(Minghui.org) I am a 22-year-old college student in Korea. After I began to practice Falun Dafa, my life has changed dramatically and I would like to share how I have benefited.
My mother learned Falun Dafa first and I began to practice in my senior year of high school. Before practicing Falun Dafa, my mother was frequently sick and spent a lot of money seeing doctors. However, her health did not improve until after she began her cultivation of Falun Dafa. Soon, she had a rosy complexion and lots of energy.
My grandmother, seeing the changes in my mother, began to practice too. Grandma had arthritis and sciatica and, like my mother, she became healthy after she practiced Falun Dafa. After my mother introduced Falun Dafa to me, I started reading the book Zhuan Falun. Initially, I did not understand what it was trying to say. I did not like to do the exercises either. Gradually as I continued, I was able to read the book attentively. I slowly changed and could feel great comfort when I studied the Fa and did the exercises.
When I was in senior high school, I read Zhuan Falun every night. It taught me Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and guided me toward the right direction in my life. I did the exercises with my sister on the weekends.
Before I learned Falun Dafa, I often had the flu, nose bleeds, and blisters on my tongue. All of these disappeared as I practiced cultivation in Falun Dafa. In the past I had a strong tendency to compete with my classmates. If my grades regressed, I felt ashamed because I did not meet the expectations of my parents, friends, and teachers. I would cry at night, wanting to commit suicide. I often read newspaper articles about college students killing themselves. At those moments, I felt the same way.
At that time, studying and getting good grades was the only goal in my life. I was exhausted mentally and physically without knowing what life was really about. Through practicing Falun Dafa, I became aware of the meaning of life and that living in hardship, trying to win the approval of others, was not part of it. From then on, no matter whether my grades were good or bad, I was able to face the fact openly and nobly. Seeing my friends in senior high school struggling in their studies, I felt sorry for them, and lucky that I was a practitioner.
I learned how to live. I have heard others say that one should live his life for himself, not others, and that one would suffer if he was too kind and honest. I felt that it was exactly these kinds of values that have had such a negative impact upon the world. Nowadays, I often see students arguing and shouting at adults when their bad behavior is corrected. Some people are irrationally violent and have no regard for how others feel. Other people even hurt their parents or children for the worst reasons. For me, these kinds of things seem far away. Falun Dafa purified my heart and brought me honesty, kindness, tolerance, serenity and warmth.
My mother once told me, “If everyone in the world practiced Falun Dafa and became kind, we would not need police.” I did not understand what she meant until after I read the book. If everyone could think about others first in everything they do, there would be a lot less problems in society and the future would definitely be bright.
I naturally became thoughtful about others after I began my practice of Falun Dafa. I stopped talking behind my friends’ backs, I gave my seat to those in need when I was on the bus, and I no longer felt happy when a friend did worse than me on tests. I was told to be thoughtful of others when I was in elementary school, however, I did not fully understand what that really meant until I learned Falun Dafa.
Category: Improving Oneself
