(Clearwisdom.net)
I am a young Falun Dafa practitioner, and I am 15 years old. I go to the Minghui class for young practitioners every week.
It was in 2004 that I started to practice Falun Gong. My mother took my grandmother, my sister, and me to attend the nine-day Falun Gong class. On the morning of the second day, both my sister and I began to have fevers. It became pretty serious in the afternoon. We cried, and our ears hurt too. However, Mom insisted on taking us to the class, no matter how much I cried while still in bed. My grandmother couldn't endure it and asked my mother to take me to a doctor. Mom said that it was not a real illness, and that Teacher was purifying our bodies. My mother asked me, "As a young Dafa disciple, shouldn't you endure it?" I replied that all the hospitals would be closed after we got back in the evening. Mom said, "Just take a bath and go to bed. Tomorrow everything will be fine!" Sure enough, I had recovered the next day, which shocked my grandmother. It was really marvelous!
Since I was very young, I was severely allergic, had very little appetite, and my vision was weak and a little astigmatic. I always wore glasses and looked pretty thin and weak. In order to help me get better, my mother learned acupuncture, moxibustion, and massage, so she usually handled those less-serious illnesses. When I was seriously ill, I was taken to a hospital and had been taking a lot of medicines. After I began practicing Dafa, all my illnesses disappeared, and my eyes returned to normal. Not until my mother read Teacher's words to me, "Gain naturally without pursuit," from a lecture abroad did I understand that it was because I did not think and care about them. I just studied the Fa and did the exercises, and thought that then everything will be fine.
When I was examined before enrolling in grade 6 however, my eyesight was found to be at the same level as before I cultivated Falun Dafa. The school sent a note home with me that asked my mother to take me to consult with a doctor. Mom thought that it was because I had watched TV programs and played too many computer games. I found some excuses and blamed the examination device at our school for being wrong.
On my way home, my mother said that it was a warning for me, because I had not taken seriously Teacher's lectures. She said, "Teacher always reminds us that if you like to be an everyday person, then everyday bad stuff will be returned to you." She asked me to think about whether I wanted to cultivate Falun Dafa any longer. If I did, then I should tell Teacher that I had decided to be an obedient disciple and that I would cultivate diligently from now on. Hopefully, Teacher would accept me, because Teacher likes young disciples very much.
One time when I sent forth righteous thoughts, I clearly saw the words, "When one stays near vermilion, one gets stained red, and if one stays near ink, one gets stained black." My mother said it must be related to my cultivation and that it was Teacher reminding me and giving me a hint. I finally understood that I had not cultivated diligently for a long time and had already changed back to an everyday person.
Although I knew it wasn't good to play online games, I deliberately did it time after time. Actually, in the morning when my mother went to a park to do the exercises, I also awoke and got up, too, but I always played computer games instead of doing the exercises, and recently I had become much more involved in it. She told me that the computer was for doing truth-clarification work, not to mention that the images on my computer games were also substances. How can a Dafa practitioner during Fa-rectification and on the path to godhood play with those demons and ghosts in hell? She mentioned that since I woke up and could not fall asleep again, we should all (including my sister) go to the park to do the exercises together. I did not have a chance to refuse, and Mom also said that doing the exercises is the best rest.
Teacher said in "Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference,"
"Rather, to quietly cultivate in bleak loneliness, unable to see hope, is the hardest of all."
"...that always cultivating as if you were just starting will surely result in achieving your ultimate rank."
That was really a stick warning for me. My wish was to speak out and take this opportunity to definitely disintegrate this bad factor. I actually know that to look within is the most fundamental thing.
When I went to middle school, to my surprise, I was the one who ran the fastest in my class. All my classmates admired me very much. My mother pointed out the reason, "Your body is lighter because it has been purified." We all know that it was due to Teacher's great compassion that we decided to cultivate Dafa, and that Teacher has eliminated all the roots of our illnesses. She also reminded me that zealotry is also an attachment. Something even more surprising happened when one of my female classmates sent me a note in which she said that she loved me. My mother let me deal with it. I found an opportunity to tell her that we were too young, and we should just be good classmates. Then everything was fine. I realized that cultivation should harmonize things at every step, many things should be thought about carefully, and all our thoughts should be in accordance with the Fa. Everything that happens to us is a test of our cultivation.
Here I'd like to say something about the Hong Kong parade. A few years ago, my mother wanted to take us to participate in it, but this didn't happen for many reasons. This year our family and another fellow practitioner's family started off one day in advance. Both families are in the same situation. The mother and the son and a daughter cultivate, but the father does not. Thus, six Dafa practitioners and two non-practitioners traveled together. The next day, we reached Changsha Park, and the first thing we did was send forth righteous thoughts. When the reporters' meeting was held, some fellow practitioners found Udumbara flowers, and we took many photos of the flowers and were very excited.
When the parade began, the two non-practitioner dads raised one banner together and walked with the team. We were clear that this opportunity was arranged by Teacher for these two men with a predestined relationship with Dafa. At the beginning, my father wasn't very comfortable and wore a pair of dark glasses because he was afraid of being recognized. I said to him that we were in Hong Kong and nobody knew him there. He then removed the glasses and walked through the whole parade with pleasure. Although it was very hot, he didn't drink even one drop of water and did not feel tired.
The above are my insights. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
