(Minghui.ca) I am a veteran practitioner. I started to cultivate Dafa in 1995. When I first began I watched Master's video lectures. I found myself wanting to watch the lectures more and more. Master's compassion and his profound Fa impressed me greatly. I kept saying to myself that it was so great! I made up my mind to cultivate Dafa and follow Master completely. I strive every day to do everything according to Master's Fa.
Before I became a practitioner, I was selfish and narrow minded. I argued with others often, even over trivial matters. I frequently picked up things at work and took them home. One day I took a large stainless steel bucket to use for water at home.
Master said:
“In ordinary human society, people compete with, deceive, and harm each other for a little personal gain. All of these mentalities must be given up. Especially for people who are studying the practice today, these mentalities should be given up even further.”
“There are many outstanding examples in terms of xinxing improvement. One practitioner works in a textile factory in X city of Shandong Province. After studying Falun Dafa, he taught other coworkers to practice. As a result, the factory has taken on a new look. He used to take home pieces of towels from the textile factory, and so did the rest of the employees. After practicing Dafa, instead of taking things home he brought back to the factory what he took home before. When others saw his actions, nobody would take things home anymore. Some employees also returned to the factory what they previously took home. This situation occurred throughout the entire factory.”
In Zhuan Falun Master also talked about the Fa principles of “loss and gain” and “What is owed must be paid for.” I began to deeply regret the many bad things I had done in the past—I had lost a lot of de.
I was happy when I originally brought home the stainless steel bucket, but then, after I became a practitioner, whenever I looked at it, I felt ashamed. I knew I had to take it back, I returned everything I had taken from work. I told my boss how I had improved my xinxing after practicing Falun Gong. The boss understood—he knew that Falun Gong practitioners were good people. Because practitioners behaved well and were honest, none of them were demoted or fired by the factory for going to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong or if they were illegally detained in forced labor camps. The leaders in the factory chose a good future for themselves.
Just after my son went to work in the factory, a co-worker got drunk and punched him. The boss and the co-worker's parents all came to see my son to apologize. They encouraged him to see a doctor and said that they would pay all the medical expenses. I suspected that my son was just fine, but I was angry with them and was looking for revenge, so I took him to the hospital. I just wanted to make them pay so that I would feel better. That young man was later fired.
After practicing Dafa, I was sorry, and felt deep regret over this incident. Master has a requirement for us:
“You should always maintain a heart of compassion and kindness. Then, when you run into a problem, you will be able to do well because it gives you room to buffer the confrontation. You should always be benevolent and kind to others, and consider others when doing anything. Whenever you encounter a problem, you should first consider whether others can put up with this matter or if it will hurt anyone. In doing so, there will not be any problems. Therefore, in cultivation practice you should follow a higher and higher standard for yourself.” (Zhuan Falun)
I felt there were still ill feelings between the two families and wanted to resolve it compassionately. It took me a while to find out where they lived; it was more than five kilometers from my home. I went to see them and explained how I was feeling and that it would mean a lot to me if we could resolve this issue. The father was very touched. I told him I had changed because of my practice of Falun Gong. The mother wanted to start learning Falun Gong from me immediately. Her 80-year-old aunt expressed a desire to learn from me also. I taught them the exercises and left them with exercise tapes and Dafa books. I made sure to return to their home many times after that, to help them learn to do the exercises correctly.
Master said in Zhuan Falun:
"We have also said that if every one of us cultivates his inner self, examines his own xinxing to look for the causes of wrongdoing so as to do better next time, and considers others first when taking any action, human society would become better and ethical standards would again rise. The spiritual civilization7 would also become better, and so would public security. Perhaps there would not be any police. No one would need to be governed, as everyone would discipline him or herself and search their inner self. Wouldn’t you say this would be great?"
Our practitioners do things according to Master's Fa. We consider others first and look within when in conflict. We are good people and try to do better so that we can eventually return to our true original selves.
The CCP and Jiang's regime persecute Falun Gong and defame Falun Gong. When you look at what the CCP officials do and what Falun Gong practitioners do, you can tell who is righteous and who is evil, who is kind and who is wicked. Please read Master Li's Great Law yourself.
The CCP doesn't allow people to believe in Gods or Buddhas and doesn't believe that good is rewarded with good and the evil will be punished. They unscrupulously do bad deeds, only want fame and fortune, and persecute good people. They have caused 80 million unnatural deaths and have now caused the deaths of over 3000 Falun Gong practitioners. It is truly an evil cult.
We Dafa practitioners really hope that sentient beings will wake up and see through the CCP, withdraw from it, and choose a good future for themselves.
Category: Improving Oneself
