Western Practitioner: Receiving the Greatest Gift and Returning the Favor

(Clearwisdom.net)

I obtained the Fa on October 31, 2005. I was at a Halloween party hosted by my parents. There was a very nice lady at this party who just started talking to me "coincidentally". She and I went back and forth discussing various things and eventually we came to my love of Eastern philosophy, martial arts, etc. Upon learning this she simply told me, "I have a book you should read." Without knowing why I said, "Cool, I'd love to read it!".

She didn't tell me anything about the book, only that it involved Chinese principles and had some exercises that went along with it. The next day she brought over Zhuan Falun. I didn't start reading the book until the next day, at which point I read the first chapter. Upon finishing the first chapter I read the title of the second chapter and the words "About the Third Eye". At this point I suddenly started to feel uncomfortable. My whole body started to get hot. I didn't think much of it but I kept getting hotter and hotter, until the point where I was forced to set the book down. But then, miraculously, I started to cool off. Slowly my body began to relax and I was able to sit up again. Then I brushed off the incident, put on my work clothes and went to work, although I felt a little warm and uncomfortable for the next hour or so.

The next day I read the second chapter and thought nothing of it. I still had not grasped what this book really was.

On the third day I read the third chapter. As I was reading through it I came across the lines:

"When some people received gong they suddenly felt unbearably hot one night while they were sleeping and they could hardly keep their covers on. When they got up the next morning they got a shock from whatever they touched. That's when they knew they had got gong."

When I read this my eyes began to widen and I sat there in disbelief for a moment as I mulled things over in my head, "Is this for real?! Is that what happened to me?!........it all makes sense." I had always been discontent with this world and had been searching for higher states of consciousness. I'd always believed that the things of this world were empty and that there had to be something that we human beings were missing, something very big. Even though I was extremely shocked and excited I easily accepted what I had just read. I had never heard about cultivation practice before but nonetheless I immediately decided that I would become a cultivator. After finishing a chapter and a half it was time to go to work.

From that point on I devoted my entire life to cultivation. I no longer smoke marijuana, drink alcohol, or do much of what I used to do for that matter. I go to work, I do the three things, and constantly look inward. I thank Master every day for this incredible opportunity at this extremely special point in history. I remind myself constantly that there are so many beings relying on me that I must not slack off for even a moment. If I do, who knows how many beings in my realm will be eliminated?

About a month or so into my cultivation I realized that the lady who had given me Zhuan Falun had actually stopped cultivating many months before she even gave me the book. She just told me that she knew somehow that she was supposed to give me the book. At this point I realized that she had stumbled and that Master fully expected me to do everything possible to put her back on the path of cultivation.

I came to realize that perhaps I have very good enlightenment quality, simply because I was able to give up so many attachments and human notions very quickly. I was also able to grasp many Fa principles very quickly and easily as well. As I started to understand this I then realized that this lady's enlightenment quality wasn't very good, because even though she had spent quite a bit longer cultivating than myself (before she had quit), she still hadn't grasped many of the basic principles of cultivation. At this point my compassion came out, because I felt very sad that she didn't have the ability to understand and comprehend in the same way that I can. I thought of her, as well as all of the beings in her realm that would be wiped out if I didn't do something. I made a vow that I would do everything in my power right then and there to help her get back on the path of cultivation. I immediately asked Master for help and guidance in this task.

Over the next few weeks I started going over to her house and bringing her articles from Clearwisdom, which I thought would be appropriate and perhaps motivate her to start cultivating again. We talked a lot about Falun Dafa and I shared with her my various understandings of the Fa. Bit by bit she started to get back into the whole idea of cultivating and started reading Zhuan Falun for the first time in six months.

Through Master's incredible arrangements and compassionate guidance this wonderful lady was able to bring me to the Fa and I, in turn was able to bring her back to the Fa.

Thank you so much Master Li, you've given Dafa practitioners the world and then some! We must keep in our hearts and minds always the power of the Fa and the incredible importance of our mission to save sentient beings. We must also remember that the faster we get rid of attachments the more beings we can save, both the ones here on Earth as well as the ones waiting for us in our various realms.

As I've only been practicing for a very short time my level is quite limited. Please point out anything incorrect.