(Minghui.org) In a dream I saw a deep blue sky, clear beyond words. There were several snowy mountain peaks, and the highest one had a tall building where many people lived. I was also among them. One day a voice told me to go down the mountain to accomplish some major task. I did not give a second thought about this but just packed my bag and pushed my bike out. While I was going down the mountain, there were many more who joined me, although some stayed behind. We went marching down, passing through levels upon levels of the universe. It got darker and darker as we descended, until we could not see anything ... and I woke up.
My mother is a Dafa practitioner, and I began cultivating at the age of four. I am fourteen years old now. When I was in elementary school, I was relatively diligent. I spent more time studying the Fa then and I finished reading all the Dafa books.
I clarified the truth about Dafa to my classmates. When I had the opportunity, I would take pictures of the list of students on the wall so my mother could send them a letter telling them the truth about Falun Dafa. I would go with my mother to give out truth-clarification materials in residential buildings. Whenever we took a taxi or took a walk, we would clarify the truth and hand out materials. At the time, I felt it was my duty, something I naturally should do.
Things changed when I entered middle school.
I entered the best middle school in the city. The academic pressure there was extremely heavy and homework was burdensome. I had a difficult time adjusting to the schedule. I often finished my homework at midnight. I did not have time to study the Fa, and of course, my academic results were not so good either. The more I wanted to pull up my grades and scores at school, the less time I had to study the Fa. So I was anxious.
Mother reminded me to study the Fa first and then do homework, pointing out that this would require half the effort and get twice the result. But I did not listen, I would wait until I finished my homework to study the Fa and fell asleep after only reading the Fa for a little time. Since I did not study the Fa well, my righteous thoughts were also lacking. I wanted to clarify the truth, but I could not open my mouth to do it. I was very worried.
In the second semester, I caught up with Fa study. My sense of responsibility made me attempt to clarify the truth to a classmate. We had the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda story of the “Self Immolation” in a political class book. Few classmates knew the truth, and the majority of them had widespread hostility toward Dafa.
When I clarified the truth the first time I did not say that much, but a classmate stopped me immediately. It was a big blow to me, and it took me a long time to figure out how to break through this. I realized that it was because I did not study the Fa enough and my cultivation state was not good. This had influenced the results when I tried to clarify the truth.
Later the situation changed. Since my time was tight, I did not have much time to study the Fa. I carried the pocket edition of the Zhuan Falun, and I would read it whenever I had time. One day a classmate saw what I was reading and asked me: “Falun Gong?” I nodded my head. He sat beside me listening to me clarify the truth.
Another classmate also saw my book and was very curious and asked me, “Do you practice Falun Gong?” I replied yes. She told me that someone also had told her “Falun Dafa is good” but she did not understand what it was about. She asked me, “What is Falun Gong, how do you practice?”
I discovered that many people only knew a little bit about Dafa and about the importance of withdrawing the CCP and its two affiliated – the Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneers (also known as the three withdrawals) and were not aware of the basic truth of Dafa. I told my classmate that Falun Gong was not like what was said on TV and told her the basic information about the practice. She and I shared the same table, and right after that the teacher changed our seats. I knew this was an opportunity for me to clarify the truth to my next table-mate.
The classmate sitting in front of me wanted to borrow my book. He said that he wanted to learn Dafa. After a while I asked him whether he'd read the book, and he said he had already finished reading it for the third time. I had a new fellow practitioner!
One day I took a cash bill with truth-clarification messages written on it to school. During the break, a classmate saw it and made a big fuss over it. So all the classmates came over to see it, and everyone knew that I was practicing Falun Gong. I was a bit alarmed, but I calmed down and began sending forth righteous thoughts. Immediately, I felt I was enormously large, and all the bad substances vanished.
I used the opportunity to clarify the truth to the entire class. They asked many questions and I answered them all. The classroom was bustling with noise and excitement. The math teacher was in the classroom. She smiled and said, “Wow, we have a Falun Gong in our class!” The bell rang, and everyone returned to their desk.
My classmate who studied Dafa often came to see my “truth cash” in my pencil box, and it attracted many classmates to come over to learn the truth about Dafa. My seat in the class kept changing, thanks to Master's compassionate arrangement, which let more of my classmates be able to learn the truth.
When I grew older, I was able to ride a bike to school, and no longer needed my mother to take me. I have been very independent ever since childhood. Whenever we needed anything in our Fa study group, I would carry my bag and ride my bike to get it. I purchased a portable speaker, a USB drive, printing paper, cutting knives, and printing ink. I took electronic equipment needing repairs to the shop so that I was able to share Mother's burden and she could have more time to do what she needed to do. I was very happy to help fellow practitioners.
I found out that whenever I did something good, there was always a surprise treat of good food waiting for me. I knew that was Master's way of encouraging me. I did so little, but Master granted me so much.
Now I am in 8 th grade. Master enlightened me many times to be diligent and not slack off. I rearranged the relationship between Fa study and homework. Fa study is always my No. 1 priority. My xinxing has improved, and my academic scores have moved up.
I realized that in the dream I had, that voice was Master's calling us to descend to the human world to save sentient beings. Many fellow practitioners came down to accomplish the major tasks. As a student, I carried my bag and rode my bike to facilitate Master in rectifying the Fa.
I wasted a lot of time in the past, but I am determined to do better, to be more diligent, and to fulfill my vow. I will try my best to do the three things well and to follow Master home.
This is my understanding, please point out shortcomings. Heshi.
