six or seven people quit the CCP, and sometimes two or three. When I cannot clarify the truth to even one person, I study the Fa more and send forth more righteous thoughts.
One day I noticed a plainclothes policeman following me. I sent forth righteous thoughts as I walked. I did not see him afterwards and returned home safe and sound under Master’s protection.
The other day when I was clarifying the truth on the bus, a plainclothes officer came and searched my bag. I sent forth righteous thoughts and he did not find anything. He followed me all the way, so I asked Master for help and kept sending forth righteous thoughts. After a few stops, he got off. I realized at that time that righteous thoughts are really powerful.
Once, the security team in my community came to my home. The police also came to my home twice. They told me to quit practicing and told me to curse Falun Gong. I told them I would not say anything against my conscience. They left and never came again.
I did not have any pension benefits. In order to support my family, I planted vegetables and would clarify the truth when I sold the vegetables. More and more people came to buy my vegetables because I always gave them more. When they said I was such a good person, I would tell them my Master told me to do what I did.
I found a job cooking for a barber later. All the staff said I was a good person because I spent less but my dishes were so delicious. I gradually clarified the truth to them. All the staff except three accepted the truth.
When I worked as a babysitter, I always behaved as a practitioner. One day I found one hundred dollars when I did the laundry and I gave it back to the owner. They were so touched. They told me they had never seen such a person as honest as me. I told them I was a Falun Gong practitioner and my Master teaches me to be a good person. The whole family quit the CCP. There were government officers and media reporters among this family’s guests, and whenever I clarified the truth to them, the owner would tell them the story of the one hundred dollars and told them how nice I was. In this way the guests quit the CCP as well.
Master said,
“… for the old forces of the cosmos held that the cosmos was no good anymore, and nor were its sentient beings, and thus they should all be destroyed. Cultivators, meanwhile, would be put through harsh ordeals, with whichever Dafa disciples failed to cultivate well getting weeded out. The people of the world and other sentient beings would not be kept.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2010 New York Fa Conference”)
I was more diligent after I read this. I realized that we should not give the old forces any excuse to persecute us. A fellow practitioner did not fully understand this and said, “Why is it ordinary people can be saved as long as they believe Falun Dafa is good, but we as practitioners will be weeded out if we do not do well?” In my understanding, ordinary people did not obtain the Fa. We obtained the best thing in the world. Master teaches us in person and eliminates the karma for us. Master has saved us again and again. If we cannot cultivate in this school, how could we have another chance? I would like to remind my fellow practitioners that we should do the three things well and we will catch up.
Master gave me so much and I have repaid so little. I don’t know how to thank Master. The only thing that I can do is to do the three things well.
